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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
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ON SUSPICION
"I tell people my breasts were made in Normandy from butter
and creme fraiche" Laetitia Casta |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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ON INSTINCT
"If I'm making a movie and
get hungry, I call time-out and eat some crackers."
Carol Alt
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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 |
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ON ECONOMICS
"I don't wake up for less
than $10,000 a day."
Linda Evangelista
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ON THINKING
"When I model I pretty much
go blank. You can't think too much or it
doesn't work."
Paulina Porizkova |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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SUPERMODEL WISDOM
This is PART I | Jump
to Part II
| Atlantis with britney parodi etc.
Fredrik Astrom
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