Quotes About Advocacy

There are lots of great educationalists out there who really care about social mobility.

Female empowerment is always something that I've felt. It's not about just being a model; it's about women in general.

I am a role model, definitely and I definitely support women.

Modelling, fashion and film have all encouraged me to learn more about issues and to feel empowered enough to do something about them.

I feel very responsible for young models of colour. They come to me and tell me they're not getting jobs, and I do what I can to speak up for them.

When I started modeling, they tried to pay black models less than they paid Caucasian models. I turned down those jobs because I knew what I was worth.

Models need to be unionized.

I think it's nice to break down that barrier, that models are seen and not heard.

People need role models, and they need to feel that there's this opportunity to learn. They need to have people that will stick up for them. I want to be a part of that.

Models need to learn to speak up.

I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out.

I am always personalizing tees to fit my personality, cutting off rocker shirts, debunking the mold of what traditional 'work wear' means, and always wearing my cause.

It's no beef with Tay-K... Free Tay-K on my momma.

Me and my momma getting together on this foundation for battered women.

When I have to do what I think is right for Montana, I do it.

The #MeToo campaign is monumental. It is giving a voice to so many too scared to speak out before.

I think Michael Moore is a hero.

I really like and admire Michael Moore.

Activism is moral authority in redemptive liberalism.

I'd become sort of involved in things that were happening to people. No matter what color they be, whether they be Indians, or Negroes, the poor white person or anyone who was I thought more or less getting a bad shake.

I want more people to hear me and be part of the change that everyone would benefit from: the change we need so that people like me can be safe and happy.

I never grew up a runner. I never thought of myself as somebody that was fit or somebody that could advocate for that and then the more people kind of have caught onto it, it's inspired me to keep going, the more I keep doing it. And it's just kind of become something that I really like and I think it's relatable in the sense of I'm not an athlete.

The more people talk about eating disorders, the more people get the real story about what they're like.

I think more people are engaged in the issues I want to talk about.