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Pierce explained why she wanted to share her message in the caption of her post.

\"Honestly I'm still in disbelief but I wanted to share this with you because I feel like this is important (especially for women) to see that WORDS ARE POWERFUL & no matter what, THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK and BE KIND. Body Shaming & Bullying ARE NEVER OKAY,\" she wrote.

Pearce also told GMA that she wanted to try to turn the incident into a positive situation.

\"It wasn't about me exploiting who did this or bullying them because if I would've exploited them that's bullying in another way,\" she shared. \"It was more raising awareness for people that words hurt.\"

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\"I have a blue check mark by my name, so people automatically think that maybe those things aren't things that I deal with,\" she said. \"Fans might not think that people in the public eye deal with the same things that they do.\"

The singer shared that she has dealt with body shaming before. \"I think as a woman you'll always feel those pressures, and I definitely have my own stories throughout my life.\"

\"It's definitely been something that I think, just as an entertainer, is a little more in the forefront of your mind,\" she said on image expectations.

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Pearce hopes to use her platform to show women and men that shaming for one's appearance is never acceptable.

\"I want women to love the skin that you're in, not worrying about what size or shape you are -- and understand that there's no right or wrong answer to your body,\" she said. \"Words are powerful, and you need to speak kindly and understand, 'What is the tables were turned, how would that feel?'\"

\"It has to stop,\" she added.

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