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My advice for an aspiring model quality you can hold. is to be true to yourself. This is You cannot promote positive something my agent Darrianne body image unless you have it Donnelly, from BGM Models, yourself! drilled into me when I was first approached to model and was Maintaining a positive self going through those standard esteem can be challenging to doubts about my body not looking women of all sizes. How do you like the ‘norm’ for modeling. maintain a healthy relationship If you feel that you need to change your body shape; smaller, with your body? It can definitely be difficult to larger, enhanced, just to fit into the constantly love everything about industry’s perception of beauty, your body; I would assume it don’t! You need to love and is rare for most people to love accept your body for what it is and everything about themselves. embrace what you’ve got - show Understanding you are always that confidence, which is true going to have flaws (in your mind) beauty. identifying what they are and Being happy and healthy are then accepting them is a huge my goals. As long as I am happy step forward. Don’t allow those and healthy I can do anything and insecurities to hold you back or be anything I want to be because stop you from achieving what I am in the right frame of mind you want. The insecurities you about myself. Never try to live up have about yourself are usually to expectations or st \