Iskra Lawrence Quotes

I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really think women look more beautiful when they let their curves show.

I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that.

I still wear makeup, but I'm no longer hiding behind pot after pot of foundation or endless filters on Instagram.

My advice to anyone is to try to go cold turkey of make-up and fake tan and see how liberating it feels.

So many girls second-think their pose or what they're doing. And, in turn, the photos will come out really unnatural. I say to really give the camera a performance - that, and make sure you're comfortable with how you look, and give it a good smile and a filter.

To me, being beautiful is just accepting myself. I feel beautiful when I'm wearing makeup; I feel beautiful when I'm not wearing makeup.

I was one of the only girls in my high school that didn't get [a nose job]. And if anybody needed it, I probably did... I'm proud to be on a positive show and to be a voice for girls and say, 'You don't need to look like everybody else. Love who you are.'

I think that each woman, whatever age, needs to recognize something good in her body. Someone has beautiful legs, someone has beautiful hair, someone else has beautiful decolletage or a beautiful waist or beautiful hands. Everyone has something great.

It's my body. And I like my body. And I like my breasts. And no, they're not fake.

I'm not one of those women who thinks beauty is a curse.

I make a point to never, ever point out my physical flaws... this is advice I give to women as often as I can. People don't notice the things we see in ourselves that we hate, so why direct them to it?

It used to bother me - having bigger, fuller brows. I even plucked them once so I'd fit in, but I hated them and couldn't wait for them to grow back. Now I embrace them. I realized the quirky things that make you different are what make you beautiful.

Being proud of who we are as people is more important than cutting into ourselves to create this false idea of beauty.

As women, we are constantly criticising and judging ourselves in terms of our body, how we dress, what profession we take up, how we fare in that. Indian women are gifted with certain body types and features, which is healthy, and we should accept that.

Personally, I don't ever want to depend on makeup to feel beautiful.

Every woman is not a runway model, nor should she be.

I don't think cellulite is great - that's not a flaw that I want in a photo by any means! I retouch that crap out. But I tell women that I'm retouching it out.

I think women in Hollywood who don't do Botox and plastic surgery are revered. I revere them... My plan is to never go there. I'm too vain to get plastic surgery because I don't like how it looks, and I want to look my best.

What you have to understand is that my thing is not glamour. I love stretch marks and C-section scars and all of that. I'm a grown man. You don't gotta put on no makeup with me.

There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin. But God as my witness, I am going to try to do everything I can to keep this ass together for as long as I possibly can - without going against nature.

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.

Part of what I have to represent is an alternative to this perverted fashion industry concept of what beauty is.

I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.

I prefer to look at a natural woman. A woman should be courageous to become older, not desperate to look younger than her age.

What we all learn is that beauty isn't a size 2. It's not a size 4. It's not a size 12. It's how you feel.