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One of the reasons she signed on to the film was because of its positive messages.

\"This movie is so special because it is about stripping away those preconceived notions of beauty, trying to become individuals and not feeling that we have to live up to some unrealistic ideal that society is feeding up to us,” she said.

She also believes the public makes incorrect assumptions about her personal life.

\"There's this [misconception] that there's this level of unhappiness that I live in due to the fact that I don't have a storybook moment at this stage of my life,\" she said.

\"And that's just simply not true. You go through those periods of time and you get stronger ... What makes me feel beautiful is the people around me, the life that I have,” she added.

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