“I’m half Asian, half black, and in high school I was 5’11. In St. Louis, there were no kids who looked like me. They just didn’t understand me, so they teased me- about being tall, mixed, the texture of my hair, my big lips. But those are the exact details that made me able to be a successful model. So you can’t believe the negative crap that people tell you. Know that there’s something better out there for you. Know that you’re capable of more than what tag people want to put on you.”

– Kimora Lee Simmons