Avie Acosta

Avie Acosta (born 1996/1997) is an American former fashion model. Quotes I like to think of it as — you know when you were in middle school and there's that one girl who is on the football team? And that girl was the cool girl? That's how I feel. On being signed to Wilhelmina's men's board; Véronique Hyland, "The New Model Who's Making Gender Irrelevant", The Cut, June 29, 2016. Hunch, look down, look bored and annoyed. On learning a men's runway walk for castings; Véronique Hyland, "The New Model Who's Making Gender Irrelevant", The Cut, June 29, 2016. I really just identify as a person. I mean yeah, at the end of the day I'm a girl, but any label is a restriction... since moving I've given myself space to exist, to breathe, and to just be me. Hilton Dresden, "Non-Binary Model Avie Acosta Is the Next Face of High Fashion", Out, June 9, 2016. Fashion is not going to liberate anyone's gender — that's within yourself. Lauren Chan and Lindsay Schallon, "Meet 6 People Pushing to Make Fashion Week More Inclusive", Glamour, February 16, 2017. I just got to a point where I took back the power. I stopped giving people the power to influence what I'm wearing and what I'm doing, who I'm going out with, and how I'm talked about. Lauren Chan and Lindsay Schallon, "Meet 6 People Pushing to Make Fashion Week More Inclusive", Glamour, February 16, 2017. I didn't move to be the same person that I was before. I just always want to be someone different, someone better. Ian David Monroe, "Avie Acosta Doesn't Limit Herself with Labels", Paper, July 6, 2017. My community has taught me that power is channeling a weakness into strength, that we must always choose love, and that we can never forget who we are or where we come from. Avie Acosta, "Alive and Proud", PopSugar, June 1, 2017. External links Category:Living people Category:Models from the United States