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"   Photo: New York Models  With her sophisticated demeanor, a subtle space in her front teeth and a diligent work ethic, 19 year-old Cris Urena kicked off her first New York fashion week with Peter Som&amp;#039;s Hawaiian themed show at Milk yesterday morning followed by Band of Outsiders and Ruffian. Fortunately, the Dominican-born, Massachusetts raised beauty has a smart personality to match her sweet looks. The former nursing student sat down to chat Christopher Kane, suspenders, and sneezing on the runway. ELLE: What are must-have items in your bag for fashion week?CRIS: I have mascara, deodorant, blush; hand sanitizer from Bath &amp;amp;amp; Body Works is my thing. It smells so good. I have an eyebrow brusher because I&amp;#039;m really into my eyebrows\u2014my bag is so heavy! I have my journal so I can write down my castings and my thoughts and my goals, who I meet. I try to remember so many people, especially casting directors. I write down the things I try on so if I like something I can go back and look it up. ELLE: What shoes do you wear to get you through castings?CRIS: Right now I&amp;#039;m wearing Christopher Kane shoes. I also have a pair from Isabel Marant and Alexander Wang and I switch them throughout the week. ELLE: What food keeps you going through the week?CRIS: Granola, apples, bananas\u2014I love fruit. ELLE: What are you listening to this week?CRIS:  I&amp;#039;ve been into Adele. Sometime it can be stressful so it&amp;quot;s really nice to hear her voice\u2014it&amp;#039;s incredible. ELLE: Are you on Twitter? Tumblr?CRIS: I still don&amp;#039;t get how Twitter works. Tumblr I will go on if a photographer takes my picture. It&amp;#039;s a good place to keep up with new faces. ELLE: What do you think about when you walk down the runway?CRIS: I try not to think about falling. I always think, &amp;quot;Do I look great? Are the clothes where they are supposed to be?&amp;quot; This season I&amp;#039;ve done two swimwear shows, so I think, &amp;quot;I hope it doesn&amp;#039;t go to the side and show my butt!&amp;quot; I&amp;#039;m always very cautious about the clothing my facial expression. Sometimes I want to laugh and yesterday I actually needed to sneeze so I had to take big breaths and my nose was running. I got nervous! It was underneath the Highline so it was all dusty and the shoes hurt, but it was fine. It&amp;#039;s all worthwhile in the end. ELLE: What do you like to wear off-duty?CRIS:  Right now I&amp;#039;m wearing Alexander Wang and my little belt is from Zara. I&amp;#039;m laid back; I like to wear slouchy things. I go to H&amp;amp;amp;M to grab little things here and there. I love fashion and I&amp;#039;m learning so much about how to put things together. ELLE: Do you have a favorite outfit you&amp;#039;ve worn this week? CRIS: What I was wearing for Band of Outsiders\u2014this jean skirt and a slouchy blouse with suspenders. But the suspenders were backwards and it didn&amp;#039;t look bad at all! They were criss-crossed in the front and when I was trying it on, I was like, &amp;quot;Uhhh...&amp;quot; I was afraid to say, &amp;quot;You have it backwards.&amp;quot; But that&amp;#039;s something I guess I should learn. You can be so creative in fashion, just throwing things on. Click here to see all the spring shows! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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