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Camille Kostek Shares 3 Sweet Affirmations She Says to Herself Every Day

The SI Swimsuit model and TV host is the queen of self-love.

Ananya Panchal

Camille Kostek

Camille Kostek.

Camille Kostek is a self-love queen. The six-time SI Swimsuit model, who landed on the cover of the 2019 issue as a rookie after co-winning the brand’s Swim Search open casting call, has been on social media for a long time. And, as everyone knows, growing your following comes with its fair share of internet trolls, hate comments and general negativity from the public.

Kostek has picked up some tips and tricks to deal with it, but that’s not to say she doesn’t occasionally let some words get to her. The 31-year-old is human, after all, and being a work in progress means constantly reassuring yourself and being your own biggest cheerleader.

“It gets old. You get tired of it,” Kostek said of the haters during SI Swimsuit’s “Be You Women’s Empowerment Series” panel presented by Maybelline at the University of Central Florida on Sept. 28. “You just get to a point where you decide you’re above that. You’re like, ‘I’m the prize.’ Any time you can shift your perspective, not just in a relationship but in yourself, that’s one of the biggest turning points. Theres so many external forces in the workplace, in school, on social media, from peers or people you don’t know that are trying to tell you who you are and who you need to be. Why would you even want to be hard on yourself?”

The former NFL cheerleader loves her daily affirmations and is in an era of manifestation right now. She knows that “self-love is a journey” and is working on loving every part of herself every day.

The three mantras the Connecticut native repeats on a daily basis are as follows:

  1. “You’re my best friend. I love you. I’m going to take care of you.”
  2. “I love you, mind. I love you, heart.”
  3. “What’s meant for me will not pass me.”

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Ananya Panchal
ANANYA PANCHAL

Ananya Panchal is a writer on the Lifestyle and Trending News team for SI Swimsuit, where she covers fashion, beauty, pop culture and the internet’s favorite personalities and trends. She joined the brand in 2022 after roles at Bustle, the San Francisco Chronicle and the TODAY Show. Panchal loves to write about fashion in all its forms—from standout runway moments and evolving street style to the best accessories to elevate each season’s wardrobe (she rarely goes anywhere without a stack of jewelry and a coffee in hand). A self-proclaimed beauty fanatic, she’s always on the hunt for must-have products and loves breaking down viral trends. Her favorite series at the moment is spotlighting female founders and the stories behind the brands they’ve built—especially those shaping the future of fashion, wellness and tech. She is based between New York City and San Francisco and, when she’s not writing, can be found rewatching One Tree Hill, playing sudoku, trying new restaurants or ranking her favorite Disney Channel Original Movies. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and journalism with a minor in criminal justice from Boston University.

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