We are lucky to live in a world made up of so many different kinds of people and I am confident in the direction we are going.

I don't want women to hold themselves back. I think there are too many women who are self-conscious about the way they look - the way they see themselves in the mirror.

My fans are incredible. Don't you dare talk bad about me on my Instagram, because my fans will come out and they will eat you alive.

I didn't even think about hiding anything - I honestly went into it [with the idea that] I'm going to show myself off because no one of my size has ever been in this magazine [Sports Illustrated] and I need other women to know that they are just as beautiful.

There is not one standard definition of beauty or one perfect size.

It's just amazing to be a part of something that you so strongly agree with.

I felt free, once I realized i was never going to fit the narrow mold that society wanted me to fit in.