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Cameron Russell: Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model.
Cameron Russell: Videz ni vse. Verjmite mi, sem manekenka.
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Cameron Russell prizna da je "zadela na genetski loteriji" : je visoka, lepa in manekenka za spodnje perilo. A ne sodite je po videzu. V tem neustrašnem govorunam na ironičen način ponudi pogled na industrijo, kjer je že pri starosti 16 let morala morala izgledati izredno zapeljivo.
Cameron Russell - Model
Cameron Russell has stomped the runways for Victoria's Secret and Chanel, and has appeared in many magazines. But she is much more than just a pretty face. Full bio
Cameron Russell has stomped the runways for Victoria's Secret and Chanel, and has appeared in many magazines. But she is much more than just a pretty face. Full bio
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00:16
Hi. My name is Cameron Russell,
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Živjo. Moje ime je Cameron Russell
00:18
and for the last little while
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in zadnje čase se ukvarjam
z manekenstvom.
z manekenstvom.
00:23
I've been a model.
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00:24
Actually, for 10 years.
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Pravzaprav zadnjih 10 let.
In občutek imam,
00:28
And I feel like there's an uncomfortable tension
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da je ta trenutek v sobi
neprijetna napetost,
neprijetna napetost,
00:32
in the room right now
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00:33
because I should not have worn this dress. (Laughter)
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ker ne bi smela obleči te obleke.
(Smeh)
00:36
So luckily I brought an outfit change.
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K sreči sem prinesla obleko za preobleči.
00:40
This is the first outfit change on the TED stage,
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To je prvo preoblačenje na odru TED-a
00:43
so you guys are pretty lucky to witness it, I think.
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in mislim, da imate srečo,
ker ste mu lahko priča.
ker ste mu lahko priča.
00:46
If some of the women were really horrified when I came out,
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Če ste bile nekatere ženske zgrožene,
ko sem prišla na oder,
ko sem prišla na oder,
00:49
you don't have to tell me now, but I'll find out later on Twitter.
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mi ni treba povedati zdaj,
ampak bom izvedela na Twitterju.
ampak bom izvedela na Twitterju.
00:52
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
Dodala bi,
da sem precej privilegirana,
da sem precej privilegirana,
00:58
I'd also note that I'm quite privileged
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01:00
to be able to transform what you think of me
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ker lahko spremenim,
kaj si mislite o meni
kaj si mislite o meni
01:03
in a very brief 10 seconds.
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v samo 10 sekundah.
Vsi tega ne morejo storiti.
01:05
Not everybody gets to do that.
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01:09
These heels are very uncomfortable,
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Te visoke pete so zelo neudobne;
še dobro, da jih nisem nameravala nositi.
še dobro, da jih nisem nameravala nositi.
01:10
so good thing I wasn't going to wear them.
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Najhujši del je,
ko si potegnem pulover čez glavo,
ko si potegnem pulover čez glavo,
01:15
The worst part is putting this sweater over my head,
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01:16
because that's when you'll all laugh at me,
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ker se mi boste takrat vsi smejali.
01:18
so don't do anything while it's over my head.
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Tako, da ne naredite ničesar,
medtem ko ga imam čez glavo.
medtem ko ga imam čez glavo.
01:23
All right.
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Dobro.
01:26
So why did I do that?
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Torej, zakaj sem to naredila?
01:29
That was awkward.
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To je bilo nerodno.
(Smeh)
No --
01:32
Well,
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(Smeh)
Upam, da ne tako nerodno kot tista slika.
01:36
hopefully not as awkward as that picture.
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01:40
Image is powerful,
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Videz je vpliven,
vendar je videz tudi površinski.
01:43
but also image is superficial.
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Pravkar sem popolnoma spremenila,
kaj si mislite o meni, v šestih sekundah.
kaj si mislite o meni, v šestih sekundah.
01:48
I just totally transformed what you thought of me in six seconds.
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In na tej sliki
01:53
And in this picture,
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še nikoli nisem imela fanta
v resničnem življenju.
v resničnem življenju.
01:55
I had actually never had a boyfriend in real life.
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Bila sem v grozni zadregi
01:57
I was totally uncomfortable, and the photographer
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in fotograf mi je govoril,
naj usločim hrbet.
naj usločim hrbet.
02:00
was telling me to arch my back and put my hand
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in dam roko tipu v lase.
02:02
in that guy's hair.
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In seveda, z izjemo operacij
02:06
And of course, barring surgery,
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in lažne porjavitve, ki so mi jo naredili
dva dni nazaj za službo,
dva dni nazaj za službo,
02:08
or the fake tan that I got two days ago for work,
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ne moremo narediti nič kaj dosti,
da bi spremenili svoj videz
da bi spremenili svoj videz
02:12
there's very little that we can do to transform how we look,
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in naš videz ima, kljub temu da je
površinski in nespremenljiv,
površinski in nespremenljiv,
02:16
and how we look, though it is superficial and immutable,
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02:19
has a huge impact on our lives.
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ogromen vpliv na naše življenje.
Tako danes zame biti pogumna pomeni
biti odkrita.
biti odkrita.
02:23
So today, for me, being fearless means being honest.
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In na tem odru sem,
ker sem manekenka.
ker sem manekenka.
02:28
And I am on this stage because I am a model.
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Na tem odru sem,
ker sem lepa belka
ker sem lepa belka
02:31
I am on this stage because I am a pretty, white woman,
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in v moji industriji
temu rečemo seksi dekle.
temu rečemo seksi dekle.
02:35
and in my industry we call that a sexy girl.
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Odgovorila bom na vprašanja,
ki mi jih ljudje vedno postavljajo,
ki mi jih ljudje vedno postavljajo,
02:37
And I'm going to answer the questions that people always ask me,
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vendar bom tokrat iskrena.
02:40
but with an honest twist.
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Torej, prvo vprašanje je,
kako postaneš manekenka.
kako postaneš manekenka.
02:42
So the first question is, how do you become a model?
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Vedno odgovorim samo:
"Oh, odkrili so me."
"Oh, odkrili so me."
02:45
And I always just say, "Oh, I was scouted," but that means nothing.
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Ampak to ne pomeni nič.
02:47
The real way that I became a model is
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V resnici sem
postala manekenka,
postala manekenka,
tako da sem zadela na genetski loteriji
in podedovala zapuščino,
in podedovala zapuščino,
02:51
I won a genetic lottery, and I am the recipient of a legacy,
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in morda se sprašujete, kakšno zapuščino.
02:54
and maybe you're wondering what is a legacy.
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02:56
Well, for the past few centuries
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No, že nekaj stoletij
lepoto definiramo,
ne samo kot zdravje in mladost
ne samo kot zdravje in mladost
02:59
we have defined beauty not just as health and youth
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03:05
and symmetry that we're biologically programmed to admire,
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in simetrijo, ki jo po naravi občudujemo,
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but also as tall, slender figures,
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ampak tudi kot visoko, vitko postavo
in ženstvenost in belo kožo.
03:12
and femininity and white skin.
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In to je zapuščina, ki so jo zgradili zame
03:15
And this is a legacy that was built for me,
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03:17
and it's a legacy that I've been cashing out on.
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in zapuščina, ki sem jo dobro vnovčila.
In vem, da so med občinstvom ljudje,
03:20
And I know there are people in the audience
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ki so ta hip skeptični
03:22
who are skeptical at this point,
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in mogoče je med vami kakšen modni
navdušenec, ki si misli:
navdušenec, ki si misli:
03:24
and maybe there are some fashionistas who are, like,
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03:25
"Wait. Naomi. Tyra. Joan Smalls. Liu Wen."
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"Čakaj. Naomi. Tyra. Joan Smalls.
Liu Wen."
Liu Wen."
In najprej bi rada pohvalila
vaše impresivno poznavanje manekenk.
vaše impresivno poznavanje manekenk.
03:29
And first, I commend you on your model knowledge. Very impressive.
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03:31
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
03:33
But unfortunately I have to inform you that in 2007,
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Ampak žal vas moram obvestiti,
da je leta 2007
da je leta 2007
03:37
a very inspired NYU Ph.D. student counted
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zelo navdahnjen doktorski študent z NYU
preštel vse manekenke na modni pisti,
čisto vsako, ki so jo najeli,
čisto vsako, ki so jo najeli,
03:40
all the models on the runway, every single one that was hired,
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in od 677 manekenk
03:43
and of the 677 models that were hired,
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03:46
only 27, or less than four percent, were non-white.
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jih samo 27, manj kot 4%,
ni bilo bele rase.
ni bilo bele rase.
Naslednje vprašanje,
ki mi ga ljudje vedno postavijo je:
ki mi ga ljudje vedno postavijo je:
03:51
The next question people always ask me is,
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03:53
"Can I be a model when I grow up?"
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"Ali lahko postanem manekenka,
ko odrastem?"
ko odrastem?"
03:55
And the first answer is, "I don't know, they don't put me in charge of that."
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In prvi odgovor je, "Ne vem,
jaz ne odločam o tem."
jaz ne odločam o tem."
03:58
But the second answer, and what I really want to say to these little girls is, "Why?
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Toda drugi odgovor,
kar bi res rada rekla
tem malim deklicam je:
tem malim deklicam je:
"Zakaj? Veš, lahko postaneš karkoli.
04:03
You know? You can be anything.
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04:05
You could be the President of the United States,
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Lahko bi bila predsednica ZDA
04:06
or the inventor of the next Internet,
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ali izumiteljica naslednjega interneta
04:08
or a ninja cardio-thoracic surgeon poet,
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ali nindža pesnica,
ki se ukvarja s srčno kirurgijo,
ki se ukvarja s srčno kirurgijo,
04:11
which would be awesome, because you'd be the first one."
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kar bi bilo mega,
ker bi bila prva na svetu."
ker bi bila prva na svetu."
04:13
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
In če mi po tem čudovitem seznamu
še vedno rečejo
še vedno rečejo
04:15
If, after this amazing list, they still are like,
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04:18
"No, no, Cameron, I want to be a model,"
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"Ne, ne, Cameron, hočem biti manekenka,"
04:19
well then I say, "Be my boss."
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potem rečem, "Bodi moja šefica."
04:21
Because I'm not in charge of anything,
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Ker jaz ne vodim ničesar
04:23
and you could be the editor in chief of American Vogue
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in ti bi lahko bila glavna urednica
ameriškega Voguea
ameriškega Voguea
04:25
or the CEO of H&M, or the next Steven Meisel.
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ali generalna direktorica H&M,
ali naslednji Steven Meisel.
ali naslednji Steven Meisel.
Reči, da bi rada, ko odrasteš,
postala manekenka,
postala manekenka,
04:28
Saying that you want to be a model when you grow up
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is akin to saying that you want to win the Powerball when you grow up.
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je kot bi rekla, da bi rada,
ko odrasteš, zadela na loteriji.
ko odrasteš, zadela na loteriji.
04:34
It's out of your control, and it's awesome,
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Ni odvisno od tebe in super je
04:38
and it's not a career path.
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in ni kariera.
04:39
I will demonstrate for you now 10 years of accumulated model knowledge,
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Zdaj vam bom pokazala znanje,
ki sem ga nabrala v 10 letih manekenstva.
ki sem ga nabrala v 10 letih manekenstva.
04:44
because unlike cardio-thoracic surgeons,
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V nasprotju s srčnim kriurgom
04:45
it can just be distilled right into -- right now.
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svoje znanje zlahka povzamem.
Torej, če je fotograf na tej strani
04:48
So if the photographer is right there
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04:52
and the light is right there, like a nice HMI,
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in luč na tej strani, dober reflektor,
04:53
and the client says, "Cameron, we want a walking shot,"
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in naročnik reče:
"Hočemo posnetek hoje."
"Hočemo posnetek hoje."
04:55
well then this leg goes first, nice and long, this arm goes back, this arm goes forward,
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To nogo daš naprej, lepo in dolgo,
ta roka gre nazaj, ta roka gre naprej,
ta roka gre nazaj, ta roka gre naprej,
04:59
the head is at three quarters, and you just go back and forth,
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glavo držiš takole
in potem se samo premikaš naprej in nazaj
in potem se samo premikaš naprej in nazaj
05:01
just do that, and then you look back at your imaginary friends,
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in potem pogledaš nazaj
proti svojim namišljenim prijateljem
proti svojim namišljenim prijateljem
05:04
300, 400, 500 times. (Laughter)
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300, 400, 500-krat.
(Smeh)
Izgledalo bo nekako takole.
05:09
It will look something like this. (Laughter)
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(Smeh)
Upajmo, da manj nerodno kot
ta na sredini.
ta na sredini.
05:13
Hopefully less awkward than that one in the middle.
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05:15
That was, I don't know what happened there.
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Ne vem, kaj se je zgodilo tukaj.
Na žalost potem, ko končaš šolo
05:18
Unfortunately after you've gone to school,
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in imaš življenjepis
in si imela nekaj služb,
in si imela nekaj služb,
05:20
and you have a résumé and you've done a few jobs,
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05:22
you can't say anything anymore,
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ne moreš več reči, da boš karkoli,
05:23
so if you say you want to be the President of the United States,
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tako da, če rečeš,
da bi rada postala predsednica ZDA,
da bi rada postala predsednica ZDA,
na tvojem življenjepisu pa piše:
manekenka za spodnje perilo: 10 let,
manekenka za spodnje perilo: 10 let,
05:27
but your résumé reads, "Underwear Model: 10 years,"
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05:29
people give you a funny look.
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te ljudje čudno pogledajo.
Naslednje vprašanje je:
"Ali retuširajo vse fotografije?"
"Ali retuširajo vse fotografije?"
05:31
The next question people always ask me is, "Do they retouch all the photos?"
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In ja, retuširajo bolj ali manj vse,
05:34
And yeah, they pretty much retouch all the photos,
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05:35
but that is only a small component of what's happening.
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ampak to je samo majhen del tega,
kar se dogaja.
kar se dogaja.
05:39
This picture is the very first picture that I ever took,
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Ta fotografija je čisto prva,
ki sem jo posnela,
ki sem jo posnela,
in to je bilo tudi prvič,
da sem oblekla bikini,
da sem oblekla bikini,
05:42
and it's also the very first time that I had worn a bikini,
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in sploh še nisem dobila menstruacije.
05:45
and I didn't even have my period yet.
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05:46
I know we're getting personal, but
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Vem, da je to precej osebna stvar,
ampak bila sem mlada deklica.
ampak bila sem mlada deklica.
05:48
I was a young girl.
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Takole sem bila videti s svojo babico
samo nekaj mesecev prej.
samo nekaj mesecev prej.
05:50
This is what I looked like with my grandma just a few months earlier.
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05:54
Here's me on the same day as this shoot.
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Ti dve sliki sta bili posneti na isti dan.
Moja prijateljica je lahko šla z mano.
05:57
My friend got to come with me.
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05:58
Here's me at a slumber party a few days before I shot French Vogue.
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Tukaj sem na zabavi v pižamah nekaj dni
pred snemanjem za francoski Vogue.
pred snemanjem za francoski Vogue.
06:02
Here's me on the soccer team and in V Magazine.
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Tukaj sem z nogometno ekipo
in v reviji V Magazine.
in v reviji V Magazine.
In to sem jaz danes.
06:06
And here's me today.
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06:08
And I hope what you're seeing is that
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In upam, da vidite,
da te slike niso slike mene.
06:10
these pictures are not pictures of me.
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Konstrukcije so
06:12
They are constructions,
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06:13
and they are constructions by a group of professionals,
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in te konstrukcije je zgradila
skupina profesionalcev:
skupina profesionalcev:
06:16
by hairstylists and makeup artists and photographers and stylists
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frizerjev in vižazistov
in fotografov in stilistov
in fotografov in stilistov
06:19
and all of their assistants and pre-production and post-production,
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in vseh njihovih asistentov
in predprodukcije in postprodukcije
in predprodukcije in postprodukcije
06:22
and they build this. That's not me.
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in zgradijo tole.
To nisem jaz.
06:25
Okay, so the next question people always ask me is,
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Naslednje vprašanje,
ki mi ga ljudje vedno zastavijo, je:
ki mi ga ljudje vedno zastavijo, je:
06:27
"Do you get free stuff?"
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"Ali dobiš zastonj stvari?"
Res imam preveč čevljev z 20-centimetrsko
peto, ki jih nikoli ne obujem,
peto, ki jih nikoli ne obujem,
06:29
I do have too many 8-inch heels which I never get to wear,
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06:33
except for earlier,
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razen malo prej,
ampak zastonj stvari, ki jih dobim,
dobim v resničnem življenju
dobim v resničnem življenju
06:34
but the free stuff that I get
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06:37
is the free stuff that I get in real life, and that's what we don't like to talk about.
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in to je tisto, o čemer
se ne maramo pogovarjati.
se ne maramo pogovarjati.
06:40
I grew up in Cambridge,
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Odrasla sem v Cambridgeu
06:41
and one time I went into a store and I forgot my money
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in enkrat sem šla v trgovino
in pozabila denar
in pozabila denar
06:44
and they gave me the dress for free.
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in obleko so mi dali zastonj.
Ko sem bila najstnica,
sem bila v avtu s prijateljico,
sem bila v avtu s prijateljico,
06:46
When I was a teenager, I was driving with my friend
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ki je bila obupna voznica.
Prevozila je rdečo luč in seveda
Prevozila je rdečo luč in seveda
06:49
who was an awful driver and she ran a red and of course,
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06:51
we got pulled over,
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naju je ustavil policist
06:53
and all it took was a "Sorry, officer,"
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in samo opravičila sem se,
pa naju je spustil naprej.
pa naju je spustil naprej.
06:55
and we were on our way.
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In te zastonj stvari sem dobila
zaradi svojega videza,
zaradi svojega videza,
06:57
And I got these free things because of how I look,
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07:01
not who I am, and there are people paying a cost
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ne glede na to, kakšna sem navznoter,
in drugi ljudje plačajo ceno,
in drugi ljudje plačajo ceno,
07:04
for how they look and not who they are.
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za to, kakšni so videti in ne
kakšni res so.
kakšni res so.
07:06
I live in New York, and last year,
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Živim v New Yorku in lani
07:08
of the 140,000 teenagers that were stopped and frisked,
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je od 140.000 najstnikov,
ki so jih ustavili in preiskali
ki so jih ustavili in preiskali
86% spadalo med Afro- in Latinoameričane
in večina je bila mladih moških
in večina je bila mladih moških
07:11
86 percent of them were black and Latino,
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and most of them were young men.
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in v New Yorku živi samo 177.000
mladih afro- in latinoameriških moških,
mladih afro- in latinoameriških moških,
07:16
And there are only 177,000 young black and Latino men in New York,
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07:20
so for them, it's not a question of, "Will I get stopped?"
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tako da zanje ni vprašanje,
ali jih bodo ustavili,
ali jih bodo ustavili,
07:23
but "How many times will I get stopped? When will I get stopped?"
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temveč kolikokrat jih bodo ustavili.
Kdaj jih bodo ustavili?
Kdaj jih bodo ustavili?
07:26
When I was researching this talk,
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Ko sem raziskovala za to predavanje,
07:27
I found out that of the 13-year-old girls in the United States,
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sem odkrila, da 53%
13-letnim deklicam v ZDA
13-letnim deklicam v ZDA
07:31
53 percent don't like their bodies,
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ni všeč lastno telo
07:33
and that number goes to 78 percent by the time that they're 17.
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in ta številka se povzpne na 78%,
ko dopolnijo 17 let.
ko dopolnijo 17 let.
Torej, zadnje vprašanje,
ki mi ga ljudje postavijo je:
ki mi ga ljudje postavijo je:
07:37
So the last question people ask me is,
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"Kako je biti manekenka?"
07:41
"What is it like to be a model?"
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07:42
And I think the answer that they're looking for is,
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In mislim, da je odgovor, ki ga iščejo:
"Če si malo bolj suha
in imaš bolj sijoče lase,
in imaš bolj sijoče lase,
07:44
"If you are a little bit skinnier and you have shinier hair,
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boš tako srečna in čudovita."
07:47
you will be so happy and fabulous."
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In ko smo v zakulisju,
07:50
And when we're backstage, we give an answer
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odgovorimo tako, da se to mogoče zdi res.
07:52
that maybe makes it seem like that.
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07:54
We say, "It's really amazing to travel,
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Rečemo: "Fantastično je potovati
in fantastično je imeti priložnost
in fantastično je imeti priložnost
07:56
and it's amazing to get to work with creative, inspired, passionate people."
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za delo z ustvarjalnimi, navdahnjenimi,
strastnimi ljudmi."
strastnimi ljudmi."
08:00
And those things are true, but they're only one half of the story,
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In vse to je res,
ampak je samo polovica zgodbe.
ampak je samo polovica zgodbe.
08:03
because the thing that we never say on camera,
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Tisto, česar nikoli ne rečemo pred kamero,
08:06
that I have never said on camera,
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česar nikoli nisem rekla pred kamero, je:
08:08
is, "I am insecure."
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"Negotova sem."
In negotova sem, ker moram vsak dan
razmišljati o svojem videzu.
razmišljati o svojem videzu.
08:11
And I'm insecure because I have to think about
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08:12
what I look like every day.
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08:15
And if you ever are wondering,
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In če se kdaj sprašujete,
"Če dobim vitkejša stegna in
bolj sijoče lase, ali bom srečnejša?"
bolj sijoče lase, ali bom srečnejša?"
08:19
"If I have thinner thighs and shinier hair, will I be happier?"
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morate samo spoznati skupino manekenk,
08:23
you just need to meet a group of models,
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08:25
because they have the thinnest thighs and the shiniest hair and the coolest clothes,
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ker imajo najvitkejša stegna
in najbolj sijoče lase in najbolj kul obleke,
in najbolj sijoče lase in najbolj kul obleke,
08:27
and they're the most physically insecure women probably on the planet.
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in so verjetno najbolj fizično negotove
ženske na svetu.
ženske na svetu.
Ko sem pisala ta govor,
08:32
So when I was writing this talk, I found it very difficult
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sem se zelo mučila z iskanjem
iskrenega ravnovesja,
iskrenega ravnovesja,
08:34
to strike an honest balance, because on the one hand,
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ker mi je bilo po eni strani
08:37
I felt very uncomfortable to come out here and say,
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zelo neprijetno priti sem in reči:
08:40
"Look I've received all these benefits from a deck stacked in my favor,"
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"Poglejte, imela sem vse te koristi,
ker sem se rodila s to prednostjo"
ker sem se rodila s to prednostjo"
08:44
and it also felt really uncomfortable to follow that up with,
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in obenem mi je bilo
zelo neprijetno nadaljevati z:
zelo neprijetno nadaljevati z:
"in nisem vedno srečna."
08:47
"and it doesn't always make me happy."
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08:50
But mostly it was difficult to unpack a legacy
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Ampak predvsem je bilo težko razpakirati
zapuščino spolnega in rasnega zatiranja,
zapuščino spolnega in rasnega zatiranja,
08:53
of gender and racial oppression
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ko sem na njej tako veliko zaslužila.
08:56
when I am one of the biggest beneficiaries.
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08:59
But I'm also happy and honored to be up here
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Ampak obenem sem tudi srečna
in počaščena, da sem tu
in počaščena, da sem tu
09:02
and I think that it's great that I got to come
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in mislim, da je super,
da so mi dovolili priti,
da so mi dovolili priti,
preden bi minilo še 10 ali 20 ali 30 let
in bi imela več nadzora nad svojo kariero,
in bi imela več nadzora nad svojo kariero,
09:05
before 10 or 20 or 30 years had passed and I'd had more agency in my career,
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ker vam takrat mogoče ne bi povedala,
kako sem dobila prvo službo
kako sem dobila prvo službo
09:09
because maybe then I wouldn't tell the story of how I got my first job,
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ali vam mogoče ne bi povedala,
kako sem plačala šolnino na univerzi,
kako sem plačala šolnino na univerzi,
09:12
or maybe I wouldn't tell the story of how I paid for college,
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09:15
which seems so important right now.
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kar se zdaj zdi tako pomembno.
09:17
If there's a takeaway to this talk, I hope it's that
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Če naj bi od predavanja nekaj odnesli,
upam, da nam je zdaj lažje priznati,
09:20
we all feel more comfortable acknowledging
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kako velik vpliv ima videz,
na to, kar dojemamo kot uspehe
na to, kar dojemamo kot uspehe
09:23
the power of image in our perceived successes
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09:27
and our perceived failures.
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in to kar dojemamo kot neuspehe.
09:29
Thank you. (Applause)
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Hvala.
(Aplavz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Cameron Russell - ModelCameron Russell has stomped the runways for Victoria's Secret and Chanel, and has appeared in many magazines. But she is much more than just a pretty face.
Why you should listen
Cameron Russell has spent the last decade modeling. A Victoria's Secret favorite, she has appeared in multiple international editions of Vogue as well as in ads for brands like Ralph Lauren and Benetton. But she feels at her core that image isn't everything.
Cameron runs the blog ArtRoots.info, which is dedicated to covering grassroots public art and political power. She also experiments with creating street art herself. In addition, Cameron is the director of The Big Bad Lab, which creates participatory art that aims to include people in radical demonstrations of positive social change.
She's a co-founder of the new web-based magazine Interrupt, about women, identity, the internet and taking action. Read an update on her work in the New York Times >>
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