11. Society paints this picture where you have to have the longest hair and the thinnest body and you cant help but want to be that beautiful person you see on that picture. But then you have to start asking yourself the question — Is that realistic for you? I began to ask myself those questions: Who am I working out for? Who am I looking good for? When I look in the mirror who do I want to please? Do I want to please people or do I want to please Mary first? So I began to want to please myself first. I cant please everybody. I cant be the slimmest girl. Be the best you that you can be. —Mary J. Blige, The Tyra Banks Show 13. When I was young I thought I should be built more like an athlete — long and lean — not with a womanly figure. But then people my age started coming up to me, saying, ‘I love you because of the way you look.’ They could relate to me. That was really motivating. So I learned to be proud of my curves and to embrace my large boobs and my butt. Its all about loving who you are and realizing that youre beautiful. —Serena Williams, Fitness, 2014 19. “I wrote ‘Bootylicious’ because, at the time, Id gained some weight and the pressure that people put you under, the pressure to be thin, is unbelievable. I was just 18 and you shouldnt be thinking about that. You should be thinking about building up your character and having fun and the song was just telling everyone just forget what people are saying. Youre bootylicious. Thats all. Its a celebration of curves and a celebration of womens bodies.” —Beyoncé Knowles, Shape 30.To all of you who have something nasty to say to me or to women built like me, I have one thing to say to you: Kiss my fat ass! —Tyra Banks, The Tyra Banks Show, 2006
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