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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.

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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Cameron Russell: Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model.

Kameron Rassel: Tashqi ko'rinish hamma narsa emas. Menga ishoning. Men modelman.

Filmed: 2012-10-27

Readability: 3.4

33,012,304 views

Kameron Rassel "genetik lotereya" da yutganman deydi: u baland bo'yli, chiroyli va ichki kiyimlar modeli. Lekin, uning ko'rinishi deb uni hukm qilmang. Bu jasur nutqda, unga 16 yosh ham bo'lmasdan, unga qiziq bo'lgan kasb haqida gapiradi. (TEDxMidAtlantic olingan.)

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

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00:16

Hi. My name is Cameron Russell,

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Salom. Mening ismim Kameron Rassel

00:18

and for the last little while

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va oxirgi paytlarda
men model bo’lib ishlayapman.

00:23

I've been a model.

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00:24

Actually, for 10 years.

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Aslida, oxirgi 10 yil davomida.

00:28

And I feel like there's an uncomfortable tension

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Bu yerda hamma

sal siqilib turibdi shekilli, ehtimol,

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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shu libos deb, uni bekor
kiyibman shekilli.

(Kulgi)

00:36

So luckily I brought an outfit change.

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Yaxshiyamki, qo’shimcha
kiyim olib kelibman.

00:40

This is the first outfit change on the TED stage,

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Bu TED sahnasida tarixdagi
birinchi kiyim almashtirishdir,

00:43

so you guys are pretty lucky to witness it, I think.

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va siz buning baxtli guvohisizlar,
menimcha.

00:46

If some of the women were really horrified when I came out,

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Agar ba’zi ayollar meni ko’rib,
daxshatlangan bo’lishsa,

00:49

you don't have to tell me now, but I'll find out later on Twitter.

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menga buni aytmang,
men keyin buni Twitterdan bilib olaman.

00:52

(Laughter)

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(Kulgi)

00:58

I'd also note that I'm quite privileged

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Yana shuni etmoqchimanki,

01:00

to be able to transform what you think of me

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men 10 soniya ichida, sizning
men haqimdagi fikringizni,

01:03

in a very brief 10 seconds.

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o’zgartirishga ega bo’ldim.

01:05

Not everybody gets to do that.

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Buni har kim ham qila olmaydi.

01:09

These heels are very uncomfortable,

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Shu baland poshnalar noqulayki…
Yaxshiyamki, ularda yurish niyatim yo’q.

01:10

so good thing I wasn't going to wear them.

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01:15

The worst part is putting this sweater over my head,

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Eng qiyin qismi – bu sviterni kiyishdir,

01:16

because that's when you'll all laugh at me,

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chunki siz mening ustimdan kulasizlar…

01:18

so don't do anything while it's over my head.

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Iltimos, uni kiyayotganimda kulmang.

01:23

All right.

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Ana bo'ldi.

01:26

So why did I do that?

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Nima uchun men bunday qildim?

01:29

That was awkward.

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Juda noqulay bo’ldi.

(Kulgi)

01:32

Well,

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Demak...

(Kulgi)

01:36

hopefully not as awkward as that picture.

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Umid qilamanki, bu
rasmdagidek noqulay bo’lmagandir.

01:40

Image is powerful,

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Tashqi ko’rinish ko’p narsani anglatadi,

01:43

but also image is superficial.

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lekin u aldamchi ham bo’lishi mumkin.

01:48

I just totally transformed what you thought of me in six seconds.

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Men atigi 6 soniya ichida, sizning men
haqimdagi fikringizni o’zgartira oldim.

01:53

And in this picture,

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Bu rasmni sur’atga olishgan paytda,

01:55

I had actually never had a boyfriend in real life.

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mening yigitim yo’q edi, aslida.

01:57

I was totally uncomfortable, and the photographer

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Men juda uyalgan edim,

sur’atchi menga orqaga engashib
va qo’limni yigitning

02:00

was telling me to arch my back and put my hand

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boshiga qo’yish kerakligini aytdi.

02:02

in that guy's hair.

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02:06

And of course, barring surgery,

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Albatta, jarrohlik yoki badanni

02:08

or the fake tan that I got two days ago for work,

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qoraytirishdan tashqari, bir necha
kun oldin menga zarur bo’lgan edi,

02:12

there's very little that we can do to transform how we look,

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tashqi qiyofamizni tubdan o’zgartirish
uchun, bizda ko’p imkoniyatlar yo’q.

02:16

and how we look, though it is superficial and immutable,

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Bizning tashqi ko’rinishimiz,
qanchalik yolg’on bo’lmasin,

02:19

has a huge impact on our lives.

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bizning hayotimizga katta ta’sir qiladi.

02:23

So today, for me, being fearless means being honest.

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Shuning uchun ham, men uchun
dovyuraklik bu to’g’ri so’z bo’lishdir.

02:28

And I am on this stage because I am a model.

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Men shu sahnadaman, chunki men modelman.

02:31

I am on this stage because I am a pretty, white woman,

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Men shu sahnadaman, chunki
men jozibador oq ayolman

02:35

and in my industry we call that a sexy girl.

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va bizning ishda bu juda
go’zal ko’rinish hisoblanadi.

02:37

And I'm going to answer the questions that people always ask me,

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Menga berishadigan savollarga
javob bermoqchiman,

02:40

but with an honest twist.

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lekin to'liq vijdonan.

02:42

So the first question is, how do you become a model?

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Birinchi savol:
“Siz qanday qilib model bo’ldingiz?”

02:45

And I always just say, "Oh, I was scouted," but that means nothing.

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Men har doim “meni topishdi” deyman, lekin

bu hech narsa emas.

02:47

The real way that I became a model is

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Chunki aslida, men model
bo'lganimning asosiy sababi,

02:51

I won a genetic lottery, and I am the recipient of a legacy,

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men genetikada va meroslikda yutganman.

02:54

and maybe you're wondering what is a legacy.

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Qanday meros, deb so’rasangiz?

02:56

Well, for the past few centuries

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Ho'sh, so’ngi asrlar davomida,

02:59

we have defined beauty not just as health and youth

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biz go’zallikni baholashda
nafaqat sog’lomlik, yoshlik

03:05

and symmetry that we're biologically programmed to admire,

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va simmetriyaga, ularga o'zi
har doim boshidanoq qaraymiz,

03:09

but also as tall, slender figures,

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lekin yana bo’y, ozg’inlik, nazokat

03:12

and femininity and white skin.

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va oqlikni ham baholaymiz.

03:15

And this is a legacy that was built for me,

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Va bu mening merosim,

03:17

and it's a legacy that I've been cashing out on.

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va bu meros bilan men pul topaman.

03:20

And I know there are people in the audience

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Tomashabinlar ichida shubha

03:22

who are skeptical at this point,

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qilyotganlar ham borligini bilaman,

03:24

and maybe there are some fashionistas who are, like,

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taniqli bo'lgan modellarni ham
eslaydiganlar bordir:

03:25

"Wait. Naomi. Tyra. Joan Smalls. Liu Wen."

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"Veyit, Naomi, Tayra, Jo’an Smols
va Lyu Venlarni".

03:29

And first, I commend you on your model knowledge. Very impressive.

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Modellar haqidagi bilimlaringiz
juda ta’sirli, qoyilman!

03:31

(Laughter)

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(Kulgi)

03:33

But unfortunately I have to inform you that in 2007,

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Lekin, afsuski, sizga xabar
qilishim kerakki, 2007 yilda,

03:37

a very inspired NYU Ph.D. student counted

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Nyu-York Universitetining
ilhomlangan aspiranti,

03:40

all the models on the runway, every single one that was hired,

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ishga olingan barcha
modellarni sanab chiqdi

03:43

and of the 677 models that were hired,

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va 677 ishga olingan modellardan,

03:46

only 27, or less than four percent, were non-white.

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faqatgina 27 tasi, bu 4% dan ham kam,
oq tanali qizlar emas edilar.

03:51

The next question people always ask me is,

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Menga berishadigan keyingi savol:

03:53

"Can I be a model when I grow up?"

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“Men ham model bo’la olamanmi?”.

03:55

And the first answer is, "I don't know, they don't put me in charge of that."

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Men odatda: “Men buni hal qilmayman”
deb javob beraman.

03:58

But the second answer, and what I really want to say to these little girls is, "Why?

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Lekin aslida esa,

men shu kichkina qizchalardan:
"Nimaga? Bilasizmi?

Siz hohlagan kasbni tanlashingiz mumkin.

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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Siz AQSH presidenti bo’lishingiz mumkin,

04:06

or the inventor of the next Internet,

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yoki yana bitta internet ihtirochisi,

04:08

or a ninja cardio-thoracic surgeon poet,

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yoki ninzya-shoir-yurak-jarrohi,

04:11

which would be awesome, because you'd be the first one."

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bu juda ajoyib bo’lardi,
chunki bu siz birinchi bo’lasiz.

04:13

(Laughter)

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(Kulgi)

04:15

If, after this amazing list, they still are like,

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Xatto bu ro’yhatdan keyin ham menga ular:

04:18

"No, no, Cameron, I want to be a model,"

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“Yo’q, yo’q Kameron, men model bo’laman”

04:19

well then I say, "Be my boss."

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men: “Mening boshlig'im bo'laqol"

04:21

Because I'm not in charge of anything,

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Chunki, men hech narsani boshqarmayman,

04:23

and you could be the editor in chief of American Vogue

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siz esa AQSHning “Vogue”
jurnalining bosh muharriri,

04:25

or the CEO of H&M, or the next Steven Meisel.

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yoki H&M ning, yoki keyingi Stiven Meyzel.

04:28

Saying that you want to be a model when you grow up

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Katta bo’lsam model
bo’laman deb da’vo qilish,

04:30

is akin to saying that you want to win the Powerball when you grow up.

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katta bo’lib superloto
yutaman so’zlariga o’xshaydi.

04:34

It's out of your control, and it's awesome,

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Bu sizning nazoratingizdan tashqari,
va bu ajoyib,

04:38

and it's not a career path.

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lekin bu ish sohasi emas.

04:39

I will demonstrate for you now 10 years of accumulated model knowledge,

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Men sizga 10 yil davomida ishlab,
to'plagan bilimlarimni ko’rsatmoqchiman.

04:44

because unlike cardio-thoracic surgeons,

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Yurak jarrohlaridan farqli o’laroq,

04:45

it can just be distilled right into -- right now.

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men ularni hozir,
shu yerda ko’rsata olaman.

04:48

So if the photographer is right there

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Demak, masalan, sur’atchi hozir bu yerda,

lampalar esa u yerda va mijoz menga:

04:52

and the light is right there, like a nice HMI,

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04:53

and the client says, "Cameron, we want a walking shot,"

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“Bizga, ko’chada
ketyatgan sur'at kerak” desa,

04:55

well then this leg goes first, nice and long, this arm goes back, this arm goes forward,

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shunda bu oyoq cho’zilgan holda
oldinga yuradi, bu qo’l orqaga,

04:59

the head is at three quarters, and you just go back and forth,

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buni esa oldinga,
boshing sal chetga va ketdi,

05:01

just do that, and then you look back at your imaginary friends,

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oldinga-orqaga, orqadigi
hayolingdagi do’stlaringa qarab…

05:04

300, 400, 500 times. (Laughter)

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300, 400, 500 marta.

(Kulgi)

05:09

It will look something like this. (Laughter)

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Va bu shunday ko’rinishi mumkin.

(Kulgi)

Umid qilamanki, o’rtadagi
rasmdan yaxshiroq,

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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u yerda nima bo’lgani, umuman noma’lum.

05:18

Unfortunately after you've gone to school,

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Afsuski, universitetni tugatib,

05:20

and you have a résumé and you've done a few jobs,

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rezyume yozib va
ish qidirishni boshlaganimizda,

05:22

you can't say anything anymore,

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katta tanlovga ega bo’lmaymiz.

05:23

so if you say you want to be the President of the United States,

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Shuning uchun, agar siz
prezident bo’lmoqchi bo’lsangiz, lekin

05:27

but your résumé reads, "Underwear Model: 10 years,"

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rezyumeda
“ichki kiyimlar modeli: 10 yosh” deyilgan

05:29

people give you a funny look.

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bo'lsa, odamlar kulishadi.

05:31

The next question people always ask me is, "Do they retouch all the photos?"

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Keyingi savol:
“Barcha sur’atlar qayta ishlaniladimi?”

05:34

And yeah, they pretty much retouch all the photos,

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Ha, barcha sur’atlarga
o’zgartirishlar kiritiladi,

05:35

but that is only a small component of what's happening.

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lekin bu sodir bo’ladigan
ishlarning kichik bir qismi.

05:39

This picture is the very first picture that I ever took,

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Bu mening eng birinchi tushgan sur'atim,

05:42

and it's also the very first time that I had worn a bikini,

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va bikinini birinchi marta kiyishim edi,

05:45

and I didn't even have my period yet.

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va hatto balog’at yoshidan oldin edi.

05:46

I know we're getting personal, but

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Bilaman, bu shaxsiy, lekin
rostdan ham hali yosh edim.

05:48

I was a young girl.

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05:50

This is what I looked like with my grandma just a few months earlier.

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Mana men, u sur’atdan bir
necha oy oldin, buvim bilan.

05:54

Here's me on the same day as this shoot.

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Bu esa o’sha kuni,
sur’atga olishdan oldin.

05:57

My friend got to come with me.

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Do’stim men bilan kelgandi.

05:58

Here's me at a slumber party a few days before I shot French Vogue.

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Bu esa, Vogue jurnaliga sur’atga
tushishdan oldin, do’stimning uyida.

06:02

Here's me on the soccer team and in V Magazine.

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Bu men va mening futbol jamoam,
bu esa men V jurnalida.

06:06

And here's me today.

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Bu esa men bugun.

06:08

And I hope what you're seeing is that

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Endi men umid qilamanki,

06:10

these pictures are not pictures of me.

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bu sur’atlar meniki emasligini ko’rdingiz.

06:12

They are constructions,

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Ular katta ishdir,

06:13

and they are constructions by a group of professionals,

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va buni o'z ishlarida katta
professional bo'lgan,

06:16

by hairstylists and makeup artists and photographers and stylists

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sartaroshlar, kosmetologlar,
sur’atchilar, stilistlar

06:19

and all of their assistants and pre-production and post-production,

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va barcha yordamchi jamoalarning ishidir,

06:22

and they build this. That's not me.

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bu ularning mehnati.

Meniki emas.

06:25

Okay, so the next question people always ask me is,

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Ho'sh, menga berishadigan keyingi savol:

06:27

"Do you get free stuff?"

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"Kiyimlarni bepul olasizmi?

(Kulgi)

06:29

I do have too many 8-inch heels which I never get to wear,

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Albatta, menda hech qachon kiymaydigan,
bu yerdan tashqari,

06:33

except for earlier,

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baland poshnali oyoq kiyimlar bor

06:34

but the free stuff that I get

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Rostdan ham bepul oladigan narsam,
biz bu haqida gapirishni yoqtirmaymiz,

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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bu hayotda ro’y beradigan narsalar.

06:40

I grew up in Cambridge,

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Men Kembrijda o’sganman,

06:41

and one time I went into a store and I forgot my money

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bir kuni do’konga borib,
hamyonni unutibman,

06:44

and they gave me the dress for free.

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ular esa ko’ylakni menga bepul berishdi.

06:46

When I was a teenager, I was driving with my friend

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Yoshligimda, bir kuni do’stim
bilan mashinada yurib,

06:49

who was an awful driver and she ran a red and of course,

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u juda yomon haydar edi
va qizil chiroqdan o’tib ketdi,

06:51

we got pulled over,

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va bizni to’xtatishdi,

06:53

and all it took was a "Sorry, officer,"

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men “Kechirasiz” deyishim yetarli edi
va politsiya bizni qo’yib yubordi.

06:55

and we were on our way.

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06:57

And I got these free things because of how I look,

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Bu hodisalarning barchasi
mening shaxsiyatim deb emas,

07:01

not who I am, and there are people paying a cost

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balki ko’rinishim deb,
dunyoda shaxsiyati deb emas, balki

07:04

for how they look and not who they are.

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tashqi ko’rinishi deb
baholangan insonlar ko’p.

07:06

I live in New York, and last year,

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Men Nyu-Yorkda yashayman

07:08

of the 140,000 teenagers that were stopped and frisked,

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va o’tgan yil mobaynida politsiya
hibsga olgan 140.000 yoshlardan,

07:11

86 percent of them were black and Latino,

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86% yoki qora tanli, yoki lotinamerikalik
va ko’pchiligi erkak kishilar.

07:14

and most of them were young men.

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07:16

And there are only 177,000 young black and Latino men in New York,

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Umuman, Nyu-Yorkda faqatgina 177.000 qora
tanli va lotinamerikalik yoshlar yashaydi,

07:20

so for them, it's not a question of, "Will I get stopped?"

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ular uchun ularni to’xtashishadimi
yo’qmi savol emas.

07:23

but "How many times will I get stopped? When will I get stopped?"

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Qachon va necha marta
meni to'tatishadi - shu savoldir.

07:26

When I was researching this talk,

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Bu nutqga tayyorlanishdan oldin,

07:27

I found out that of the 13-year-old girls in the United States,

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AQShning 13 yoshli
qizlarning 53%, o’zlarining

07:31

53 percent don't like their bodies,

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tanasini yomon ko’rishlarini bildim.

Ular 17 yoshga kirganlarida,
bu raqamlar 78% ko’tariladi.

07:33

and that number goes to 78 percent by the time that they're 17.

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07:37

So the last question people ask me is,

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Mendan so’rashadigan so’nggi savol:

“Qanday u - model bo'lish?”

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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Menimcha, ular kutyatgan javob:

07:44

"If you are a little bit skinnier and you have shinier hair,

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"Agar, siz nozik va
sochlaringiz yorqin bo’lsa,

07:47

you will be so happy and fabulous."

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sizda albatta hammasi yaxshi bo’ladi".

07:50

And when we're backstage, we give an answer

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Va ba’zan sahna ortida

beradigan javoblarimiz
hatto rostligiga ishonamiz.

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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Biz: “Ish juda yaxshi,
biz ko'p sayohat qilamiz,

07:56

and it's amazing to get to work with creative, inspired, passionate people."

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qiziq ijodiy insonlar bilan ishlaymiz”.

08:00

And those things are true, but they're only one half of the story,

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Va buning barchasi rost,
lekin bu hali hammasi emas,

08:03

because the thing that we never say on camera,

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chunki, biz kameraga eta
olmaydigan narsamiz,

08:06

that I have never said on camera,

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buni kameraga hech qachon aytmaganman,

08:08

is, "I am insecure."

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men o’zimga ishonmayman.

08:11

And I'm insecure because I have to think about

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Chunki, men har kuni usti ko'rinishim
haqida o’ylashim kerak.

08:12

what I look like every day.

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08:15

And if you ever are wondering,

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Va agarda sizga qiziq bo'lsa:

08:19

"If I have thinner thighs and shinier hair, will I be happier?"

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"Nozikroq bo’lsam va sochlarim
yorqinroq bo’lsa, baxtli bo’lamanmi?"

08:23

you just need to meet a group of models,

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buni bir guruh modellardan so’rang.

08:25

because they have the thinnest thighs and the shiniest hair and the coolest clothes,

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Ular noziklar, sochlari yorqin va
juda yaxshi kiyim-kechaklari bor,

08:27

and they're the most physically insecure women probably on the planet.

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va ular, ehtimol, dunyodagi
eng o’zlariga ishonmaydigan ayollardir.

08:32

So when I was writing this talk, I found it very difficult

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Men nutqimni yozgan paytimda,

men har xil qiyinchiliklarga duch keldim,

08:34

to strike an honest balance, because on the one hand,

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chunki, bir tarafdan,

08:37

I felt very uncomfortable to come out here and say,

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bu noto’g’ri bo’lardi,
agar men bu yerga kelib:

08:40

"Look I've received all these benefits from a deck stacked in my favor,"

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“Men bu barcha imtiyozlarga,
omad tufayli ega bo’ldim” – deyish,

08:44

and it also felt really uncomfortable to follow that up with,

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yoki noto’g’ri bo’lardi,
agarda undan keyin men:

08:47

"and it doesn't always make me happy."

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“bu meni baxtli qilmadi” – deb aytsam.

08:50

But mostly it was difficult to unpack a legacy

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Lekin eng qiyini, jinsiy va
irqiy ta’qib to’g’risida gapirib,

08:53

of gender and racial oppression

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08:56

when I am one of the biggest beneficiaries.

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bu merosdan foyda
olyotganim haqida gapirish.

08:59

But I'm also happy and honored to be up here

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Lekin, bu yerda bo’lish, men uchun sharaf,

09:02

and I think that it's great that I got to come

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va o'ylaymanki, bugun shu yerga kelganim,

09:05

before 10 or 20 or 30 years had passed and I'd had more agency in my career,

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10, 20 yoki 30 yildan so'ng kelib,
ko'proq tajribaga ega bo'lib,

09:09

because maybe then I wouldn't tell the story of how I got my first job,

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balki, sizga men qanday qilib hayotimdagi
birinchi ishimni oldim,

09:12

or maybe I wouldn't tell the story of how I paid for college,

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yoki ta’lim olish uchun pul
topganimni aytib bermas edim,

09:15

which seems so important right now.

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balki ular muhim bo'lmas edi.

09:17

If there's a takeaway to this talk, I hope it's that

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Mening so’zlarimdan keyin,

tashqi ko’rinishimizning hayotdagi

09:20

we all feel more comfortable acknowledging

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09:23

the power of image in our perceived successes

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g’alabalar va mag’lubiyatlarga ahamiyatini

09:27

and our perceived failures.

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tushunasiz deb umid qilaman.

09:29

Thank you. (Applause)

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Rahmat.

(Qarsaklar)

Translated by Fazo fazer
Reviewed by Enzo Amore

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

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.

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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