Iskra Lawrence Body Image Interview Self 2017
Iskra Lawrence Opens Up About Her Past and Reminds Us That We Are the Only Ones in Control of Our Lives
![On having curves, and being asked by a modeling agency to lose weight: "I was so confused about why my body was curvy. . . . That's when I became obsessed with weight. My hips were 36 1/2 inches when they were 'meant' to be 34. . . . [At one point] all I ate was ham for two weeks. I lost 2 inches around my waist, exercising like crazy. I would fall asleep in school. I felt agitated."](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/OP2nmKIn_pBmZpaaAaVt4EFHCBE/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2016/12/20/870/n/1922729/19d99c496472cd38_Iskra1/i/having-curves-being-asked-modeling-agency-lose.jpg "On having curves, and being asked by a modeling agency to lose weight: \"I was so confused about why my body was curvy. . . . That's when I became obsessed with weight. My hips were 36 1/2 inches when they were 'meant' to be 34. . . . [At one point] all I ate was ham for two weeks. I lost 2 inches around my waist, exercising like crazy. I would fall asleep in school. I felt agitated.\"")
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