Stella Young Quotes

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

Don't get hung up on the size. If you feel bad about yourself because a 12 is what fits, take a Sharpie, and write '6' on the label.

I don't weigh myself - it's all about how I feel in my clothes.

If wearing the Spanx helps you get looks, and you feel that energy and response, and you're rocking your body with confidence, that's still how you'll feel about yourself when you get home and take the Spanx off... If your attitude improves from the Spanx, wear the Spanx!

There are days when I feel confident, and I feel like, 'OK, this outfit looks nice, I look good, I'm in shape.' But I'm never going to walk out the house trying to be sexy, because that to me is cheesy and not attractive.

My body is my best asset.

As long as you feel confident, you're going to look beautiful. You don't need to be a stick figure to be beautiful.

I often find it's just the confidence that makes you sexy, not what your body looks like. It's how you feel about yourself that makes you sexy.

Nudity is natural but not until a person accepts and loves who they are.

Growing up, I was quite self-conscious about getting too tall, but then I realized, 'You know what? I can use it to my advantage. Big is beautiful.'

Music made me feel like I was sexy. Music made me feel like I wasn't just a blind guy.

I was a very earthly, matronly, plus-size little girl with a pure heart.

As an athlete and as a woman, I get my confidence from playing sports because it shifts your focus from what your body looks like to what your body can do for you. That's what we all should be doing. It shouldn't be about looking perfect.

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

I really just want to change the way women think about themselves. A lot of young girls are quite lost.

If I look in the mirror, my body is absolutely perfect. I think not enough women feel that way.

Feeling good about your body and feeling sexy comes from within, not from a number on the scale.

Sometimes I wake up and think I look horrible. And sometimes I see a strong woman.

I would like to see sexiness sort of embodied in people's real bodies, as opposed to those bodies that are just full of narcissism.

Having those positive friends around can really make a difference in how you view yourself. It's helped me realize that there's no such thing as having a perfect body, and just because I'm not shaped the same way as another girl is, it doesn't mean I'm not pretty. It just means that no two girls are alike.

I love myself and I love my body.

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.

In all honesty, I don't really know how to feel sexy.

I can honestly say this industry hasn't made me neurotic about my looks, except maybe my weight. I hope my clothes kind of reflect that. They're meant to make you feel good.

I mean, no one asks beauty secrets of me, or 'What size do you wear?' or 'Who's your couturier?' They ask me about really deep things and I love that.