Confidence is everything, and the way you carry yourself, your posture, eye contact, all of that is such a big role in impressions, regardless of your size.
Camille Kostek
I was a girl with freckles and grew into a young woman a little bit more quickly, with hips and thighs.
I crave clean food, but do have an occasional chocolate bar or ice cream.
I knew that if I was going to be a model, that it was going to be in the body type that I am. As an athlete, as a woman with hips and thighs and curves, that was me.
I'm such a day-to-day person and 'Sports Illustrated' was a 12-year-long dream that finally came true.
I just want to remind people that you know yourself better than anybody else and if you don't believe in yourself, then who will?
I love eating clean. Like for lunch, I'll have a wrap with hummus, avocado, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers and bell peppers with a little bit of olive oil and pink Himalayan salt.
It's motivating when someone tells you it's possible to do something that seems impossible.
There's no point in being a relationship if the two of you don't support one another.
I just want to send the best message possible to women. And I'm just so thankful because I honestly never thought I could model. I've always been told I wasn't tall enough, I wasn't thin enough.
When I was young, the way I was brought up, my mom made me feel comfortable in my own skin.
I always seek the time to talk to people who are reaching out for help because sometimes you just need that one person to tell you everything is going to be OK.
I felt I had 'made it' as a model when I was invited to be the first model to shoot for the 2019 'Sports Illustrated' Swimsuit issue.
Pairing jeans with a stiletto and a body suit is my go-to that makes me feel my sexiest.
A relationship always feels good when you have your man supporting you.
I go to studios and dance all the time. And that's something that will always be instilled in me. That was always my first passion from the time I was 3 years old - dance.
Right out of college I was offered a job with 'Saturday Night Football' and I ended up turning it down because I really wanted to travel.
It wasn't until I read 'SI Swim' that I was like, 'Wow, I love my freckles, I like my thighs, I like my curves.'
There are nothing but great things that come out of dancing. People are laughing, people are uncomfortable, it's an ice breaker.
Jet Blue is my preferred airline. I love the cleanliness, technology, and the staff is always wonderful.
Making sure my skin is hydrated is my number one priority.
I cannot live without a matte sun-kissed bronzer.
For the Patriots, you can be a cheerleader for four years. They can be four consecutive years. You can do two years and take a break, and then come back for two more years. I've actually only completed two years, two seasons with the Patriots cheerleading team.
I am such a private person.
I never took modeling seriously because I was so busy with cheerleading.
Rob has been one of my biggest motivators. I constantly see the work he takes on, both on the field and off. He's definitely someone I admire.
I remember loving looking at J.Lo because she had a set of hips.
I was a dancer, so I always loved watching girls perform and dance and just always looked up to them and their bodies.
I didn't even aspire to be a model because I didn't see myself represented, even as simple as the freckles on my skin.
I'm used to homebody, work-mode Rob. Snuggles and movies. Once the offseason hits, we definitely have our fun times in Miami or Vegas, and he is the life of the party.
I like to think of my life as very spontaneous and new all the time.
We wake up and go to sleep with ourselves every single day. We see ourselves in the mirror from every angle. We know what we look like. We know what makes us happy about our bodies and what upsets us. And we don't need to value the opinions of others at all - especially from people who that we don't even know, or that we don't care about.
My birthstone is amethyst. I have one from my grandma that's kind of like my good-luck charm. If I'm anxious, I hold it.
I swear by Too Faced's Milk Chocolate Soleil matte bronzer. My boyfriend thinks I eat chocolate before I see him because it smells like it.
I love the Kopari Lip Glossy. I always have three of those. Every time I see them, I buy another one because I never want to run out.
If someone needs a bobby pin or a safety pin, I always have it.
Even at the times that I've pushed myself to exhausting limits to get myself at my lightest weight, I did not feel comfortable in that skin.
Confidence is sexy. That's what 'Sports Illustrated Swim' stands for. They have this movement where you can just be beautiful no matter what shape, what size, your height, your body type, your ethnicity.
It's kind of tough to get noticed. Sure, I can kick my leg over my head, but how do I get noticed?
I feel like it's my duty to share my experience with self-acceptance. I don't want to bore people and talk about myself, but the biggest struggle for me was my body.
That always stuck with me. When I finished school in 2015, I started going to open calls in New York. But I was getting the same response every time: 'Get your measurements down. Take X inches off your thighs and hips.'
Growing up, it was hard to associate with some of the women who were being portrayed in the media.
When I hear the words 'New York Fashion Week,' I immediately think of Marc Jacobs.
I'm all about spontaneity. I think it makes for greatness.
I want to break standards.
I wanna be one of those people that young women look up to.
It's easy to get spiraled into our phones, the computer screens and read these comments about yourself in the comment sections of photos or articles. And definitely in the modeling world, it's heightened. The trolls come through even more. It can be super hard.
I just think that as much as we say sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me - words do hurt.
Just because it may seem like I am so confident, so happy all the time, there are times when I feel low. There are times when I want to curl up in a ball and not expose myself on social media anymore and just close it down because of the trolls.
There's definitely been times when I've been on sets and I was the bigger model in the room, where they're casting girls.
