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" It's not fair for little kids to feel bad about themselves for how they look. "
Paloma Elsesser
Bad
Not Fair
Feel
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Really
" It's important to see color. We are not the same. We have very different experiences. "
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Same
Important
Color
" It's important for people to understand where things come or what they represent. "
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Understand
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" The more and more I got into writing, the harder and harder it became for me. I still love it, but it became much more problematic than I thought it would be. "
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" New York has influenced me a lot in terms of my own independence. I'm really struck by the idea of authenticity, and I think New York embodies that idea, even though people are like, 'I miss the old New York.' But at its core, it has this natural, authentic energy. L.A. lacks that idea; it's painted over. "
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Own
People
Me
" A huge part of my career and how I want to participate in the world is being unapologetically myself and being honest and vulnerable. "
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Want
Career
Honest
" I moved to New York for school right after I turned 18, but I started getting into trouble - so I went home to L.A. to regroup. "
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Trouble
Home
New York
" I had seen images of Crystal Renn and Sophie Dahl growing up, but I didn't really know about the plus-size fashion industry or how lucrative it was or, like, that it was changing or that I was even invited. "
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Growing Up
Fashion
Growing
" Beauty means expression and being your most authentic self. "
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Beauty
Most
Self
" I die wearing a bootie for three hours. I'm like, get these off of me! "
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Hours
Off
Three
" I originally went to school for writing, for non-fiction. I'm specifically a poetry major within literature, but I don't know. "
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Within
Poetry
Writing
" We have to tokenize in order to normalize. "
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Order
" You don't want to be too hot in the club. And ambience is important - no fog machines. "
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Want
Club
Fog
" When I started Instagram, I kind of just did what I like to do or to show the things I like, whether it be sneakers or weird flowers, have the little drops of myself and my style kind of fluidly throughout. That was really helpful in starting and carving out my own place. "
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Flowers
Style
Myself
" I am trying to be the girl I didn't have. That's important to me. I have to be conscious of that. In this weird, dark, small, very intimate way, there's a girl out there who relies on me. And that's super important to me, and I don't want to let her down. "
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Dark
I Am
Me
" I think self-love isn't some destination you get to and you are then incapable of feeling those feelings, but a journey in which you adapt your experiences to make for a happier life. "
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Life
Think
You
" I think I felt pretty alienated, being bigger, being mixed race, being of lower socioeconomic standing. "
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Standing
Bigger
Pretty
" It's not that that I'm not comfortable being naked, but when you grow up fat, you can't take away the shame or embarrassment even though you're a model. It's not just erased. "
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Naked
Shame
Fat
" It's really hard not to fall into that trap of insecurity when you're a model. Beforehand, I never looked at myself in a huge monitor with 30 people around it every day. "
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People
Day
Fall
" Having a multi-cultural background has granted me access into different ideologies, cultures, and ways of living. It has shaped who I am and how I participate in the world. "
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World
Who
Me
" The International Girl Crew isn't supposed to be super exclusive - that's a really important part of our brand and message. It's not just our crew - it's a lifestyle. It's for everybody to know how empowering it is to be surrounded by friends who motivate and support you and who you feel like you can exchange ideas with and do projects with. "
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Support
You
Ideas
" I went to small liberal schools my whole life, and I was also a bad girl in high school; I went to, like, five schools. "
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Life
Small
Girl
" I am always dabbling in new skin routines, but it's always about moisture. "
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Skin
Always
I Am
" I hope that in 50 years I can look back and say I made my most fervent efforts to provide visibility for the unseen. "
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Look
Back
Hope
" It took a lot for me to be able to say that I'm a plus-size model or a model at all without feeling terror or this kind of panic, because it was something so unplanned. "
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Without
Panic
Kind
" I have to remind myself when I'm on a job and I'm feeling a lull in attitude or confidence or whatever, I'm there for a reason. I have to constantly remind myself of these almost corny Pinterest mantras, like 'You are worthy.' "
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Myself
Attitude
Confidence
" My parents always supported me and complimented me on other things, not just my looks. They told me I was capable, that I was smart, that I was creative. "
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Creative
Always
Smart
" Growing up, people would always say, 'You have such a pretty face.' It's kind of backhanded. That's the kind of things we have to stomach. "
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Face
Growing
Growing Up
" You're dealing with all these foreign agents, foreign brushes, and different time zones. So, you have to put just as much work into taking that makeup off as you do into putting it on. "
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Makeup
You
Different
" Embrace the grease, if any, and look fresh and human. I like to look like a glazed doughnut. "
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Look
Like
Human