“Models can be people, too. But the only way to do that is to kind of step up and keep doing new things that no one has thought of, from new websites to new blogs, a newscast, doing speeches, talking to kids. It kind of opens a new headline every time: 'Oh, a model hasn't done this before; a model hasn't done that before.'”

Canadian model and author

Mikhaila "Coco" Rocha is a Canadian model and author. Born in 1988, she is known as the first digital supermodel and for her work on behalf of younger models. Rocha coauthored the 2014 book Study of Pose. She also founded Coco Rocha Model Camp, co-owns Nomad Management Modeling Agency, and was announced in 2025 as the host of the Project Runway Canada reboot on Crave.