Wait. Naomi. Tyra. Joan Smalls. Liu Wen.
And first, I commend you on your model knowledge. Very impressive.
But unfortunately, I have to inform you that in 2007, a very inspired NYU Ph.D. student counted all the models on the runway, every single one that was hired,
and of the 677 models that were hired, only 27, or less than four percent, were non-white.
The next question people always ask is, "Can I be a model when I grow up?"
And the first answer is, "I don't know, they don't put me in charge of that."
But the second answer, and what I really want to say to these little girls is,
Why? You know? You can be anything.
You could be the President of the United States, or the inventor of the next Internet, or a ninja cardiothoracic surgeon poet,
which would be awesome, because you'd be the first one.
If, after this amazing list, they still are like, "No, no, Cameron, I want to be a model," well, then I say, "Be my boss."
Because I'm not in charge of anything, and you could be the editor in chief of American Vogue or the CEO of H&M, or the next Steven Meisel.