I've been collecting crystals for many, many years for healing purposes and decoration. I guess since my name is Crystal, I have no choice. Crystal Renn More Quotes by Crystal Renn More Quotes From Crystal Renn I just couldn't have people thinking that I only believe thin is beautiful. Thin is beautiful, but it's not the only kind of beautiful. I didn't want people to get the wrong message because of some retouching. Crystal Renn beautiful believe thinking I have to say the thing that I want to do so badly is design a line. I still don't know exactly what direction I want to go but designing a line for full-figured women, offering them a chance to have chic clothing that's maybe a little more daring than the clothing they've been offered in the past, I would like the opportunity to create that for them. I'd also like to break into the beauty industry and be the face of a makeup line. I think for it sends a fantastic message: Here's the face of beauty and look, she's a bigger size. Crystal Renn makeup opportunity past Besides being a model, I'm a human and a woman. Crystal Renn models humans No matter what size you are, you must be healthy. I focus on health as a model, whether it's doing yoga, hiking, kickboxing - those things bring me joy. Crystal Renn hiking focus yoga Anorexia is a disease that happens to people, mostly women and girls, who have obsessive, perfectionist personalities. Crystal Renn girl personality people No one wants to say they hate their own body. Many are scared that if they confide in others then people will look down on them. This is wrong. It's not weak to talk about it. On the contrary. It's the same with alcoholics and drug addicts - you have to be honest with yourself first. When you have accepted the negatives you can then focus on the positives, like, I have nice hair, nice eyes, great cheekbones. Crystal Renn nice hate eye Ninety-nine percent of girls want to be models because they believe it will mean that they are the most beautiful women in the world. They think that they will wear expensive clothes, makes loads of money, travel a lot and have a rock star for a boyfriend. This never interested me. I didn't want anyone to scream out my name. I wanted to make art, to create an image with a photographer. And yes, I wanted to get out of Clinton, Mississippi - a small town that was so closed-minded you can't even imagine. Crystal Renn girl beautiful art I am a good model because I have mastered my craft. I have accepted my body, I know it well and I know how to move in front of the camera. Crystal Renn cameras body moving Models walking down the street are very rarely recognized as such. It is often the same as it was for me: models were the school freaks. Way too thin and their eyes way too far apart. They were not the ideal. But then they put on fantastic clothes, have their make up done and you have this special beauty. It's a creation. Crystal Renn clothes eye school The girls everyone considers the "prettiest" are not always the most interesting or ambitious people. Crystal Renn girl people interesting Redken is a brand I've been using since I was a kid, my grandmother introduced it to me, my mother used it, so obviously I was very aware of the brand, so when I heard we were going to meet and potentially do something in the future, I was very excited. Crystal Renn excited mother kids I believe in trying foods from all over the world, going to markets and finding jewelry and furniture and just treating myself well. It's important for me creatively to travel. Crystal Renn important trying believe I absolutely believe that when one goes on vacation, it should be pure decadence. Crystal Renn vacation goes-on believe I'm very lucky that I have people styling my hair and teaching me how to work with it, but it wasn't always like that. Growing up, I had extremely wavy and thick hair and that can be very overwhelming - you end up with the same ponytail every day. Crystal Renn growing-up teaching hair That's what I stand for, telling people you can be just who you are. It's actually more beautiful. Crystal Renn who-you-are beautiful people I think there's a lot you can learn from everybody; everybody has a story and a strength within them. Crystal Renn strength-within stories thinking I want to be an actress when I'm on set, not just a model. Those are the moments I live for. Crystal Renn moments We all have demons. I am a human being and I have bad days and I have bad things going on in my head that I have to deal with, but I'm very confident in my recovery. Crystal Renn recovery bad-day demon There are moments in your life where you're like I have arrived. I'm here and I'm living and I'm present. And working with Jean Paul Gaultier was one of them. Crystal Renn moments We're fighting a stigma: fat. People are really scared of fat. And I think we need to change people's minds and show that you can be bigger and you can be beautiful just as you are. It's about being and loving yourself and once I discovered that, life got much easier. Crystal Renn fighting beautiful thinking
