I have no idea what advantages I truly get, but I know people talk to me and give me time of day because they like how I look.
From Cameron Russell
Becoming a model was very counter-culture for my background, which is hyper-liberal, academic and feminist.
My mum never told me that I was beautiful when I was a kid - and I didn't read magazines or watch MTV, so I had no real consciousness about it all.
Even if I did give a good talk, is what I have to say more important and interesting than what Colin Powell said?
Hard work is not why I have been successful as a model.
In 2007, a very inspired New York University Ph.D. student counted all the models on the runway, every single one that was hired, and of the 677 models that were hired, only 27, or less than four per cent, were non-white.
I do have too many eight-inch heels which I never get to wear.
I am insecure... because I have to think about what I look like every day.
If someone has the opportunity to become a model, I would say, 'Do it.'
When I was 16, I definitely burned a couple of bridges by saying, 'I won't do this!' I was not diplomatic about it. I came to a fitting and was like, 'I don't wear fur; cancel this show!'
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