Alex Kingston Quotes

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.

As women, we need to embrace our bodies and be confident with who we are.

I'm curvy and wholesome.

There's something so beautiful in a woman who loves her body and is confident.

It's hard for every girl to accept their body. This is something that I try to work on every day to set a good example.

I want to tell girls, it's not about make-up and how you look that's important; you are so much more than how you look.

I get mad at my girlfriends when they say things about their neck or something, "My neck is a disaster," and I'm like, "Come on, you don't even believe that." You're taking that from the outside world, you know? You look amazing, you're beautiful, you're 40, you're in the prime of your life. I'm not interested in fighting it at all. I don't think anyone else is wrong for trying to fight it, however.

I don’t care about being stick-thin. I don’t want stuff to jiggle. Really skinny actresses make me hungry — I see them and think 'Honey, you need to eat!' I’m lucky I don’t have to live like that. I feel my best when I’m a toned, not flabby, size 8. Women come up to me and say, ‘You’re beautiful and confident, and that makes me feel I can be, too.’

You can be fat and still be sexy . It all depends on how you feel about yourself

Of course the sexiest thing a girl can do is not complain about her body.

People shouldn’t be ashamed of their bodies...especially women.

I say this in the spirit of feminist encouragement, but I think I'm pretty hot. I've got all the facial features, facing the right way, at the right end, and you can always paint over the bad bits with makeup.

I just want women to feel beautiful.

I'm so glad teenagers can look up to young girls and realize it's okay to be voluptuous.

It's easy to be critical of ourselves and other women around us. We stand in front of the mirror and only focus on the things we hate about our body and our appearance. But I encourage you to change that attitude the next time you are in front of the mirror.

I like having curves - I'm proud of them!

It's not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we're not good enough, that we must live up to someone else's standards. But my aim is to cherish myself as I am.

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.

I guess my mom raised me right. She was very celebratory of her body. I never heard her once say, 'I feel fat.'

I think my body is beautiful, and I'm confident to embrace it. There's nothing to be ashamed of if you're a size 14, as long as you're fit and healthy.

I wish every woman would love herself and embrace what she was given naturally.

I think the Miss Universe title not only gives me the opportunity to become a role model for Latina girls around the world, but to show that beauty isn't just about the outside.

Curvy is something to be proud of.

As a woman, we all want to feel attractive. We all want to feel that we're making the very best of ourselves so we can accept ourselves.

Women of every age and size really just want to look sexy, while retaining their power and dignity.