Smart Is Sexy! Karlie Kloss Wants You to Code
Karlie Kloss might have more slashes to her name than any other model. On top of runways and fashion campaigns and Vogue covers, she has a budding cookie empire, she’s investing in fashion brands, and she’s famously been learning to code. The 22-year-old is proof that smart is sexy, and she’s partnering with the Flat Iron School in New York to create the Kode with Karlie scholarship, in which 20 lucky winners will be able to take the very same two-week coding class the model completed last year. She’s asking girls ages 13 to 18 to submit videos explaining why they want to learn how to code.
“As you may know, I’m a model, ballerina, and cookie expert. I work in fashion and get to be part of this amazing, creative, and imaginative industry,” the model, in a very professional blue shirt and grey blazer, says in a video. “Over the last year I started taking coding classes and realized how creative coding is. Similar to dancing and fashion, coding is a form of self-expression.”
Who knew dancing, fashion, baking, and coding were one in the same? Kloss, who already has Harvard Business School on her resumé, wants to break the male-centric mold that is computer engineering. She’s calling on ladies to take matters into their own hands and confidently says that women must learn to code to “ensure that we have a voice and a stake in what the world looks like.” She ends her video by affirming, “You’ll be ready to take on the world.” Kloss’s statements may be <bold>, but they’re empowering (and in this digital age, pretty spot on!), nonetheless.
It’s true—coding is the new black.
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