Melissa Ordway Quotes

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.

Not every model wants to be an actress.

I started modeling before '1992,' and I had already done Calvin Klein and Target and Gap and Diesel, Reebok, so I had been modeling for a little bit.

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

I've done modeling since I was 18, but it didn't take off until I moved to Los Angeles. Modeling has always been something I've been really good at, and has been something that's helped pay bills.

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.

When I was little, I never wanted to be a model or really thought of doing this job. I'm from a small city, Yongzhou Hunan in the south of China - not a big place for fashion.

I happened to be spotted by a modeling agent who offered me a part-time job at 16. Everything happened very quickly after that - advertising campaigns, fashion shows, editorial shoots.

I modeled from the time I was 15 until I was 20.

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

Modelling's not something I want to do just on its own, but I always want it to be a part of my life.

My younger years of modeling were really just filled with fun trips. I was doing catalogues for Alexander's and Bloomingdale's.

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 wanted to become a model and an actress.

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.

My son doesn't really want to model as a career, so I am not worried about him entering into the industry.

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

When I started modeling, all I really wanted to get was a Shabby Chic couch.

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

I did a bit of baby modeling. I loved it.

I started my modelling career by sending my pictures to American Apparel and eventually meeting my friend Petra Collins, who started shooting me for magazines around New York. I ended up signing a modelling contract with Wilhelmina Models a couple of years later.

I didn't really enjoy modeling in Bombay. I floated through it in the hopes that I would get my ticket to the next big thing. There was no real joy that I got out of it, to be really honest.

I suppose I have stopped modeling officially. I've not done any for a good long while now. I think it was four years ago when my feelings were changing towards the industry. I didn't hate it, but I was yearning to do something different. I was on a gradient. It was a gradual thing.

Acting wasn't even in my world at all. My oldest sister worked at 'Glamour' magazine and said I should model, but I had no interest.