The Wisdom of Supermodels


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 SELF-KNOWLEDGE

"Everywhere I went, my cleavage followed. But I learned I am not my cleavage."

-- Carole Mallory


ON 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 PSYCHOLOGY

"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 CAREER CHOICES

"My boyfriend thinks I lost my true calling to be a librarian."

-- Paulina Porizkova


ON PRIORITIES

"I would rather exercise than read a newspaper."

-- Kim Alexis


ON GEOPOLITICS

"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


ON INNER STRENGTH

"I love the confidence that makeup gives me."

-- Tyra Banks


ON DEATH

"Richard doesn't really like me to kill bugs, but sometimes I can't help it."

-- Cindy Crawford


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 EPIPHANY

"I just found out that I'm one inch taller than I thought."

-- Christie Brinkley


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 INTRODUCTIONS

"I think most people are curious about what it would be like to be able to meet yourself-it's eerie."

-- Christy Turlington


ON COURTSHIP

"The soundtrack to 'Indecent Exposure' is a romantic mix of music that I know most women love to hear, so I never keep it far from me when women are nearby."

-- Fabio


ON PARADOX

"Sometimes I get lonely, but it's nice to be alone."

-- Tatjana Patitz


ON THE CONSERVATION OF MATTER

"I've looked in the mirror every day for 20 years. It's the same face."

-- Claudia Schiffer


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 THE CASTE SYSTEM

"We're not Prince Charles and Princess Di. We don't think of ourselves as royalty. We happen to be working people."

-- Christie Brinkley


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'm pretty blank. You can't think too much or it doesn't work."

-- Paulina Porizkova


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


ON BODY LANGUAGE

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

-- Christy Turlington


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


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 VENGEANCE

"Girls are always getting mad at each other and they tell their hairdresser to purposely mess up another girl's hair."

-- Tasha


ON SELF-ESTEEM

"I'm a pretty girl who's a model who doesn't suck as an actress."

--Cameron Diaz


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