ALEXIS REN

I have this thing called my 'Post It People': they're my closest family members. Those are the ones who count. The ones who I put their word as something special to me. So if they're all like, 'No you're good, we love you, we know who you are as a person,' then I don't take anything else personally, 'cause those are the ones who matter - my family.

I'm from L.A., and we don't usually get out of our workout clothes if we're in them.

I don't tan my face, ever, because I don't want sun spots.

I consider myself a nerd. I love science and technology.

I would look at my profile and be like, 'Look at this girl! She has, like, the most perfect life!' and I would feel so guilty for not feeling blessed all the time.

I think of the sun as my battery, my charger.

I've gone through a lot as far as health.

I love to show off my body, and I feel like I earned it.

Lighting is everything in order to get the 'perfect' selfie.

I was on Tumblr when I was 12 or 13. I was on YouTube, too. I had a channel and made music videos. It had 50,000 subscribers.

I love being challenged, goofing off, and lots of passion.

I started Instagramming, like, my model life, per se, when I was 14. I got into it as, like, this is an opportunity to be able to show yourself not just as a pretty face but as a personality, which I think models have never been able to have until now.

I like challenges, and I hate being categorized. It's always been a thing of mine.

I accept my body, whether it fluctuates 10 pounds. I love it regardless.

I'm very ambitious when it comes to business.

People tend to judge a book by its cover. I love being unexpected and gaining respect for who I am and not how I look.

Coconut oil is my best friend - I put it all over my body every night. And in the morning, I wash it off so I'm not all greasy.

Chemically, if you are not happy, your body will not look or be happy.

I'm from L.A., and when you work out in the day, you usually stay in your workout clothes. So I always liked it where I can go to meetings in my workout clothes and still feel on it and fashionable.

I started posting on my social media super-young. I didn't really understand what it was. When I was about 15, I started posting behind-the-scenes of shoots, little things of me holding up the color corrector, cute things, me in a bikini. It was just all innocent and fun, and I saw people really starting to respond to it.

I was my worst critic ever.

Mid-morning is a good time for selfies because of the natural light.

I'm really healthy, and that's one of the things I pride myself on.

For my bikinis, the smaller the better. That's how I've always been.

My biggest thing is that I never want to sell out. Or be a sellout.