Cameron Russell
Cameron Russell
Cameron Russell is an American fashion model...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionModel
Date of Birth14 June 1987
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
ideas giving people
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.
obsessed politics
I always wanted to become president! When I was a kid, I was obsessed with politics.
believe positive
Like many young people, I believe I have potential to make a positive impact in the world.
great hard
Sometimes, great collaboration is hard to nurture online, so doing so offline is the way to go.
fixed
Fashion is capitalism, and it will be fixed by what the market demands.
entertain million
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.
brown coolest elastic found high lime mom pants sesame street wore
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.
content great lately twitter
Lately I've been feeling like 50 percent of the great content I read comes from Twitter conversations.
desire highlight needed quite together work
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.
ted work
I haven't done the profoundly impactful work many TED speakers have.
counted four less models per university york
In 2007, a very inspired New York University Ph.D. student counted all the models on the runway, every single one that was hired, and of the 677 models that were hired, only 27, or less than four per cent, were non-white.
few men objects valuable women
Modeling is one of the few professions where women out-earn men, and that's because we're more valuable objects and ornaments.
modelling
Modelling is no better or worse than many other professions, but it is more obvious, more accessible.
became model won
The real way I became a model is I won a genetic lottery, and I became the recipient of a legacy.