Airbrushing Quote by Cynthia Heimel

I think a lot of times for women, especially in this industry, we're forced to do things for beauty that aren't good for what…

— KiKi Layne

This unrealistic patriarchal standard of beauty? We're not doing that. It's not about what size we are after we've grown a body. It's about…

— Michelle Buteau

Women have been programmed to criticise their own bodies because we should have the shape that society, and in particular men, want.

— Ulrika Jonsson

The problem is that we as a society simply accept these unrealistic standards: that you have to be thin to be perfect, to be…

— Crystal Renn

I think women's bodies are a battleground and photography is partly to blame. Our society is so photographic now, it becomes more difficult to…

— Keira Knightley

“Newsflash she already has body image issues. It's an intrinsic part of being a woman. Every woman in the world has some part of…

— Richard Castle

Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance - it's the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries.

— Annie Lennox

“although there are many factors that contribute to women's body-image issues, we cannot ignore the role that society plays in the aesthetics of what…

— Malebo Sephodi

I think we all waste a lot of time measuring ourselves up against impossible standards in lots of ways. We need to learn a…

— Kate Grenville

“Our culture is obsessed with perfection, especially when it comes to the way women look. The parameters of acceptability as far as physical appearance…

— Yancy Lael

“If so, why has a naturally masculine shape (broad shoulders, no waist, narrow hips, flat belly) become the ideal for the female body? Why…

— Anita A. Johnston

I still think there is a huge emphasis on how women look, whether it's fitting a certain mold to play a certain type of…

— Lily Collins