Stars who help spread positive body images: Adele, Meghan Trainor and more

Like women all around the world, stars face insecurities about their bodies, but a group of fabulous females are fighting to spread positivity. From <b>Adele</b> to <b>Chrissy Teigen</b> and <b>Mindy Kaling</b>, we've rounded up the celebrities we love for celebrating themselves despite not fitting a very narrow ideal...
<h2>Meghan Trainor </h2><p>"Recently we were doing a fitting for this music video, and I was like, 'All these dancers next to me, they're so tiny,' and I felt insecure again and my best friend was like, 'You are all about that bass. Do not forget that.' I was like, 'You're right! I am hot, and I look bomb in these outfits, and I'm going to kill it in this video," the <em>Dear Future Husband</em> singer told <em>ET</em> in 2016.</p> Photo: &copy; WireImage
<h2>Melissa McCarthy</h2><p>"There's an epidemic in our country of girls and women feeling bad about themselves based on what .5% of the human race looks like. It starts very young. My message is that as long as everybody's healthy, enjoy and embrace whatever body type you have," the <em>Ghostbusters</em> star told <em>Redbook</em> magazine in 2016. </p> Photo: &copy; Getty Images
<h2>Demi Lovato </h2><p>"We all have problem areas. I'm always going to have thick thighs. I can't change that, and obsessing over it will only make me miserable. Learning to be grateful for our bodies and taking care of them are the best ways for us to empower ourselves physically, mentally, and spiritually," the <em>Confident</em> singer told <em>Fitness</em> magazine. </p> Photo: &copy; Getty Images
<h2>Adele </h2><p>"I do have body image problems, for sure, but I don’t let them rule my life at all. And there’s bigger issues going on in the world than how I might feel about myself and stuff like that," she said in 2015. "There’s only one of you so why would you want to look like everyone else? Why would you want to have the same hairstyle as everyone else and have the same opinions as everybody else?” </p> Photo: &copy; WireImage
<h2>Ashley Graham </h2><p>"We need to work together to redefine the global image of beauty, and it starts by becoming your own role model," Ashley said during a Ted Talk in 2015. </p>Photo: Getty Images
<h2>Serena Williams</h2><p>"I know I get flack for my physique, and it has been a struggle to love my body, but now curves are in and I'm happier in myself," the tennis player told Britain's <em>The Times</em> magazine in 2016. </p> Photo: &copy; WireImage
<h2>Chrissy Teigen</h2><p>"We really need to retool the language because we're all real women; we just come in all different shapes and sizes," the model told <em>TODAY Style</em> in 2015. "Everyone needs to know there's no such thing as perfect. We're all just jaded and weirded out by these people on Instagram. But it's about being confident and going out there and being happy by the pool, having a good life and a good time." </p> Photo: &copy; Getty Images
<h2>Jennifer Lopez </h2><p>"I think a healthy body image comes from being the best you, not competing with anybody else," the singer told <em>Us Weekly</em>. "You know, I'm not a 6-foot tall model...I'm not a size 2. I think it's about focusing on yourself and just trying to be the best you." </p> Photo: &copy; Getty Images
<h2>Mindy Kaling</h2><p>"If I call myself a cute, chubby girl, the natural kind woman’s response is, ‘You’re not chubby! You’re beautiful! And thin!’ And I always want to hug the person and say, ‘It’s OK, I identify as someone who is cute and chubby – that doesn’t mean I’m not worthy of love and attention and intimacy,'" the actress told <em>The Guardian</em> in 2015. </p> Photo: &copy; Getty Images
<h2>Misty Copeland </h2><p>"I think body-image issues are not just a dancer thing. I think we're much more in tune and aware because the body is our instrument and art and we stare at ourselves in a mirror all day, but I feel like it's something that every woman experiences and every girl experiences," the ballerina told <em>ELLE</em> in 2015. </p> Photo: &copy; Getty Images for AHA
<h2>Khloe Kardashian </h2><p>"I’m proud of my body," the reality star wrote in a blog post. "My body weight will always be something that I’ll struggle with for the rest of my life, but I’m finally in a good place and learning to love me for me, and not somebody else's standards." </p> Photo: &copy; Getty Images
<h2>Lena Dunham</h2><p>"I don’t feel like my work is dependent on my size. I feel like my work is dependent on the fact that I’m an everywoman. I’d be an everywoman if I lost 20 pounds or if I gained 50 pounds, because of my attitude and it’s my relationship to the world and the fact that like I have two front teeth that are bigger than the rest of my teeth," the <em>Girls</em> star told <em>Time</em> in 2012. </p> Photo: &copy; Getty Images
<h2>Drew Barrymore</h2><p>"I'd drive myself nuts if I were [obsessed with body image]. I am who I am, and I just don't have a bikini body, I don't even have a one-piece any more - The messages we send to ourselves and to other women, what we relay to our children, those messages have to be based on reality," the actress told <em>InStyle</em> in 2015. </p> Photo: &copy; Getty Images
<h2>Taylor Swift </h2><p>"I definitely have body issues, but everybody does. When you come to the realization that everybody does—even the people that I consider flawless—then you can start to live with the way you are. I've read interviews with some of the most beautiful women who have insecurities. And you look at them and you're like, 'How do you have? Name one thing wrong with yourself,' and they could name a handful." </p> Photo: &copy; Getty Images
<h2>Jennifer Lawrence </h2><p>"I'm never going to starve myself for a part. I don't want little girls to be like, 'Oh, I want to look like Katniss, so I'm going to skip dinner!' [...] I was trying to get my body to look fit and strong, not thin and underfed," the <em>Hunger Games</em> star told <em>ELLE</em> magazine. </p> Photo: &copy; Getty Images
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