Nicole Scherzinger Wants You To Love Yourself

It's hard to imagine Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger feeling awkward or self-conscious about her body. But behind many sexy, voluptuous women, there's a shy youth with low self-esteem -- and that certainly rings true in Scherzinger's case. She was recently quoted saying, "We always say that inside every woman there is a Pussycat Doll, but I don't always know that about myself. I always grew up feeling awkward because I came from a town where not everybody looked like me."

What helped her feel good about herself? The very thing that catapulted her to fame: Performing. "I found myself in something that I was passionate about, which was singing, and dancing. I focused on that. I put my heart, and soul into it," she said.

Addressing the other awkward-feeling girls of the world, she adds, "You are beautiful. Just find it from within, and so you can then shine your beauty on to other people."