<Cameron Russell: Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model>
Hi, my name is Cameron Russell. And for the last a little while I’ve been a model, and actually for 10years. And I feel like these there's an uncomfoterble tention in the room right now, because I should none of not have worn this dress. So lackly I brought up an outfit change. This is the first outfit change
on the TED stage, so you guys are pritty lucky to witness
that it, I think. If some of the women were really horrified
when I came out, you don’t have to tell me now, but I’ll
find out it later on twitter. I’d also know note I’m quite privileged to be able to ordered transfome what you think
of me, and in a very brief 10seconds. Not everybody gets
to do that. These heels are very uncomfortable, so good
thing I wasn't going to wear them. The worst part is putting
this sweater over my head because that's when you'll
all laugh at me, so don’t do anything while it's over
my head. All right.
So why did I do that? That was awkward. Well. I’m hopely
Hopefully not so awkward as that picture. Image is powerful,
but also image is superficial. I just totally transformed
what you thought of me in 6 seconds. And this picture
I like you had actually I had never had boyfriend in real
life, I was totally uncomfatable, and the photogragher was
signed telling me to arch my back and put my hand and
in that guy's hair. And of course boring barring surgery
and order of the fake tan that I got 2days ago for work.
There's very little that we can do to transform how we
look,and how we look that would be though it is superficial
and imutable has a huge impact on our lifes lives.
So today, for me, being fearless means being honest. And
I am on this stage because I’m a model, and I’m on this
stage because I’m a pretty, white woman. And in my
industry that we are called the that a sexy girl. I’m gonna
answer the questions that people always asked me, but
with an honest twist.
So the first question is “how did do you become a model.”
I always just say “Oh, I was scouted”, but that means
nothing. The real way that I became a model is I wanna won a genetic lottery and I’m the receipe of legacy, and maybe
you are wonderring what is the a legacy. Well.the past you
centuries we have the find defined beauty, not just as
health and youth and symmetry that would we're
biorogycally programmed to admire, but also as tall, slender figures, and femininidity and white skin. And this is the a legacy
that was built for me, and it's a legacy that I’ve been cashing
out on.
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And I know there are people on in the audience who are
skeptical at this point, and maybe there are some fashion
model its like fashionsitas who are like “ Wait, Naomi,
Tyra,Joan Smalls,
Liu Wen” at And first I recommend you on your model knowledge.
Very impressive, but unfortunately, I have to inform you that in 2007, of very inspired NYU Ph.D student counted all the models on the runway, everything single one that was woman we hired, and of the 677models we that were hired, only 27 or less than 4% on runway.were non-white.
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The next question that people always ask me is “Can I be a model when I grow up?” And the first answer is “I don’t know,They don't put me in charge that” but the second
answer what I really wanna say to these girls is, “ Why? You know? you can be anything. You could be the president of
the United States, or the inventor of the next internet,
or a ninja cardio-thoracic surgeon poet. That which would
be awsom, because you would be the first one”
If after this amazing list, they still are like “No,No, Cameron,
I wanna be a model”, well, then What I say “Be my boss” because I’m not in charge of anything. And You could be
the editor in chief of American Vorgue or the Ceo of H&M,
or the next Steven Meisel.
Saying you wanna be a model when you grow up is can this
to saying that you wanna win the powerball when you grow
up. It’s, you know, out of your control and It’s awsom, and It’s not career path. I will demonstrate few for you now 10years career of accomulated model knowledge, because unlike
cardio-thoracic surgeon, it can just be distilled right now.
So, If the photographer is right there, and light is right there,
like a nice HMI, and I can say and client says
” Cameron we wanna walking shot” this leg goes first,
nice and long we this arm is goes back, this arm s goes
forward, and the head is three quteres, and you just go
back and forth, just do that, and then you look back here
at your imaginary friends, 300,400,500times. It would will look
like something like this. How Hopefully less awkward than
that one in the middle. That was, I don’t know why what happened there.
Unfortnatelly, after you’ve gone this to school, and you have
resume, and you’ve done a few jobs ,you can't say
anything anymore, so if you say you wanna be the
president of the United States, but your resume reads "underwear model 10years", people give you a funny look.
Then I question is " Do they retouch of all the photos?"
And Yeah, they pretty much retouch all the photes,
but that is a only a small component of what’s happening.
This picture is the very first picture that ever I ’ve ever
took, and it's also the very first time that I had one of worn a bikini. And I didn’t even have my period yet.
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