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" I'll probably always have some black in my accessories, but it's also important to have a pop of color. "
Coco Rocha
Black
Some
Important
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" I will definitely hook up my daughter if she decides to be a model. "
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" I won't work with Terry Richardson again. "
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Again
" I don't think it's fair for people to put fellow beings down just because they're only known for their looks. "
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Looks
" I'm not fussy. "
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" 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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" 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. "
Coco Rocha
Know
Chance
Me
" 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
New Things
Step
" 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
" When you wear something different, you have to be confident that not everyone may get it at first. "
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Confident
Everyone
You
" 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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Vintage
Clothes
Step
" At the beginning of my career, I was nervous to talk. I was just a very young girl. You don't want to upset anyone or frustrate anyone - you just want to work. "
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Girl
Beginning
Career
" Something I always look for in an outfit is to have a standout piece. "
Coco Rocha
Always
Look
Something
" 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
" I don't do nudes. I don't do semi-nudes. I don't do cigarette shots. It took me a long time in the business to realize I didn't have to do everything people told me I should if I wanted a career. "
Coco Rocha
Long
Time
People
" As a woman, sometimes we stress on always being of the moment, and that is a lot of pressure, especially for young girls. "
Coco Rocha
Stress
Woman
Young
" 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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Career
Everything
Goals
" I don't get to keep the dresses I wear. It is not fair. "
Coco Rocha
Wear
Not Fair
Keep
" 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. "
Coco Rocha
America
Think
Seasons
" 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. "
Coco Rocha
Good
Together
Style
" 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
" 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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Me
You
Serious
" I've always been the type that, every few months, I'm like, 'Let's change the haircut one more time.' "
Coco Rocha
Time
More
Haircut
" I'm that type of person that loves change. "
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Loves
Person
Type
" Braveness, for me, is running into my basement with no socks on. There are huge spiders down there! "
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Spiders
Running
Down
" 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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Say
Now
Me
" 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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Young
You
New York
" 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? "
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Skinny
Basketball
Fashion
" I love modeling, and I want other girls to enjoy the experience. "
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Love
Want
Modeling
" 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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Art
Wedding
End
" 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
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