“The body is such a unique gift, and we won't have it forever, so there's no time to hate anything about it.”

—ALYONA OSMANOVA, a sought-after straight-size model who transitioned to plus-size modeling after she had difficulty maintaining the industry's extreme size restrictions, discussing body confidence with Teen Vogue [via Jezebel]

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