I'm a little bit of everything. Sometimes people think I'm not Puerto Rican, because my name doesn't sound Spanish.

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• Joan Smalls:

  I know I'm representing a group - black, Latin, whatever you want to put me with - and I want to sh

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  Fashion is part of our culture, and it's about more than just a pretty dress.

• Joan Smalls:

  I was always very, very insecure about my height. Even as a 15-year-old I was a foot and a half tal

• Joan Smalls:

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• Joan Smalls:

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• Joan Smalls:

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• Joan Smalls:

  I just want to continue to break barriers and to show the industry and the world that beauty is div

• Joan Smalls:

  When you want something so bad and when something great happens, I think it's instinct that you say

• Joan Smalls:

  My personal style is bipolar. Sometimes I feel like dressing in a boyish leather jacket; other time

• Joan Smalls:

  I felt most beautiful on the red carpet in Givenchy's sheer lace dress at a dinner hosted by Givenc