Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman Quotes

I was tall and skinny, and at 15, I was approached to model. I figured that models got to travel, and it became my ticket to travel so much so that if an agency could not fly me to another country, I would fly on my cost so that I could see that country and also make some money.

I had already been approached to do modeling, but in the beginning, I didn't want to hear of it. Then, after two months of delivering pizza, I changed my mind, and I presented myself at the agency.

I moved to New York between my junior and senior years of high school to just see what it was like, to go to a modeling agency and see how to get representation.

I went to a modeling agency and said I wanted to be a model. I worked, worked, worked so much while I was studying.

I started modeling at the age of 14, when I was in Std 9.

When I was 13, my mom checked me into a modeling agency. Then, out of nowhere, they asked me to audition for a TV show, which I did, and I got going from there.

I was the first child at four at a modeling agency, so I had an advantage.

When I was a model - and I was all during high school and college - you always wanted to be on the cover of a magazine. That's how your success was judged. The more cover, the better.

I started modeling when I was 13 or 14, I think.

I modeled a little bit in Georgia growing up. I did catalogs and different things, but then when I came to L.A., I became a professional model. It sounds kind of crazy, but in L.A. was when I was able to start making a living from modeling.

The barrier to entry, to being a model, is not hard work. You don't need a degree. You don't need to win an award. It's just about how you look.

When I modeled, I lived in Europe and worked all the time. I did runway, and that's all I did.

If someone has the opportunity to become a model, I would say, 'Do it.'

I was an accidental model. One day I was asked to me a model by a neighbor who was short on models. Then I got into TV.

I was working in Camden Lock market from the age of 13 to 16, and people often suggested that I should be a model. I knew a girl working on a stall who was with Take Two model agency, so I decided to go along, and they took me on.

My big break was when I won 'Search for a Supermodel Australia,' and then I came second in the world series, and that was all good, but I was just having fun; it wasn't real to me.

Modeling is just one of those things that goes along with acting. When it's offered, it's hard to say no, because it's fun.

I guess you can be a supermodel today just by building followers. You don't necessarily have to do the work of going to Milan and then to Paris or New York, trying to find the right photographer, artist, or designer to see you.

When I was 17, I entered a modeling contest in my home province in China because my mother wanted me to learn better posture. And the rest is history!

I never thought I would model for more than a few years.

Not every model wants to be an actress.

I always recognized that modeling would allow me to see and do a lot, so I looked for opportunities to learn and grow.

I see girls that I know - I absolutely know - will be star models within just a matter of weeks, and they always are.

I came from modelling industry so I am part of fashion industry. It is not that I hated being part of glamorous film.

So many girls trying to be models, like, 'Oh my god, I want to be a model!' Nobody really knows the reality of it. It's a lot of hard work, but at the same time, it's a lot of fun.