"I'll always try to follow my heart into things I love, and modelling is not something I'm dreaming of pursuing forever."
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"I love modeling but also see it as a platform for the million other things I want to achieve and create in life."
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"When I was younger, I definitely did face anti-ginger prejudice. As a child, all teasing hurts, whether it's because you're fat or a different race or have red hair. I had enough comments from a couple of people to make it a sore point."
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"I take my books everywhere. Plane journeys are a good opportunity to study, or also when I'm having my hair done."
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"If I'm anywhere close to where I can hike or swim, that's my favourite thing to do."
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"I was like most teenagers. I wanted to look more conventional - you know, to just be the pretty girl in school."
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"In British culture, redheads get teased at school. But I've grown up enough to realize I love my hair."
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"I found going to school when I was modeling very grounding. It's really kept my perspective on bigger things in my life."
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"I guess I try and learn all the time from every experience in life, so my thinking is a hybrid of everything. I'd have to attribute some of that to my work in the fashion industry - in some obscure way."
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"I paint - I tend more to abstraction - but not as much as I would like to because of time. I would love to do sculpture - I've toyed with the idea of fitting in a sculpture course."
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"Marilyn Monroe and Vivienne Leigh are real icons of mine. In terms of visual culture, they are both so iconic. There weren't any paparazzi shots of them falling out of taxis, so they will always look so incredible."
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"Production chains, how consumers can drive change: all these things may seem at odds with fashion, but arguably, they're not."
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"I don't personally follow trends; I don't even like the idea of trends. I think it's kind of absurd that you have to change every six months, so I always try and buy things that hopefully I'll like forever, and resonate with me."
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"I part-own a bookshop for some strange coincidence of reasons, and it is one of the best things I part-own in my life, or own in my life. I do not know, it just feels great."
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"Every time I have to try on a wig for work, I get excited about the colour; I've often thought about going for a platinum bob or also raven black, as it looks so great against pale skin. But I always end up being loyal to my red colour."
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"Modelling, fashion and film have all encouraged me to learn more about issues and to feel empowered enough to do something about them."
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"I have made a living off the way I look, and I have really learnt to accept myself for being unusual."
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"I have to admit I've always had quite a complex relationship with modeling and with the idea of advertising: not always knowing what I'm advertising and selling."
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"The narrative of so many fairy tales are timeless in so many different cultures, and they have been since the dawn of man. They represent escapism, but they all feature themes that have such poignancy in a modern world."
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"As the generalization goes about the art industry, people can be really challenging and thought-provoking in their thinking and questioning the status quo, and it's really important that the status quo can be questioned and that there are people doing that."
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