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.
career grow model saying
Saying you want to be a model when you grow up is akin to saying you want to win the Powerball when you grow up. It's awesome, and it's out of your control, and it's not a career path.
great hard
Sometimes, great collaboration is hard to nurture online, so doing so offline is the way to go.
change climate extinction facing five history incredibly mass massive sixth
In the history of the world, all five mass extinctions have been accompanied by massive climate change, so we are facing an incredibly serious threat. In fact, we are technically in the sixth mass extinction right now, and it is the first mass extinction being attributed to humans.
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.
content great lately twitter
Lately I've been feeling like 50 percent of the great content I read comes from Twitter conversations.
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.
motivation inspiration insecure
[Models] have the thinnest thighs and the shiniest hair and the coolest clothes, and they're the most physically insecure women probably on the planet.
impact looks superficial
How we look - though it is superficial and immutable - has a huge impact on our lives.
powerful superficial
Image is powerful. But image is also superficial.