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 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
(Gere) 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 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 SURVIVAL: "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 THINKING: "When I
model I pretty much 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 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 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 ECONOMICS: "I
don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day." -- Linda Evangelista
 
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