Quotes by Model

"Coming from a barely clothed childhood as a swimmer makes me really comfortable with my body."

Estella Warren, Canadian Model

Body, Childhood

"It's hard to go with a trend. As soon as it's out, everyone picks it up. It's important to stay true to yourself. Have fun with fashion instead of letting it dictate."

Estella Warren, Canadian Model

Fashion, Fun

"If you're asking if my breasts are natural, yes, this is how I've looked since I was 13 years old."

Sofia Vergara, Colombian Model

Old, Years

9

"I am a kid. I'll always be a girl at heart."

Amber Valletta, American Model

Heart,

"It is in the mind and the heart where we meet. It's not the body-the body will change."

Amber Valletta, American Model

Change, Heart, Body, Mind

"If you can be funny, it means you're intelligent. Your brain is working fast."

Amber Valletta, American Model

Funny,

"I don't think that artists of any kind would or could sacrifice their artistic freedom by being more responsible with their influence on people, especially young people."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Sacrifice, People, Artists, Being

"I have a beer belly."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Beer,

"I have lots of other mountains that I would like to climb. I have no dream of Everest, but there are some, like Mount Fuji, I'd like to do."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Dream, Mountains

1

"I like the big questions."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Question, Questions

"Most of us harbour a significant amount of subconscious fear about death, and act out of this fear in our daily lives."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Death, Fear, Act

"I really wanted to share with people the day-to-day joys that yoga can bring into one's life-not just the physical aspects."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Life, People, Day, Yoga

"Modeling is a profession where your worth is tied up with looks."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Profession, Worth

"I started practicing Yoga at about 18. I had a friend who was doing it and was incredibly disciplined and meditated all the time."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Time, Friend, Yoga

"I tried acupuncture, the patch, and hypnosis, but found that I needed to do it alone - when the time was right for me."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Time, Right

"I was never directly pressured by peers, but by surrounding myself with others who were experimenting with smoking provided a certain false comfort."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Comfort, Smoking

"I would be very proud to have influenced anyone that I know or don't know to quit smoking."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Smoking,

"It is better to not even try it than to endure the ramifications of either quitting smoking or dying."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Dying, Quitting, Smoking

"It is education that will arm us with the tools that will enable us to succeed and put a stop to the rising rates of preventable death."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Death, Education, Succeed, Tools

"I never understand why people have children and then insist on living as though nothing has shifted."

Christy Turlington, American Model

People, Children, Living, Nothing

"Ayurveda is a sister philosophy to yoga. It is the science of life or longevity and it teaches about the power and the cycles of nature, as well as the elements."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Life, Power, Science, Nature

"What I did for a living for so many years separated who I was from what I did."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Living, Years

"Parents should be the most important examples for their children."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Children, Parents

"Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in the environment of a smoker."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Environment, Kids, Order, Parents

"People always think that if you eat anything as a model, it's amazing. I used to tease them and say, you know I'm going to throw up afterwards."

Christy Turlington, American Model

People,

"Pranayama is the practice of breath control. The word prana refers not only to breath, but also to air and life itself."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Life, Control, Practice, Word

"Sacred spaces can be created in any environment."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Environment,

"The seated lotus postures are an amazing way to go into meditation, or simply just to take a moment to ground oneself."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Meditation,

"It is possible to experience an awakening in this life through realising just how precious each moment, each mental process, and each breath truly is."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Experience, Life

"When you are balanced and when you listen and attend to the needs of your body, mind, and spirit, your natural beauty comes out."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Beauty, Body, Mind, Needs

"Yoga gave me the ability to calm down."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Ability, Yoga

"Yoga has brought me closer to myself. It's helped me realize the interconnectedness of the mind, body and spirit, in the Buddhist sense of the word."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Buddhist, Body, Mind, Sense

3

"Yoga has reinforced and grounded my own spiritual beliefs."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Belief, Beliefs, Spiritual, Yoga

"Yoga is about compassion and generosity towards others. It means being mindful of the world around us."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Being, Compassion, Generosity, World

2

"Yoga is not a religion to me."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Religion, Yoga

"You can usually tell when I'm happy by the fact that I've put on weight."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Fact, Weight

"So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Religion, Christ

"I sincerely feel that beauty largely comes from within."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Beauty,

"Any spirituality can be enhanced with the practice or study of yoga."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Practice, Spirituality, Study, Yoga

"A lot of people have questioned how yoga and their own spiritual beliefs can come together. Yoga actually pre-dates religion."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Religion, People, Beliefs, Spiritual

"As long as I was breathing with the contractions and not pushing against them, I felt better. That idea is fundamental-to feel pain and not to resist; to go towards it. It is an incredibly spiritual practice."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Idea, Pain, Practice, Spiritual

"One day I would like to have my own art show."

Kiana Tom, American Model

Art, Day

"My personal goals are to be happy, healthy and to be surrounded by loved ones."

Kiana Tom, American Model

Goal, Goals

"More Asians need to be on television as a positive role model."

Kiana Tom, American Model

Positive, Television

"Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions."

Kiana Tom, American Model

Kindness, Respect

"Balance is key: I need to be successful in my career to feel fulfilled, be surrounded by people I care about to share it with, and have my health to be able to do the things I love to do!"

Kiana Tom, American Model

Health, Love, People, Successful

"Business wise, I have always learned valuable lessons so I don't regret any decisions I have made."

Kiana Tom, American Model

Business, Decisions, Regret

"Coming from a barely clothed childhood as a swimmer makes me really comfortable with my body."

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"It's hard to go with a trend. As soon as it's out, everyone picks it up. It's important to stay true to yourself. Have fun with fashion instead of letting it dictate."

​

"If you're asking if my breasts are natural, yes, this is how I've looked since I was 13 years old."

9

"I am a kid. I'll always be a girl at heart."

​

"It is in the mind and the heart where we meet. It's not the body-the body will change."

​

"If you can be funny, it means you're intelligent. Your brain is working fast."

​

"I don't think that artists of any kind would or could sacrifice their artistic freedom by being more responsible with their influence on people, especially young people."

​

"I have a beer belly."

​

"I have lots of other mountains that I would like to climb. I have no dream of Everest, but there are some, like Mount Fuji, I'd like to do."

1

"I like the big questions."

​

"Most of us harbour a significant amount of subconscious fear about death, and act out of this fear in our daily lives."

​

"I really wanted to share with people the day-to-day joys that yoga can bring into one's life-not just the physical aspects."

​

"Modeling is a profession where your worth is tied up with looks."

​

"I started practicing Yoga at about 18. I had a friend who was doing it and was incredibly disciplined and meditated all the time."

​

"I tried acupuncture, the patch, and hypnosis, but found that I needed to do it alone - when the time was right for me."

​

"I was never directly pressured by peers, but by surrounding myself with others who were experimenting with smoking provided a certain false comfort."

​

"I would be very proud to have influenced anyone that I know or don't know to quit smoking."

​

"It is better to not even try it than to endure the ramifications of either quitting smoking or dying."

​

"It is education that will arm us with the tools that will enable us to succeed and put a stop to the rising rates of preventable death."

​

"I never understand why people have children and then insist on living as though nothing has shifted."

​

"Ayurveda is a sister philosophy to yoga. It is the science of life or longevity and it teaches about the power and the cycles of nature, as well as the elements."

​

"What I did for a living for so many years separated who I was from what I did."

​

"Parents should be the most important examples for their children."

​

"Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in the environment of a smoker."

​

"People always think that if you eat anything as a model, it's amazing. I used to tease them and say, you know I'm going to throw up afterwards."

​

"Pranayama is the practice of breath control. The word prana refers not only to breath, but also to air and life itself."

​

"Sacred spaces can be created in any environment."

​

"The seated lotus postures are an amazing way to go into meditation, or simply just to take a moment to ground oneself."

​

"It is possible to experience an awakening in this life through realising just how precious each moment, each mental process, and each breath truly is."

​

"When you are balanced and when you listen and attend to the needs of your body, mind, and spirit, your natural beauty comes out."

​

"Yoga gave me the ability to calm down."

​

"Yoga has brought me closer to myself. It's helped me realize the interconnectedness of the mind, body and spirit, in the Buddhist sense of the word."

3

"Yoga has reinforced and grounded my own spiritual beliefs."

​

"Yoga is about compassion and generosity towards others. It means being mindful of the world around us."

2

"Yoga is not a religion to me."

​

"You can usually tell when I'm happy by the fact that I've put on weight."

​

"So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma."

​

"I sincerely feel that beauty largely comes from within."

​

"Any spirituality can be enhanced with the practice or study of yoga."

​

"A lot of people have questioned how yoga and their own spiritual beliefs can come together. Yoga actually pre-dates religion."