Emily Atack Quotes

Being proud of who we are as people is more important than cutting into ourselves to create this false idea of beauty.

I told my mom, 'I'm not buying another magazine until I can get past this thought of looking like the girl on the cover'. She said, "Miley, you are the girl on the cover,' and I was, like, 'I know, but I don't feel like that girl every day.' You can't always feel perfect.

I certainly used to wish that I was skinny, lighter-skinned, with long, pretty hair. But only because I used to get made fun of for being the absolute opposite. I didn't see all of that stuff as the American Dream. I just wanted to look normal. Now that I'm older, I really do feel like I am a beautiful girl.

Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.

I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up. But I'm happy with myself. I'm not necessarily trying to win a beauty pageant here.

But as a young model, I never felt as beautiful as I looked.

The most important thing that I've learnt is that the perfect body doesn't exist.

I feel like there's more to life then worrying about the way that you look.

There's no such thing as being perfect, and that doesn't just mean the perfect body.

Beauty, to me is about being comfortable in your own skin.

I think there's so much feeling among young girls where they feel like they have to be this perfect thing - and they don't. Perfect people don't exist. Sometimes people need to be told it.

If I had had plastic surgery, I would have asked for something better than the face you are seeing! I actually really hate plastic surgery when it's just for aesthetics and anti-ageing. I think ageing is beautiful and expressive and characterful.

I'm happy that I have a look, but I don't over-analyse whether or not it's beautiful or ugly.

I'm not that beautiful, and I don't want to be a pop star.

I'm not as beautiful as a model.

Learning to love my inner and outer beauty wasn't an easy road. I still don't always love the reflection I see in the mirror, but I have learned that my outer appearance does not define me.

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

I just feel like growing up in Los Angeles, you learn, 'Well you're never gonna be the prettiest girl in the room, so just don't even try.' I mean, I care about being pretty, but it's not my most valued thing.

I'm not a supermodel. I make the best of what I've got.

I contend that every woman has the right to feel beautiful, no matter how scrambled her features, or how indifferent her features.

There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.

I wasn't a cheerleader or the prom queen. I don't move through the world with a mirror in front of my face, and I've never been attracted to projects that had an emphasis on what I look like.

As long as you smile, have sparkly eyes and stick your shoulders back, nobody's going to notice your bum or your waist or your feet, for that matter.

There are certainly a billion, ker-trillion girls out there more attractive than I am.

I'm comfortable in my own skin. I know I'm not going to ever be Cindy Crawford or Elle MacPherson.