Name: 【TEDx】Image is Powerful: Cameron Russell at TEDxMidAtlantic 2012
Uploaded: 2013-09-23T07:47:34.000Z
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and for the last little while I've been a model,

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And I feel like there is an uncomfortable

because I should not have worn this dress. (Laughter)

This is the first outfit change on a TED stage,

so you guys are pretty lucky to witness it,

If some of the women were really horrified

when I came out, you don't have to tell me now,

but I will find out later on Twitter. (Laughter)

to be able to transform what you think of me

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.

I just totally transformed  what you thought of me in six seconds,

and in this picture I had actually  never had a boyfriend in real life.

I was totally uncomfortable  and the photographer was telling me

to arch my back and put my hand in that guy's hair.

And of course barring surgery, or the fake tan

there is very little that we can do to transform how we look.

And how we look, though it is superficial

and immutable has a huge impact on our lives.

means being honest, and I am on this stage

that people always ask me but with an honest twist.

So the first question is, "How do you become a model?"

is I won a genetic lottery  and I'm the recipient of a legacy.

And maybe you're wondering, "What is a legacy?"

Well, for the past two centuries we have defined beauty

that we're biologically programmed to admire,

And this is a legacy that was built for me

and it's a legacy that I've been cashing out on.

And I know there are pople in the audience

and maybe there are some fashionistas who are like,

"Wait -- Naomi, Tyra, Joan Smalls, Liu Wen,"

and first I commend you on your model knowledge,

that in 2007 a very inspired NYU PhD student

The next question people always ask me is,

You could be the President of the United States,

which would be awesome because  you'd be the first one." (Laughter)

If after this amazing list they're still like,

and you could be the editor-in-chief of American Vogue

or the CEO of H&M or the next Steven Meisel.

Saying that you want to be a model when you grow up

and it's awesome and it's not a career path.

I will demonstrate for you now ten years of

accumulated model knowledge, because unlike

cardio-thoracic surgeons it can just be distilled

and the light is right there like a nice HMI

and the client says, "Cameron, we want a walking shot."

Well then this leg goes first, nice and long,

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