Cameron Russell
Cameron Russell
Cameron Russell is an American fashion model...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionModel
Date of Birth14 June 1987
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
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barrier hard work
The barrier to entry, to being a model, is not hard work. You don't need a degree. You don't need to win an award. It's just about how you look.
became model won
The real way I became a model is I won a genetic lottery, and I became the recipient of a legacy.
good
Even if I did give a good talk, is what I have to say more important and interesting than what Colin Powell said?
fixed
Fashion is capitalism, and it will be fixed by what the market demands.
change phone rise stories
The rise of the Internet and the camera phone have started to change what stories are accessible.
entertain million
Once you are a model, you do have to fly a million red-eye flights, and you do have to entertain a different client every single day.
brown coolest elastic found high lime mom pants sesame street wore
My first day of high school, I wore brown boys' corduroys that my mom had sewn Sesame Street elastic into - they were my coolest pants - and a lime green Patagonia fleece that my mom found at Goodwill. I loved fleece.
I am insecure... because I have to think about what I look like every day.
modelling
Modelling is no better or worse than many other professions, but it is more obvious, more accessible.
few men objects valuable women
Modeling is one of the few professions where women out-earn men, and that's because we're more valuable objects and ornaments.
engagement level maintain variation
It's going to sound ridiculous, but knowing how to pose, how to maintain a level of engagement and variation for a day of shooting, is actually a skill.
ted work
I haven't done the profoundly impactful work many TED speakers have.
academic becoming model
Becoming a model was very counter-culture for my background, which is hyper-liberal, academic and feminist.