Teen Vogue - On The AirMarch 2013In this month’s Teen Vogue, my good friend Andrew Bevan asked me my thoughts on modeling, television and being accessible. “I’ve always treated modeling like a job, not a lifestyle,” explains my pal Coco Rocha.  ”You can’t rest on your laurels: a model is really only as good and relevant as her most recent editorial or campaign.”  That philosophy has kept this tour de force going strong for nearly a decade in a business where a typical career span is only a few years.  This spring she continues to strike while the iron is hot, starring in Oxygen’s new model-competition show The Face, alongside fellow supers Naomi Campbell and Karolina Kurkova.     So will Coco’s sage advice to her proteges land them on top?  ”I told my girls that above all else, staying true to their values is worth more than any one job.  I say no to more jobs than I say yes.  If you don’t want to wear fur or go nude, you shouldn’t” she says.  ”You can’t please, nor are you right for, everyone.  I’ve had clients tell me I’m too fat and others tell me I’m too thin the very next day.”  Coco also stresses the importance of being accessible to fans despite past naysayers.  ”Some told me I was making myself too open and that models should be untouchable,” she says of her twelve social-media platforms that spawned from a simple online diary she kept for friends and family.  ”It’s been rewarding to blaze the trail for a new generation of models.  I love that we don’t just have to be mute pretty faces anymore.”   To read more go buy your copy today!

Teen Vogue - On The Air
March 2013

In this month’s Teen Vogue, my good friend Andrew Bevan asked me my thoughts on modeling, television and being accessible.

“I’ve always treated modeling like a job, not a lifestyle,” explains my pal Coco Rocha.  ”You can’t rest on your laurels: a model is really only as good and relevant as her most recent editorial or campaign.”  That philosophy has kept this tour de force going strong for nearly a decade in a business where a typical career span is only a few years.  This spring she continues to strike while the iron is hot, starring in Oxygen’s new model-competition show The Face, alongside fellow supers Naomi Campbell and Karolina Kurkova.

     So will Coco’s sage advice to her proteges land them on top?  ”I told my girls that above all else, staying true to their values is worth more than any one job.  I say no to more jobs than I say yes.  If you don’t want to wear fur or go nude, you shouldn’t” she says.  ”You can’t please, nor are you right for, everyone.  I’ve had clients tell me I’m too fat and others tell me I’m too thin the very next day.”  Coco also stresses the importance of being accessible to fans despite past naysayers.  ”Some told me I was making myself too open and that models should be untouchable,” she says of her twelve social-media platforms that spawned from a simple online diary she kept for friends and family.  ”It’s been rewarding to blaze the trail for a new generation of models.  I love that we don’t just have to be mute pretty faces anymore.”  

To read more go buy your copy today!

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DUJOUR MAGAZINE - COCO ROCHA: MODEL CITIZEN

With her strong beliefs and her social-media savvy, Rocha—on Oxygen’s The Face—is a standout in her field

By Lindsay Silberman

The first thing that strikes you about Coco Rocha is, of course, her face. It has those perfect angles, the sharp, sculpted ones that seem to be a prerequisite for becoming a model. But before you can even process the rest of her otherworldly appearance—her flawless ivory complexion, her piercing blue eyes, her slim yet towering frame—you sense there’s a certain depth to her, something a bit more complex.

We’ve arranged to chat over lunch at a casual cafe-bakery in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. She arrives early, having taken the train in from New York’s Westchester County. “I honestly don’t mind it,” she says about taking public transportation. “People do it in any other city. It feels normal.” (She and her husband, muralist James Conran, moved there a year ago.)

As she enters the cafe, the 24-year-old doesn’t walk so much as float—a skill she picked up from her years on the runway. And if the people sitting at the tables near us don’t immediately recognize her, they probably whispered over their turkey sandwiches, “She has to be a model.” Today, the massive fur coat, black pants and stilettos she’s wearing are a dead giveaway.

Her first request is surprising: With autumn in the air, she’s in the mood for pumpkin pie today, so would it be OK if she had a slice for lunch? The Canadian-born model has recently wrapped production for Oxygen’s The Face, a new reality show (premiering February 12 at 9PM ET/PT) in which young women compete to become the face of Ulta Beauty. The show bills itself as giving a more realistic depiction of the challenges and demands of modeling than America’s Next Top Model—a series notorious for its jumping-out-of-planes and posing-with-snakes theatrics. Rocha serves as a mentor and coach for a team of four fledgling models, who compete against squads led by supermodels Naomi Campbell and Karolina Kurkova. Every week, each team competes to win an actual job.

It’s an opportunity the thoughtful, soft-spoken Rocha describes as “surreal,” and understandably so. Her career—gracing the cover of Vogue, walking the runways at the Paris, Milan and New York fashion shows, appearing in ad campaigns for Chanel and YSL—is unusual for someone like her. Rocha is a devout Jehovah’s Witness, as is her husband. “My faith is everything,” she declares. Raised by her mother, Rocha has been a Jehovah’s Witness her entire life, but she wasn’t baptized until 2009—the religion requires that individuals be old enough to make their own decisions before committing.

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Interview Russia - September 2012

For Interview Russia’s September issue I got to play a deranged ballerina. We were aiming for more than just another fashion editorial on this and I really think we delved deep into the art of fashion photography. While I absolutely adore my cheeky 1950s shoot with Ellen Von Unwerth, this may be my own favorite editorial of the season!

xoxo 
Coco 

Photographer: Andreas Sjodin
Stylist: Karen Kaiser
Hair: Rudi Lewis
Makeup: Maud Laceppe

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Yeah! That Look - FAWN

A few months ago I had the lovely ladies from FAWN (For All Women Network) over to my house to talk all about clothes and makeup.** I brought out some of my favorite pieces of clothing and talked about my go-to makeup tips. Hope you enjoy! xx

(**If those two subjects do not interest you, I highly recommend  you refrain from watching this video!)

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