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I do get free stuff.
Modelling is an incredible platform.
I've never personally been anorexic.
Image is powerful, but image is also superficial.
Image is powerful. But image is also superficial.
Hard work is not why I have been successful as a model.
One of the biggest issues for me is campaign finance reform.
Models are the most physically insecure women on the planet.
I do have too many eight-inch heels which I never get to wear.
Mass media wants bright lights. Mass media wants crazy clothes.
I haven't done the profoundly impactful work many TED speakers have.
My favorite outfit is baggy black corduroy pants and a baggy T-shirt.
Fashion is capitalism, and it will be fixed by what the market demands.
I work hard, but my modeling career gives my views undeserved attention.
I am insecure... because I have to think about what I look like every day.
Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day.
A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models.
My last two years of high school, I think I went to Burger King every day for lunch.
How we look - though it is superficial and immutable - has a huge impact on our lives.
When I gave a talk at TEDx, I thought that if I did a good job, the video might go viral.
Like many young people, I believe I have potential to make a positive impact in the world.
Usually, TED only invites the most accomplished and famous people in the world to give talks.
Sometimes, great collaboration is hard to nurture online, so doing so offline is the way to go.
The rise of the Internet and the camera phone have started to change what stories are accessible.
The real way I became a model is I won a genetic lottery, and I became the recipient of a legacy.
Modelling is no better or worse than many other professions, but it is more obvious, more accessible.
Lately I've been feeling like 50 percent of the great content I read comes from Twitter conversations.
For the past few centuries, we have defined beauty as tall, slender figures, femininity and white skin.
Becoming a model was very counter-culture for my background, which is hyper-liberal, academic and feminist.
Even if I did give a good talk, is what I have to say more important and interesting than what Colin Powell said?
I've had a few conversations with people who are horrified: who tell me my work is demeaning, is sexist, is negative.
I think it's cooler when girls have favorite pieces of clothing rather than an entirely new wardrobe every few months.
At the Big Bad Lab, we build participatory art and media platforms for causes, communities and organizations we care about.
I hope we all feel more comfortable acknowledging the power of image in our perceived successes and our perceived failures.
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.
Modeling is one of the few professions where women out-earn men, and that's because we're more valuable objects and ornaments.
If I ever had needed to put together a CV, it would be quite short. Like many young people, I'd highlight my desire to work hard.
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.
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.
My style is definitely not ladylike - frills and bows kinda scare me - but I like the military look because I love that olive green khaki color.
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.
I usually decide what to wear in the morning, but sometimes, I'll have a favorite coat or sweater or shoes, and I'll wear them everyday for a week!
[Models] have the thinnest thighs, the shiniest hair and the coolest clothes, and they're the most physically insecure women probably on the planet.
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.
Statistics show that diversity in the media is pretty dismal. Critical voices from women and people of color are missing from many important conversations.
When you're looking through a magazine, you'd think every single person's a different person, but every third girl is actually the same girl in a different outfit and makeup.
Saying you want to be a model when you grow up is akin to saying you want to win the Powerball when you grow up. It's awesome, and it's out of your control, and it's not a career path.
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!'
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.
Saying that you want to be a model when you grow up is akin to saying that you want to win the Powerball when you grow up. It's out of your control and it's awesome — and it's not a career path.