I don't have to accept what you think I should look like and I do not accept what you think I should look like.

There are brands out there, plus-size brands, that all they want to do is sell their clothes and be done.

It's crazy how your mind works because you can receive hundreds and thousands of all these love posts and all this good affirmation on Instagram or Twitter. And then that one person writes one thing that dims your light but that's the thing you can't let it dim your light, because what I've realized - it's really not your problem, it's theirs.

I don't have to accept what you think I should look like and I do not accept what you think I should look like.

I go by my own standards, and I will be the voice of the curves for the women that feel like they can't stand up for themselves.

By no longer operating out of a place of fear. So if you see me on a carpet with my arms and legs out glistening, or my midriff exposed, it's a reminder to myself and the world that I know I'm beautiful.

I feel beautiful when I watch the commercials or see myself on a bus. But it's not only because it is me on a bus, it's also what we represent - telling the world to get out of these social norms of what it means to be beautiful.