Meghan Trainor: “I never thought I’d be a pop star. I don’t look like Rihanna”

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On learning to love the way she looks:

‘You have to speak it out loud. You have to look in the mirror and say, “Damn, I look great today”. When I saw photos of myself, I would think, I look awful. There’s a double chin! I never thought I’d be a pop star. I don’t look like Rihanna. After the video for All About That Bass came out…when I was signing autographs, this girl came up to me bawling and said, “You make me feel pretty again. Thank you.” It really resonated with me that this girl was so gorgeous, and she didn’t even know it. It’s a mental thing. Just recently I was thinking, I’m confident now, and I look good, and that’s because I’ve started saying those words out loud more. So now when I see pictures, I’m like, “Oh my God, why would I hate myself at all? I look incredible in that picture!”‘

… says Meghan in Seventeen Magazine.

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