I Am Trying To Be Guided By

I'm Not Going To Miss Wearing The Braces Very Much.

Salma And I Had Run Into Each Other Once Or Twice At Film Festivals Because I Was Doing The Press For Real Women Have Curves At The Same Time She Was Doing The Press For Frida. She Had Seen Real Women Have Curves, And When The Idea Of Ugly Betty Came Up, She Thought Of Me. Her Enthusiasm About The Project Was So Infectious-she Spoke Of It With Such Expectation. Everyone That Was Involved Was Really Excited About The Project. I Really Wanted To Be A Part Of It.

What’s Hard About Being On The Other Side Of The World Is That Sometimes The Problem Feels So Big That Changing One Life Doesn’t Feel Like Enough. But It Is.

Sometimes I Worry More About Losing Weight Than Gaining Weight, Because This Is How People Know And Accept Me. I Do Feel Like If I Wanted To Get In Better Shape, There Might Be A Backlash Of, Why Isn't She Comfortable With Herself Anymore? So I Try To Figure Out What My Own Goals Are.

As Early As Second Grade I Remember Feeling Really Different And Isolated. I Had The Hugest Crush On A Boy, And My Best Friend Had A Crush On Him, Too. One Day He Said To Me, 'i Like Your Best Friend More Because She's Paler And She Has Freckles.' And It Was Right Then That I Began To Feel Like, Oh Wow, I'm Different.