Ronda Rousey Quotes

And as a woman on television, I actually feel like you're more representative of women if you're - if you've got curves and if everything isn't super tight.

From 12-year-old girls to 70-year-old matriarchs, I know hundreds of women who have some sort of body image issue. This is sad and seriously worrying, but it's true, and it's why I feel some kind of social responsibility to do what I can to show a variety of body types in fashion magazines.

To each his own, but I just think that we women have a certain body type. As Indian women, we have a beautiful body type. And I believe in the celebration of curves. Whether it's Salma Hayek, Penelope Cruz, Zeenat Aman or Shilpa Shetty, they are very curvaceous and beautiful. I don't know why anyone would want to fight that.

I'm not slim. I'm a curvy girl: I've got thighs and a bum. I don't mind baring the fact that I've got a bit of cellulite because everybody has. I find it off-putting when everybody on telly is the same size or looks the same build. For me, it's important for people to watch someone normal.

Heartless retouching should not be the chosen tool to represent women in the beginning of this century.

I don't think I'm curvaceous. It's simply that most other actresses are really, stupidly tiny.

There were not enough women like Kay on TV and now there are none.

I get 'voluptuous' a lot, or 'shapely,' but the fact is that as you get older you learn to embrace your body type. I wasn't able to do that until I was at least 23.

I'm a curvy girl and that will never change.

I'm definitely bigger than a Rihanna. Pop stars nowadays are all perfect Barbie-doll bodies, and they talk about how they keep their bodies up with hard work, so in my eyes, it's good to have a regular, average body type in the charts.

I've never been a waif; I have a womanly figure and always did.

Healthy body image is not something that you're going to learn from fashion magazines.

If we want our daughters to honor their bodies, they need to hear us honor ours, no matter what size or shape we are, no matter what scars or sags we see in that mirror.

I love being in my own skin, and I hope other women start feeling better about themselves and waste less energy being ashamed of their bodies.

I knew that if I was going to be a model, that it was going to be in the body type that I am. As an athlete, as a woman with hips and thighs and curves, that was me.

I don't have a typical body type, and that used to be something that made me feel very alone and weird.

I'd personally like to see more 'real bodies' in magazines.

When I was in middle school and even high school, I wasn't comfortable with my body. I look back, and it makes me sad, but I've grown into my body and really embrace it. I don't have the typical girl body; I'm kind of built like a boy.

I'm seeing a lot of roles written explicitly for plus-size women, which is so cool.

I'm really glad we have Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer and all these girls who are embracing all the different body types.

Beauty doesn't have to be confined to one tiny singular tiny frame and I've always really enjoyed standing up for women and representing different shapes within the industry.

I love my body. I love representing people who aren't stick figures, because people aren't.

Victoria's Secret should highlight real women that actually purchase their clothing. I would love for them to start featuring more real bodies and diverse women. Victoria's Secret has the ability to tell people, 'It's okay,' when they wake up in the morning. They have the ability to change lives.

You know, I'm a curvy woman and I just want to be comfortable with that.

I'm comfortable with being a voluptuous woman because I'm not going to be a size two and that's ok with me.