Cameron Russell

New York, NY

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Cameron has spent the last sixteen years working as a model for clients like Prada, Calvin Klein, Victoria’s Secret, H&M, Vogue, and Elle. With over 32 million views and counting, she gave one of the top ten most popular TED Talks of all time on the power of image. In 2012, she graduated with honors from Columbia University with a degree in economics and political science, and wrote a thesis about grassroots cultural workers and political power. After graduating she organized a collective of artist activists based in Brooklyn. In 2016, she cofounded the Model Mafia, a growing network of fashion models committed to building a more equitable, just, sustainable industry—and world.

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