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Like many young people, I believe I have potential to make a positive impact in the world.

Cameron Russell

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American - Model Born: June 14, 1987

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Like many young people, I believe I have potential to make a positive impact in the world. Cameron Russell

Positive, Believe, World

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, which would be awesome because you would be the first one. Cameron Russell

Internet, Awesome, You

Mass media wants bright lights. Mass media wants crazy clothes. Cameron Russell

Crazy, Media, Clothes

If you are ever wondering, 'If I have thinner thighs and shinier hair will I be happier?' you just need to meet a group of models because they have the thinnest thighs and the shiniest hair and the coolest clothes and they're the most physically insecure women on the planet. Cameron Russell

Women, Hair, Clothes

For the past few centuries, we have defined beauty as tall, slender figures, femininity and white skin. Cameron Russell

Beauty, Past, Skin

My favorite outfit is baggy black corduroy pants and a baggy T-shirt. Cameron Russell

Black, Favorite, T-Shirt

Modelling is an incredible platform. Cameron Russell

Incredible, Platform

I usually decide what to wear in the morning, but sometimes, I'll have a favorite coat or sweater or shoes, and I'll wear them everyday for a week! Cameron Russell

Morning, Shoes, Week

Saying you want to be a model when you grow up is akin to saying you want to win the Powerball when you grow up. It's awesome, and it's out of your control, and it's not a career path. Cameron Russell

Path, Win, Control

Women are often worried about how they look, and that's not superficial. We know that our appearance has nothing to do with how smart, creative, or hardworking we are, but it plays powerfully into what society decides we are worth. Cameron Russell

Women, Society, Smart

Usually, TED only invites the most accomplished and famous people in the world to give talks. Cameron Russell

World, Famous, People

A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models. Cameron Russell

Little Girls, Want, Little

Statistics show that diversity in the media is pretty dismal. Critical voices from women and people of color are missing from many important conversations. Cameron Russell

Women, Diversity, Statistics

In the history of the world, all five mass extinctions have been accompanied by massive climate change, so we are facing an incredibly serious threat. In fact, we are technically in the sixth mass extinction right now, and it is the first mass extinction being attributed to humans. Cameron Russell

Change, History, World

Lately I've been feeling like 50 percent of the great content I read comes from Twitter conversations. Cameron Russell

Great, Feeling, Content

My style is definitely not ladylike - frills and bows kinda scare me - but I like the military look because I love that olive green khaki color. Cameron Russell

Love, Style, Color

Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day. Cameron Russell

Day, Great, Dress

I think it's cooler when girls have favorite pieces of clothing rather than an entirely new wardrobe every few months. Cameron Russell

Think, Favorite, Clothing

The real way I became a model is I won a genetic lottery, and I became the recipient of a legacy. Cameron Russell

Legacy, Lottery, Way

I have no idea what advantages I truly get, but I know people talk to me and give me time of day because they like how I look. Cameron Russell

I work hard, but my modeling career gives my views undeserved attention. Cameron Russell

Work, Work Hard, Career

Becoming a model was very counter-culture for my background, which is hyper-liberal, academic and feminist. Cameron Russell

Academic, Feminist, Which

My mum never told me that I was beautiful when I was a kid - and I didn't read magazines or watch MTV, so I had no real consciousness about it all. Cameron Russell

Beautiful, Me, Consciousness

Even if I did give a good talk, is what I have to say more important and interesting than what Colin Powell said? Cameron Russell

Good, Interesting, Said

Hard work is not why I have been successful as a model. Cameron Russell

Work, Hard Work, Successful

In 2007, a very inspired New York University Ph.D. student counted all the models on the runway, every single one that was hired, and of the 677 models that were hired, only 27, or less than four per cent, were non-white. Cameron Russell

Student, New York, Single

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