I know what my causes are. And I care about them, so I'd rather get out there and talk about them than just play it safe.
— Adwoa Aboah
'Vogue' should be about giving a voice to all different cultures.
The bit that I've always loved about modeling is show season: the hype, the chaos, the calm just before you walk out. It's your moment - especially when there's no one before you.
I really, really need community.
I've been really lucky with the shows that I've done and the diverse line-ups I've been included in.
I think if you don't like being in your skin, it doesn't matter how many times people say you're beautiful, how many jobs you get, or whatever it is - I just didn't want to be Adwoa.
I would like to give acting a go. I studied it for a long time; I just want to make sure when I do it I am able to put in as much effort as I do to modeling.
School was unbelievably painful. It was five years of being pretty sad.
It's really difficult seeing your role model or your parent cry.
I love being a mixed-race woman in 2017. I feel part of something big. There's this understanding that we're all in it together.
I've learned to appreciate looking unique and not having long, blond locks... at last.
I used to get scouted outside of Topshop and stuff, and I was brought up in the fashion industry and did a few shoots when I was young, which was always fun to get dressed up.
I did not know how to share with someone the fact that I was really, really depressed.
Diversity can't be a fashionable thing: it should be here to stay.
Even when I first started modeling, my loyalty to those girls like Molly Goddard, Ashley Williams, and Dilara Findikoglu was important. I like to support them as much as I can. For me, it's as important to walk in their show or wearing their clothes as it is doing a Marc Jacobs show.
The best part of going out is always getting ready with your friends.
I don't mean to sound cocky, but I just wear what I like and don't try to focus too much on trends.
I just wanted to jump out of my body sometimes and be someone else.
How can our industry better represent the reality of our larger community and provide our next generation a proper example of what they see around them every single day? This representation should also look beyond race and include those of all body types, religion, sexuality, and gender identification.
In 2017, there is more than one way to be beautiful and more than one way to be cool. And when you put an image on the cover of 'Vogue,' that means something that goes beyond fashion.
I'm not the tallest or the thinnest - and I think being in shows is a major part of when I stopped second-guessing myself.
I'm a Taurus; I need a home.
My mum never put those fashion ideals into the house. I didn't wear make-up, and I had my hair all frizzy.
Gurls Talk is my baby. It's just about opening up a space within schools where we as women and girls can talk about whatever we want.
My dream actress to work with would be Amy Adams.
I did a school fashion show, and I got scouted there, but I wasn't very interested in modeling at that point.
Mental health isn't all of me, but it's a massive part of my journey and a massive part of my whole being.
I never would have dreamt in a million years that I would have young girls coming up to me at Glastonbury or on the streets of L.A., New York, London, and telling me how much GurlsTalk or seeing my picture in a magazine means to them, as a woman of colour.
