“I don’t see myself as a sexy person…. For a long time, I had a hard time finding things I liked about myself physically. I’d never look in the mirror…’cause I didn’t really like what I saw.

“One day I looked in the mirror because I wanted to find something that I liked about myself — and I started crying. I didn’t see anything.”

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Janet Jackson, negative body image, gifted self-esteem issues

  09.24.06   By Douglas Eby   |  
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