Kyla Moran

Oregonian. Model and traveler wandering Europe, Asia, LA/NYC+++

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I got the call for this shoot when I was on set in Guadalajara, and found myself searching for flights to La Paz during my lunch break. After three 12-hour days, I flew back to Mexico City for work, and took the earliest flight out the next morning to La Paz because when L’Officiel calls... you answer. Went straight from the airport to the hotel to the beach, thanks to this incredible team 🤘🇲🇽 Shot by @carlos_ruizc, styled by @gerardangulo / @steponfashion ft. @alfredomartinez_brand @thalathajewelry, thanks to @wanted_models @thesyndical // Recibí la llamada para este rodaje cuando estaba en el set en Guadalajara, buscando vuelos a La Paz durante mi hora de almuerzo. Después de tres días de 12 horas, volé de regreso a la Ciudad de México para trabajar, y tomé el primer vuelo a la mañana siguiente a La Paz porque cuando L’Officiel llama ... usted contesta. Disparo de @carlos_ruizc, diseñado por @gerardangulo / @steponfashion ft. @Alfredomartinez_brand @thalathajewelry, gracias a @wanted_models @thesyndical 👑 (at Playa Balandra) https://www.instagram.com/p/BupL-GCA6rW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1s0xcusx6pm1h

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Spotted in Scottsdale 🦖 absolutely loved working with this crew in such a beautiful location - thank you thank you thank you @nomadmgmt x @scottsdalefashionsquare photographed by @harpersmithphoto makeup by @kalikennedy hair by @christianmarc styling by @lillimilli / @meghanstimac @nataliehoselton grateful for this team @bergyxz @jvdibling @i_am_albert_keen @killthemic @Petermosiman set by @ceciliaelguero 🌿 (at Scottsdale Fashion Square) https://www.instagram.com/p/BumKWE5gRZ1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lcdfstrtjnyx

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One of those rare moments when Los Ángeles is grayer and colder than Portland 🙃 Trying to mentally prepare myself for cold weather today, going from 60degree California “winter” to 20degree weather in Pittsburgh ❄️❄️❄️ send help. And also send any recommendations for Pittsburgh because you knowww I’m always tryna tourist like a local🖖 (at Hey Love) https://www.instagram.com/p/BumDdnzAItu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11ysa4qba3klg

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L’OFFICIEL dream ☀️ thanks to @carlos_ruizc y @gerardangulo, el mejor equipo (!) con eso vestido de @pajoncartagena aka @andrespajon x @felipecartagena_ gracias a @allurinamanik manik @yolancris @thalathajewelry por @lofficielbaltics y mis favoritos @wanted_models las mejores cosas son hecho en Mexico, wey 🖤 ¡A huevó! (at Balandra) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuWmH9WATXU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1q190w3cizlyu

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Hecho en Mexico 🇲🇽 (¡todas las mejores cosas son!) 🙋🏻‍♀️🌮🇲🇽 Image Made in Mexico (all the best things are!) with this incredible international team of creatives - mil gracias @luiscascomakeup @veronicasotomua @sebastian.geeee @lorraineyoungphoto haír by @prestonwada styling by @tinoportillo production @thesagamigroup (at Montparnasse Roma) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuReHwNAh6r/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xb4i78beh058

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Molletes Mole Divorciados Dorados Chilaquiles Churros Flautas Flan ... hay algo comida mexicana que están también Flaca-friendly?! Preguntar por un amigo 😅 jaja. Solo bromeando chicos no te preocupes - ovvio voy a comer todo y la verdadera pregunta es cuanto comida mexicano puede consumir una persona en tres días? Afortunadamente para ti, lo he tomado en cuenta para descubrirlo. (at Peltre Lonchería) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuPbLWJAWwE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qe8ybklywpdt

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Why it’s problematic to say you don’t see color or you’re “colorblind” when it comes to race: because whether you see it or not, racism exists, it is systemic, it is built into our laws and our daily lives and our education systems, it is a product of this global capitalist and colonial society. And saying that you “don’t see it” is more indicative of our own privilege and ignorance than of our blind optimism that racism doesn’t exist. This feels obvious but if I’m over feeling annoyed and exhausted that white people in the public eye continue to use these statements to try to defend themselves, that people are literally saying “well I have a Black / native / Mexican” friend in defense of their prejudices, then I can’t imagine how tired people of color are. We gotta do better. We gotta stop talking Over people, first of all. We gotta educate ourselves and acknowledge our positions of power. We gotta recognize that if we don’t hold ourselves accountable, our children accountable, our culture accountable - nothing will change. “We must first address separation before we can create unity.” //Black and white portrait in @cosmopolitanmx shot in Miami by @marioalzatee, styled by @frankaven ft @shopartesano hat and @laundrybyshelli top/bottom, hair & makeup @waytooblonde (at Doesn't exist) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt6tCQhgupM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11ol913v72xjg

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Happy day of Love, lovers 😌💕 spread your light and spread your love - starting with yourself and your neighbor and echoing out into this beautiful planet we get to call home! Offer a hand, a friendly word, a simple gesture⚡️your small act of kindness ripples out far beyond yourself. ⚡️ I’m not generally one to wear much pink but when @tugbavenn is designing it, I’ll gladly rep it ✊🏽💕 This is a family-owned headscarf company made in İstanbul that I worked with a couple years ago; all the daughters were on set telling me about each of their roles in keeping the business thriving- and they were all very open and welcoming for my dozen questions about wearing a headscarf and being Muslim in Turkey (a secular country with a Muslim majority). Maybe it’s misleading wearing a headscarf and talking about Turkey, because a headscarf is more a symbol of Islam than it is of the Turkish country- but I’ve been feeling a LOT of love from my Turkish friends recently so... here we are. If you ever have a chance to go to Turkey, GO. If you ever have a chance to eat Turkish food, EAT. And if you ever have a chance to befriend a Turkish person, DO IT. They’re everywhere. And the friendship and strength of Turkish friends-as-family has changed my life for the better 😜🇹🇷😋 I would extend that to say if you have the chance to befriend anyone outside of your normal circle or culture, do it- because you’ll find that we are all more similar than different, we are all part of one human family, and the richness of culture and the friendships we build will make us all stronger. Seni seviyörum! Love you all 😘 Special thank you / teshekular @simonkaratas @denizirban for your love and light ❤️ good friends make the world go round (at Ortaköy, Istanbul, Turkey) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt4VTY_gUqf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=efq53n40s95o

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2019 started with a huge smile, surrounded by laughter and lifelong friends, sitting in a hot tub and watching fireworks over the Space Needle. 🏹 If the first day of the year is any indication of what’s to come, I’d say it’s going to be one for books! And one with many more trips to the Pacific Northwest 🕺🕺🕺Thank you, thank you to the community that makes this life so sweet. You the real MVPs @rockroth @luumorg @ajwells @quinnpeck 💎 (at Space Needle) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsJa2zSgoUz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13dmar713pgbd

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Head in the ☁️ (at Nacho Borracho) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsEWv_dgLlC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1khop2h92lhpj

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One of those A+ office days in 2018. 👁 👁 thank you thank you thank you! Yes and more, please // Una de los días maximos en la oficina en 2018. ¡Gracias gracias gracias! Si y más, por favor (at Barrio Alameda) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br5s_KcgGN9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xdm8md6eykcs

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Walking in to the last few days of 2018 with GRATITUDE. Thankful for this year of adventures; thankful for the ups and downs; thankful for the growing community, family and friends who continue to support me along the way. Love you all 🖤💛🖤 Happy December 26th (at Lechuza Beach, Malibu) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br3Y7Flg7Sg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hvpghi83pi6i

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Touchdown in my hometown 🕺Who wants to go to the Japanese garden with me? Ikimasho, tomodachi! // Lezgo, homies! 🎏🎎🥢⛩🎌 I told myself 2018 would be the year I “moved” back to Portland, and I promptly got a membership to the @portlandjapanesegarden (as one does when they love Japan, Japanese culture, and #shinrinyoku). Two weeks later I was on a flight to Miami with @thesyndical, Hawaii thanks to @pma_models, Los Angeles with @nomadmgmt, and a whirlwind adventure from Minneapolis, NYC, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Little Rock, to Mexico City with @wanted_models ... and finally, back to PDX to finish the year with my family and my favorites @option_models. That’s the crazy thing about plans; they can change at any moment. But hey, at least I tried🙈 I’m exhausted reading all of that - are you starting to understand why consistent access to a zen garden is a necessary thing in my life?! 😂😂😂🕉 Deep breaths, y’all. (at Portland Japanese Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrvZ_4cArxZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ur31wld0jmev

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When you’re en route ... on standby ... and it feels like a modern day purgatory ☠️ Wishing you all some safe travels this holiday season! If you’re staying put - consider yourself lucky to skip the lines at Christmas time ☠️💀☠️ // Cuando estás en camino ... en espera ... y te sientes como un purgatorio moderno ☠️ ¡Viajes seguros para todos los que se dirigen a casa para las vacaciones! O si te quedas, considérate afortunado de saltarte las líneas del aeropuerto en Navidad ☠️ photo by @antonioydanielphoto @tonoaltuzar @danielastudillo makeup / hair @luisaafls styling @davidbarcena.studio gracias a @wanted_models @option_models @nomadmgmt (at DFW Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrsoYA1g13R/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pawtu7gy8tpb

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In the 5+ years I’ve spent working and traveling, I’ve never felt as *at home* as I do in Mexico City. A city of twenty million where strangers exchange greetings in passing, where grandparents’ on the corner call me “little skinny” and try to sneak me carbs, where unleashed dogs strut along tree-lined streets more amicably than most men in Manhattan. 😂 This is a country that inspired Salvador Dali to say: “There’s no way I’m going back to Mexico. I can’t stand to be in a country that is more surrealist than my paintings.” And that... is exactly the kind of magic I’m here for. 🙋🏻‍♀️🕺❤️🇲🇽 Tomorrow I’ll fly back to my hometown for the holidays, but Mexico will always be on my mind, and in my dreams. If anyone wants to build a wall, I hope I’m already on the southern side- where everyone is welcome!✌🏽Because Mexico. Is. The Shit. 💩💩💩 PS - I said ‘carbs’ solely because it was too long put “tortillas, tacos, tamales, dorados, churros, marquesitas” etc... NOT because I’m counting them. Happy Holidays 🍮🍯🥂 // En los más de 5 años que pasé trabajando y viajando, nunca me sentí tan * como en casa * como en la Ciudad de México. Una ciudad de veinte millones donde extraños intercambian saludos al pasar, donde los abuelos de la esquina me llaman "flacita" y tratan de escabullirme de carbohidratos, donde perros soltados se pasean por calles arboladas de manera más amigable que la mayoría de los hombres en Manhattan. Esto es un país que inspiró a Salvador Dalí a decir: “no hay manera de que vuelva a México. No puedo soportar estar en un país que es más surrealista que mis pinturas ". Y ese ... es exactamente el tipo de magia que estoy aquí para ️🕺❤️🇲🇽 Mañana volaré de regreso a mi ciudad para las vacaciones, pero México siempre estará en mi mente ... y en mis sueños. Si alguien quiere construir un muro, espero que ya esté en el lado sur, donde todos son bienvenidos, porque México. Es. Chingon 💩💩💩 PS - Dije carbohidratos solo porque era demasiado largo para poner "tortillas, tacos, dorados, churros, marquesitas,” etc... no porque los cuente 🍯🥂 Feliz Navidad y Año Nuevo, amigos // (at Calle Simon Bolivar ,Centro Histórico De La CIudad De Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrprbA-gQm5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1m0xeoax91jg2

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Getting in the Holiday Spirit thanks to Tulsa, Oklahoma and @lizuzzel. Y’all are my favorites. If I can’t be home for the 12 days of Christmas - at least I can celebrate with family on the road. Two more days ‘til I’m reunited with the rest of my family and nieces in Portland - let’s do this ❄️ Also this is the nicest public park I’ve ever been to. Well done, @gathertulsa and (at Gathering Place for Tulsa) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrnpOztgick/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kjod35we23al