Cameron Russell

Statistics show that diversity in the media is pretty dismal. Critical voices from women and people of color are missing from many important conversations. ”

Saying you want to be a model when you grow up is akin to saying you want to win the Powerball when you grow up. It's awesome, and it's out of your control, and it's not a career path. ”

When I gave a talk at TEDx, I thought that if I did a good job, the video might go viral. ”

At the Big Bad Lab, we build participatory art and media platforms for causes, communities and organizations we care about. ”

Sometimes, great collaboration is hard to nurture online, so doing so offline is the way to go. ”

I always wanted to become president! When I was a kid, I was obsessed with politics. ”

My mum never told me that I was beautiful when I was a kid - and I didn't read magazines or watch MTV, so I had no real consciousness about it all. ”

When you're looking through a magazine, you'd think every single person's a different person, but every third girl is actually the same girl in a different outfit and makeup. ”

Once you are a model, you do have to fly a million red-eye flights, and you do have to entertain a different client every single day. ”

One of the biggest issues for me is campaign finance reform. ”