Demi Lovato: 'Latina culture helped me to love my body'

Superstar Demi Lovato has revealed that her Latin background shaped how she views her body.

During a new interview with Glam Belleza Latina’s winter issue, the songstress opened up about how she grew to love her curves thanks to her heritage and culture: "Growing up in America, I never really appreciated my culture. I knew what being Hispanic was, but I thought that since I didn’t look Hispanic, I was white."

The 'Really Don't Care' beauty went onto add that she eventually grew tired of trying to change herself to fit society's ideal of what is considered beautiful and found that accepting herself and embracing how she looks was a much more positive way to think:

"I tried to conform to what everyone thinks is beautiful. But my genetics gave me a curvy figure, and I’ve come to understand that in the Latina culture, that is beautiful. I no longer look at my body and think, Oh my gosh, I have such a fat butt. Or, I hate my thighs. On some days I don’t love them. But, you know, that’s one of the things that makes me me.”

Watch a clip from Lovato's recent interview with Ellen DeGeneres below: