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" Jean Paul Gaultier is not only immensely talented but also a genuinely sweet and kind person. "
Coco Rocha
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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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" Braveness, for me, is running into my basement with no socks on. There are huge spiders down there! "
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" I usually don't usually go for fluffy, bohemian-chic pieces. "
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" Moms or soon-to-be-moms put a lot of pressure on themselves. "
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" I think, in general, models tend to do their favorite faces or their comfortable face, but your facial expression is just so important. You don't want to have an editorial of 20 photos where it's just you giving a 'Zoolander' face. "
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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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" When I started modeling, I didn't feel like I had a big sister to tell me how this industry works. "
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" As a woman, sometimes we stress on always being of the moment, and that is a lot of pressure, especially for young girls. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" Everyone always remembers my dancing. "
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" I've always been the kind of girl that takes every day as it comes. "
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Always
" 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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" I love Africa, especially Botswana. I could see myself retiring to a little tree house there one day. "
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" I will definitely hook up my daughter if she decides to be a model. "
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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
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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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Clothes
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" I won't work with Terry Richardson again. "
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" When I started, I knew nothing about fashion. I remember, my first day going to my agency, I was wearing these huge bell-bottoms - they were patchwork corduroy and denim, which, at the time, I thought were amazing. My agent told me, 'You have a casting with Prada - you have to burn those jeans.' "
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" My faith is everything. "
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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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" Something I always look for in an outfit is to have a standout piece. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" A little personal trick: apply brown eyeliner throughout the day and then just add a little black over the top for a night look. "
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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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" I'm obsessed with historical English royalty. "
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