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Queen Naija - Queen Naija has decided to take a stand against trolls who publicly judge her body. After posting this bikini photo, the Lie To Me singer noticed several comments criticizing her curves. Clapping back via Twitter, Queen wrote: “Lol, y’all body shame people for being fat, y’all body shame skinny people, y’all body shame mom bodies, and surgery bodies. As long as I love my body and my [man] love[s] it, I’m good. I’m sexy & I know it.”Preach, sis! Queen Naija

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Lizzo - Lizzo often uses her voice to amplify body positivity, self-love, and self-awareness. However, while chatting with NPR, the Good As Hell singer revealed that it took several years to fully embrace her curves.“When I started discovering my self-love and trying to be more positive about my body— this was like 10 years ago— I was broke. I was like, I have no plastic surgery options, there's no crazy dieting options; I've been big my whole life,” she explained. “I made a decision that I would eventually be happy about it, and it took a long time. Ten years later, I have a healthy relationship with my body." (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

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Queen Latifah - Queen Latifah has lived most of her adult life in the spotlight. Admitting that being in the public eye has not always been easy, the multi-talented entertainer recalled in a candid interview with Good Housekeeping magazine the moment she decided to fully embrace her body.“When I was around 18, I looked in the mirror and said, You're either going to love yourself or hate yourself. And I decided to love myself," Latifah said. "That changed a lot of things." (Photo by Kevin Winter/WireImage)

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Serena Williams  - While most would gladly spend hours in the gym to achieve the fitness level of Serena Williams, the tennis champ revealed that it took time to ignore the hatters and fully celebrate her muscular physique. For others looking to be more body positive, she suggests starting with a positive outlook. "For every negative comment, there are 300,000 positive ones,’’ she shared in an interview. “You have to be okay with yourself no matter if you’re size 0 or a little bigger, like me. A lot of other people say I inspire them to be comfortable with themselves. My mom was really strong on that, on learning to love yourself."(Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

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Jill Scott - Jill Scott knows the power of her curves. While chatting with The Huffington Post, the actress and singer shared, “I think I’ve learned over the years that it’s more important to be comfortable with yourself than whatever anybody else has to say.” She continued, “It can be a challenge when you don’t look like anybody on the magazine cover. It can feel alienating, but every woman in my opinion has their own power. [...] It’s really about accepting oneself. Men are drawn to confidence. People are drawn to confidence. So I believe whole-heartedly, it’s about how you carry yourself.”(Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

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Deborah Joy Winans - Deborah Joy Winans is an advocate for body positivity and self-love. When she’s not using her social media to amplify her views, the Greenleaf actress is using her craft as a way to showcase diversity in the entertainment industry. “Size inclusivity is important because everyone needs to be represented,” she told Mediaplanet. “It’s important for young women growing up to see someone that looks like them in a positive, beautiful light.” (Photo by Todd Williamson/WireImage)

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Danielle Brooks - Danielle Brooks chose to dismiss her negative opinions about her body—and has been happier since. “For the longest time, I have put myself down and criticized my body for having extra curves and love handles and thick thighs,” she told Self magazine. The OITNB actress later explained how developing a positive self-image resulted in an overall healthier lifestyle. “There’s only so much beating myself up that I can take,” she proclaimed. “If I am putting poison into my body, I’m not going to live. That’s not only with what we eat and how much we work out, but with what we’re saying to ourselves. I realized the only way I’m going to be happy is by servicing my body in a way that is healthy.”(Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)

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Michelle Buteau - Michelle Buteau has made it her mission to dismantle negative outlooks on body image. When chatting about the topic with Allure, the stand-up comedian and actress explained, "If you can't live in my shine, then go cop in someone else's shade because I can't." (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

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Amber Riley - Amber Riley is all about embracing “Big Girl Energy.” In fact, the actress and singer released a 2021 single of the same name to harness the power of self-confidence. “When I was writing it [BGE], it was about the energy part of it, the big girl energy," she explained to People magazine. "Like putting your big girl pants on, doing what it is that you need to do even if you don't want to do it, taking care of business, loving yourself, having that self-esteem, having that self-love, loving your body.”She continued, “Big Girl Energy is literally the way that you move through life with confidence. And the goal for the song was just people to put it on.”(Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards)

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Nicole Byer - Nicole Byer owns over 100 bikinis! During an interview with ZORA, the comedian explained that the concept behind her coffee table book, #VERYFAT #VERYBRAVE: The Fat Girl’s Guide to Being #Brave and Not a Dejected, Melancholy, Down-in-the-Dumps Weeping Fat Girl in a Bikini, came when she went to Palm Springs in 2017 and only packed bikinis. When asked why she believes people feel as though they need to be “brave” to wear a bikini, she explained, “I think it just stems from years of women’s bodies being told how and what they should be. Now, if you’re on the gram, you see people saying they’re on a journey of discovery and self-love, so people are heading in the right direction. We see different size models, which is great, too.”(Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)

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Tamela Mann  - Tamela Mann recalls being a teen when she fully embraced her natural curves. “On the inside, I knew that I may not look like everybody, but I’m still beautiful,” she expressed to HelloBeautiful. “As for my self-esteem, I would say I had a small amount of it, but it wasn’t like I beat myself down because I didn’t look like everybody else. [...] I did feel some of the pressure of not looking like everybody else sometimes, but then I realized, once I got to be 17, ‘Hey, this is who I am.''"She encouraged others, "Love you for who you are and just work through it.”(Photo by John Shearer/WireImage)