Quotes by Models

I don't particularly like children. That sounds awful, but I have nothing to say to them. Marie Helvin

Nothing Say Like Particularly Sounds Children Them Awful

I'm known for my big hair and curls. Marie Helvin

Hair Big Known Big Hair Curls

I love fashion, but I don't really do shopping. Marie Helvin

Love Fashion Shopping Really

I don't have any children, but I can leave my land to an animal sanctuary. That is what I dream about, not bags, not shoes. Marie Helvin

Animal Shoes Dream About Bags Leave Any Children Sanctuary Land

I've slipped enough times over the years to know the peril of a too-smooth sole, so every time I buy a new pair, I take a pair of scissors or a piece of sandpaper to the bottoms to roughen them up. In my catwalk days, I even used to spit on the soles of shoes before I ventured down the runway. Marie Helvin

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When I began modelling in my late teens, I started to earn a lot of money very, very quickly, but I'd never been shown how to manage it properly. Marie Helvin

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I lost all my investments after everything crashed in 2001. Prior to that, I'd been living off the interest on my investments, which was very healthy because it allowed frequent travel, and I had a lovely apartment. Marie Helvin

We are constantly driven to believe that women should look a set age or be a certain body size, which is fuelling an obsession with ever more dramatic and invasive steps. Marie Helvin

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If I'm not in work, I don't wear any make-up. Marie Helvin

Work Wear Any

I grew up in neighbouring Hawaii, where Tahiti is regarded as a brother. Marie Helvin

Brother Hawaii Up Where Grew Regarded

When you get older, your skin tone changes; your hair probably changes colour, whether you dye it or not, and you just can't wear the colours you used to like anymore. Marie Helvin

You Hair Skin Older Changes Wear Colour Colours Like Get Just Anymore Dye Whether Your Used Tone

I'm not keen on the English way of eating outside, on the street. I want food that is clean, not impregnated with toxic fumes. Marie Helvin

Food Way Eating Clean Outside Toxic Want English Keen Street

I lost count of how many times photographers and designers would tell me to lose a bit of weight, especially as I got a little older and my body started to develop. Marie Helvin

I'm definitely aware that the physical appearance is a very temporary gift. I'm very thankful for the opportunities that I've been able to experience, but I keep it all in check and don't let it consume me. Marisa Miller

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You have to get over being shy, and just be comfortable with yourself, and I think that for me, if I'd stayed in a small town, I'd be a different person. Marisa Miller

Me You Yourself Just Be Think Stayed Small Small Town Over Town Comfortable Person Get Just Being Different Different Person Shy

I'd say I was a tomboy... I took wood shop in high school and I was very into volleyball and football, and was very unaware of anything girly for a long time. Marisa Miller

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Surfing is definitely something I used to do a lot more before I was working, but I know the waves will always be there, and it's something that, when I'm not traveling as much, I'll definitely get back into. Marisa Miller

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