Barbie Ferreira Quotes

I'm embracing what I have. I'm a curvier bombshell with big boobs. I'm not high-fashion. I don't do runway. You won't see me at Fashion Week.

I did a little modeling in Minnesota, but because I was a heavier 'model,' I didn't pursue it much when I lived there.

I'd like to be curvier.

Just because we're a bit curvier doesn't mean we don't want to look great.

I love modeling, and I want other girls to enjoy the experience.

Of course, I always loved fashion - and I was always the tallest one and the skinniest one, so that helped.

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've realized skinny isn't necessarily attractive. Guys like girls with curves.

When you're a big girl like me, you want someone who makes you feel diminutive. I think fat guys are sexy.

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.

It really comes down to being able to inspire others by being comfortable with yourself. You have to show girls that everyone is different; everyone has things they don't like, but they work it and walk the runway.

I am not one of those fat birds who feels miserable because models are thin. Frankly, I feel more insulted by the idea that unless I see other fat birds in fashion magazines, I will be reduced to a sniveling wreck of a human being.

I like to refer to myself as 'The George Clooney of the Lane Bryant set.'

A woman has no need to be perfect or even beautiful to wear my dresses. The dress will do all that for her.

I love curvy women. Maybe because I'm not. I would love to be a Marilyn Monroe, but I'm very far away from that... So I love very curvy girls.

I'm not the typical dress size - being a model just isn't how I think of myself.

I feel badly for those girls who have to be so waif thin, doing those catwalks all the time because, luckily, we're going into a different time - that's what they're saying, at least - in we're appreciating a curvier figure. But to be honest, I couldn't be like an hourglass if I tried.

My first shoot was on a rooftop in swimsuits with two plus-size models who were curvy and voluptuous and beautiful, and they taught me so much about being beautiful in any shape or size.

I have always been too round to do fashion shows.

At the end of the day, a 34B doesn't give you self-esteem.

I'd much rather be known as some curvy Kate than as some skinny stick.

In 2017, there is more than one way to be beautiful and more than one way to be cool. And when you put an image on the cover of 'Vogue,' that means something that goes beyond fashion.

For me, it feels empowering to walk down a runway in my underwear!

I kind of felt like maybe I didn't have what it took to look like a supermodel and wear high heels all the time and my nails.

Honestly, at the end of the day, what I want women to know is that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. And that it should not define who you are.