Andrej Pejic Quotes

I wasn't a cheerleader or the prom queen. I don't move through the world with a mirror in front of my face, and I've never been attracted to projects that had an emphasis on what I look like.

For me, whatever age or size I've been, I have rather liked myself. The shell is not the thing at all.

I'm not an eye-candy kind of girl.

There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.

I gave up on my looks a long time ago.

If a woman is comfortable with herself, I think that's what radiates. I think the moment you start questioning your body and looks is when you get into trouble.

It's essential to feel beautiful to oneself. Not in an egotistical way, but in a self-loving way.

When I was 15, I didn't think I was the prettiest at all. But then something happened when I was 20-something - I thought, actually, I really like what I look like. Just because I don't look like everybody else doesn't mean that I can't be just as beautiful.

I have to look at myself in the mirror and tell myself that I'm beautiful, even if I don't necessarily believe it.

When you are fit and beautiful you are appreciated, you become more confident.

My mom always told me, 'You're very smart; you're very funny.' She never told me, 'You're very beautiful.'

I'm not a great beauty. That's not me.

I think Julianne Moore is the most radiantly beautiful human being and isn't messing with nature too much. She seems like a woman who treats her body like a temple. I cannot relate to that!

Even when I was in my 20s and at my most beautiful, I was never obsessed with my looks. I didn't dye my hair or wear make-up.

I've never considered myself to be beautiful, and I still don't.

Beauty has so many forms, and I think the most beautiful thing is confidence and loving yourself.

Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld.

I love looking in the mirror and feeling good about what I see.

I just think women should love themselves more than they do. Because I think - with all the social media stuff - we look at ourselves too much, and we just destroy ourselves when we're way cooler than we know.

I don't care if I'm beautiful; I don't care what I am on the outside. It isn't about the outside.

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

When I meet young girls, I'm always like, 'Just do me one favour. Love what you look like right now - and remember I said it 10 years from now because it's the greatest gift I can give.'

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.

It's always difficult to see yourself as other people do, but I'm realistic about my appearance. I wasn't born with one of those pretty, pretty faces, so I've never been absorbed with the way I look. I just try to make the most of what I've got.

Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You can't put on make-up, or dress yourself, or do you hair with any sort of fun or joy if you're doing it from a position of correction.