A gender capitalist is someone who takes advantage of opportunities given to people based on their perceived sex or gender.

When a lot of people wake up in the morning and put on their underwear, the first thing they feel that day is terrible about themselves. When you see that your body is not what other people want, it can be really devastating. I have so many friends that I grew up with who have had serious eating disorders.

I grew up believing I was just an ugly girl.

I always had this attitude of, 'They don't get to tell me how I live my life.'

Clothing shouldn't be a societal shackle. It should be art and truth and a way for us to show the world what we want out of it. It's environmental armor.

The VS Angels are beautiful, but so are you.

I am a 100 percent determined to be a Victoria's Secret model.

Confrontation makes me nervous.

I want to tell people that there are more ways to be beautiful, there are more ways to be handsome.

I have nothing against the Victoria's Secret Angels. They're all beautiful people, and I respect where they are at.

I think it's a different kind of activism. Like, women shouldn't have to step into men's roles to be empowered. They should be able to step into themselves. So that's what I try to bring, that we shouldn't be thinking of it as menswear or womenswear; it should be clothing for people.

I'm a proud woman. I'm a proud man. I'm a proud whatever people think I am.

Not everyone will see your beauty, and not everyone will find you attractive or believe you are worthy of their clothing or publications.

The great thing about fashion is that you can create a very unique version of yourself to display to the world.

Men are taught they are going to make a lot less in the fashion industry, so they don't bank their entire lives on it. They're very supportive. Women, on the other hand, are more competitive. They always assume I'm trans and say, 'How did they make clothing in your size?'

No mater what I wear - whether my choice or not- I guarantee I will be me.

When I walk down the street in a dress, people think I'm transgender. The issue isn't that I'm embarrassed to be thought of as transgender: the issue is that people treat transgender individuals so violently, especially if they think it's male to female.

Designers and advertisers like the idea of my breasts, waist line, long legs, and long neck - but have literally made gagging noises at my facial features.

I believe that everyone who is human is androgynous, but I don't think there are a lot of people that are presented as truly androgynous.

All victims deserve justice.

The biggest problem with the beauty industry is that it treats its customers as if they have a lot to be corrected rather than things that should be highlighted.

I model as a human being.

Dove is encouraging people to set their own standards worldwide. To be their own unique selves. To not allow others to shame them for accepting their own bodies and styles.

I lost a bet with another model. We were watching a Cleveland Browns game, and she told me I should be a model. I said that models are pretentious people who don't eat. She said, 'If you choose the winning team, I'll do you a favor. If I choose the winning team, you'll go to a casting call.' She won, so I went.

My sex appeal lies in suits and ties, but my body is femme.

Justice can rarely exist without honesty.

I never wanted fashion to be a part of my life, but it will always be there.

I believe that if you want gender, then you can have it. If you want to label yourself, then sure. If you want to use history to describe who you are, then there is nothing wrong with that. But don't limit me on the way that you limit yourself.

It bothered me that women were taught they can't be beautiful just being themselves - it filled me with rage.

I love high fashion. I want to do it, but in order to be able to make a change, you have to be able to talk to the masses, not the 1 percent.

When I'm a gender capitalist in the fashion world, I basically can go to any casting that I want to as long as somebody likes my face.

I went out to California; I was pursuing my degree in genetic engineering and civil law at U.C. Berkeley, and I had to pay my way through school. I eventually got a scholarship, which was great, but in the beginning, it was very hard.

My strength does not come from my clothing.

I model as male, female, and everything in between. I model as all genders.

I had lice in third grade, and my mom shaved all my hair off.

When someone thinks of the term, 'pretty girl,' they don't typically think of someone who looks like me.

Victoria's Secret is entitled to brand themselves the way they want to.

Part of the beauty of Victoria's Secret modeling is that they are called 'Angels' for a reason - because they're aesthetics are supposed to be unobtainable. But so are mine. No one could ever be me. Look exactly as I do. Be exactly as I am.

Some people say there's a reason that Victoria's Secret wouldn't put me or any woman who doesn't fit within a certain spectrum on the runway.

I'm not my body.

The Olympics represent a global standard - for men, for women, for athletics.

I feel more comfortable in men's clothing, and I'm a lot of more convincing as a boy than as a gendered female. But with women's clothing, I feel more empowered.

We the people have the power to decide who we want to see in our advertisements and how we want the world to be portrayed. If we show that being ethical and being diverse is profitable, they're going to market to us.

I identify with my body, but I don't identify it as male or female; I just identify it as a vehicle to help me bring my awareness around the world.

I see the wielding of a pronoun as something that can be freeing for some members of society but a shackle to others like myself.

My very first runway show, I was in 'Vogue.'

You don't see Victoria's Secret women running around with even short hair. That's too crazy for them.

I may not be the conventional girl, but that doesn't mean I'm not a pretty girl. Or that any girl isn't a pretty girl.

When I first started out modelling, I was binding my chest at gigs to make sure my physique was able to be 'passable' as male. But now, I never bind. It's highly unsafe and unhealthy.

I'm constantly told in the industry that I don't look like a woman, so therefore, I can't be put in editorials and campaigns because people wouldn't get it.