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" Everybody knows that, in general, a basketball player needs to be tall and a fashion model needs to be skinny, but how skinny is too skinny? "
Coco Rocha
Skinny
Basketball
Fashion
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" I didn't know anything about fashion. You would see me in the biggest sweater with jeans or the tightest elastic pants. Not nice clothes. My mom took me a lot to consignment stores when I was younger, and I never really got to go to fancy high-class stores, so... vintage was like a step up. "
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Clothes
Step
" I hate when people say models don't have personalities; what does that even mean? Everyone has a personality. "
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Mean
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" I usually don't usually go for fluffy, bohemian-chic pieces. "
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" Nowadays, we have to break the molds to what it means to be a model in 2016. "
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Break
" I've always thought of modeling as a performance, so I don't mind kind of pretending. I kind of pretend in a lot of my poses that I am a ballerina or a hip-hop dancer or a grunge performer. "
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Mind
Kind
" My besties do Victoria's Secret. I just don't do it. "
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Just
" I think, as long as you're secure with yourself and happy with yourself, it really doesn't matter what the world around you thinks. "
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You
Long
" Girls are told they're not skinny enough, or they hear, 'She's old. She's boring. We've had her. She's not tiny anymore.' A lot of people don't take into account the vulnerability of these young girls. "
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" My wedding dress is a piece of art that I'll treasure forever. It was designed and created by Zac Posen. I gave him only the tiniest bit of direction when he started, and the end product was more beautiful than anything I could have imagined. "
Coco Rocha
Art
Wedding
End
" When you wear something different, you have to be confident that not everyone may get it at first. "
Coco Rocha
Confident
Everyone
You
" People who rooted for me and were impactful in my career knew everything about me. They knew my goals, my likes, my dislikes, what I wanted out of my career. "
Coco Rocha
Career
Everything
Goals
" I don't think it's fair for people to put fellow beings down just because they're only known for their looks. "
Coco Rocha
Down
Just Because
Looks
" I was the first model to get a blog and talk about anything in modeling. "
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Talk
Modeling
Model
" I always think that some of those moms who are rocking cool fashion looks while walking their little babies in a stroller is just the bomb. You don't have to, all of a sudden, have to transition into 'mom' outfits from the '90s just because you became a mom. "
Coco Rocha
You
Fashion
Walking
" You can definitely notice a girl who has confidence versus one who's thinking, 'How are they judging me?' "
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Girl
Confidence
Thinking
" I was always excited by the idea of having my own company, but models are rarely serious when they venture off into something else, be it acting, singing, or starting their own business. "
Coco Rocha
Serious
Own
Singing
" One of my favorite poses was when working with Steven Meisel. It was one of my first photo shoots with him, and we were trying to get the cover of Italian 'Vogue.' Then, I literally took my Balenciaga hat, pulled it down, and gave a rolling-eye, 'ugh' face, crossed legs on the floor. And lo and behold, that was the cover of Italian 'Vogue.' "
Coco Rocha
Him
Face
Down
" Moms or soon-to-be-moms put a lot of pressure on themselves. "
Coco Rocha
Themselves
Lot
Moms
" I think it's important to wear clothing that means something to you, and so I always try to make sure I'm wearing at least one item that has a personal meaning to me. "
Coco Rocha
Try
Me
Important
" I'm not fussy. "
Coco Rocha
Fussy
" If I want a hamburger, I'm going to have one. No 21-year-old should be worrying about whether she fits a sample size. "
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Hamburger
She
Size
" My faith is everything. "
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Faith
Everything
" To me, true style icons have been few and far between. Elizabeth Taylor comes to mind. I never got to meet her while she was alive, but she is one of those people I have always admired in terms of her sense of style. "
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People
Me
Style
" Designers from Milan think that 'more is more,' like Cavalli and Dolce & Gabbana. "
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Designers
Like
Think
" Having worked with many of the world's top modeling agencies for the last decade, I've seen what works and doesn't work in managing a model's career. "
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Last
Modeling
Career
" Usually, a model gets two to three seasons, or a year and a half, and that's it - you're done. For me, it will be 10 years. "
Coco Rocha
Year
Seasons
Done
" Whatever you do, never do the duck face - that's the worst look for any girl out there. Some girls think that pushing out their lips looks fabulous, but it doesn't. "
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You
Girl
Look
" Jean Paul Gaultier is not only immensely talented but also a genuinely sweet and kind person. "
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Talented
Sweet
Kind
" I'm kind of getting over the whole Manhattan life. I'm from Vancouver, and that means mountains and a lot of space. "
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Over
Kind
Life
" I won't work with Terry Richardson again. "
Coco Rocha
Terry
Work
Again