John Rocha Quotes

Modeling is fun, but unless it's runway, it's just not my thing.

I was one of the first print models to go on the runway because I wanted to do runway. When I started doing the shows, I was the only print girl there.

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

I actually started modeling in Ethiopia, because that's where I grew up, and I started out by just doing little fashion shows for school, and I liked it so much that I started pursuing it.

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

I enjoy doing fashion shows and transforming myself into different looks for photo shoots.

I was always interested in fashion and beauty. I was fifteen when I was scouted in a flea market. Two years later, I arrived in New York. I was in awe because it was like another planet.

I don't do 'Image' magazine or high-fashion shows.

I went to New York to be a model. That's all I wanted to be.

When I'm on the road, a lot of the times - even though people don't really think it - we walk on heels and the runways are really long! My legs get a pretty good workout just from being on the runway.

Modeling is a way for me to continue with my sport, the hours are flexible and you can earn good money through photographic modeling and the catwalk

No, I don't think I have the same body type as the other models in shows. No, I don't think I am the best at any given show. Yes, I want a unique walk, but I also know I have to improve.

I was in Paris, Milan and London from '89 until '91, and I did mostly runway modeling. I know there's so many people out there looking for pictures, but this was way before the age of the Internet, sorry!

When I was a teenager, I thought maybe I'll be a filmmaker, making film documentaries. My dream when I was a girl was I would be hired by 'National Geographic' or work with David Attenborough, but it didn't happen. I became a model.

I want to continue modeling and do the best that I can with that.

I love, love, love fashion so much. That's why I became a model in the first place.

I became obsessed watching fashion TV shows when I was a teenager and recognized that I had the height and body frame. I especially became hooked when I saw on 'E! True Hollywood Story' how much a model can make and how I can achieve a better living for my family and me.

I was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD.

It might shock you, but I haven't been to that many fashion shows, and I'd never done a commissioned piece for a fashion house.

I always knew I wanted to be in television when I was a kid, and I knew I wanted to model.

On 'America's Next Top Model,' I mentor girls on television. When that TV goes off, I actually mentor other girls in the modeling industry - girls that have not been on 'Top Model,' but who appear in 'Vogue' worldwide.

I'd gone to Manhattan to become a model.

I love presentations more than fashion shows. I love speaking to people and walking them through the collection.

I want to do other things like more fashion campaigns.

I think to be a supermodel you first had to be a model, and I think people are jumping and missing that stage.