“For me beauty is not just on the outside. It’s on the inside,” Leclair says in the above video, which was produced for the YouTube channel Barcroft TV. “For me, I have to learn how to love yourself before learning how to love others.” Canadian teenager Isa-Bella Leclair was born with Parkes Weber syndrome.
Given the statistics on negative body image and children, Leclair’s drive to inspire her peers is needed, because many of those kids grow up to be women who don’t think they’re good enough unless they’re thin.
This article was originally published on www.takepart.com, July 13 2015. Read the complete article here.
