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Carre Otis

Exposing any subject that is unpleasant or controversial means risking judgment and making some people feel uncomfortable.

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Carre Otis

I delight in my family obligations, but they leave little time for breaks let alone quick trips across the country.

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Carre Otis

There comes a moment as a parent when you realize you will no longer be the center of your child's universe.

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Carre Otis

Being born and raised as a Californian, I somewhat ignorantly had taken for granted the diversity and liberal mindset that shaped my childhood and adult life.

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Carre Otis

My daughters, your daughters, our daughters deserve safety, protection, and the freedom to make their own choices about their personal lives and their physical selves.

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Carre Otis

But I would assert that despite the wide variety of yoga options and individual preferences, there is one universal element: the union of consciousness and movement, breath and awareness.

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Carre Otis

Just as young people absorb all kinds of messages from the media, young girls learn what it means to be a woman by watching the older women in their lives.

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Carre Otis

I didn't know what to do with calories.

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Carre Otis

When you become a parent, it's not all about you anymore.

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The doctor asked what my diet was like and I had to sit down and realize it's not normal, and hadn't been normal for about 20 years.

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Carre Otis

I was essentially paid to perpetuate the myth that we are all, or should at least try to be, 17 and a size 2 forever.

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Carre Otis

From the time I started school, it was clear to everyone that I wasn't learning at the same pace as other kids.

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Just because you're a different size doesn't mean you're sitting on the couch eating bonbons all day long watching TV.

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I think that we can't deny the public's want for balancing out the images that are out there depicting women. Not all of us are 17 and a size two.

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Carre Otis

I feel like it's my responsibility to honestly cover a lot of subjects in part because I have two little girls and I really want them when they grow up to have a voice.

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Carre Otis

You have to find a balance with food in your life - you can't take out food. It can be absolutely terrifying.

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Carre Otis

Part of treatment for drugs and alcohol is you abstain from these, but with eating disorders you can't abstain from food so the treatment is longer than drugs and alcohol.

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Carre Otis

Anorexia was there for me before I got into modeling, but because of the arena and the demands, the disease really got out of control for me. It's like being an alcoholic and going and being a bartender.

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Carre Otis

I had dropped out of school and was a runaway, so I didn't have family to fall back on if I didn't work. I didn't have a lot of other options of making money other than modeling.

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Carre Otis

The pressure was if I didn't get into that dress size someone else would - someone else would get the job.