It Figures is Yahoo Life's body image series, delving into the journeys of influential and inspiring figures as they explore what body confidence, body neutrality and self-love mean to them. Growing ...

Growing up, Denise Bidot did not see herself as a model. "I'm chubby. I'm short and I'm Latina. Like none of those things read fashion to me," Bidot, 37, tells Yahoo Life. Her beliefs were further ...