Words matter. These are the best Adwoa Aboah Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
A sexy selfie can be incredibly empowering – but remember that, while a Snapchat message might expire, nothing on the Internet truly disappears.
Gurls Talk is my baby. It’s just about opening up a space within schools where we as women and girls can talk about whatever we want.
I just wanted to jump out of my body sometimes and be someone else.
Even when I first started modeling, my loyalty to those girls like Molly Goddard, Ashley Williams, and Dilara Findikoglu was important. I like to support them as much as I can. For me, it’s as important to walk in their show or wearing their clothes as it is doing a Marc Jacobs show.
The worst thing to do when I’m feeling insecure or a bit vulnerable is to scroll through Instagram. You only show when life is good on social media. Everyone looks happy all the time.
One day at a time. I live by that.
There are times when you’re being judged on your appearance and you’re not feeling your best self. It hurts, but as I always say, I try and be 100 percent myself all the time. So if I’m rejected, it just hurts that little bit less because at least I was myself.
My mum never put those fashion ideals into the house. I didn’t wear make-up, and I had my hair all frizzy.
Diversity can’t be a fashionable thing: it should be here to stay.
When you talk, you realize that the pains and worries you feel are universal; you no longer feel alone in your sadness. You relate and find comfort in the fact that there are other women going through the same things as you are.
I’ve got a lot of jewellery that I love – whether it costs a pound or whatever, it’s all precious to me.
2014 was a terrible year for me. I got a lot of help from psychiatrists, doctors, and my family, but also from group therapy. I met people from so many different backgrounds, and we were all able to relate to each other. It felt like a real community, and I stole that concept for Gurls Talk.
The best part of going out is always getting ready with your friends.
I spent so long trying to be other people, and it made me really deeply unhappy.
I’ve been lucky enough to have been given a platform through modeling, so now I can use it as an activist.
I always believed that I had to pretend to be happy. But what I’ve learned is that it doesn’t matter what race or class or demographic you come from. I truly believe that sadness is relative.
The most amazing thing for me is when I open up a magazine and I see someone I could be friends with and looks, maybe, slightly like me. And I think that’s the same with young girls. Because there needs to be diversity.
School was unbelievably painful. It was five years of being pretty sad.
In the digital age, there is a new rule book for romance.
It’s really difficult seeing your role model or your parent cry.
It has to be something people prioritize – it should be the number-one priority: representing all types of beauty, all types of shapes and sizes.
I don’t feel guilty about any of my pleasures.
Like anyone else, I can fall into these massive Instagram holes and start comparing myself to other people.
Women and girls inspire me. They drive me.
What drew me to modeling was this idea of being independent.
In 2017, there is more than one way to be beautiful and more than one way to be cool. And when you put an image on the cover of ‘Vogue,’ that means something that goes beyond fashion.
I know what my causes are. And I care about them, so I’d rather get out there and talk about them than just play it safe.
I’ve been really lucky with the shows that I’ve done and the diverse line-ups I’ve been included in.
My dream actress to work with would be Amy Adams.
When you want someone to notice you, there’s one fail-safe way of making sure that they do: by plastering pictures of yourself across social media. Your motive might seem obvious, but so what?
I forget about myself and tend to concentrate too much on others.
I was privileged in terms of where I grew up, and I come from a very loving, supportive household. But when I began to go off the rails at boarding school, my behaviour wasn’t a result of an upbringing but more something that was going on within me.
I came from a privileged background, which I am entirely grateful for, but it played a part in my feeling that I couldn’t complain about my own emotions.
I did not know how to share with someone the fact that I was really, really depressed.
Mental health isn’t all of me, but it’s a massive part of my journey and a massive part of my whole being.
