“We were talking about that actually - so many of the girls now, you don't really know any of them anymore. Me and Sasha Pivovarova were talking about it, about doing shows, and how we only know each other and a few other girls. Everyone gets replaced rather quickly in modeling.” GirlReplacedModelingOther Girl Author:Lara Stone
“I would advise to to a young girl to think about modeling for a really long time before she does it because it's not as easy as it looks - and to just be herself and not let people make her crazy.” PeopleThinkingLongGirlEasyCrazyModelingAdviseReally Long Author:Lara Stone
“Luckily for me, most of my work is through a brand or client who approaches my agent. Before I began modeling, I never realized how many barriers there were for people with disabilities within the industry. I didn't realize how much prejudice and ignorance existed. That made me even more determined to break down the barriers and to wake up the industry to the fact that beauty shows up in all different shapes, sizes and abilities.” PeopleDifferentRealizingAbilityBreakIgnorancePrejudiceWake UpDeterminedBarriersDisabilityBreaking DownModeling Author:Kelly Knox
“After the first summer modeling, I came home with almost as much money as my mom made in a year - after being away for about two months. I just decided to give it a shot, and if it didn't work, I was going to go to college.” GivingHomeCollegeMomSummerMy MomModeling Author:Amber Valletta
“I knew I liked art. I knew I liked photography. I remember seeing photos of Linda Evangelista in Italian Vogue as a teenager, and at the time I didn't know who she was. There were two photos - one shot by Fabrizio Ferri and another one by Steven Meisel. I didn't know who any of those people were. I think it was the first summer I was modeling, I saw these magazines sitting out and looked at them. I remember thinking, These are the kind of images I want to make.” PeopleThinkingKindArtRememberSummerPhotographyTeenagerItalianModelingVogue Author:Amber Valletta
“I've always been a dreamer...or let's just say I kept my options open. In my heart, I knew singing was gonna be in my future, but I considered psychology, hairdressing, banking, teaching, acting, modeling, aviation, and philanthropy. I just didn't know I'd pretty much be doing all of these things eventually!” HeartActingPsychologyTeachingMy HeartSingingAviationDreamerPhilanthropyModelingMy Future Author:Rihanna
“Now that I'm in the modeling industry, I'm taking reading magazines seriously. I read the Vogue magazines. I make it my homework. I try to study the designers and the stylists when I have time, because I wasn't brought up in a household where I was surrounded by fashion.” TryingReadingStudyFashionDesignerModelingHomeworkVogue Author:Malaika Firth
“It's weird that the world sees modeling as a negative. It just blows my mind how many people think that because I was a model, I think I'm pretty and that I can use my looks to get ahead. But I'm not pretty!” PeopleThinkingWorldMindNegativeBlowModelingNot Pretty Author:Kellan Lutz
“Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot . . . That's all that's on my mind at the runway, just walking - it's mad. This modeling thing, it's pretty easy, but actually it's also really tough. I mean, this has been really tough. That's the most embarrassing thing about it, like, "This walking thing is crazy".” MindMeanEasyCrazyWalkingToughMadEmbarrassingModeling Author:Cara Delevingne
“I think when I started modeling three years ago, it was just a job, and I was so excited - everything was so new, so crazy. I didn't overthink anything; I just did it and enjoyed myself along the way. But after a few seasons, you get used to it, and there's a lot you actually have to think about, and, I don't know, it just makes you much more aware of what you look like and what other people think. It's a bit of a nightmare.” PeopleThinkingCrazyExcitedNightmareModeling Author:Cara Delevingne
“I think the way my modeling career took off, I did not expect. It was definitely not a ripple in my mind. I just never thought it was going to happen like this. I'm just here and I'm having fun and I'm trying to smile and not think about it too much. That's the hardest thing in life. I think about things way too much. Ignorance is totally bliss.” ThinkingTryingMindFunIgnoranceHaving FunBlissModelingRipple Author:Cara Delevingne
“All of the sudden people say, "She's got tits and legs and blond hair. Let's talk to her!" I've been paying dues for years in modeling. Not only that, it took a month and a half of Chuck Russell, The Mask's director, and Jim Carrey trying to get New Line to say O.K. on me. I didn't sleep; I had an ulcer. Of course, when people talk of paying their dues, they mean years of going to acting school and auditionin.” PeopleTryingMeanSchoolSleepActingModelingChuck Author:Cameron Diaz
“Being a teenage model was lot of fun, like playing dress-up. I'd feel ugly and awkward and chubby, and they'd transform me. Not that that makes everything better. Then my mom shopped the pictures around, I guess, and the agencies started calling. I wound up going with a little agency, Spectrum. It all happened really quickly, I started modeling for magazines like YM and Seventeen, and I did a couple of bigger things like Italian Vogue.” FunMomCoupleUglyMy MomWoundsItalianAwkwardTeenageModelingVogue Author:Liv Tyler
“At a certain point I became really frustrated with modeling, like, why do I have to go home after school and get dressed up and put makeup on my face, and then go to a photographer's studio where there's 15 other girls with their books and have to prove myself? A lot of people don't think of it that way, but modeling's a hard job, physically and emotionally.” PeopleThinkingBookHomeSchoolGirlProveMakeupFrustratedModelingOther GirlAfter SchoolProve Myself Author:Liv Tyler
“I just remember saying to myself that I'd much rather do movies than modeling, and that it was worth a try. I didn't really know anything about it. I hadn't seen many movies, or so-called, good movies. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with Star Wars and Night of the Living Dead. When I got more curious about the movies, I thought they were something you had to learn about and go to school for and read every book.” TryingBookWarKidsSchoolRememberNightCuriousObsessedModelingGood Movie Author:Liv Tyler
“Social media has had a huge impact on the industry. Models now have voices. We are connected directly to millions of people, and we are no longer just pretty faces modeling clothes. This has allowed us to reach a broad audience. This platform for models to connect directly with their fans has started to shift the power dynamic in the industry, but there's still a long way to go. I think we are heading in the right direction, as more people start to see the value in inviting models in the creative and collaborative process.” PeopleThinkingLongValuesAudienceCreativeSocial MediaModelingPretty Face Author:Sara Sampaio
“I think we, as a fasion industry, need to hold people accountable for their actions. I want people to realize that models have a voice, and a powerful one at that. I want all models to be treated with more respect because that's what we all want - basic respect and to not be treated like objects with no will. I hope that models can be more empowered to say 'no' or give their opinion without being labeled as difficult. Modeling should be a collaboration. If the makeup artist, photographer and stylist all contribute, why can't models?” PeopleThinkingGivingActionArtistDifficultRealizingPowerfulOpinionPhotographerMakeupCollaborationOld PeopleModelingEmpowered Author:Sara Sampaio
“I try to think professionally that my body is my job and just get up and do my modeling work, you always feel better after it.” ThinkingTryingFeel BetterModeling Author:Stella Maxwell
“When people ask me about modeling, what it was like, I say, "It was fabulous!" If you can use it in the right way - to travel to meet other people, to learn how to dress, to make some money - I think it's great. But I also think it takes girls. If they don't know how to handle themselves, or if they do it just for a little time and are not successful, then they get terribly depressed about themselves.” PeopleThinkingGirlSuccessfulAsk MeFabulousModeling Author:China Machado
“With modeling, you pose. You want to look your best all the time. With acting, you have to be aware of the camera, but the more you show your imperfections, the better you're going to be.” WantLooksShowsActingCamerasImperfectionModeling Author:Diane Kruger
“Modeling is so... not superficial. Well, I guess it is. But it's boring.” WellsBoringSuperficialModeling Author:Diane Kruger
“I believe in miracles. At the age of 13, I was on holiday in Moscow with my mother. It was the only trip I took in my whole childhood. We stepped off a metro train and were approached by a talent scout who told me that she wanted to sign me to her modeling agency.” BelieveWholeAgeWantedMotherI BelieveChildhoodTalentMiracleTrainI Believe InAgencyHolidayModelingMoscowBelieve In MiraclesMetroI Believe In Miracles Author:Olga Kurylenko
“Modeling is the best because you have to look hot, which comes easy to me, you know. I'm blessed with that.” KnowsLooksEasyHotBlessedModeling Author:Ashton Kutcher
“It's hard to appreciate success in modeling, because it's not something you feel like you've earned, so there is a little bit of bread of shame that comes with that. It's like somebody giving you a puzzle that's already put together.” GivingFeelsLittlesHardTogetherBitsLike YouLittle BitAppreciateShameBreadPuzzlesModeling Author:Ashton Kutcher
“Modeling is a tough job, your co-workers are your rivals, it really puts a damper on your perspective of other girls.” JobsGirlPerspectiveToughWorkersModelingRivalsOther GirlCo Worker Author:Adriana Lima
“People always ask me if I'm going to stop modeling because I have started an acting career. I hope to continue to model for years to come.” PeopleIfsYearsAsksActingCareersModelsAsk MeModeling Author:Tyra Banks
“I started out modeling at a young age and surrounded myself with different brilliant minds. I have so many people to get educated from, and I've been a sponge.” PeopleMindDifferentAgeYoungBrilliantEducatedYoung AgeModelingSpongesBrilliant Minds Author:Kellan Lutz
“When you're modeling you're actually acting for the camera and the photographer. It's more fun, too because there are no lines to memorize.” FunLinesActingPhotographyCamerasPhotographerModeling Author:Cindy Margolis
“I didn't really like modeling; it was fun but I always wanted acting.” WantedFunActingModeling Author:Leighton Meester
“This role is more visible, and I grew up without a lot of that sort of modeling so I'm relieved and proud to have done this film.” DoneFilmRolesGrewProudGrew UpVisibleModelingRelieved Author:Wentworth Miller
“Yeah, I kind of grew up in front of the camera: I started modeling when I was two.” KindTwoFrontsGrewGrew UpCamerasYeahModeling Author:Taylor Momsen
“I was 14 when I started modeling. At the end of that first day my mum said, 'If you want to do this, you're on your own because I'm not traipsing around London ever again like that. It's a nightmare.'” IfsWantFirstsSaidEndsLondonNightmareMumModeling Author:Kate Moss
“Modeling can be a bit brain damaging. Starting my own brand was what I needed to do. I only model if there are such good jobs that you don't want to say no to. All that dressing up makes me say, 'What do I want to wear?' and, 'What do I want to do with Topshop?' It all kind of leads into the other things.” IfsWantKindJobsBitsMy OwnBrainNeededModelsStartingAll KindsBrandsGood JobDressingsModelingDressing UpTopshop Author:Kate Moss
“I always knew I'd go back to school. Modeling was a means to an end, making money for graduate school.” MeanEndsSchoolMaking MoneyGraduatesModelingGraduate SchoolMeans To An End Author:Rachel Nichols
“My first modeling job in Paris, the photographer said, 'Tue es belle,' which means, 'you are pretty,' and I thought he said, 'Tu es poubelle,' which means, 'you are the trash can.' I burst into tears. He was not happy about that.” FirstsMeanSaidJobsTearsPhotographerParisTrashModelingNot HappyBelleTrash Cans Author:Rachel Nichols
“I've only done one shoot where it's modeling clothes, not like me in my environment. And the stylist, literally, I had her stand behind the photographer and do poses.” DoneBehindsEnvironmentClothesPhotographerLike MeModelingStylist Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“Anorexia was there for me before I got into modeling, but because of the arena and the demands, the disease really got out of control for me. It's like being an alcoholic and going and being a bartender.” DemandDiseaseArenaModelingAlcoholicsAnorexiaBartender Author:Carre Otis
“My doctor felt that the main contributing factor was so many years of malnutrition, especially during my formative years, even before I got into modeling.” YearsFeltDoctorsFactorsModelingContributingMalnutritionFormative Years Author:Carre Otis
“Each person must live their life as a model for others.” LifePersonsWomenMorningInspireInspirational LifeIntegrityModelsInsightfulRole ModelsBlack WomenModelingBlack HistoryEmpowering WomenWomen Empowering WomenAfrican American WomenWomen In HistoryBlack History Month InspirationalBeing A Role ModelBlack Women Inspirational Author:Rosa Parks
“I'll tell you what I probably would prefer to happen less and less: actors that I know and respect in shampoo ads. Or modeling.” KnowsHappensActorsAdsModelingShampoo Author:Sean Penn
“I did not particularly enjoy modeling. I felt I was only utilizing 10 or 20 percent of my abilities. In India, it's just another job.” JobsFeltEnjoyAbilityPercentIndiaModelingUtilizing Author:Freida Pinto
“I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality.” PlaySportsSupportPlayerPersonalityModelsFemaleAthleteModelingVolleyballFemale AthleteVolleyball Player Author:Gabrielle Reece
“I will continue modeling until they don't want me anymore basically because I do love it very much.” WantWant MeModeling Author:Claudia Schiffer
“My younger years of modeling were really just filled with fun trips. I was doing catalogues for Alexander's and Bloomingdale's.” YearsFunFilledModelingCatalogues Author:Brooke Shields
“A Latin teacher told me I might make a good actress, and that stuck in my memory. I did some modeling, and Polanski gave me that small part.” MightMemoriesTeacherActressesStuckLatinModelingSmall Parts Author:Jacqueline Bisset
“I wanted to go to acting school, and I did a few modeling jobs to pay for acting school. I never aspired to be a model. I met lots of photographers, and I learned a lot about light - as a source of love and illumination, light as a gift of love. On film, that's a massive contribution.” LightWantedSchoolJobsFilmPayActingSourceMetsModelsPhotographerContributionMassiveModelingIlluminationGift Of Love Author:Jacqueline Bisset
“Even after they had stopped modeling for Playboy and had settled down with other men to raise families of their own, Hugh Hefner still considered them his women, and in the bound volumes of his magazine he would always possess them.” MenStillsRaisesBoundsMagazinesVolumeModelingPlayboyPlayboy Magazine Book:Thy Neighbor's Wife Source: Thy Neighbor's Wife