Cameron Russell Quotes

I was blessed with good looks and I have good genes.

I was lucky not to have been born pretty.

'Handsome' means many things to many people. If people consider me handsome, I feel flattered - and have my parents to thank for it. Realistically, it doesn't hurt to be good-looking, especially in this business.

It's easy to be beautiful - just be born that way.

When you're good-looking, I think you usually don't have to work as hard.

Luck always favors the comely.

Some people are born good-looking. Some have the gift of gab. And some are lucky enough to be born smarter than the rest of us. Whether we like it or not, Mother Nature does not dole these characteristics out evenly.

You know I'm weak on good looks.

The barrier to entry, to being a model, is not hard work. You don't need a degree. You don't need to win an award. It's just about how you look.

There are so many things to be lucky for. Lucky to be healthy, lucky to be, like, beautiful. Lucky to be living in America.

'Top Model' is pretty good, because it gives these girls an opportunity to chase their passion and possibly get a contract.

I think that would be ungrateful if I were upset because I'm seen as attractive or sexy. That's opened so many doors for me in my life.

Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.

It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it's not, it's a visa, and it runs out fast.

It's been amazing how this crazy career has been created. I feel that it's been given to me. I wouldn't be anywhere without Victoria's Secret.

When you have to do all the more crappy jobs before, you appreciate all the good work that comes out of that. There are many girls who immediately have a top model career, and there are lots of models who are doing things that aren't as exciting as doing big campaigns and beautiful magazines.

Like the rest of the genetic lottery, beauty is unfair. Everyone falls short of perfection, but some are luckier than others. Real confidence requires self-knowledge, which includes recognizing one's shortcomings as well as one's strengths.

When I go to Afghanistan, I realize I've been spared, due to a random genetic lottery, by being born to people who had the means to get out. Every time I go to Afghanistan I am haunted by that.

There is no personal achievement in being born beautiful.

Something in the human psyche confuses beauty with the right to be loved. The briefest glance at human folly reveals that good looks and worthiness operate independently. Yet countless socializing forces, from Aunt Clara to the latest perfume ad, reinforce beliefs like 'If I were pretty enough, I would be loved.'

My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it.

She was short on intellect, but long on shape.

I'm really, really lucky. I was given my dad's good genes.

I'm lucky that I have good genetics. Like you said, it just gets better as I get older.

Being attractive, it's not something I do consciously. It's incredibly flattering that people think I appeal to women. But that was a gift from my parents.