"Looks aren't everything" by Cameron Russell (Ted Talk)

Cameron Russell started her presentation with ...

• accusing the fashion industry in destroying young people's self-esteem

• transforming herself from a supermodel into an ordinary looking woman

• showing photos of her on magazine covers

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Cameron Russell said that "image is both powerful and ..."

• underrated

• colourful

• meaningful

• superficial

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Russell claimed to have won the "genetic lottery". What did she mean by that?

• Both her parents were supermodels.

• Already at a very young age she realised what to do to become beautiful.

• She was born with (exceptionally) good looks.

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Russell confessed that whiteness and beauty have granted her .... all her life.

• certain privileges

• different jobs and projects

• successful partners

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Russell claims that supermodels, who “have the skinniest thighs and the shiniest hair”, are some of .................. people on the planet.

• the richest

• the most insecure

• the most intelligent

• the bossiest

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According to Russell, supermodels like herself, who are the envy of so many young girls and women, have to worry about ...

• their security because they are being followed by paparazzi every single day

• their income all the time because you never know if and when you will get the next job offer

• the way they look every single day because their careers solely rely on that

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