Melissa Ordway Quotes

When you model, there's no way you can't notice yourself. Do you know what I mean? Because you're constantly surrounded by people saying, 'Oh, she's too short, she's too skinny, she's this, she's whatever.' And you're right there. They're talking about you, and you're right there.

When I'm sitting in a casting room in Paris, I'm not the thinnest model. Sometimes I'm not the most flat-chested, either.

It kind of cracks me up when people say I'm hot because I just think that that's a term that I don't have to deal with anymore.

And anyway, modeling wasn't for me. I'm too short. I've got a big butt. It wasn't going to happen.

I really don't think I ever thought I could be a model. I was shorter than all of the models around and certainly rounder than anybody that I had ever seen in a magazine.

I've never felt like I've exactly traded on my looks. When I was a teenager, I was an ultra late bloomer, and my mom would say it was a blessing because it means you never have to wonder if guys are only interested in you because you've got boobs.

My body is my best asset.

I was naturally skinny and had braces, so I wasn't a cute model.

But as a young model, I never felt as beautiful as I looked.

I don't look like a model, but you have to work with what you got.

I was not considered beautiful at all. Really. And this is what all models say. But I'm still not considered that beautiful in my country. I don't know the beauty ideal where I come from - but it's not me.

I knew I had a great figure, but I never regarded myself as beautiful.

In the '90s, I wouldn't have been a supermodel.

Being taught to despise your body is being taught to perhaps admire someone else's body more than yours - being taught that your body is good for certain things and not for others.

I began working as a model because I was born thin. I didn't become thin to be a model.

I'm certainly not a supermodel.

Accepting your body and body image is very important, because there are images that are put out in the media and in your face every day that you need to look this certain kind of way, that it's gonna take you far in life.

I grew up with gossip mags commenting on how I looked.

I always thought models had to fit a certain mould. I never thought I had what it takes. I'm too small and my look's pretty weird.

Everyone wants to look their best, everyone has dreams of wanting to look like something else. But we are who we are.

I was very skinny and very lanky and kind of awkward. In Puerto Rico, everybody is a little more voluptuous, with these beautiful bodies, and there I was, the skinny, lanky girl.

Do people really think that about my nose? I spent my whole life hating it, so it's amusing that people like it!

I have certain physical features that I favor over others. We all have our areas.

I care about being formally physically attractive in my life, and I think that I am quite vain about my performance. I'm just not vain about how I look while I give the performance.

What I do for a living means that people look at me. As an actress, you are scrutinized. You are not just dealing with your looks privately, you are on display. I have never been 100 percent comfortable in my own skin. I go through different phases. But I don't feel beautiful all the time, no.