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"Her 6&amp;apos;2&amp;quot; frame, lanky limbs and chiseled cheekbones weren&amp;apos;t enough to convince Ireland Baldwin to try her hand at modeling growing up, the 17-year-old stunner tells the September issue of ELLE magazine. Instead, she explains, it took a nudge from her mother to finally take the plunge.\r\n&amp;quot;She thought it would be good for my confidence because I never thought of myself as a pretty girl,&amp;quot; she says of supermodel mom Kim Basinger&amp;apos;s suggestion. Baldwin initially wanted to be a comedy writer -- or avoid the spotlight altogether.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I would look at [my parents] and go, &amp;apos;Jesus, how miserable is that?&amp;apos;&amp;quot; she says of growing up in a household with Basinger and dad Alec Baldwin. &amp;quot;I didn&amp;apos;t want to be followed.&amp;quot;\r\nThe candid social media pro has since changed gears, however, now tweeting and posting on all her social media accounts up to 30 times a day. In April, she took to her Tumblr blog to slam &amp;quot;haters&amp;quot; and question people who felt the need to criticize her body.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;What I don&amp;apos;t fully understand is, what is the good in commenting on a photo of a 17-year-old girl and calling her fat, ugly, etc.? Ist that helping you in some way?&amp;quot; she wrote at the time. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m confused &amp;#x2026; putting that out there is hateful and unhealthy. If you don&amp;apos;t have a complimentary thing to say about someone, keep it to yourself &amp;#x2026; It&amp;apos;s bad energy being put out there!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nBaldwin explains that she had body image issues growing up, and in the September issue of ELLE, she remembers those younger days as worlds away, a time when she was &amp;quot;just not having balance of any kind. Eating too much when I was too upset about something, [then] &amp;apos;I&amp;apos;m not going to eat ever because I&amp;apos;m so mad about how my body looks.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\nNow, however, Baldwin says she has a better perspective on fame and what it means to be in the public eye.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;There&amp;apos;s always something new that&amp;apos;s going to come up and happen, and you&amp;apos;re history,&amp;quot; she said of ignoring critics. &amp;quot;In the end -- this is going to sound dark -- in the end you&amp;apos;re going to die, and all those photos never mattered.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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