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  • MYOB - mind your own body. It's important because I don't happen to have the kind of body that we usually see on television and in films. I am plus-size. I have dark skin. And I am 100 percent beautiful. But I get a lot of flak - oh, you should lose weight. And now that I have lost weight - and I lost weight for health reasons - I get, you look good but don't lose too much weight because your face is starting to sink in.

    "Gabourey Sidibe's Message To The World: 'Mind Your Own Body'". Interview with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. May 1, 2017.