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" When I was asked to be a part of 'The Face,' I was like, 'This is exactly what I do without cameras.' I didn't find it any different than what I usually do for young girls - giving runway tips or just explaining how the whole industry works - but now you have, like, 19 cameras on you, documenting you while you scratch your nose. "

Coco Rocha

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

Coco Rocha

People

Style

" As a model, we come in the room, and we are casted just on our looks. I think I'm funny; I think I'm clever. But in the end, they're picking me for my cheekbones or if I'm tall enough. "

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Enough

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Oftentimes, my career as a model is based around glamour or creating a fantasy world. That in itself is not a bad thing, as I think art and inspiration has its place in society. "

" When you wear something different, you have to be confident that not everyone may get it at first. "

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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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Thought

Time

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" For a small population, Canada has always had a very strong and vibrant style. "

" When someone tells me that I'm not real, I say to them, 'Well, what about me isn't real?' I have not changed my figure. This is who I am. "

" 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?' "

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People

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

Coco Rocha

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" As a high-fashion model, I have long had a policy of no nudity or partial nudity in my photo shoots. "