SELENA GOMEZ
“I’m proud of my heart, and I like my eyes! I used to look at myself and feel not pretty enough. But I think it’s natural for people to feel that way sometimes. You feel like you have to look a certain way or be a certain way, but that’s not the case. This line is a way for me to be a part of a beauty community and say, I’m practicing and I’m learning, and you can too.” People Magazine
JOSHUA VACANTI
“Growing up I never felt that I fit in. I was bullied a lot at school. But now, as an adult, I realize that the things that make me different are the best parts about me and they’re the things that I should celebrate.” The Voice
SOPHIA WOODWARD
“Be yourself. You are far more interesting than anything anyone wants you to be.” GL
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
“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
“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.
“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
“Learning to REALLY truly love yourself is it, and I’ve only just realized that that is more than enough.” People Magazine
YARA SHAHIDI
“What remain a through line in each and every project-and any world that I occupy-is that I want there to be a greater purpose. That purpose may be as simple as providing joy or it may be helping in the field of equity or amplifying other people’s voices. But my metric for success is having an impact on something greater than myself.” Glamour
AVA DUVERNAY
“A healthy amount of fear is a good thing. Let it drive you.” Glamour Magazine