I was letting someone I was never going to be in the same room with impact my every day happiness, i still wake up with the uglies and I still have days where I say things to myself that I shouldn’t say. But I feel like speaking out about it has made me want to be healthier.

Lauren Alaina

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I like to sing in the car with the windows rolled down and hair blowing all over my face.

Lauren Alaina

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I didn't lose. I got second. That's still winning. How could I be unhappy with second place? There are a million people who would love to be in my position.

Lauren Alaina

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I knew Scotty was going to win. At the beginning of the episode, I was like, 'Scotty, are you ready to win?'. I knew he was going to in my heart. I accepted it. I couldn't pick a more perfect person to get second place to. He's my best friend.

Lauren Alaina

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My favorite type of music to sing is a crossover between country and pop.

Lauren Alaina

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Changing my diet was the big thing. I had to learn correct portion control. . . . I eat an egg-white omelet for breakfast, shrimp and veggies for lunch, and chicken with asparagus for dinner.

Lauren Alaina

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I hope I'm exactly what America is looking for, I don't know, I'm just going to be myself and hope that they love it. That's all I can do.

Lauren Alaina

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The first thing I do every day when I wake up is thank God for letting me make it through the night and giving me another day of life - just because sometimes I wake up, and I cannot believe I'm doing what I'm doing. I just thank Him. I don't know how I deserve it, but it's completely because of Him.

Lauren Alaina

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People are pretty because they're nice, and they care about other people, and they have a good heart. That's what makes you pretty, and I didn't know that at one point in my life.

Lauren Alaina

good you heart life

Before I go to bed, I thank God for blessing me with all the things he blessed me with, and for my family to be safe.

Lauren Alaina

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People always ask me who my role models are and who I want to be like, and I don't wanna be like anybody; I wanna be me. I look up to a lot of people, and they have had great influences on me, but I wanna be original and different.

Lauren Alaina

great look me people

I'm not fake, and I don't want to mislead people about who I am. I can be serious, too, and I cry a lot. It's just who I am.

Lauren Alaina

i-am fake serious people

I grew up eating fried food. I thought that macaroni and cheese was a vegetable.

Lauren Alaina

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Self-confidence is something I've always lacked in. But finally, at some point, I just decided to be honest.

Lauren Alaina

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When you go through really hard times, you really figure out who you are, how you respond to things, and how things affect you.

Lauren Alaina

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I like having curves. Curves are in!

Lauren Alaina

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There's just as much positivity as there is negativity, but for some reason, people focus on the negative things. And I used to be that person, but I'm not that person anymore.

Lauren Alaina

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I had really bad polyps on my vocal cords, and I've had them since I was a kid, but the bulimia made it 10 times worse. They were bleeding constantly, and it was straining on my voice. And just the lack of nutrition - my vocal cords couldn't keep up because I was so unhealthy.

Lauren Alaina

bad kid nutrition voice

I have insecurity problems like every teenage girl, but you have to work through them.

Lauren Alaina

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I try to remind myself of the things that I like about myself that make me who I am.

Lauren Alaina

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I'm still learning to love myself.

Lauren Alaina

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