Models today, she explained, don't understand that to be successful you have to have a personality, intelligence, and issues that you support, and Gisele embodies these qualities.
Interpretation
Success in modeling requires more than looks; it needs personality and values.
Anna Wintour highlights that true success in the modeling industry is not just about physical appearance but encompasses having a distinct personality, intelligence, and causes that one is passionate about. Gisele Bundchen exemplifies these qualities, suggesting that to thrive, models should connect authentically with their audience and stand for something meaningful.
In practice
During a keynote speech at a fashion conference, one could use this quote to emphasize the evolving nature of success in the modeling industry.
It would be ridiculous to ignore the speed and possibilities of the digital landscape - you absolutely need to have fast-moving news online, but if you want to build a large audience over time, you absolutely have to take a risk on the big challenging stuff.
With all the new media outlets out there, with all the noise, a voice of authority and calm like Vogue becomes more important than ever. The more eyes on fashion, the more opinions about fashion, the more exploration of fashion around the world, the better it is for Vogue. Vogue is like Nike or Coca-Cola—this huge global brand. I want to enhance it, I want to protect it, and I want it to be part of the conversation.
'Vogue' and 'Vice' may appear to some to see the world through different lenses. But in my view, both are fearless and breathtaking, with unquenchable curiosity and vigor.
Fashion is not beautiful, neither is it ugly. Why should it be either? Fashion is fashion.
I think what I often see is that people are frightened about fashion. Because it scares them or makes them feel insecure, so they just put it down. On the whole people that may say the mean things about our world I think that’s usually because they feel, in some ways, excluded or, you know, not a part of ‘the cool group’ so as a result they just mock it.
I think we're living, in terms of media, in a very democratic age, but I think that we still look at everything through the lens of 'Vogue' and through our own point of view.
If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success.
If you get a reputation for being honest, you have 95 percent of the competition already beat.
Everyone I built a course for thinks they have the best golf course in the world and I'm very pleased and proud of that.
You'll hear a lot of applause in your life, but none will mean more to you than that applause from your peers. I hope each of you hears that at the end.
In a competitive industry, only paranoid incumbents - those constantly striving for betterment - have any hope of surviving.
I financed and made my own films from the start. My path has been autonomous and independent, so I don't have any horror stories about glass ceilings and expectations and tense studio meetings.
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