Adwoa Aboah Quotes

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

Not every model wants to be an actress.

I do like to buy my own clothes because I like to support designers. I know the work that goes into it.

I was successful very quickly. I was on the cover of 'Vogue' before I knew it.

I'm like the Russian Tyra Banks.

As a kid, I always looked up to supermodels, thinking about how amazing they are. I always wanted to be in photos.

I've been told I'd make a great parts model.

I used to love doing the runway shows when I was a model and I miss that sometimes now. But it's great to go back to it every now and then as 'showstopper.'

My sister Gloria asked me to try modeling.

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.

When you're given an 'SI' cover, and you take advantage of it, you can conquer the world. Look at Chrissy Teigen. Look at Tyra Banks. Look at Kathy Ireland.

My very first runway show, I was in 'Vogue.'

When I started modeling, I didn't know anything about fashion, but I'd watched the Victoria's Secret show.

The new generation of designers, like Prabal Gurung and Alexander Wang, have hundreds of thousands following them on social media who will probably never be able to afford their dresses but still feel a loyalty to them. So when that designer writes a book or launches a beauty line, they might pick that up.

I was an underwear model for Calvin Klein for a few years. It is not something I wanted to do at first. I never regretted it, but I am a shy person, and to stand there buck naked in front of a camera was scary.

I would love to work with Karlie Kloss and model for Chanel. And I would love to be in a music video with Lady Gaga or Taylor Swift, my two favorite artists.

Films happened to me accidentally when I met Marc Robinson in a hotel in Goa, where my mum worked as a supervisor. I would often go there, and the manager there would see me and tell my mom that I should try being a model.

If I do something, I want to be the best. And one of the best things you can be is a Victoria's Secret Angel; for me, that's always been a goal.

I went to the Professional Children's School in New York, and I started modeling because I could do that until I actually figured out what I wanted to do, and it gave me the opportunity to travel.

I was 19 or 20 when I won Miss India and then did some exciting work in fashion.

I will definitely hook up my daughter if she decides to be a model.

I was in middle school at a bat mitzvah, and a fashion photographer, Suzy Gorman, came up to me and asked me if I considered being a model. I did a shoot with her, and than I signed with an agency in Saint Louis.

I've been modeling since 2012, when I was 18, so I am used to following a crazy schedule.

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

At 15, I was modeling. I had to do my own hair and makeup. I also made my own clothes because I grew up in South Africa, where fashion was six months behind because of the seasons.