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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Modeling is one of the few professions where women out-earn men, and that's because we're more valuable objects and ornaments.
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Women are often worried about how they look, and that's not superficial. We know that our appearance has nothing to do with how smart, creative, or hardworking we are, but it plays powerfully into what society decides we are worth.
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We can't just pay attention to women who look fantastic in a photograph, because there are a lot of people that have fantastic things to say that don't look like 25-year-old white models.
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Statistics show that diversity in the media is pretty dismal. Critical voices from women and people of color are missing from many important conversations.
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If you are ever wondering, 'If I have thinner thighs and shinier hair will I be happier?' you just need to meet a group of models because they have the thinnest thighs and the shiniest hair and the coolest clothes and they're the most physically insecure women on the planet.
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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.
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The real way I became a model is I won a genetic lottery, and I became the recipient of a legacy.
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Even if I did give a good talk, is what I have to say more important and interesting than what Colin Powell said?
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Fashion is capitalism, and it will be fixed by what the market demands.
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At the Big Bad Lab, we build participatory art and media platforms for causes, communities and organizations we care about.
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The rise of the Internet and the camera phone have started to change what stories are accessible.
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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.
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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.