Challenges can seem almost insurmountable at times.  
One seeks inspiration and turns to the Bible, the Koran, the Bhagavad Gita, the Tao Te Ching, the Torah. But sometimes they're not enough. That's when you need . . .



SUPERMODEL WISDOM
This is PART I | Jump to Part II | Atlantis with britney parodi etc.

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ON SUSPICION
"I tell people my breasts were made in Normandy from butter 
and creme fraiche"
Laetitia Casta


 
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 Crawford

 
ON POVERTY
"Everyone should have enough money to get plastic surgery."
Beverly Johnson

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 FATE
"I wish my butt did not go sideways, but I guess I have to face  that."
Christie Brinkley

 
ON SELF-ESTEEM
"I loved making 'Rising Sun.' I got into the psychology of why she liked
to get strangled and tied up in plastic bags. It has to do with low self-worth."
Tatjana Patitz

 
 
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 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 wake up for less than $10,000 a day."
Linda Evangelista
 
 

 
ON THINKING
"When I model I pretty much go blank. You can't think too much or it
doesn't work."
Paulina Porizkova

 
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 DEPRIVATION
"If they had Nautilus on the Concorde, I would work out all the time."
Linda Evangelista

 
 
ON VERSATILITY
"I can do anything you want me to do so long as I don't have to speak."
Linda Evangelista

 
ON THE GRIEF PROCESS
"When my Azzedine jacket from 1987 died, I wrapped it up in a box,
attached a note saying where it came from and took it to the Salvation
Army. It was a big loss."
Veronica Webb

 

ON LOGIC
"I think, if my butt's not too big for them to be photographing it, then it shouldn't be too big for me." 
Christy Turlington

 

ON BODY PARTS
"I don't know what to do with my arms. It just makes me feel weird and I feel like people are looking at me and that makes me nervous."
Tyra Banks

SUPERMODEL WISDOM
This is PART I | Jump to Part II | Atlantis with britney parodi etc.

Fredrik Astrom
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