Looks-aren_t-everything.-Believe-me_-I_m-a-model.-.wav Hi. My name is Cameron Russell, and for the last little while, I've been
. Actually, for 10 years. And I feel like there's
because
.
So luckily,
. This is the first
on the TED stage, so you guys are
, I think. If some of the women were really
when I came out,
, but I'll find out later on Twitter.
I'd also note that I'm
in a very brief 10 seconds.
. These heels are very
, so good thing I wasn't going to
them.
, because that's when you'll all laugh at me, so don't do anything while it's over my head.
All right.
So,
?
That was
.
Well -- Hopefully
. Image is powerful, but also, image is
. I just totally transformed what you thought of me, in six seconds. And in this picture,
. I was totally
, and the photographer was telling me to arch my
and put my
in that guy's
. And of course, barring surgery, or the
that I got two days ago for work, there's very little that
, and
, though it is
and immutable, has
.
So today, for me,
. And I am on this stage
. I am on this stage because I am a
, white woman, and in my industry,
.
I'm going to
, but with
.
So the first question is,
? I always just say, "Oh, I was scouted," but
. The real way
is I won a
, and I am the recipient of a legacy, and maybe you're wondering
. Well,
we have defined beauty
and symmetry that we're
, but also as
,
, and
and
.