The internet can be a H๏τbed for body shaming and a breeding ground for negativity — just ask Gigi Hadid. In a recent interview with Blake Lively for Harper’s Bazaar, Hadid opened up about her experience about being body shamed on social media.

“Most of it is just nonsense. But it can still hurt,” Hadid said of the negative comments she gets. But instead of stressing over the things people say online, Hadid seems to have chosen to focus her energy on learning to love her body unconditionally and focus on her health.

Recently, Hadid has had to fend off body shamers who criticized the model because she has lost weight since she started modeling.

“Nowadays, people are quick to say, ‘I used to love Gigi’s body, and now she just gave in.’ But I’m not skinny because I gave in to the industry,” Hadid said. “When I had a more athletic figure, I was proud of my body because I was an amazing volleyball player and horseback rider.”

But that all changed when Hadid was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease, an autoimmune condition that impacts the thyroid and metabolism. In February, Hadid took to Twitter where she explained the toll that Hashimoto’s took on her body. In some of the tweets, as included below, Hadid explained why fans might have noticed a change in her appearance.

“For those of you so determined to come up w why my body has changed over the years, you might not know that when I started @ 17 I was not yet diagnosed w/Hashimoto’s disease; those of you who called me ‘too big for the industry’ were seeing inflammation & retention due to that,” she wrote.

Hadid continued: “I have always eaten the same, my body just handles it differently now that my health is better. I may be ‘too skinny’ for u, honestly this skinny isn’t what I want to be, but I feel healthier internally and am still learning and growing with my body everyday, as everyone is.”

She reiterated this in her interview with Lively.

“After discovering that I have Hashimoto’s [an autoimmune disease], I needed to eat healthy and work out,” she said. “It was weird as a teenager, dealing with this when all of my friends could eat McDonald’s and it wouldn’t affect them.”

“If I could choose, I would have my a– back and I would have the тιтs I had a few years ago,” she said. “But, honestly, we can’t look back with regret. I loved my body then, and I love my body now.”

She continued: “It’s my experience that your body will grow and change, and there’s always beauty in it, no matter what.”

Hadid also cautioned her readers and fans against comparing themselves to what they see on social media, or even previous versions of themselves.

“Whoever is reading this, I want you to realize that three years from now you will look back at a picture from this time period and be like: ‘Wow, I was so H๏τ. Why did I feel so bad about myself because of some stupid thing someone said?'” she said.

You can read Hadid and Lively’s full Harper’s Bazaar interview here. The May 2018 issue of Harper’s Bazaar will hit newsstands on April 24.