Cameron Russell
Cameron Russell
Cameron Russell is an American fashion model...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionModel
Date of Birth14 June 1987
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
modelling
Modelling is no better or worse than many other professions, but it is more obvious, more accessible.
outfit single third
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.
consciousness magazines mum
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.
agent bathroom beds bringing bunk charms constantly dramatic girls grocery lived model stop took
When I first lived in a model apartment... It was two bunk beds to a room, and the bathroom was constantly in use. I was bringing in Lucky Charms cereal, and one day an agent put a stop to that. She said, 'You're making all the girls fat.' They took it off our grocery order. That was the most dramatic thing that happened.
gave good might
When I gave a talk at TEDx, I thought that if I did a good job, the video might go viral.
art bad build platforms
At the Big Bad Lab, we build participatory art and media platforms for causes, communities and organizations we care about.
became model won
The real way I became a model is I won a genetic lottery, and I became the recipient of a legacy.
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.
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.
change phone rise stories
The rise of the Internet and the camera phone have started to change what stories are accessible.
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.
ideal promoting totally unhealthy
I'm not promoting anything totally unhealthy because I'm not unhealthy. But I am promoting an ideal that's not attainable, and for that I have to feel guilty. I have to assume some blame for that.
appearance decides plays society women worried
Women are often worried about how they look, and that's not superficial. We know that our appearance has nothing to do with how smart, creative, or hardworking we are, but it plays powerfully into what society decides we are worth.