The body image advice I wish I could give my 20-year-old self.

April 27, 2015

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“You’re too tall.” “Your boobs are way too small.” “How huge are your hips!?” “Have you put on weight?”

Sadly they’re all phrases too many of us have uttered to ourselves throughout our lives. The beauty of getting older? We’re able to look back at our 20-year-old self and see her for the beautiful, intelligent woman she is.

What golden piece of body image advice you would tell your 20-year-old self to help her see her potential?

We asked The Glow office exactly that. And the results are moving, uplifting and hilarious all at once. (Post continues after gallery.)

The advice we'd give our younger selves.

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Unfortunately, we can’t go back in time and tell our younger selves the wisdom that comes with getting older (well, until someone makes time travel possible, obviously).

But that doesn’t mean it’s pointless advice. It might be too late to be helpful to you, but it’s damn valuable for someone else who may still be going through the same thing. Pass this on to someone you think might need it.

Check out some of The Glow team’s favourite body image quotes from celebs we love.

Rebel WilsonThe actress said on Twitter; "I'm not trying to be hot. I'm just trying to be a good actress and entertain people."

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Adele"The first thing to do is be happy with yourself and appreciate your body - only then should you try to change things about yourself."

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Lady GagaAfter 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"/ Image via @ladygaga

Ashley JuddAfter 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". Image via @ashley_judd

Christina Aguilera"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. Image via @xtina

Lena DunhamAt 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 realised 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. Image via @lenadunham

Alexa ChungChung responded to critics who suggested that her slight frame made her a bad role model for young women, saying:

"Just because I exist in this shape doesn't mean that I'm, like, advocating it." Image via Twitter @alexa_chung

Stella BoonshoftThe 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. Image via http://thebodyloveblog.tumblr.com"> Body Love Blog

Beth DittoThis five-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." Image via @marybethditto

What is your body image advice for your twenty year-old self?

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