Erin O'Connor Quotes

I think it's really important for all young girls to see themselves represented in fashion so they don't feel alone in the world.

The fashion industry has a responsibility to represent a healthy image of women, but to start weighing them and putting them against a wall and making them feel like animals? No.

It's hard being a girl. There are a lot of body image issues that come up and I think the best thing we can do for our kids is lead by example.

In my 10 years, I never put a girl that was too skinny in French 'Vogue.'

Women have fought so long and hard for our rights and equality, and now all our attention is put on being a size 0.

The plus size movement is not just about fashion; it's about body image, and if we're doing a shoot, they won't retouch us at all. That's the cool thing: there's no retouching at all because we want to give girls the truth, not a fabrication.

I suppose it's the feminist in me, but I didn't always associate modelling with an intelligent career. I used to put myself down for doing it.

I identify as a feminist. I have so many feminist beliefs - and then I'm so mean to myself about my body sometimes.

For so long, I have been an outsider because of my size. And I think that fashion has always, in some way, catered to celebrities or to a thinner idealistic model.

I had people body-shaming me when I gained a lot of weight and as a teenager, your body is going to change. To get through it, you need to have great family and friends.

For me, I really appreciate seeing real bodies on screen, that variation, not the same frames we saw for the majority of our upbringing, making us feel like we have to look that way.

Some people say there's a reason that Victoria's Secret wouldn't put me or any woman who doesn't fit within a certain spectrum on the runway.

I think the word 'plus-sized' is so divisive to women.

Luv Ranjan does not believe in bikini bodies. Therefore, he always insists that we look like relatable characters onscreen.

I never grew up seeing women that looked like me in magazines or on TV and didn't feel like I had a place in the world of fashion. I am honoured to be part of that change.

Fashion hasn't changed enough yet. There's too much a stereotype of beauty.

I’ve never dreamed of becoming a model. As a child I was bullied and insulted as ugly

The earliest issue I can remember going through was body image issues. I was a chubby little kid and I got made fun of for it. I dealt with horrible, horrible self esteem issues, and I still struggle with that. I think it's what taught me a lot of empathy and compassion, though, but there are those days where I look in the mirror and I still see twelve year old fat Sara.

I refused to worry about something I could not change, and I still refuse. Look, I'm like any other woman. All this evolved b.s. that I'm telling you is my mantra. It's not something I practice naturally. I had to surrender to not worrying about the way I looked, how much I weighed, because that's just part of the journey of having a baby. I am not a woman whose self-worth comes from her dress size.

I didn't want women to walk out of the dressing rooms feeling depressed and wanting a cocktail.

I'm curvy.

I never let the media dictate my identity, so the fact that I'm a size 14 or a size 2 or a size 8 or a size 4, I kind of rock and roll. It doesn't matter to me.

I think they should have a Barbie with a buzz cut.

It's true that I'm not ashamed of my body. I'm comfortable, and I think more women should be more confident.

That is the thing I want to tell girls, to stop criticising yourselves and to stop comparing yourself to other people.