Iman Quotes

Part of the reason I wanted to model was to push the boundaries and challenge the perceptions of what a beautiful body is supposed to look like. Why should I feel any differently about looking good than anyone else?

I have always been too round to do fashion shows.

The record company really pissed me off when they told me to lose weight. I couldn't be bothered with looking a certain way. So I left the business. I don't regret it.

I always assumed skincare brands would only want to work with people who have perfect skin but that wasn't the case which was a huge confidence boost for me.

I don't have to accept what you think I should look like and I do not accept what you think I should look like.

The clothes are not making me... If I like it, that's all that matters...It's not about the clothes. It's about how I am as a person and how confident I am.

I don't see myself in terms of artifice. I see myself as a real person who chooses to live my life in an open way - artistically.

A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.

I can honestly say this industry hasn't made me neurotic about my looks, except maybe my weight. I hope my clothes kind of reflect that. They're meant to make you feel good.

I'm an outgoing girl, and I can't help the way I look.

Everyone has a different body shape, so you kind of have to figure out not only what works best for your body type, but what also makes you feel confident. Even if everyone thinks you look good in a bikini, and you don't feel good in it, you're not going to be at your best. If you feel great in a bikini, you can always work it.

Women do come up to me, and they tell me what they think! I've gotten great compliments on my eyes and my smile. But I don't see myself as sexy.

I used to follow trends and try to do exactly what I saw in the magazines, but I'm not a Victoria's Secret model who can wear anything.

When I was a kid, nobody told me I was good-looking. I wish they had. I would've had a better time.

I'm an older woman who's not going to have a shiny pop song ever again, so that gives me license to do whatever the hell I want.

We are never doing anyone any favors by withholding our gifts from the world. It's scary to be fierce, but you can't compromise that for fear of losing those around you.

I think of myself as a fairly attractive girl and always have, thanks to my mom. I was brought into this world thinking I was gorgeous because my mother was extremely devoted to this notion.

Self-esteem doesn't come simply from dressing well, but they are both something we can control. It's a missed opportunity when women say they don't have the money, figure, etc., because style is such a way to help cultivate the way women feel about themselves.

I'm very physical. It's an important part of being a woman - feeling good about yourself and really being in tune with your personality.

I can only speak for myself - I don't care how I look.

I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.

On the first album I was saying, that's just one part of me. And then I was thinking, well, am I going to hide the rest of me now just because I'm afraid of something? No. I'm just going to be myself.

If you are confident in yourself and however you want yourself to be presented, and you're doing well and doing it because you want to do it and not because someone is pressuring you, then more power to you.

It's not hard to keep up the image we chose. It's not hard to stay yourselves.

My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman.