Kelly Carlson Quotes

I walk around naked all the time, but it doesn't mean I am completely comfortable and happy with my body.

It is not easy to pull off your shirt, bare your torso and go beyond it. It needs a lot of conviction. You have to be comfortable in your skin.

I remember thinking that I'd never show my arms on TV, but over time you loosen up.

The other girls were so comfortable with their bodies and it eventually rubbed off on me.

In a photo shoot, you have to be very comfortable in your own skin. It's all about confidence-boosting and putting on armor.

I used to be so scared about, 'Oh, I don't want to show my body.' Now that I've shown it, it doesn't bug me about my moles, or 'This isn't big enough' and 'That's not smooth enough.'

My curves became an integral part of who I am as a dancer, not something I needed to lose to become one.

In Brazil, no matter your shape, you're comfortable walking around in a bikini. You feel good in your body. We know you're never going to be perfect. If you get caught up in worrying about this and that, you're going to spend all your life working on these little spots.

It took time, and it happened gradually, but by the time I started college, I felt truly comfortable with my body.

For me to even be talking about bikini confidence is crazy. If you had asked me a couple of months ago, I probably would have been like, 'what are you talking about...' so it's actually huge for me to even feel okay with putting a bikini on.

Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with truth, because the truth is that I am fat, and that's ok. So now when someone calls me fat, I agree, whereas before I would get embarrassed and emotional.

I'm much more accepting of myself. A lot of my body issues have naturally settled down.

I just want to show off my scar proudly and not be afraid of it.

I'm not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I'm thick. I like my body.

You have to just accept your body. You may not love it all the way, but you just have to be comfortable with it, comfortable with knowing that that's your body.

I'm learning to embrace who I am and what I look like.

I think that, if anything, the pageant is great for people who suffer from body issues. It's all about being comfortable with what you're given and what you have and being able to flaunt it without being insecure. It's about empowering women, not making them feel weak or less.

I love my body.

I don't have a model's body. But I'm not one of those crazy girls who thinks that they're fat. I'm okay with what I have. I can rock this body, you know?

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

I'm putting myself out there in a way I don't know if I ever have before.

The feathers have been retired to the London Hard Rock Cafe. I don't obsess about it as much. Also, it's strange - the better physical shape I get in, the less I care about what suit I'm covering myself up in. I'm not really out to flaunt it, but I'm just more comfortable in my own skin.

I also dance to music that makes me feel sexy in front of a mirror.

You won't hear me saying I have no body issues because I wouldn't be human if I didn't.

Growing up, I felt insecure about my build. I didn't feel very feminine. But as time went on, I learned to completely embrace my body.