Joseph Benavidez Quotes

I just say throw on your bathing suit or the shortest shorts you own regardless of your size and rock it.

Femininity for me means happiness and freedom...freedom of being who you are in whatever shape or size you come in.

I have cellulite. I admit it. But sometimes I just say, 'Screw it, I am going to wear a bikini.'

Fashion can always be a part of your life no matter what shape or size you are. You don't need to feel like you have to fit into a box because you aren't a certain size that your favorite designer carries.

My whole life, I've wanted to feel comfortable in my skin. It's the most liberating thing in the world.

So instead of beating myself up for being fat, I think it's a miracle that I laugh every day and walk through my life with pride, because our culture is unrelenting when it comes to large people.

The message behind every brand that's plus size is about making a woman feel confident in any shape or size. Now straight size, it's all about the signature brand and how to look good in that one brand, and not necessarily how to look good for yourself.

I want the world to see my body.

I always feel great when I don't have clothes on.

But 'Playboy' was liberating. I was drawn to it and went for it full throttle.

I'm glad I am a woman who once danced naked in the Mediterranean Sea at midnight.

I could live naked... I love it.

I can't tell you the number of times people have told me if I just lost 10kg, I could go much further in my career. But I'm determined to show them - and other average-size women - it is doable and possible.

I try to be feminist in, like, I love myself and I don't need someone else's approval.

I hate running. I know I'm curvier - I know I'm small, but I'm not ripped. But I make a choice to be that way. I realize my arms aren't as toned as Halle Berry's but I don't want them to be.

I'm not a model, I'm an artist. In one of my videos, I'm doing this shot of me with no make-up on where I've just woken up, and I don't think a lot of people would be comfortable enough to do that. But that's the way I look. This is who I am. Let's enjoy it. Let's just live life to the full while we're all here.

The real me now may not be thin but she's got the cake and, if she likes, can eat it too.

Oh! Isn't it jolly To cast away folly And cut all one's clothes a peg shorter (A good many pegs) And rejoice in one's legs Like a free-minded Albion's daughter.

In front of a big group of people, in front of cameras, to be in my body and be in that moment, I feel the way that I've always wanted to feel - like a real pop star who is not holding anything back.

There's something amazing that happens when you don't have to think about how you look so much.

Comfort is of great importance to me. I really want to encourage girls to dress in whatever they feel comfortable in and not get bogged down by fashion trends.

There's a certain freedom that comes when people don't expect you to be sexy.

I'm curvy.

I was very protected by my family. But at the same time, I was free to explore womanhood. I was taught that it's okay to be sexy and smart and beautiful.

I want to show the world that if you want to be a bearded lady you are allowed to do it without being discriminated against.