myself in those women. As arbitrary as it may seem, it gave me permission to be proud of my body."

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With this essay, Brooks joins the chorus of voices of women who are sick and tired of seeing the same figure in every magazine. On just Thursday, curve model Barbie Ferreira noted that she had hard a time growing up as a curvy woman because she never saw bodies like hers appreciated in the media.

"I think due to the lack of representation I was insecure, definitely," Ferreira said. "I had a lot of difficulty growing up in a society where everything is very closed-minded, especially with beauty."

But before Brooks wraps up, she makes sure to rid of a few myths of the plus-size world. Firstly,Kohima, Sep 15 (PTI) Nagaland Governor P B Acharya today launched the ?Swachhta Hi Sewa? (Cleanliness is Service) campaign at Super Market area here.

In his brief address, the governor while maintaining that cleanliness was next to Godliness said that one should keep their surroundings clean in order to live healthily.

He also emphasised on the importance of having good clean public toilets.

Maintaining that most of the households in the state were equipped with proper toilets, the governor, however, emphasised on construction of more public toilets.

The governor also called on the people of the state to keep their surroundings and colony clean.

"For tourism to flourish in our state we must keep our towns and villages clean", he said.

Stating that the government and municipal councils were just facilitators, Acharya challenged all