Seeing These Models Strip Down and Get Real Will Inspire You to No End

Updated on July 25, 2015 at 8:00 AM

You don't need us to tell you that every woman has insecurities, whether they're related to how she feels in a swimsuit or the way she looks in her clothes. What you do need is to see these curvy models reveal their own — and then strip down for the camera anyway.

Project WomanKind is a video series launched by five models, including Margaret Macpherson, Jessica Vander Leahy, Olivia Langdon, Sophie Sheppard, and Stefania Ferrario, with one inspiring goal: total body positivity and acceptance. While these brave ladies pose in their lingerie for a shoot, that's not our favorite part of the six short films.

Instead, we're more interested in listening to the models open up, sharing what they've learned about the industry, the worries that they've abandoned along the way, and how they plan to diversify the face of fashion with every new campaign they front. Keep reading to watch a teaser for Project WomanKind, then get to know each of these five faces by reading their best token of advice and listening to their personal journeys.

Olivia Langdon

“Your sense of self-worth is not relevant or not proportional to your shape or size — or of anyone else’s.”

Jessica Vander Leahy

“I think more and more people are realizing that making people feel like sh*t about themselves doesn’t always sell products. Sometimes making people feel good about themselves and having a positive image about themselves — selling something that’s positive — that’s a good thing.”

Margaret Macpherson

“When you’re unhappy you get the worst results. . . . Now that I’m like, ‘Eh, your body’s your body,’ that’s when you get the best results.”

Sophie Sheppard

“There’s nothing wrong with being big or being curvy or being slim. There’s nothing wrong with being who you are supposed to be. There’s more to life than the bloody tag on my dress.”

Stefania Ferrario

“I love the curves. I love jiggling them. I love earning them.”