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" 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. "
Coco Rocha
Last
Modeling
Career
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" I will definitely hook up my daughter if she decides to be a model. "
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" I hate when people say, 'Well, this is unfair for the underdog.' Well, the underdog should try harder. "
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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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" I hate when people say models don't have personalities; what does that even mean? Everyone has a personality. "
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" I'm not fussy. "
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" Personally, even though I have a great PR team, no one except my husband and I touch any of my 10 social media accounts. It's a lot of work, but I know that my brand, my image, and my voice are authentic to me. "
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" I'm obsessed with historical English royalty. "
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Royalty
English
" To be honest, the thing is I don't really like clothes. I mean, it is cool, but I like tech. I am a tech girl. A secret nerd - there, I said it. "
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" Whenever I really get serious about something, I pull my hair back into a tight ponytail. If you see me with that, you know I mean business. "
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" So many girls second-think their pose or what they're doing. And, in turn, the photos will come out really unnatural. I say to really give the camera a performance - that, and make sure you're comfortable with how you look, and give it a good smile and a filter. "
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Smile
Performance
" If it weren't for my Irish dancing, I wouldn't be modeling. "
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" I would have loved to meet David Bowie. "
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Loved
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" If you're posting pictures to platforms like Instagram or Twitter, be selective about the one you post. If I'm capturing a sunset, I'll take at least 10 pictures. I'll then filter them using other apps, enhance them. Then, I really pick the best image of perhaps 30. "
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Sunset
Pictures
Best
" Moms or soon-to-be-moms put a lot of pressure on themselves. "
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Themselves
Lot
Moms
" Nowadays, we have to break the molds to what it means to be a model in 2016. "
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Model
Nowadays
Break
" Previously, someone would interview me, and if they liked me, it'd be a great story. If they hated me, it'd be a horrible story. I had no way to say anything. Social media changed things for people who didn't have a voice. "
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" 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
" I've always been the type that, every few months, I'm like, 'Let's change the haircut one more time.' "
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Time
More
Haircut
" You can teach a girl how to model, how to take a pretty picture, and how to walk, but you can't teach personality. "
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You
Walk
Picture
" As a high-fashion model, I have long had a policy of no nudity or partial nudity in my photo shoots. "
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Photo
Policy
Shoots
" If you think of any past artist, there was something that they looked at that inspired them to make their most famous pieces, whether it be the 'Mona Lisa' or 'Venus Rising.' "
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Past
Rising
Famous
" Designers from Milan think that 'more is more,' like Cavalli and Dolce & Gabbana. "
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Designers
Like
Think
" As a model, we come in the room, and we are casted just on our looks. I think I'm funny; I think I'm clever. But in the end, they're picking me for my cheekbones or if I'm tall enough. "
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" I love Africa, especially Botswana. I could see myself retiring to a little tree house there one day. "
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House
Love
" 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. "
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" I don't get to keep the dresses I wear. It is not fair. "
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Keep
" In ten years of modeling, I've trained myself to relax and be able to use my upper body. "
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Years
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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. "
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Wedding
End
" I usually don't usually go for fluffy, bohemian-chic pieces. "
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Fluffy
Pieces
" Weirdly enough, in my 14 years of modeling, I've only worn a blonde wig three times. I have no idea why I've never been given the option to really try blonde as a model. But here I am doing it on my own. "
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Doing