Size Acceptance Quotes

We have to stop this idea that we have to be a certain shape.

It's crazy that most high-end designers stop at a size 14.

There are exciting, intelligent, fat people - and exciting, intelligent, thin people.

You can look good. Don't let nobody tell you you can't look good because of your size... or what size your feet is.

I'm a size 12 and I'm very happy with it.

I think it's a different experience for plus-size women in film and television to get clothes for events. It's just not as welcoming for us to get cool clothes that are, like, equal in glamour, in style, to what, I am going to say, 'small size' co-stars get to wear.

I hate hearing from anyone ever saying, 'Oh, you only make clothes for models. That's so annoying,' because it just never, never is the case. Our top-selling size is probably a 12.

'Sports Illustrated' decided to have curvy women not only in their magazine but on the cover of their magazine. Now, that means size diversity is here, and it's real, and it's not a trend.

People think plus-size models don’t exercise – we do! But it’s about health, not forcing my body to be something it’s not meant to be.

I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety.

I'm so grateful that I model at a time where 'plus-size' models are being championed, but they're still called 'plus-size' which is actually quite a stigma in itself. It's just healthy, curvy women.

I know I'm never going to be one of those size 2 actresses - that's just not me. But I do want to be the healthiest I can be, and a role model to women of all shapes and sizes.

I don’t care about being stick-thin. I don’t want stuff to jiggle. Really skinny actresses make me hungry — I see them and think 'Honey, you need to eat!' I’m lucky I don’t have to live like that. I feel my best when I’m a toned, not flabby, size 8. Women come up to me and say, ‘You’re beautiful and confident, and that makes me feel I can be, too.’

No one can make fun of overweight people in front of me!

A big girl once came up to me after a show and said "I think you're fatist." I said "No, no. I think you're fattest."

A size 16 can be the best shape for you, and you can be healthy.

The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze.

For me, skinny is just a style of jeans -- not a goal.

When people talk about my weight, I'm like, 'You seem to have a problem with it; I don't.'

A lot of women think being thin is the way to go, but I prefer to have some meat on my bones.

I've been every size in the world. Parts of my twenties, I was in great shape, but I didn't appreciate it. 'If I was a 6 or an 8,' I thought, 'Why aren't I a 2 or a 4?'

In the Everybody-Give-Me-A-Hug victim culture in which we live, the obese want a spot at the table along with those who face discrimination based on the way that God or Nature or our Intelligent Designer created us.

The concept of plus-size is so derogatory and weird. What does that mean? Plus the normal size? It shouldn't exist any more.

There's nothing wrong with being a large mammal.

Turning 50 changed me and I'm far more accepting of myself. I'm not thin, but I am a size 10. I go in at the middle and very much out at the bottom and top. And now I think, 'Well, that's how I am.'