Cameron Russell: 'Looks Aren't Everything. Believe Me, I'm a Model.'

18 Jan 2013

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Cameron Russell has stomped the runways for Victoria's Secret and Chanel, and has appeared in many magazines. But she is much more than just a pretty face. Russell admits she won "a genetic lottery": she's tall, pretty and an underwear model.

But don't judge her by her looks. "For the past two hundred years, we have defined beauty not just as health, youth and symmetry that we are biologically programmed to admire. But also as tall, slender figures, femininity and white skin. This is a legacy that was built for me, and its a legacy that I have been cashing out on," she says in this candid talk about beauty and privilege.

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