KAIA GERBER

It changes everything when you accept who you are and you don't try to change yourself.

She told me that she would support me regardless of what I decided, but I'm so glad that I actually got to be a kid before having to grow up. My mom knows best about this kind of thing.

My parents have always taught me to be myself and to follow my instincts.

My favourite thing about being a model is the people that I meet. I don't think there's any other job where you get to learn so many things about so many different people. I just love forging new relationships.

My mom and I aren't the same size. She's a bit taller. And we're not the same shoe size either, which is heartbreaking.

The first perfume I remember actually having myself is Daisy.

I can get ready in five minutes, but getting out of bed takes forever.

I love the '70s, '80s, and '90s.

I like math, which sounds really nerdy.

I love the look of full brows that aren't perfectly done - eyebrows on fleek: that's the goal.

Bruce Weber is an amazing photographer, and Carine Roitfeld's style - and everything she does - is gorgeous.

Unless they're superhuman, nobody's going to look perfect all the time.

Modeling is really what I do during my free time. It's fun for me, so it doesn't feel like work. I choose to do it.

Living in Malibu is like being in a bubble, so discovering others that are so different from me has been incredibly gratifying.

I don't go a day without eating pasta.

I'm inspired by other people, but I don't really try to look like a certain person or anything. I kind of just do what I feel like doing.

I'm passionate about breakfast. I wake up hungry, so I always eat a bagel.

A lot of people ask me what my mom has taught me about modeling. The truth is the things she teaches me go deeper than what pose to make or what my good side is.

I try to separate my modelling work from my school life because I don't want people to think of me differently or that I am a certain way because of it.

I try to keep my social media really close to my personality. Then people can see exactly who I am and what I like to say and the message I want to bring.

I think I'm a bit more of a rule-breaker than my mom. She's very sweet and very worried. She was valedictorian. I think I got a little bit of an edgier side from my dad.

Taking time for yourself is crucial when you're surrounded by people all day.

My mom is very much about 'less is more.' She showed me how to use makeup to enhance your beauty but not to change your face, which I think is important.

She teaches me to be kind, punctual... and to stand up for myself. And when I think about it, aren't these things every mother should teach their daughter?

I don't sleep well when I'm traveling, so there's nothing I like more than getting in my own bed.