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" We get all excited about collaborations. You get excited to hear that Rihanna has something, because Rihanna is a singer, and she has amazing fashion. You want to see what she would create. I don't get upset and think, 'Someone else is going to do better than me.' You're like, 'Oh, good for her.' "

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" When I started my first blog years ago, I just wanted to share my perspective. For a long time, models had been these mute pretty faces - and I wanted to have a voice. "

Coco Rocha

Time

Long

Perspective

" 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. "

" 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? "

" 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. "

" Jean Paul Gaultier is not only immensely talented but also a genuinely sweet and kind person. "

" 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. "

Coco Rocha

You

Serious

" French designers are classic, chic, and traditional. "

" My besties do Victoria's Secret. I just don't do it. "

" It's especially important to make sure all clients are happy. You don't want to get stuck into a corner and for people to think you now only have one look. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" Braveness, for me, is running into my basement with no socks on. There are huge spiders down there! "

" I usually don't usually go for fluffy, bohemian-chic pieces. "

Coco Rocha

Fluffy

Pieces

" You can definitely notice a girl who has confidence versus one who's thinking, 'How are they judging me?' "

" My mom's half-Irish, and my dad's half-Irish. We don't know much about my mom's side, but my dad's mom came from Belfast and married my grandfather, who was from Wales. "

" Everyone always remembers my dancing. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

Coco Rocha

Thought

Time

" I won't work with Terry Richardson again. "

" Previously, someone would interview me, and if they liked me, it'd be a great story. If they hated me, it'd be a horrible story. I had no way to say anything. Social media changed things for people who didn't have a voice. "

" 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.' "

" Nowadays, we have to break the molds to what it means to be a model in 2016. "

" 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. "

Coco Rocha

Say

Now

" As a woman, sometimes we stress on always being of the moment, and that is a lot of pressure, especially for young girls. "

" 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 think of any past artist, there was something that they looked at that inspired them to make their most famous pieces, whether it be the 'Mona Lisa' or 'Venus Rising.' "

" If it weren't for my Irish dancing, I wouldn't be modeling. "

" 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. "

" I always think that some of those moms who are rocking cool fashion looks while walking their little babies in a stroller is just the bomb. You don't have to, all of a sudden, have to transition into 'mom' outfits from the '90s just because you became a mom. "