Adele(01 of16)
Open Image ModalAdele says she tries not to worry about her body image and doesn\'t want to be a \"skinny minnie.\" \n\n\"The first thing to do is be happy with yourself and appreciate your body -- only then should you try to change things about yourself.\" (credit:Facebook)
Lady Gaga(02 of16)
Open Image ModalAfter the media focused on her alleged weight gain in September 2012, Gaga hit back at critics by baring her body in photographs, sharing her struggles with an eating disorder, and inviting her fans to join her in a \"body revolution.\" (credit:Facebook)
Christina Aguilera(03 of16)
Open Image Modal\"I am always in support of someone who is willing and comfortable in their own skin enough to embrace it,\" the singer said in a recent interview. (credit:Facebook)
Margaret Cho(04 of16)
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Open Image ModalRebel Wilson(06 of16)
Open Image ModalThe actress took to Twitter to say, \"I\'m not trying to be hot. I\'m just trying to be a good actress and entertain people.\"\r\n (credit:Facebook)
Ashley Judd(07 of16)
Open Image ModalAfter the March 2012 frenzy around Judd\'s \"puffy face,\" the actress fought back in The Daily Beast, calling the media out for making women\'s bodies \"a source of speculation, ridicule, and invalidation, as if they belong to others.\" (credit:Facebook)
Danielle Brooks(08 of16)
Open Image ModalThe \"Orange Is The New Black\" actress wrote a powerful essay for Glamour about her struggles with self-esteem and journey to body love. She\'s now dedicated to making sure all body types are seen on-screen:\n\"Ideally, I want to see all beauties, all shapes, all sizes, all skin tones, all backgrounds represented in my profession. Now that I am blessed to be that reflection I was once looking for, I’m making a promise to speak out for that little girl that I used to be.\" (credit:Getty)
Allison Tate(09 of16)
Open Image ModalTate\'s essay about body image and motherhood not only broke the Internet; it has sparked a movement of \"moms who stay in the picture.\" (credit:Allison Tate)
Autumn Whitefield Madrano(10 of16)
Open Image ModalOn her informed, thoughtful blog \"The Beheld,\" Autumn writes about beauty, body image, appearance and her two -- that\'s right, two -- mirror fasts. (credit:Facebook)
Kjerstin Gruys(11 of16)
Open Image ModalGruys went on a year-long mirror fast during which she did not study her reflection in mirrors or other reflective surfaces, or look at photographs of herself. (credit:Facebook)
Lena Dunham(12 of16)
Open Image ModalAt the 2012 New Yorker Festival, the magazine\'s TV critic, Emily Nussbaum, asked Lena Dunham, producer, creator and star of the hit HBO show \"Girls,\" why Dunham is naked in so many scenes. Dunham responded, \"I realized that what was missing in movies for me was the presence of bodies I understood.\" She said she plans to live until she is 105 and show her thighs every day. (credit:Facebook)
Alexa Chung(13 of16)
Open Image ModalChung responded to critics who suggested that her slight frame made her a bad role model for young women, saying:\n\n\"Just because I exist in this shape doesn\'t mean that I\'m, like, advocating it.\" (credit:Facebook)
Stella Boonshoft(14 of16)
Open Image ModalThe NYU student started the amazing Body Love Blog, where she posted this picture of herself and wrote an open letter to those who feel entitled to shame others for the size or look of their bodies. (credit:Facebook)
Beth Ditto(15 of16)
Open Image ModalThis 5-foot-tall, 200-pound singer spoke openly about her weight to The Advocate, saying, \"I feel sorry ... for people who\'ve had skinny privilege and then have it taken away from them. I have had a lifetime to adjust to seeing how people treat women who aren\'t their idea of beautiful and therefore aren\'t their idea of useful, and I had to find ways to become useful to myself.\" (credit:Facebook)
Mindy Kaling(16 of16)
Open Image ModalIn 2013 interview with Parade, Kaling said that she was tired of being discussing her appearance:\n\"I always get asked, \'Where do you get your confidence?\' I think people are well meaning, but it\'s pretty insulting. Because what it means to me is, \'You, Mindy Kaling, have all the trappings of a very marginalized person. You\'re not skinny, you\'re not white, you\'re a woman. Why on earth would you feel like you\'re worth anything?\'\" (credit:Getty)