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" 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

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Coco Rocha

Say

Now

" My faith is everything. "

Coco Rocha

Faith

Everything

" Models are supposed to be a muse to you. Why is a muse always the same body type, the same look? It's boring. "

" I think balancing work and family takes constant adjustment. Its not something you can say you've accomplished and move on. "

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" In the beginning, the clients would say, 'This is too much,' but over time, the ones I liked kept working with me. They'd say, 'It's not too much. Coco can still be Coco. She still gives 100 percent when she's on a photo shoot.' "

" When I started modeling, I didn't feel like I had a big sister to tell me how this industry works. "

Coco Rocha

Sister

Modeling

" 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. "

" I've always been the type that, every few months, I'm like, 'Let's change the haircut one more time.' "

Coco Rocha

Time

Haircut

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" 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.' "

" 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. "

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Coco Rocha

Funny

Enough

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