ON COURAGE
"They were doing a full
back shot of me in a swimsuit and I thought, Oh my God, I have to be so brave. See, every
woman hates herself from behind."
-Cindy CrawfordON POVERTY
"Everyone should have enough money to get plastic surgery."
-Beverly Johnson
ON FATE
"I wish my butt did not go sideways, but I guess I have to face that."
-Christie Brinkley
ON ARRIVING
"Because modeling is
lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take."
-Kathy Ireland, star of 'Alien From L.A.' and 'Danger Island'
ON PRIORITIES
"I would rather exercise
than read a newspaper."
-Kim Alexis
ON INNER STRENGTH
"I love the confidence that makeup gives me."
-Tyra Banks
ON TRAVEL
"I haven't seen the
Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care."
-Tyra Banks
ON BREAKTHROUGHS
"Once I got past my anger
toward my mother, I began to excel in volleyball and modeling."
-Gabrielle Reece
ON HEREDITY
"My husband was just OK
looking. I was in labor and I said to him, What if she's ugly? You're ugly.'"
-Beverly Johnson
ON THE BASICS
"It's very important to
have the right clothing to exercise in. If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it's not
inspiring for your workout."
-Cheryl Tiegs
ON PARADOX
"Sometimes I get lonely,
but it's nice to be alone."
-Tatjana Patitz
ON TRAGEDY
"The worst was when my
skirt fell down to my ankles, but I had on thick tights underneath."
-Naomi Campbell
ON INSTINCT
"If I'm making a movie
and get hungry, I call time-out and eat some crackers."
-Carol Alt
ON OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS
"I tried on 250 bathing
suits in one afternoon and ended up having little
scabs up and down my thighs, probably from some of those with sequins all over them."
-Cindy Crawford
ON ECONOMICS
"I don't even wake up for
less than $10,000 a day."
-Linda Evangelista
ON THOUGHT
"When I model I pretty
much go blank. You can't think too much or it doesn't work."
-Paulina Porizkova
ON DEPRIVATION
"If they had Nautilus on
the Concorde, I would work out all the time."
-Linda Evangelista
ON MOTIVATION
"It was kind of boring
for me to have to eat. I would know that I had to, and I would."
-Kate Moss
ON VERSATILITY
"I can do anything you
want me to do so long as I don't have to speak."
-Linda Evangelista
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