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    15 Celebrities on What They Don't Like About Themselves

    Which makes them *more* likable? IDK.

    By Chelsea Peng
    Published 17 November 2016 In Features

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    Everybody makes mistakes. Everybody has those days. Everybody suffers from fear and loathing brought on by self-awareness—even celebrities. Here, 15 famous women on their particular insecurities.

    Kylie Jenner
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    Kylie Jenner

    When Jenner finally admitted to dabbling in fillers, her rationale was that doing so helped her get over a lifelong fixation with bigger lips. (Kim Kardashian corroborated this in an interview with Access Hollywood.)

    Kate Moss
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    Kate Moss

    What's one of the most beautiful women maybe ever concerned about? Her self-described bow legs, which means you'll never catch her in a mid-calf hemline.

    Kim Kardashian
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    Kim Kardashian

    Not a conventional body part, but when you're on camera 24/7..."If you Google 2008 and 2007, I had the craziest, hairiest hairline, so I did laser it," she said. "Everyone would just Photoshop it every time I did a photo shoot [anyway]. I didn't really change the shape, I just got rid of all the baby hairs."

    Kristen Stewart
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    Kristen Stewart

    "I'm uncomfortable about the size of my ears and I'm sort of lanky," she once said. We *guess*...

    Beyoncé
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    Beyoncé

    She might have 24 hours in a day just like the rest of us, but she's also got lapses in confidence...just like the rest of us. She reportedly dislikes her feet and ears, often gets a runny nose while performing, and employs wind machines not just for epic hair flips but for dealing with extreme sweatiness.

    Olivia Wilde
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    Olivia Wilde

    True story: When Olivia Wilde met her now-husband Jason Sudeikis, she feared she wasn't "beautiful enough or his type." (She seriously said so in our April 2013 cover story.) Just...wow.

    Chrissy Teigen
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    Chrissy Teigen

    More body hang-ups, brought to you by the miracle of childbirth. "I'm still definitely not comfortable," she said of requesting swimsuits with more coverage on shoots. "I think I'm fine in clothes. But am I comfortable naked or in a bikini? Not exactly yet."

    Jessica Alba
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    Jessica Alba

    News flash: Jessica Alba was once too self-conscious to wear short skirts. [Insert your "???" meme of choice.] "I was a lot more critical of my body when it was probably pretty awesome," she said in Health. "Now I'm a lot more confident in my skin—because who cares? At the end of the day, it's so much time spent on something that really doesn't matter that much." True.

    Rihanna
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    Rihanna

    Like 47 percent of us, Rihanna too has been doing her squats religiously. "I do pick on my body," she said in an interview with E!. "It's a thing that women do. We walk in front of the mirror and we look at our butt. Is it getting bigger today? Ew. It's still flat."

    Miley Cyrus
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    Miley Cyrus

    From our September 2015 issue: "I was made to look like someone that I wasn't," she said of growing up Hannah Montana. "Which probably caused some body dysmorphia because I had been made pretty every day for so long, and then when I wasn't on that show, it was like, 'Who the fuck am I?'"

    Victoria Beckham
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    Victoria Beckham

    In a charmingly honest letter to her younger self, VB covers it all: teenage acne, feeling like you don't fit in, and being relegated to the back row "of the end-of-year show (in a humiliatingly bright purple Lycra leotard) because you are too plump to go at the front." A must-read.

    Kendall Jenner
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    Kendall Jenner

    Once upon a time, a 17-year-old Kendall Jenner told Harper's Bazaar Arabia of a problem that's probably only since compounded. "I'm trying to gain weight but my body won't let it happen," she said. "What people don't understand is that calling someone too skinny is the same as calling someone too fat, it's not a nice feeling."

    Khloé Kardashian
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    Khloé Kardashian

    And sometimes, they're self-inflicted. "It did not work for me," she said of getting fillers. "I looked crazy, and I still think the effects are in there—I went to have it all dissolved like three times."

    Gigi Hadid
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    Gigi Hadid

    The thing with other people pointing out your flaws is WE KNOW ALREADY. In Hadid's case, it's her walk, a weakness she said helped her become a kinder more professional model. "When you start working, you better be the most hardworking, nicest person in the room," she said. "Because if you're not, then there's always going to be someone prettier, nicer, and more hardworking."

    Blake Lively
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    Blake Lively

    And this one's a double feature—both about the pressure women face for their "post-baby bodies" and sense of responsibility she felt to adhere to a strict diet and exercise regimen to film The Shallows. "That's a shame because there shouldn't be that negative 'ugh' after someone has a baby," she said. "Your body is so beautiful. You couldn't walk a Victoria's Secret runway but it's beautiful in a completely different and incredible way and I do wish I had the bravery to go out there and represent women as they actually look."

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