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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. "

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" To be honest, the thing is I don't really like clothes. I mean, it is cool, but I like tech. I am a tech girl. A secret nerd - there, I said it. "

Coco Rocha

Girl

Said

I Am

" 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. "

" You can teach a girl how to model, how to take a pretty picture, and how to walk, but you can't teach personality. "

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

" I find it funny to look at people who are people-watching, and, don't get me wrong, I like to people-watch, too. But it's an interesting thing when people on the street just stop and ask you, 'Are you Coco? Can I take a photo of you?' "

Coco Rocha

Interesting

People

" 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. "

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

" My faith is everything. "

Coco Rocha

Faith

Everything

" It's hard sometimes because people don't take a model seriously in any sense. Unless she's taking a photo, that's as good as she is. "

" 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. "

" I'm that type of person that loves change. "

" 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. "

" 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? "

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

" A little personal trick: apply brown eyeliner throughout the day and then just add a little black over the top for a night look. "

" In ten years of modeling, I've trained myself to relax and be able to use my upper body. "

" So many girls second-think their pose or what they're doing. And, in turn, the photos will come out really unnatural. I say to really give the camera a performance - that, and make sure you're comfortable with how you look, and give it a good smile and a filter. "

" I love modeling, and I want other girls to enjoy the experience. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Be current. Know and comment on current trends and news. Don't be the last one entering a conversation. "

" If you are a new, upcoming designer, you've got to think of new, cool ways to make the industry look at you. Don't just get stuck in a rut, show your clothes, and be like, 'You should like this.' "

" 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. "

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

" I hate when people say models don't have personalities; what does that even mean? Everyone has a personality. "

" I think it's important to wear clothing that means something to you, and so I always try to make sure I'm wearing at least one item that has a personal meaning to me. "

Coco Rocha

Try

Important

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" I will definitely hook up my daughter if she decides to be a model. "

" Moms or soon-to-be-moms put a lot of pressure on themselves. "