I certainly think it's important to build relationships with movers and shakers in the fashion industry.

EJ Johnson

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I'm very happy with myself and I think - I always say that I think that if you feel like you're not in the right body, then by all means get to where you want to be.

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I don't feel that I'm in the wrong body. I feel like this is the body I'm supposed to be in.

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I don't feel the need to transition. I'm almost 100 percent positive I won't.

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I'm just very comfortable in my own skin. I like my body.

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I'm not just some other rich girl who's trying to get a show.

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I remember being, like, 4 and 5 and playing in my mom's closet. But also asking questions like 'Who's this?' and 'What's that?,' and my mom explaining to me, 'This is a Chanel and this is a Versace.'

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I would watch 'the Kardashians' and think, I could do that.

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I think that New York liberated me in the sense that I moved here when I was 18, so it was a fresh perspective on life. I had been living in L.A. my whole life and I had never lived anywhere else, so being away from family and really making a name for myself was huge for me.

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I miss those days when I could just walk around under the radar and no one really knew who I was until I wanted them to know.

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In high school, I listened to Lady Gaga and I was really obsessed with just being who you are and owning that experience - she was a really big inspiration in that aspect to me and my friends, who were young and growing up, and making our way through the city and the world.

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I wear what I want to wear and I do what I want to do and I think everyone should do that.

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I have a lot of personality and I'm funny.

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I don't like to carry things in my pockets.

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My dad's entire business and enterprises have been about helping the African-American community.

about dad community business

A lot of people ask me if I only get all this attention because of my dad. The answer is no.

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I realize I'm not going to meet my man at a club, and that's where I used to troll for men.

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I just wanted to feel sexy and get male attention and get guys and do that whole experience because I didn't really have that before. And so when I started to get it, I just took it and ran with it.

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I'm always constantly doing something else.

something-else something doing always

I always wanted to come into the spotlight. I always had dreams and plans of doing my own thing and creating my own image, so it came a little sooner than I thought it would but this is still something I knew I would be going through and would have to experience.

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After I got all the love and support from my family then I knew I could go out and conquer the world, I guess.

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