Barbie Ferreira

I had a lot of difficulty growing up in a society where everything is very closed-minded, especially with beauty.

I feel like, growing up, yes, I loved looking at fashion. I loved Tumblr.

Fat' was a terrible, terrible word for me growing up. When I was able to reclaim it and call myself fat and identify with it, that was the best moment ever. That was the moment I really started to feel free.

We need to overcome the stereotype that genders aren't fluid.

I started my modelling career by sending my pictures to American Apparel and eventually meeting my friend Petra Collins, who started shooting me for magazines around New York. I ended up signing a modelling contract with Wilhelmina Models a couple of years later.

I'm a big runner, and I like to lift heavy. I'm not one for those little two-pound dumbbells - my goal is to be super-muscular in my 40s.

Definitely, when anyone asks me what I eat - I think that's the most disrespectful thing. There's no winning with that question.

You were not put on this earth to do everything to be sexually appealing to people.

My favorite models are always going to be the people who are pushing the boundary and challenging what it is to be a model.

There's absolutely no boundaries in dressing for any size, ever.

Every day, I feel different. Sometimes I don't put on any makeup, and other times, I put on a ton.

I have been watching Youtube makeup tutorials since I was born. I did my own prom makeup and used to do peoples' makeup in high school for money.