SOPHIA WOODWARD
“Be yourself. You are far more interesting than anything anyone wants you to be.” GL
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Spencer Barbosa
SPENCER BARBOSA
“I’m my biggest bully, my biggest hater. But those rude things I say to myself? I would never say them to my friends. Self-love is talking to yourself with compassion, accepting that you’re not going to feel your best every single day and just learning from that.” GL Magazine
Willow Smith
WILLOW SMITH
I feel like being vulnerable is one of the first steps to opening your heart to people and letting them know that they can be vulnerable too. Because being vulnerable is power, I think. Vanity Fair
Tyler Perry
TYLER PERRY
In reference to sexual abuse, Tyler Perry stated, “It was rape, I didn’t know what was going on or the far-reaching effects of it. I just moved through it. ‘Boys don’t cry, shut up and move on.’ Holding on to all of that, not knowing what to do with it, there was a lot of anger in my teenage years, in my 20s. If any of it had worked, my attempts to kill myself…. I wouldn’t have gotten to the other side of all the horror. I believe that to everything there is an opposite. So for all of that pain and hell I was going through as a child, there has to be beauty. I tell anyone who is in pain, ‘Just keep going. One little step is a step.'” People Magazine
Solange Van Doorn
SOLANGE VAN DOORN
“My mom is a girl from New York, and my dad is a strong, sturdy Dutchman. I grew up with dual citizenship, and I still don’t have a grasp on American beauty standards. It used to be about having blonde hair, blue eyes, skinny-girl stuff, but now it’s like if you are true to yourself and an individual, you’re beautiful. As a girl who’s happiest in an oversize T-shirt and seawater in my hair, I’m pleased with that.” Allure
Dara Allen
DARA ALLEN
“American beauty for me is very much about that transformation from something you are into something you dream of being. Hollywood invented the movie star, which takes a person from normalcy and makes them into something extraordinary. You take whatever ingredients you have and make what you want to be.” Allure
Breck Gambill
BRECK GAMBILL
“I’m a bohemian type of person, but to me [American beauty] is being a strong-minded human who makes her own decisions-being able to plan your own life and live to please anyone but yourself.” Allure
Stacey Ervin Jr.
STACEY ERVIN JR.
“The strongest people I’ve met have not been given an easier life. They’ve learned to create strength and happiness from dark places.” People Magazine
Adele
ADELE
“Learning to REALLY truly love yourself is it, and I’ve only just realized that that is more than enough.” People Magazine
Gabrielle Nevaeh Green
GABRIELLE NEVAEH GREEN
“Hey you made such a big difference in my life and I can be myself because of you,’ It’s really heartwarming because I was just in that seat not too long ago-I know *exactly* what they’re going through.” GL