A biography for Barbie Ferreirahasn’t been written yet.
“I'm more than just a curvy girl.”
“I think representation is the most important thing in the world. People who are young look up to the things that they see in the media. They want to relate and to be able to say, 'Wow, I can be successful.'”
“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 used to have a recurring black-and-white dream where I would drive in on a hover car and raid the shoe closets of this huge mansion. I don't know what that means at all, to be honest.”
“Don't be afraid to show off who you are.”
“I just want to make sure girls know they don't have to carry the weight of achieving nearly impossible standards on their shoulders every day.”
“Looking at magazines and being someone who wanted to act, as a kid, I was very much influenced by things I saw.”
“Airbrushing has sold such a false idea of what a body looks like to the point where people can't tell what's real and what's fake.”
“I'm not overweight. I have and will always eat to nourish my body, and I work out.”
“I used to be insecure about my butt, but I no longer think of clothes as something to make me look skinnier.”
“I used to hate my legs, but I learned to embrace them. They may be bigger than the average person's, but they're beautiful. I love them, and I wear short shorts all of the time.”
“Tradition in fashion is held with such a high regard.”
“The lullabies I grew up with were usually Brazilian religious ones, and they still soothe me into sleep.”
“Definitely, when anyone asks me what I eat - I think that's the most disrespectful thing. There's no winning with that question.”
“Less is more. I would notice that when I did my makeup, I was putting on more makeup than they did on me at shoots. A little goes a long way, so I definitely learned how to wear less.”
“When you surround yourself with really good energy, really good people, you almost don't even think about your body as anything but something to nourish yourself and keep you running.”
“As a young girl who was not confident in myself, I think I would tell girls of all ages that there is no one type of beauty, and looking towards one standard is the most unhealthy thing in the world.”
“Don't focus on your body. Love it, but know it'll never be up to society's standards because it's all Photoshop and exclusivity. And that's okay!”
“I never saw anyone my size in magazines when I was younger.”
“The term 'plus size' is so inaccurate. I'm not plus size; I have never bought an article of clothing that was plus size.”