When Lexi Mendiola was looking at a photo of herself in a one-piece, her eyes immediately went to the stretch marks that were visible on her upper thigh. "My 'tiger stripes' were the first things I saw -- I guess it's because I've always been insecure about them," the Philippines-based commercial model, 23, tells PEOPLE. "It just made me feel discouraged, and immediately warped how I felt about the image altogether, which was so frustrating because I really liked everything else about it." Initi...
When Lexi Mendiola was looking at a photo of herself in a one-piece, her eyes immediately went to the stretch marks that were visible on her upper thigh. "My 'tiger stripes' were the first things I saw -- I guess it's because I've always been insecure about them," the Philippines-based commercial model, 23, tells PEOPLE. "It just made me feel discouraged, and immediately warped how I felt about the image altogether, which was so frustrating because I really liked everything else about it." Initi...
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