Alienated Quotes by Paloma Elsesser

You don't want to be too hot in the club. And ambience is important - no fog machines.

— Paloma Elsesser

At times, the curve/fat/plus convo tends be this 'out of the dark' story, like, 'I used to be insecure, but now here I am.'…

— Paloma Elsesser

We have to tokenize in order to normalize.

— Paloma Elsesser

I went to private school my whole life. Growing up in Los Angeles, you're surrounded by not just Connecticut privilege but, like, your-dad's-a-movie-star privilege.

— Paloma Elsesser

When I started Instagram, I kind of just did what I like to do or to show the things I like, whether it be…

— Paloma Elsesser

It's important for people to understand where things come or what they represent.

— Paloma Elsesser

I think I felt pretty alienated, being bigger, being mixed race, being of lower socioeconomic standing.

— Paloma Elsesser

For makeup, I swear by a base of Embryolisse, Nars concealer, that Bobbie Brown foundation stick, Pat's highlighter, a brow fill-in with dark brown…

— Paloma Elsesser

My parents are artists and have always instilled great pride in understanding of various backgrounds.

— Paloma Elsesser

I hope that in 50 years I can look back and say I made my most fervent efforts to provide visibility for the unseen.

— Paloma Elsesser

Wearing too much makeup definitely makes my skin worse.

— Paloma Elsesser

It's really hard not to fall into that trap of insecurity when you're a model. Beforehand, I never looked at myself in a huge…

— Paloma Elsesser

I moved to New York for school right after I turned 18, but I started getting into trouble - so I went home to…

— Paloma Elsesser

It's not that that I'm not comfortable being naked, but when you grow up fat, you can't take away the shame or embarrassment even…

— Paloma Elsesser

I had seen images of Crystal Renn and Sophie Dahl growing up, but I didn't really know about the plus-size fashion industry or how…

— Paloma Elsesser