Shantel VanSanten Quotes

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

Modeling was something I wanted to try from a really young age.

Modeling is a job. Even my mum doesn't believe that I do work hard.

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

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

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

I had 30-something years' experience in modeling, which is rare.

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

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

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

Turns out moonlighting as a model is harder than I thought!

I started with the modeling.

When I fell into modeling, because I wanted to work in fashion. I wanted to do styling or make-up. I ended getting picked up to be a model instead during my work experience.

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

Being a model, you know, it's a short-lived vocation.

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.

Nick Knight was my first big gig as a 'real' model. Prior to and during 'ANTM,' I never actually called myself a model because I always viewed it as a hobby.

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

Modeling is where my career started, and it's not something that I think I'm ever going to fully say goodbye to.

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.

Modelling is something I couldn't see as my forte or something that I would do for the rest of my life.

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.

A lot of people have the misconception that modeling is a glamourous job, and it can be. But ultimately if you don’t like to stay quiet, and let people tell you what to do, and fuss on you… it may not be the right fit. If you decide it’s something you’re really passionate about though, go for it!

Modeling was another job like some of the other ones I had. Working as a cashier, I delivered newspapers, I worked in a retirement home feeding elderly people. . . so I never stopped and thought about, boy, I'm a successful model.

I thought if I could be a model, or even do commercials and stuff like that for the rest of my life, I’d be happy.