Ariel Winter
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Modern Family actress Ariel Winter has never been shy about flaunting her curvaceous figure on social media. But the 19-year-old actress recently admitted that she used to feel 'crap' and did not have body positivity at all.

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The actress, who plays Alex Dunphy on the ABC sitcom, opened up about the body shaming, breast reduction surgery, boyfriend Levi Meaden, and President Donald Trump in an interaction with Refinery29. The interview is a part of R29's new Take Back The Beach series.

Ariel confessed that she gained confidence after she went under the knife. In 2015, she had the breast reduction surgery which helped her feel so much better about her body. "Before then, I didn't feel like myself, and everyone was so focused on my cleavage, so when I got the breast reduction it helped me feel so much better about my body," she said.

The Modern Family actress said that she no longer cares about what people think of her, "It's hard to be positive about your body all the time I know because I'm honest about my insecurities, people think I'm 100 percent positive about my body all the time, but I'm not."

"I get really uncomfortable, too. But I just remind myself that this is the body I was given. This is who I am," she said.

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She made her debut on ABC comedy Modern Family when she was only 11 years old. The Los Angeles-native had grown up in front of millions of public eyes. "I went through a lot of hate online, so I tried to change myself for a really long time. But people just kept hating on me no matter what I did," she rattled on.

Y'all I love you but PLEASE pay attention and post my REAL point from my @refinery29 interview!!! Not that I'm "defending living with my 29 year old boyfriend" or that I'm "firing back at Trump" because first of all I don't need to defend anything I'm super happy and in love, and I'm not firing at anyone just sharing an opinion after being ASKED! The point was to take back the beach and help people understand that the beach should be a safe space to go as you please and feel good about yourself no matter what! Makeup on, makeup off, heels, sandals, covered up, exposed, do you and feel HAPPY about who you are and YOUR choices, not the ones society wants us to choose. It's also HARD to be 100% confident- I'm still not- but I'm on a journey and I want other people to know they're not alone. We all struggle but through our struggle we get stronger and closer to our goals. Body positivity is important- not that I live with my boyfriend. Press- please read the article and take it for what it is- not what will give you more readers! Let's all be real and represent people how they want to be represented through what they actually say. Rant over. Love yourselves, love others, be yourselves, and be happy. Xo

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So she decided that she will just spend time pleasing herself instead of pleasing others. "Those people are going to be rude to me regardless of what I do, so I should just try and be happy with what I am." This is where the young actress learned that women need to embrace and appreciate their bodies.