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Quotes by Model

"I was in a fashion show and I had on a strapless top. When I got to the end the top was down."

"I was in a fashion show and I had on a strapless top. When I got to the end the top was down."

Adriana Lima, Brazilian Model

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"However I dress it up, I was a spy and I am not proud of it."

"However I dress it up, I was a spy and I am not proud of it."

Christine Keeler, English Model

34

"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 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

34

"This is not a change of career for me. Just an expansion of it. I have contracts and obligations and business partners who are counting on me. And I would only want to do another movie if it's as good as this one."

"This is not a change of career for me. Just an expansion of it. I have contracts and obligations and business partners who are counting on me. And I would only want to do another movie if it's as good as this one."

Claudia Schiffer, German Model

Business, Change, Career, Want

34

"Six months later I was in Paris. I was 16, and it all started to happen."

"Six months later I was in Paris. I was 16, and it all started to happen."

Eva Herzigova, Czechoslovakian Model

34

"Now I can walk into a room full of people I don't know and do my job. That's quite a massive thing to learn, I think."

"Now I can walk into a room full of people I don't know and do my job. That's quite a massive thing to learn, I think."

Kate Moss, English Model

People, Job, Now

33

"Being a Victoria's Secret model, which was always my dream."

"Being a Victoria's Secret model, which was always my dream."

Heidi Klum, German Model

33

"I'm quite an insecure person and need reassuring all the time."

"I'm quite an insecure person and need reassuring all the time."

Katie Price, english Model

33

"I live my life day by day, and that's how I continue to live it."

"I live my life day by day, and that's how I continue to live it."

Naomi Campbell, British Model

33

"You know, I do not know, I just want to date someone who makes me happy."

"You know, I do not know, I just want to date someone who makes me happy."

Caprice Bourret, American Model

33

"Love yourself instead of abusing yourself."

"Love yourself instead of abusing yourself."

Karolina Kurkova, Czechoslovakian Model

33

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

"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

33

"Every six months I fly to Dallas to get botox and I also get collagen injections."

"Every six months I fly to Dallas to get botox and I also get collagen injections."

Janice Dickinson, American Model

33

"I never really thought about being an actress or being anything like that. I was always a bit scared as well because of the thing about models becoming an actress and all that."

"I never really thought about being an actress or being anything like that. I was always a bit scared as well because of the thing about models becoming an actress and all that."

Gisele Bundchen, Brazilian Model

33

"I also love horseback riding in New Jersey."

"I also love horseback riding in New Jersey."

Eva Herzigova, Czechoslovakian Model

33

"I'm very serious; I don't waste my earnings."

"I'm very serious; I don't waste my earnings."

Eva Herzigova, Czechoslovakian Model

33

"I feel grateful because I have a lot of love in my life. I found the person I'm sharing my life with. I have a good man."

"I feel grateful because I have a lot of love in my life. I found the person I'm sharing my life with. I have a good man."

Gisele Bundchen, Brazilian Model

Life, Love, Man, Sharing

33

"Well, I was already so happy being chosen to do the issue itself, that when I got on the cover, it was even more of a surprise and even more amazing to me."

"Well, I was already so happy being chosen to do the issue itself, that when I got on the cover, it was even more of a surprise and even more amazing to me."

Heidi Klum, German Model

33

"I'm a real home girl."

"I'm a real home girl."

Lisa Snowdon, English Model

33

"I'm desperate to start a career in music."

"I'm desperate to start a career in music."

Katie Price, english Model

33

"JAG is an acronym for the Judge Advocate General, which is the judicial system of the military."

"JAG is an acronym for the Judge Advocate General, which is the judicial system of the military."

Catherine Bell, British Model

33

"Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?"

"Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?"

Tyra Banks, American Model

32

"In my day, I, being the first supermodel, I hawked everything."

"In my day, I, being the first supermodel, I hawked everything."

Janice Dickinson, American Model

Being, Day, First

32

"I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent."

"I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent."

Naomi Campbell, British Model

32

"Having children really changes your priorities."

"Having children really changes your priorities."

Cindy Crawford, American Model

Children, Priorities

32

"I'm still a little girl in Hawaii, I have the same friends I had when I was a kid who love me for who I am - not what I do. I never got caught up in the club scene or took wrong roads."

"I'm still a little girl in Hawaii, I have the same friends I had when I was a kid who love me for who I am - not what I do. I never got caught up in the club scene or took wrong roads."

Kiana Tom, American Model

Love, Friends, Wrong

32

"Hiking in undiscovered places is a lot of fun."

"Hiking in undiscovered places is a lot of fun."

Karolina Kurkova, Czechoslovakian Model

32

"I've lived my life in a way that I feel would be an example to young women and I've always given my best in everything I've tried."

"I've lived my life in a way that I feel would be an example to young women and I've always given my best in everything I've tried."

Cindy Margolis, American Model

Life, Women, Example

32

"I love mysticism - it's such fun."

"I love mysticism - it's such fun."

Jerry Hall, American Model

32

"I don't think makeup is rocket science or a cure for cancer."

"I don't think makeup is rocket science or a cure for cancer."

Cindy Crawford, American Model

Science, Cancer, Cure, Makeup

32

"I have my parents to thank for that, they raised me to be active and play all sports. They taught me the importance of staying healthy, being focused and setting goals in whatever I do."

"I have my parents to thank for that, they raised me to be active and play all sports. They taught me the importance of staying healthy, being focused and setting goals in whatever I do."

Kiana Tom, American Model

Sports, Goals, Being, Importance

32

"Yes, I was really good in physics and in math."

"Yes, I was really good in physics and in math."

Eva Herzigova, Czechoslovakian Model

32

"When all the girls were getting all made up and getting into all that girl stuff in junior high I was out playing softball or touch football with the guys."

"When all the girls were getting all made up and getting into all that girl stuff in junior high I was out playing softball or touch football with the guys."

Catherine Bell, British Model

Football, Girls

32

"It's a sin to be tired."

"It's a sin to be tired."

Kate Moss, English Model

32

"We are very isolated, far from boyfriends and friends, so we have to be strong, smart and very professional."

"We are very isolated, far from boyfriends and friends, so we have to be strong, smart and very professional."

Eva Herzigova, Czechoslovakian Model

Friendship, Friends

32

"There are so many people I wish I could have met:"

"There are so many people I wish I could have met:"

Karolina Kurkova, Czechoslovakian Model

32

"He's 85 and he's met another woman. Still, at 85, why ever not?"

"He's 85 and he's met another woman. Still, at 85, why ever not?"

Christine Keeler, English Model

32

"I have been alone since my husband died. I stay in my home. I don't date. It's hard to date when you're at home. Nobody knows you."

"I have been alone since my husband died. I stay in my home. I don't date. It's hard to date when you're at home. Nobody knows you."

Anna Nicole Smith, American Model

32

"I play a role in front of the cameras, just like in the movies."

"I play a role in front of the cameras, just like in the movies."

Eva Herzigova, Czechoslovakian Model

32

"I wish I'd gotten sober at a younger age."

"I wish I'd gotten sober at a younger age."

Janice Dickinson, American Model

32

"I have a dress-up chest at home. I love to create this fantasy kind of thing."

"I have a dress-up chest at home. I love to create this fantasy kind of thing."

Kate Moss, English Model

Love, Home, Dress, Fantasy

32

"I am not naturally that thin, so I had to go through everything from using drugs to diet pills to laxatives to fasting. Those were my main ways of controlling my weight."

"I am not naturally that thin, so I had to go through everything from using drugs to diet pills to laxatives to fasting. Those were my main ways of controlling my weight."

Carre Otis, American Model

Diet, Drugs, Weight

32

"Men seem to think that page 3 girls are only interested in money. Money doesn't impress me at all. Not in the slightest."

"Men seem to think that page 3 girls are only interested in money. Money doesn't impress me at all. Not in the slightest."

Katie Price, english Model

Men, Money, Girls

32

"I love good rock'n'roll, blues and jazz, gospel, and a little reggae."

"I love good rock'n'roll, blues and jazz, gospel, and a little reggae."

Jerry Hall, American Model

32

"Mick Jagger and I just really liked each other a lot. We talked all night. We had the same views on nuclear disarmament."

"Mick Jagger and I just really liked each other a lot. We talked all night. We had the same views on nuclear disarmament."

Jerry Hall, American Model

32

"I did Playboy. There was an ad in the paper for playmates. Playboy called me and flew me to Los Angeles, and I was on the March cover of 1992."

"I did Playboy. There was an ad in the paper for playmates. Playboy called me and flew me to Los Angeles, and I was on the March cover of 1992."

Anna Nicole Smith, American Model

32

"Unfortunately, modeling takes you with no transition from being a girl to being a business woman."

"Unfortunately, modeling takes you with no transition from being a girl to being a business woman."

Karolina Kurkova, Czechoslovakian Model

Business, Being, Woman

32

"Because beauty isn't enough, there must be something more."

"Because beauty isn't enough, there must be something more."

Eva Herzigova, Czechoslovakian Model

32

"There's no such thing as an overnight success. It took me a long to get there."

"There's no such thing as an overnight success. It took me a long to get there."

Cindy Margolis, American Model

31

"I have done a lot of theater."

"I have done a lot of theater."

Jerry Hall, American Model

Theatre, Theater

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