Philomena Kwao Quotes

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There is beauty everywhere. But if I had to narrow it down, I absolutely adore Beyonce. She’s the ultimate icon for me. I also love Naomi CampbelI, Jourdan Dunn, Joan Smalls, Daria Werbowy, and Genevieve Nnaji.

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I love technology. I love the Internet.

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I want to use my voice to better health care for pregnant women.

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Fat is fat. This goes back to the word ‘plus.’ We describe things. We are humans, and we need to describe things.

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You can’t say you’re inclusive when you only have one plus-size, hourglass white model.

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Put on your bikini, put on whatever you want to wear, and don’t worry about what other people are saying.

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Magazines don’t go far enough to be inclusive and have at least have one model representing every major skin tone.

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If I’m feeling really, really crappy, it sounds so cliche, but if I wake up extra early in the morning and do some sort of physical activity, I usually feel a little bit better. Or I do other things that make me happy.

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My goal is always to help other women with programs that help them live better lives, especially is areas where health care is missing. Both of my parents are from Ghana, where there is a need for health care in the smaller villages.

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I think that the plus-size industry has been great with size diversity, but it hasn’t really been great for skin tone diversity.

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It’s refreshing when plus-size styling is exciting and pushes boundaries rather than safe and boring.

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As a woman of color and curve model, I never imagined when I started modeling that I would be featured in the pages of ‘Sports Illustrated.’

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For me, diverse beauty is an affirmation of every single person in his or her own skin.

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For me, less is more. I don’t often wear makeup, but when I do, a little concealer and some powder go a long way.

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I think the real problem is all the negative connotations people have with that term. They think, ‘Oh my God! I don’t want to be ‘plus-size!” But people attach too much significance to terms. We can’t let these terms define us or our beauty.

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I have to congratulate L’Oreal on its True Match foundation range. It’s my go-to foundation, and I absolutely love it.

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I try not to assign labels to myself. Sometimes I shop in the plus section, and sometimes I don’t. I feel we attach too much significance to labels, and ultimately, it doesn’t really matter.

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Torrid has given me an amazing opportunity. I can reach out to different girls and help them realize that they are beautiful, too.

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If you call me ‘fat,’ it doesn’t bother me because I just don’t care.

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The brands that choose to use me, my agency and social media have given me a face and a voice.

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My best advice is to celebrate your own unique features and never put them down. There is beauty in individuality, and it’s so important to appreciate everything your body allows you to do. It’s OK to have a down day – we all do from time to time – but it’s not OK to compare yourself to others.

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My mother was born in Ghana, but she moved to the U.K. when my sisters and I were born.

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There’s not many models in the U.S. that have my depth – like, really dark skin – that are also plus size. Skin color has been one of those things we haven‘t really, really addressed on a large, widespread scale.

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Because of social media, it’s bridged the gap between the advertisers and fashion and allowed people to find their group. It really widens what people are viewing and allows brands to see what the public wants to see.

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Sometimes you never realise how much of an effect you’re having on people until you’re told, and the fan mail I receive has made me very aware of the positive effects I have on other people.

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Women of all ethnicities, complexions, and sizes want to be able to wear makeup and nice clothes. No one wants to go out and feel like they’re substandard or that there’s only one mold that they don’t fit.

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The #Swim Sexy campaign is redefining standards of beauty, and I’m proud to be a part of it. My hope is that this campaign connects with women and girls of all ages, body-types, races, and backgrounds.

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My mom and my sisters have helped me to be comfortable with who I am. It’s a process of loving yourself as you are. I can say that it’s been a journey. I see the changes little by little.

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Everyone needs to realize the responsibility they hold and realize where they can make a difference.

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My hair is extremely dry and fragile, so moisture is key. I love black castor oil, shea butter, and lots of water.

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When I started, there was only one other girl that I could name that was even close to my shade. I didn’t understand why there weren’t more black plus-size models with darker skin tones. It feels like the final frontier of beauty is to be black, to be plus, to have natural hair.

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We are all beautiful.

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Beauty, to me, is not a physical thing. It’s a feeling.

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It isn’t hard to see how the lack of representation affects the self esteem of many women world wide.

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When you model, you don’t really have control over your image. It can be a good thing, it can be a bad thing. It can be a good thing in the sense that, actually, you have to get reintroduced to yourself. You don’t always get that opportunity in your normal life. You can kind of hide from yourself.

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It’s refreshing to see plus women being treated as part of the fashion community as a whole and not just a separate piece or separate different thing.

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Celebrate the things that make you individual and unique, and realize that there’s no one in this world that looks like you.

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I’ve inherited so much culture, beauty, and love, and I’m the perfect mix of Philomena.

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One misconception I think is wrong is that being a larger size means, somehow, that you’re neglecting your body, or you don’t look after yourself, or you don’t love yourself enough to lose weight. We’ve been saturated with the idea that to be happy you must be thin, or to be healthy you must be thin.

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I hope to show people everywhere that you can be unapologetically you and still succeed. I also hope that by using more diverse models, brands can see that there is power in diversity, and not shy away from doing something new for fear of failure. The effects are bigger than just the fashion industry.

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I think it’s just that the fashion industry can only accept one thing at a time. It’s like, ‘OK, well, if we’re going to add plus, then let’s keep it hourglass and white.’

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My journey into modeling began completely by chance. I was in school finishing up my master‘s degree in health management and policy when a friend entered me into an online modeling competition.

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I grew up in the U.K. and now reside in the United States, and my family is from Ghana.

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I’ve been lucky enough to do a few editorials in the U.K., but I’ve never even been on a casting for mainstream commercial work. When I try to understand it, I think people are scared to try something new.

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War and armed conflict disproportionately affect women and can turn what is supposed to be a joyous and beautiful experience – childbirth – into a horrific or even fatal one.

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