Cameron Russell's Mission to Make Beauty About Brains

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  • čas přidán 27. 03. 2013
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  • @isals8498
    @isals8498 Před 7 lety +96

    I don't think her continuing to work in the industry takes away from what she wants to say. If she quits her job, they're just going to replace her with another thin white girl, no one will benefit except maybe her from not having the guilt of being called a hypocrite. She can do more from the inside to try to change some people's perceptions.

    • @gomamon15
      @gomamon15 Před 4 lety

      Nicely worded. Yes, indeed.

  • @daffodilZephyr
    @daffodilZephyr Před 10 lety +81

    She doesn't hate modelling, she hates what it promotes. Cameron hates the idea that she herself is viewed and idolized over factors she has no control over. The fashion its self is a form of artistry and its a wonderful and creative field. She is a model and is used as a canvas for designers, photographers, make-up artists, and is a construction. Yet people go wow SHE looks beautiful.

    • @Velozisimoh
      @Velozisimoh Před 6 lety +6

      daffodilZephyr you, my friend, got what she was trying to say.

    • @LordGreystoke
      @LordGreystoke Před 6 lety +3

      That's how it works. Modeling couldn't work any other way. Modeling promotes a fantasy and she has no control over it but she still enjoys doing it and makes great money doing it.

    • @joshipp761
      @joshipp761 Před 5 lety +4

      daffodilZephyr
      She does have control over her choice to stay in an industry that promotes Superficial and unrealistic imagery. To me, her voice would be more powerful, if she stepped away and showed younger women especially, the pitfalls of pursuing this unhealthy lifestyle

    • @kiranpatil8420
      @kiranpatil8420 Před 4 lety

      She loves the validation she gets from modeling she is a dumb model.

    • @gufestus4106
      @gufestus4106 Před 2 lety

      So she could quit? It'd be better than being a hypocrite.

  • @jiaqiteh879
    @jiaqiteh879 Před 9 lety +59

    Cameron, you're one in a trillion.

  • @charlottepembroke5446
    @charlottepembroke5446 Před rokem +6

    I like how honest she is - and she is just naturally beautiful which is very rare.

  • @asha8443
    @asha8443 Před 8 lety +83

    I love how she kept mentioning the privileged status of whites...but abc news all but ignored that...on purpose. It's true how white beauty is perceived over others...all because it's white people who have more wealth...hence the fact we see white people on cover magazines and catwalks much more often.

  • @piotrnarog6438
    @piotrnarog6438 Před 7 lety +48

    She is amazing.
    Good point. Still very pretty. Life is easier for good looking people.

    • @ruchis6705
      @ruchis6705 Před 4 lety +4

      No dear it isn't
      It's far more unsafe and dangerous with good looking girls

  • @faithstrachan7299
    @faithstrachan7299 Před 7 lety +15

    For everyone saying "She's a hypocrite." "She should quit if she believes so strongly." "She's just doing this to get paid more." That's not true. She said it in the video. Fashion isn't evil, it is what as a society we have made the fashion industry into. Fashion itself is an art form. It's creative, fun, and beautiful, so don't judge her for speaking out about the evils of the industry but continuing to love fashion​ for what it is, art.

    • @joshipp761
      @joshipp761 Před 5 lety +2

      Faith Strachan
      What people are finding hypocritical is, she makes her living, based on her looks, but then turns around & says the industry is Superficial & unhealthy.

    • @sakshianand6054
      @sakshianand6054 Před 4 lety

      @@joshipp761 I find that being self aware and authentic despite being in a superficial,fake industry.

    • @gufestus4106
      @gufestus4106 Před 2 lety

      @@sakshianand6054 LOL she's just another pretty privileged rich white girl who never had to struggle a day in her life. Her biggest worry is probably someone saying bad things about her hair. She's not intelligent. I know a hundred girls more intelligent than her and they'll never get the chance she has gotten. She should just shut up and take the money.

  • @eugenebethshire6952
    @eugenebethshire6952 Před 5 lety +4

    Trying to follow a model diet is very hard. Cameron would be considered extremely exceptional with her amazing scholastic background and God given genetics! I drank tea in the mornings, and ate vegan meals in the afternoons all still while going to the gym. By the end of the third week I thought my heart was going to frickin explode! All I could think about was shoes, wedges to be exact! Now instead of obsessing over physical beauty, I've come to terms that looks aren't everything.

  • @spinderellafire
    @spinderellafire Před 11 lety +6

    "Perfection" is ONLY a word. Nobody is perfect; at best these models are just really hot.

  • @vernellbonilla5357
    @vernellbonilla5357 Před 3 lety +3

    Her entire career is based on her look. Beauty can be great in life if you just want to be above average but if you want to go above and beyond, it is all the brain.

  • @battleangelgally7548
    @battleangelgally7548 Před 11 lety +6

    Models not as Role Models? Damn! You're my role model.

  • @joshuaa.kennedy8837
    @joshuaa.kennedy8837 Před 5 lety +5

    In the looks category I would pick a sexy model over a high fashion model any day of the week.

  • @Samuel115s
    @Samuel115s Před 8 lety +10

    what I would like to see is for there to be more ethnic diversity In the industry so that the beauty standard can be a far game for all races and not just for whites. even when black people look good, they are still not good enough cuz the beauty standard is bias and unfair.

  • @farah-rp9of
    @farah-rp9of Před 10 lety +4

    Cameron Russel is amazing!

  • @moua0067
    @moua0067 Před 10 lety +4

    Props to SARA ZIFF -- the original model who started the unionization of model and models' rights.... !!!

  • @Andi_andI
    @Andi_andI Před 11 lety +8

    Is it just me or was that interviewer trying to give her the bedroom eyes?

  • @nullw8768
    @nullw8768 Před 6 lety +1

    An easy crusade when you're a fucking supermodel.

  • @d.e.b.b5788
    @d.e.b.b5788 Před 9 lety +28

    Pretty women want to be valued for their brains; smart women want to be told that they're beautiful. Nobody's ever happy with what they have. There's a reason why appearance is so important for women; because for 99% of our existance, males had only that to go on to determine the best possible female to mate with to increase the odds that she would be healthy and fertile, and pass along his dna line. And it's hard to de-program evolution, so trying to get men to ignore appearance isn't going to work anytime soon. Yes, we do weigh in other things besides appearance, but if there's anything about you that turns us off sexually, game over.

    • @shanenoel1270
      @shanenoel1270 Před 9 lety +5

      Deb B Deb - You are so on point. Men and their ideas of who's beautiful and who is not create the madness that women deal with almost every day of their lives. Men take looks into consideration when looking for a mate. A lot of them want a trophy when most of the time the man is not. I think that women are more forgiving when choosing a mate. That's why we've seen gorgeous women like Sophia Loren, married to not so attractive men. Many women will marry for things that go a lot deeper than the outward appearance.

    • @d.e.b.b5788
      @d.e.b.b5788 Před 9 lety +2

      Shane Noel You make the same mistake that lots of women do. Men don't go out looking for girls as 'trophies'. We go out looking for hot women to have sex with. If other guys or girls think she's hot, fine. But it's not the prime consideration, not even close. Women coined the term 'trophy wife'. Because women use their husbands as trophies. Virtually every woman will at some point refer to attracting a guy as 'catching a good one' in reference to getting a guy to marry her. Women derive a lot of their sense of worth both to herself and her girlfriends based on the status of her male mate. Guys derive most of their status by their accomplishments and assets. A woman who marries a rich man is a successful woman to her peers. A man who marries a rich woman is a gigilo and gets no respect from other men..

    • @shanenoel1270
      @shanenoel1270 Před 9 lety +7

      Deb B Ok. So I beg to differ. I don't think women make any mistake about the fact that men want a trophy. Doesn't really matter were the word derived from. Trophy pretty much means hot....they're synonymous. I think going out to look for hot women to have sex with equals trophy. A trophy is given to someone for their "accomplishments". You said guys derive most of their status by their accomplishments did you not? Having sex with a hot women, to men anyway, is an accomplishment is it not? Most men will not go out and pick up an Olive Oil type to have sex with. I have brothers and I'm around men all of the time. hear their conversations. They will bypass a mediocre women and go straight for the gusto.
      Also, I personally don't view women that marry men for money, as successful. Far from it. I view her as a gold digger. I would never refer to a successful woman and gold digger in the same breath. A successful woman to me means, being able to stand against the odds and push through all the drama. I work around successful, talented women every day and guess what? Not one of them is married to a rich man. A successful woman, or anyone for that matter is like the
      cream that always rises to the top. Being married to a rich man for monetary gain does not, to me, equal success! That's just my opinion.

    • @BE-ho6kz
      @BE-ho6kz Před 7 lety

      I think you are absolutely right. :)

    • @rosafillava9443
      @rosafillava9443 Před 6 lety

      Why does everything have to do with men....it's really about how YOU feel about YOURSELF that matters. Being a woman could also involve a man in the picture, no doubt, however...it is most definitely not THE PURPOSE of a woman's life...she probably wants to feel whole, both smart and pretty, no one wants to feel limited.

  • @1301595
    @1301595 Před 11 lety +28

    ouhh, i kinda cringe when the narrator said "giv-on-SHAY"

  • @TCgirl
    @TCgirl Před 9 lety +17

    She has that imperfect lisp thing going on. And of course it only adds to her charm. I like her.

  • @daffodilZephyr
    @daffodilZephyr Před 10 lety +1

    when I was younger I would have said but I have seen first hand that "beauty" does make a difference.

  • @samelsmore8171
    @samelsmore8171 Před 3 lety +2

    Everything in life is an adventure when you are good looking, the irony is if she was ugly she would not be doing this.

  • @tbwatch88
    @tbwatch88 Před 5 lety +3

    wah wah wah.

  • @DelilahZoe
    @DelilahZoe Před 8 lety

    BAM! Out of the park. Go Cameron!

  • @camila_rramos
    @camila_rramos Před 3 lety +1

    Cameron is amazing ☺️

  • @maryjyr1
    @maryjyr1 Před 6 lety

    Atlast one unique piece..

  • @analarson2920
    @analarson2920 Před 7 lety +5

    Clearly being so young and abused by using her sexuality to make money we often call prostitution, but this somehow is legal? Please pray for Cameron, she has a good idea but she needs to quit to heal that part of being used for your physical sense. God help all women we are more than just an attraction, we are more than just animals.

    • @joshipp761
      @joshipp761 Před 5 lety +1

      Ana Larson
      Yes, she need to turn away from this industry. I think her heart is in the right place, however she continues to benefit from this Superficial lifestyle. Hard for people to believe what she stands for

  • @tothestars101
    @tothestars101 Před 10 lety +4

    I disagree. It depends upon the profession you aspire to pursue. If you want to be an engineer and doctor, beauty has very little to do with your success. If you want to be a model or a singer, like Cameron had said, than beauty has everything to do with it.

  • @ChrisAstro
    @ChrisAstro Před 11 lety

    Well done!

  • @babssy007
    @babssy007 Před 10 lety +3

    i love how people like to blame that amorphous concept of 'society' for things like the definition of beauty. people like what they like, it just so happens that when the majority likes something more than the other they are more wiling to vote with their money and industries adjust to get those dollars

  • @tothestars101
    @tothestars101 Před 10 lety

    In the society she is a part of, that is the definition of beauty.

  • @daffodilZephyr
    @daffodilZephyr Před 10 lety +1

    there are a lot of different videos on youtube explaining this now widely accepted scientific idea. The reason they didn't go further into it is because the piece wasn't about that specifically.

  • @XTaqueeX
    @XTaqueeX Před 11 lety

    I respect this women =)

  • @Jay-ef2ii
    @Jay-ef2ii Před rokem

    She was born lucky, who cares! Just enjoy your life and stop disliking pretty people.

  • @stopgettingtriggered
    @stopgettingtriggered Před 11 lety +16

    yeah it's hard to respect her when she says all this THEN KEEPS ON MODELING

    • @rubuscha
      @rubuscha Před 4 lety +2

      Its her job!! She needs to pay rent like everyone else.

    • @southlondon86
      @southlondon86 Před měsícem

      @@rubuschaMaybe she could study and get a career and get paid?

  • @MeWriter2112
    @MeWriter2112 Před 5 lety

    Oh Cynthia McFadden, you let your Mainer slip! You said "acrosst!"!!

  • @j0shda116
    @j0shda116 Před 4 lety +1

    lmao This woman is humble flexing

  • @hellofellas5661
    @hellofellas5661 Před 5 lety

    I really admire her

  • @jinlee3574
    @jinlee3574 Před 4 lety

    I don't know she might be fake, actually, she is reinforcing what is already there in industry
    Just showing up her intelligence

  • @shannail4533
    @shannail4533 Před 10 lety

    Good to see Cameron Russell in the Prada Ad Campaign though...

  • @Gyyuuuuuuuuu
    @Gyyuuuuuuuuu Před 10 lety

    I love you Cameron

    • @krepler
      @krepler Před 4 lety

      Thanks. It took so long (5 years) to finally see your meaningful comment. I love you too. 😄😉
      My name is Cameron too if you didn't get it.

  • @racemetothestarskid
    @racemetothestarskid Před 11 lety

    Can all you guys go watch her ted talk before you comment? Cause this did definitely not get to the same point that did...

  • @natashadahl4973
    @natashadahl4973 Před 6 lety +1

    Yea well now because of Instagram alot of people know who you are and they are stalked and hit on a lot more than they used to be.

  • @jimiya3924
    @jimiya3924 Před 6 lety +1

    She is saying the truth. It is mostly genetic or you have to go through plastic surgery..still you probably won't be entirely happy. I want to be a jewelry model because I want to prove to myself that I can.

  • @fuckem187
    @fuckem187 Před 11 lety +2

    by stopping will it make any difference ? No, the industry will just continue get a new model and continue as before.
    All she is trying to do is to get dumb girls who think thats what they look like to recognize the obvious - that its just a construction and that girls dont really look like that. you can still enjoy looking at magazines and the styling etc as long as you dont literally think that is what the model looks like in person. shes promoting awareness and trying to make people think.

    • @ozonozon2905
      @ozonozon2905 Před 4 lety

      It will make a difference I really hate people with your mindset. People don't get that one person can make a difference.

  • @ThatGmoney
    @ThatGmoney Před 10 lety

    Loooooovr cameron

  • @hannahlevin3286
    @hannahlevin3286 Před 2 lety

    Is it just me, or does she TOTALLY look like Jennifer Garnier? Especially, the 13 Going on 30 movie? I seeeee it.

  • @pirizzo
    @pirizzo Před 6 lety +2

    What I don't like about this is the fact that so much of your life is determined for you, not just appearance. You wade into dangerous territory when you start to discount talent in any form. What's next? Intelligence, tenacity, energeticism - all major contributors to success that have major genetic components. This woman is speaking out of both sides of her mouth, and it's a privilege that she even can get a camera on her in the first place. My suggestion to her is just shut up and take the money.

  • @celerystalker19
    @celerystalker19 Před 11 lety +4

    how is that unfortunate?

  • @sekaicin8501
    @sekaicin8501 Před rokem

    Cameron Russell

  • @SageGarlandSingerSongwriter

    Wait a second... "symmetry equals health." You can't just make a statement like that and move on without proving or even explaining it. I hate the news, it always twists our perceptions. Why am I watching this. I should go back to TEDtalks where I belong.

  • @1301595
    @1301595 Před 11 lety

    google what a "high fashion" model looks like and you understand, the supermodels you're thinking about are FHM or PlayBoy down the market type

  • @sanjusingh6389
    @sanjusingh6389 Před 4 lety

    Damn she is beautiful

  • @thatswhatsup0493
    @thatswhatsup0493 Před 10 lety +6

    Can't stands the announcers voice. So annoying! Its like shes doing it on purpose!

  • @aclementine9928
    @aclementine9928 Před 6 lety

    but its like shes saying her bodytype and everything is ideal, which in some cultures im sure is not the case

  • @hannahlevin3286
    @hannahlevin3286 Před 2 lety

    She looks like Hilary Swank and Jennifer Garnier.

  • @daktraveler56
    @daktraveler56 Před rokem

    A woman of substance matters more to me, than a pretty face.

  • @bipashashakya
    @bipashashakya Před 3 lety

    Symmetry equals health..hmm...No wonder why I am so unhealthy!

  • @fuckem187
    @fuckem187 Před 11 lety

    and what does eva mendes look like without make up ?
    shes actually nice looking without make-up compared to some girls.
    example: have you seen mila kunis without make up ?? - looks completely
    different
    and by the way you proved her point - your saying shes very plain without make up and the expert styling - most girls looks plain jane when compared with fully made up models or actresses who have expert make up artists etc

  • @luvmia97blogspot
    @luvmia97blogspot Před 11 lety

    really o.o

  • @MJFan625Moonwalker
    @MJFan625Moonwalker Před 7 lety +4

    She's definitely not ugly, but I'm not sure if she's drop dead gorgeous. Good looking, but doesn't exactly stand out.

    • @joshipp761
      @joshipp761 Před 5 lety +1

      MJFan625Moonwalker
      One doesnt necessarily have to be good looking, just find an agent who thinks you are, and can promote you

    • @MJFan625Moonwalker
      @MJFan625Moonwalker Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@joshipp761, I understand people can be marketed well, but everyone in the video seems to agree that she’s absolutely gorgeous.

  • @TheGlexpa9000
    @TheGlexpa9000 Před 10 lety +1

    what is the point of this. Most things in life arent fair so people need to learn to work with what they have. If little girls cant accept that they arent supermodels then they are going to have a hard time with everything else in life. Cameron you shouldnt be upset with the media, they have set a standard for beauty the same way all industries have set their standards. If there is any one to blame its the parents for not telling their kids the truth about the world they brought them into.

  • @samslick9000
    @samslick9000 Před 5 lety

    Give 20-year old girls a choice
    Be a model and have average intelligence
    or
    Have MIT PhD intelligence and look average
    How many would choose the latter?

    • @iknowwhatyoudid9979
      @iknowwhatyoudid9979 Před 2 lety

      I know it has been two years and you will propably never see this but, if I had the opportunity to be the smartest person in the world( 250-300) iq like william james sidis, or the most beautiful, I would definitely choose to be an ultra genius🤣🤣🤣 I am already pretty tho😭

    • @samslick9000
      @samslick9000 Před 2 lety

      @@iknowwhatyoudid9979 But what if you weren't already pretty? Would you want to be extremely smart but plain average?

  • @leejay9070
    @leejay9070 Před 5 lety +3

    Funny how she's anti modeling and looks now that she's at the end of her modeling career. And drop the anti white racist crap. It's so 2016.

    • @Nik-jq4tx
      @Nik-jq4tx Před 4 lety

      Her boyfriend and father of her son is a black guy.

  • @peacerebelgirl
    @peacerebelgirl Před 9 lety +16

    if she takes the $$$$$$ she makes and uses it to help empower young women or impoverished mothers or something of the like she may have a redeemable message. otherwise she's being a hypocrite.

    • @joshipp761
      @joshipp761 Před 5 lety

      peacerebelgirl
      I understand her view point however, she continues to benefit from the very industry she is complaining about.

  • @symonesotica6246
    @symonesotica6246 Před 3 lety

    3:04

  • @saidlaaroua1178
    @saidlaaroua1178 Před 6 lety

    I have one advice to Cameron, I wish it get's to you. It is awesome what you are starting but stay away from feminists. You certainly will have some intersections with them in thoughts or activity but leave it there, try not become seen as a feminist because you will lose and, do not bargain on feminists cause you will lose. I hope to read your book, maybe a philosophical novel like Karamazov Brothers ...........Best wishes

  • @Anna290121
    @Anna290121 Před 11 lety +1

    To all of you hating on her because she still models, thinl with your brain a second. If she quits modellin, what should shw work with? She has been modelling since a young age, so i don't think she has studied something...

    • @perfumaphilia3246
      @perfumaphilia3246 Před 7 lety +2

      Anna She has a degree from Columbia University, actually.

  • @uckfayushbay
    @uckfayushbay Před 10 lety +1

    'HollyGolightly078' sez "she's not even very good looking and she has a speech problem" (i'm gonna go out on a limb and guess holly is not hot. at all. ay yi yi.

  • @MrReynardMULDRAKE
    @MrReynardMULDRAKE Před 3 lety

    just switched to abc news recently but must say this segment pretty much disappoints😔

  • @kara4640
    @kara4640 Před 4 lety

    I don't see much concern for the fact that these women are objectified. They are human beings at the end of the day. Flaws and all, I think people forget that. As she said sometimes your job chooses you. My problem is it sounds contradictory, she states she is 'protected' as a 'pretty thin white woman' yet on the other hand contends there is sex abuse in the fashion industry. So is she protected or not. She sounds confused, and I can't take her seriously.

  • @jameslouis3940
    @jameslouis3940 Před 9 lety +6

    I think its interesting that she keeps saying "white models" She's making it seem like white skin is the most desirable. White skin is beautiful don't get me wrong, but there's also darker skinned women who are desirable in the fashion industry.

    • @jameslouis3940
      @jameslouis3940 Před 9 lety

      I agree, but that's definitely changing there's some great models out there now like Joan Smalls who are proving that there should be more diversity in the industry. She's also college educated. We'll see where the industry heads in the next few years-- hopefully more representative of the beautiful diverse American culture

    • @d.e.b.b5788
      @d.e.b.b5788 Před 9 lety +1

      giocurve The reason that fashion designers use white girls as their models, is because their predominant market is affluent white women. So they use white models so as to get their customer base to fantasize that they too will look like the models do in the clothes. For James Louis, when the fashion designers aim for a market of mainly black women, then you'll see more black models. If you look to India, you'll see Indian female models modeling their clothes, because that's the market they're targeting.

    • @TCgirl
      @TCgirl Před 9 lety +3

      Did you not listen to what she was saying about how it isn't right that white women are treated better than black women?

    • @lovelypacific
      @lovelypacific Před 8 lety +7

      +D.E.B. B except in countries where there are more black than white women like south africa and brazil there are still way more white models represented than black models in magazines and ads....

    • @kendralp8109
      @kendralp8109 Před 6 lety

      Because they are most desirable. It’s what beauty standards is based on. Where have you been living??

  • @MJFan625Moonwalker
    @MJFan625Moonwalker Před 4 lety +4

    Is it me or is she not really that beautiful? She’s definitely good looking, but not a knockout.

  • @s.s.7380
    @s.s.7380 Před 7 lety +6

    She is very impressive unless she is working that industry which she blames anymore....

  • @gregfalco4528
    @gregfalco4528 Před 6 lety +6

    She obviously isn't THAT intelligent, otherwise she would realize how absurd her mission is.

  • @ThingsILikke
    @ThingsILikke Před 9 lety +11

    Oh please. This girl is just trying to create a buzz so she can get paid more for gigs. This whole video is really trite.

  • @LAMOTTA1979
    @LAMOTTA1979 Před 8 lety +10

    Biting the hand that has fed her. If she feels it is so superficial then she should try another profession.

    • @joshipp761
      @joshipp761 Před 5 lety +1

      LAMOTTA1979
      I noticed she said, I tell little girls, Not to aspire to be a model or actress, go higher. Funny, shouldn't she lead by example?

  • @Wolfsky9
    @Wolfsky9 Před 5 lety

    She's an attractive girl, but wayyyyyyyyy, too, skinny. ---------Zero appeal to me. -------------------WolfSky9

  • @MySecretJourney
    @MySecretJourney Před 4 lety +2

    Ok, so she doesn’t like her job. Ok quit. End of story

  • @facelesspodcaster5594
    @facelesspodcaster5594 Před 3 lety +1

    She really isn't that pretty. She spent the entire video humble brag.

  • @starlight4172
    @starlight4172 Před 7 lety

    Of course its all about naturally beautiful. IQ has nothing to do. I don't understand why people beauty with some intelligence and in interviews looks are given importance. Such a mismatch.

  • @user-blue_sky1186
    @user-blue_sky1186 Před rokem

    Hypocrisy!!

  • @SilentMover95
    @SilentMover95 Před 7 lety +17

    Her entire career is based on her look. Beauty can be great in life if you just want to be above average but if you want to go above and beyond, it is all the brain.