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" I think it's fun to dress up, although sometimes you do get a little tired of it, but I definitely try to have a different look every day. "
Coco Rocha
Dress
Day
Fun
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" I was once dressed as a mermaid for a Jean Paul Gaultier show. My legs were bound into a fish tail, so I had to come down the runway on crutches. Halfway down, I was supposed to unzip the fish tail to reveal my legs, but the zipper broke, so I ended up stabbing my fake nail through the fabric of the zipper and ripping my way out. "
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" 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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" I think there can no longer be such a thing as hitting a wall on a photo shoot. If I ever hear a photographer say to me, 'OK, what else?' I should retire, because that should never happen now having experienced just how much the body is capable of doing. "
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" Braveness, for me, is running into my basement with no socks on. There are huge spiders down there! "
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" 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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" I'm that type of person that loves change. "
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" 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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" When I first started modeling, I had the chance to walk the runway with Naomi passing by me, but I didn't know anything about supermodels. But when I saw her backstage, she complimented me on my walk, and I thought she was so nice - everyone was freaking out that I didn't know who she was. "
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" You can definitely notice a girl who has confidence versus one who's thinking, 'How are they judging me?' "
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" 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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Kind
Life
" 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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" When someone tells me that I'm not real, I say to them, 'Well, what about me isn't real?' I have not changed my figure. This is who I am. "
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" When you wear something different, you have to be confident that not everyone may get it at first. "
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" You always wonder when you get pregnant what projects and opportunities will come in or come knocking. "
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Wonder
You
" Having good style really just means having a decisive eye and being able to put things together in an aesthetically pleasing manner. It's not a matter of spending a lot of money and throwing it all together. "
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" Oh, the dilemma of the summer music festival. On one hand, we ladies try very hard to look cute walking around those muddy fields in our cowboy boots and cut-offs. On the other hand, we want to look like we really didn't try at all and just rolled out of bed looking this way. "
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Bed
Walking
" If it weren't for my Irish dancing, I wouldn't be modeling. "
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Dancing
Irish
Modeling
" Models can be people, too. But the only way to do that is to kind of step up and keep doing new things that no one has thought of, from new websites to new blogs, a newscast, doing speeches, talking to kids. It kind of opens a new headline every time: 'Oh, a model hasn't done this before; a model hasn't done that before.' "
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Time
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Step
" My faith is everything. "
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" Don't get me wrong: 'America's Next Top Model' is fantastic. They've done 20 seasons, so they've obviously done something right. But I think what ensures that the winner of 'The Face' will become a working model is the prize - a year-long contract with a cosmetics company is huge. "
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" We have to come into this industry so young, and you have to learn to take it as it is. I was scouted at 14, started modelling at 15, and lived in New York at 16. "
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" The funny thing is that, for some reason, people think when you're pregnant, you have to start wearing maternity wear and wear flats and look Mom-ish. I don't know exactly what people expect of people who are pregnant, but there's definitely a lot of moms out there that look super fabulous all the time, and I guess that's my inspiration. "
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" Models are supposed to be a muse to you. Why is a muse always the same body type, the same look? It's boring. "
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" For me, anytime I see a mother truly loving her child, famous or not, it brings a smile to my face. I think most people would agree. "
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" Moms or soon-to-be-moms put a lot of pressure on themselves. "
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Lot
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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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" 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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" 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.' "
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" I'm not fussy. "
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