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"  Photo: Getty Images  Leave it to Beyonc\u00E9  to ignite a hair-shearing revolution! Coco Rocha is the latest star to hop onto the itty-bitty-hair bandwagon when she lopped off her tresses two weeks ago. Last night, Rocha showed off her new &amp;#039;do in public for the first time at a Bebe event. We caught up with the model at the soiree, where we talked about what made her decide to make the big cut, whom she defines as her short-haired style icon, and how she prepares for the craziness that is fashion week. So what made you decide to take the plunge with this big chop?  I tried to do it six months ago, but in my field of business you have to ask a lot of people for permission. I had to make sure clients weren&amp;#039;t upset, or that the look for the next season wasn&amp;#039;t going to be too drastically different from this cut, or that I wouldn&amp;#039;t be dropped because I did it. So six months later, I finally got to do it.  Was anyone particularly hesitant to see you make the move?  I think it was my agent from day one. He&amp;#039;s seen my hair all the way down to my hips, and all of a sudden to tell him, &amp;quot;Oh, by the way, I really want to cut it.&amp;quot; That was really hard for him. He&amp;#039;s almost like a big brother so he was like, &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re growing up! You&amp;#039;re getting a real &amp;#039;lady&amp;#039; hair cut!&amp;quot; But after I did it, he was like, &amp;quot;Never grow it out again!&amp;quot;  How important was it for you to choose a short style that would be versatile?  It&amp;#039;s especially important to make sure all clients are happy. You don&amp;#039;t want to get stuck into a corner and for people to think you now only have one look. So I think if anyone is looking for this kind of short style, cutting it short on the sides and giving yourself some length on the top makes it very versatile. You can slick it back like a man, grease it back, give yourself a part, or curl it. At my first photo shoot with the cut, they curled my hair and it looked like a 1920s style. You can do a rocker pompadour in the front, you can make it look ladylike, and you can even make it look like you have a slick ponytail. Everyone has finally realized you can actually cut your hair off and get a lot more out of it than you thought.  Do you have any beauty icons with short hair who you look up to?  I remember working with Agyness Deyn. At the time, she was the only one who had short hair as a model. I remember being so envious of her because we would all be getting our hair pulled for two hours backstage, and she was getting a new hair cut almost every other show. It drove me nuts because it was like this girl just gets free cuts and doesn&amp;#039;t have to go through yet another blow-dry! I just remember that as a specific hair cut that I liked.  Do you find yourself reaching for different hair products now that you never used before?  Yeah\u2014any sort of gel, grease, or goo. My hands are always dirty now from having to put products in my hair. I&amp;#039;m loving the Oribe Fiber Groom. That&amp;#039;s in my purse everywhere I go now. Before, I&amp;#039;d only carry makeup products, and now I have that with me constantly. Funny enough, over time I find that my hair will just all of a sudden feel like there are no products in it anymore, and I have to just start over and do it again. It&amp;#039;s weird since when I had long hair, if my hair felt dirty at the beginning of the day it&amp;#039;d still feel dirty at the end of the day, too. But now it&amp;#039;s like I got to make it dirtier!  Fashion week is right around the corner. What do you do to prepare for that hectic time?  Well, I&amp;#039;m still waiting for my vacation, which starts Monday. I haven&amp;#039;t had a vacation since last June. We&amp;#039;re going to Greece. I come back the day that the shows start. So I&amp;#039;m excited to still celebrate my vacation. Everyone else has already come back and they&amp;#039;re saying how great their break was, but I haven&amp;#039;t even left yet!  Is there a specific show that you&amp;#039;re looking forward to this season?  It&amp;#039;s just pretty much like a high school modeling reunion backstage. I&amp;#039;m most excited to see all my girls again, to just watch the shows because I&amp;#039;m too old now to be in a lot of them, or to be in a few shows together with the girls. I&amp;#039;m also excited to just see the designers who I haven&amp;#039;t seen in a very long time.  Do you have a model or a designer BFF who you&amp;#039;re particularly looking forward to seeing?  I&amp;#039;m excited to see Behati Prinsloo. We&amp;#039;re good besties. I miss hanging out with her because we used to be backstage at every show together. I&amp;#039;m also excited to see Jean Paul Gaultier and Zac Posen.  What&amp;#039;s the one thing you&amp;#039;re looking forward to doing once fashion week is over?  Oh my goodness, girl, I&amp;#039;m just waiting for this one vacation\u2014never mind after Fashion week! After that it&amp;#039;s just whatever is next on my list of work. My next break won&amp;#039;t be until this time next year.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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