Words matter. These are the best Paloma Elsesser Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I went to private school my whole life. Growing up in Los Angeles, you’re surrounded by not just Connecticut privilege but, like, your-dad’s-a-movie-star privilege.
Growing up, people would always say, ‘You have such a pretty face.’ It’s kind of backhanded. That’s the kind of things we have to stomach.
The more and more I got into writing, the harder and harder it became for me. I still love it, but it became much more problematic than I thought it would be.
A huge part of my career and how I want to participate in the world is being unapologetically myself and being honest and vulnerable.
It’s important for people to understand where things come or what they represent.
I have to remind myself when I’m on a job and I’m feeling a lull in attitude or confidence or whatever, I’m there for a reason. I have to constantly remind myself of these almost corny Pinterest mantras, like ‘You are worthy.’
You’re dealing with all these foreign agents, foreign brushes, and different time zones. So, you have to put just as much work into taking that makeup off as you do into putting it on.
Wearing too much makeup definitely makes my skin worse.
I hope that in 50 years I can look back and say I made my most fervent efforts to provide visibility for the unseen.
It’s really hard not to fall into that trap of insecurity when you’re a model. Beforehand, I never looked at myself in a huge monitor with 30 people around it every day.
The Internet really offered a space for me to thrive.
Beauty means expression and being your most authentic self.
We have to tokenize in order to normalize.
Having a multi-cultural background has granted me access into different ideologies, cultures, and ways of living. It has shaped who I am and how I participate in the world.
It took a lot for me to be able to say that I’m a plus-size model or a model at all without feeling terror or this kind of panic, because it was something so unplanned.
It’s important to see color. We are not the same. We have very different experiences.
You don’t want to be too hot in the club. And ambience is important – no fog machines.
I originally went to school for writing, for non-fiction. I’m specifically a poetry major within literature, but I don’t know.
I am always dabbling in new skin routines, but it’s always about moisture.
I think I felt pretty alienated, being bigger, being mixed race, being of lower socioeconomic standing.
I had seen images of Crystal Renn and Sophie Dahl growing up, but I didn’t really know about the plus-size fashion industry or how lucrative it was or, like, that it was changing or that I was even invited.
My version of makeup is a really intense skin regimen. I just think it’s a healthier way to look at beauty.
I went to small liberal schools my whole life, and I was also a bad girl in high school; I went to, like, five schools.
I’m happy to sparkle like a glazed disco ball.
I moved to New York for school right after I turned 18, but I started getting into trouble – so I went home to L.A. to regroup.
