Alexis Ren

Because of how much I've gone through, I want to say I'm more wise than my age. ”

Mid-morning is a good time for selfies because of the natural light. ”

I don't use the front-facing camera because the quality of selfies isn't as good. ”

My all-time favorite TED talks are Brene Brown's 'The Power of Vulnerability' and Sir Ken Robinson's 'Do Schools Kill Creativity.' ”

I'm from L.A., and when you work out in the day, you usually stay in your workout clothes. So I always liked it where I can go to meetings in my workout clothes and still feel on it and fashionable. ”

I don't work this hard on my body to be like, 'Nah, don't look at it.' ”

I don't like tan lines, and I work out a lot. ”

It's hard to gain respect in fashion, especially if you're coming from social media, so it's been challenging at times. ”

I started posting on my social media super-young. I didn't really understand what it was. When I was about 15, I started posting behind-the-scenes of shoots, little things of me holding up the color corrector, cute things, me in a bikini. It was just all innocent and fun, and I saw people really starting to respond to it. ”