Something I always look for in an outfit is to have a standout piece.
Coco RochaRead
Usually, a model gets two to three seasons, or a year and a half, and that's it - you're done. For me, it will be 10 years.
Interpretation
Success in modeling often has a limited timeframe, but dedication can lead to a longer career.
Coco Rocha highlights the transient nature of success in the modeling industry, noting that models typically have a fleeting career lasting a few seasons. However, she emphasizes her own longevity in the industry, attributing it to her hard work and adaptability, suggesting that with perseverance, one can achieve sustained success beyond the typical expectations.
In practice
In a motivational speech to aspiring models.
Something I always look for in an outfit is to have a standout piece.
My wedding dress is a piece of art that I'll treasure forever. It was designed and created by Zac Posen. I gave him only the tiniest bit of direction when he started, and the end product was more beautiful than anything I could have imagined.
Models are supposed to be a muse to you. Why is a muse always the same body type, the same look? It's boring.
I think, as long as you're secure with yourself and happy with yourself, it really doesn't matter what the world around you thinks.
When I started, I knew nothing about fashion. I remember, my first day going to my agency, I was wearing these huge bell-bottoms - they were patchwork corduroy and denim, which, at the time, I thought were amazing. My agent told me, 'You have a casting with Prada - you have to burn those jeans.'
I know what I want, I know where I'm going and I'm happy with what I am.
I think success is being exactly who God called us to be and fighting to your death to live that out.
Setbacks and losses are both inevitable and essential if you're going to improve and become a good, even great, competitor. The art is in avoiding catastrophic losses in the key battles.
If you have the opportunity to go be an early employee at a company that's just going crazy, and you believe it's the next Facebook or Google, you should go join that company.
Focus is scary—until you realize that it only means turning your back on markets you could never have anyway. Sharp focus on jobs that customers are trying to get done holds the promise of greatly improving the odds of success in new-product development.
It is not only by one's impulses that one achieves greatness, but also by patiently filing away the steel wall that separates what one feels from what one is capable of doing.
If you don't sell, it's not the product that's wrong, it's you.
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