Cameron Russell: Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model.
Cameron Russell: L'aspetto non è tutto. Credetemi, sono una modella.
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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(Risate)
come questa immagine.
un paio di giorni fa per lavoro,
ma non significa niente.
e sono portatrice di un retaggio,
che siamo biologicamente programmati ad ammirare,
"Cameron, vogliamo fare uno scatto mentre cammini,"
(Risate)
(Risate)
"Tutte le foto vengono ritoccate?"
ed è quello di cui non piace parlare.
"Mi fermeranno?"
"Quante volte mi fermeranno? Quando mi fermeranno?"
ma sono solo una parte della storia,
sarei più felice?"
i capelli più brillanti e i vestiti più fantastici,
le donne fisicamente più insicure del pianeta.
ho trovato molto difficile
da un mazzo tagliato a mio favore,"
di come ho ottenuto il mio primo lavoro,
di come mi sono pagata l'università.
spero sia
che abbiamo del successo
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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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