Khoudia Diop Quotes

It's important for young people to know that they are made the way they are made and they're beautiful and that's how they're supposed to be.

Beauty, to me is about being comfortable in your own skin.

I'm not bothered by my appearance.

After all those years as a woman hearing 'not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough,' almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, 'I'm enough.'

I really do believe that my style is informed by the fact that I had such issues with my appearance at various times of my life.

I spent so many years being repeatedly rejected and told I wasn't good enough. It took a huge toll on my self-esteem until I realized I am more than my body and that, actually, our beauty comes from diversity.

Don't let anyone tell you that you're not good enough. Don't let anyone tell you that you're too short, you're too fat, you're too thin, you're too ugly - that's nonsense.

I'm not image-obsessed.

I don't always understand my worth.

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.

I'm no pin-up.

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

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 certainly used to wish that I was skinny, lighter-skinned, with long, pretty hair. But only because I used to get made fun of for being the absolute opposite. I didn't see all of that stuff as the American Dream. I just wanted to look normal. Now that I'm older, I really do feel like I am a beautiful girl.

Learning to love my inner and outer beauty wasn't an easy road. I still don't always love the reflection I see in the mirror, but I have learned that my outer appearance does not define me.

Feeling comfortable in my own skin has never been easy for me.

I'm proud of what I look like. I'm proud that I look like my mom.

I couldn't work my way into being a good-looking guy.

I've always been big. I'm never going to be an underwear model. But I am who I am, and that has its advantages and disadvantages.

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.

There are certainly a billion, ker-trillion girls out there more attractive than I am.

I don't see anything wrong with being comfortable with my own skin.

I absolutely don't care about my looks and I'm so used to them that I wouldn't change a thing. I would end up missing my defects.

To not be self-conscious of your appearance is huge, and something that I desperately hope to carry into film at some point in my useless life - to not be thinking, 'My ear looks weird from this angle, why is the camera over there?'