Curvy model who was skinny, now labelled 'fat' posts on social media saying 'grateful for this body'

"...accepting that I am meant to be here just like you, and we were all created to be imperfectly perfect." the curvy model said.

English curvy model Iskra Lawrence who was skinny has posted a comparison of herself 10 years ago and now on Instagram.

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The 27-year-old looks confident with her body even better than before. In the photo captions, she wrote, "I remember being proud of how skinny I looked during this shoot. And how now people call me fat when I’m just happy to be alive and grateful for this body I call my home."

Iskra said she struggled a lot to be perfect to seek approval from the industry and make herself a "standard" model.

"I thought if I looked like "her" (an unrealistic beauty ideal), I’d be happy, successful and loved," she recalled.

But then she found that was a failure, emptiness, and unhappiness inside her because she put all her energy and effort to ruin her self-dignity.

She found the best thing she has ever done was to focus on looking after herself and being the best her she could be.

"Trying to give, instead of focusing on myself, my image and needing approval from others. And accepting that I am meant to be here just like you, and we were all created to be imperfectly perfect," she said.

Iskra is now a spokesperson the National Eating Disorders Association and tries to promote the body positivity.

She has launched her new health and fitness program in order to create a safe place for adults to "go on a positive journey of self-love."

"I don’t have all the answers and I’m not even trying to change anyone or tell people to do this and that etc. But I felt the need to create this as I wish I could have had this when I was struggling and if I’m able to use that to help even one person even better," she said in her post.