86 Quotes by Barbie Ferreira

I typically get 7 to 8 hours, but I'm a 12-plus-hour sleeper. I need to go into hibernation once a week to refuel.

'Fat' was a terrible, terrible word for me growing up. When I was able to reclaim it and call myself fat and identify with it, that was the best moment ever. That was the moment I really started to feel free.

I'm completely the opposite of an etiquette icon. I'm brash, and I don't follow any social rules, really. I'm nice, but really, I'm the least-put-together lady in the world.

Not everyone relates to being a blond girl with blue eyes and is proportioned so she could barely walk if she was a real person.

I feel like, growing up, yes, I loved looking at fashion. I loved Tumblr.

My favorite models are always going to be the people who are pushing the boundary and challenging what it is to be a model.

At first, I was scared that if I claimed I modeled, people would be like, 'What?'

The term 'plus size' is so inaccurate. I'm not plus size; I have never bought an article of clothing that was plus size.

I think representation is the most important thing in the world. People who are young look up to the things that they see in the media. They want to relate and to be able to say, 'Wow, I can be successful.'