Quotes About Empowerment

My mom is very confident and she was always a role model of mine.

I want to be a role model.

What drew me to modeling was this idea of being independent.

By 17, I was modeling and had bought myself a flat. I've always tried to be self-sufficient.

By no means am I trying to change the modeling industry.

I started modeling at 28. I'm 5-feet-7 1/2, and I never went on a diet. I followed what my doctor told me: 'It's good to have a little bit of fat. Your weight is fine. Don't go any lighter.'

In modeling, I had to learn to like myself, to love myself, to feel comfortable.

I love modeling, and I want other girls to enjoy the experience.

I would love to do more modeling. I would love to do anything really, mainstream, and help to create, I guess, a feeling of acceptance for people who are different and not look at them like they're freaks or whatever.

When I started modeling, there were very few places people could turn to for self-love and a positive community.

Modeling really helps me find my confidence and break out of my shell.

I've always known that my purpose is to help as many people as possible, and with modeling I feel like it's an awesome way to show girls you don't have to look any particular way.

At the end of the day, my legacy will not be modelling but my cosmetics line.

I think one of the secrets to modelling is the less you care and the more you're yourself, the more successful you are.

Modelling, fashion and film have all encouraged me to learn more about issues and to feel empowered enough to do something about them.

Modelling has really helped build my confidence.

Modelling has given me so much confidence.

To actually be independent financially was a big luxury. Modelling gave me an independence, it gave me responsibility. I didn't have to work at McDonald's. I could save up and choose the training that I wanted to do.

I didn't see a lot of role models or women who looked like me on screen when I was growing up. For me, one thing that changed all of that was seeing Keke Palmer in 'Akeelah and The Bee.' That film made me realize that I wasn't an alien.

I was used to being the only woman in everything... I didn't even think about it. Men were my role models - there's nothing wrong with that.

Role models really matter. It's hard to imagine yourself as something you don't see.

My goal is to be a household name, and when I do that, I want to help other girls become models, and maybe even launch a fashion line with my mom, like Beyonce did with her mother. My mom has such a good eye, and it's always been a dream of hers.

I feel very responsible for young models of colour. They come to me and tell me they're not getting jobs, and I do what I can to speak up for them.

When I started modeling, they tried to pay black models less than they paid Caucasian models. I turned down those jobs because I knew what I was worth.