Quotes About Empowerment

Wear your pain like lip gloss!

A pair of Blahniks and a girl can vanquish anything

Yeah, my mom always taught me to love my booty, even when it was very difficult to when it was very, very skinny and there was nothing I could do to gain weight—and then also when I got bigger and was having difficulty losing weight. She was always there for me.

I still think the fashion industry has a long way to go as far as self-awareness in the way it affects the people that it employs and targets. I do feel that there are marketing tactics in fashion that purposely instigate people to feel insecure in order to purchase a product to make themselves "better".

we as women need to stop judging. Fix it or flaunt it -- I think women should be able to do both.

Stop that! Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that's positive and celebrate that!

I am who I am today because my mama mama'd me.... Every accolade I get, every accomplishment I've achieved, all my iconic moments and catchy coined phrases (Smize, boo!) are because of her. I am her creation. Her FrankenTy.

The beginning of my career focused on trying to be a successful model for myself. How many campaigns, magazine covers, fashion shows, and endorsements I could get. The way I see the world now has changed. I am trying to offer as much opportunity to others as I can.

If you like your natural self, don't worry about it, but if you feel insecure about something ... I have a magic bag of beauty tricks to make you who you want to be.

It's all about lovin' not only who we see in the mirror, but what we feel about ourselves when we look in the mirror.

The runway symbolizes something in society that's very intimidating to women.

My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.

Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies.

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?

Never dull your shine for somebody else.

Love me or hate me I promise that it will never make or break me...<3

I love the confidence that makeup gives me.

Take responsiblilty for yourself because no one's going to take responsibility for you.

Sometimes I wish I could tell my younger self that. That it didn't matter. That the body I had then carried me up hills at Cross Country meets and through the water during the painful last lap at a swim meet, and that it should be celebrated instead of being picked away at and filled with hunger pangs. I should have gotten both the popcorn and the box of candy at the movies that night, instead of slipping away at a Diet Coke from the concession stand.

You have what it takes to be a victorious, independent, fearless woman.

Tookie was loving Thigh-High Boot Camp. She thought the name was especially fitting because she felt like she was flying on a natural Thigh High.

BUT I'M NOT A VICTIM; I GROW FROM IT, AND I LEARN. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOURSELF.

WHEN YOU GO TO BED AT NIGHT, YOU LAY THERE AND YOU TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOURSELF, 'CAUSE NOBODY'S GONNA TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOU.

Perfect is Boring!