Coco Rocha Quotes

On 'America's Top Model,' I've always told my girls to smile with their eyes. We call it 'smizing.' Over the years, it's actually become part of pop culture. I would be walking down the street, and girls would say, 'Smize!'

One time, I was posing on a car for a calendar shoot. I was doused with oil and literally slid off the car, bikini, heels and all!

I've only done one shoot where it's modeling clothes, not like me in my environment. And the stylist, literally, I had her stand behind the photographer and do poses.

Pictorial is something that I am not used to. You have to pose, smile, bend your arm, straighten up, look to the left.

I like to have fun on photo shoots.

The hair and makeup is very important in a fashion picture. When I create a look for a girl, it starts with the makeup. Sometimes it takes an entire day to find the look.

Modeling isn't all that tough.

I really love 'America's Next Top Model.' I'm always tweeting about it, and people are like, 'You need to get a life!' Any time I do a photo shoot, I always think, 'What would Tyra say?'

A model needs to know how to project herself into the camera.

People think modeling's mindless, that you just stand there and pose, but it doesn't have to be that way. I like to have a lot of input. I know how to wear a dress, whether it should be shot with me standing or sitting.

I do find it strange, doing magazine shoots. Photographers always go, 'Why don't you like to have your picture taken? That's what you do for a living anyway. Just pretend you're acting. It's the same thing!'

When you're modeling you're actually acting for the camera and the photographer. It's more fun, too because there are no lines to memorize.

The photo shoot I always feel a bit embarrassed about because I don't really know what to do with myself, but they usually don't use a bad photo, so you can't worry too much. So my main concern is that I just look a bit more like myself.

I guess you can consider photo shoots modeling, but it's never really interested me. I find it somewhat boring, actually. It wouldn't be something I would do.

Cause I'm a musician, I'm not really good at posing and being a model, like, modeling.

No one can look bad when you've been lit for six hours.

Anyone can look good if you have 500-flash bulbs exploding in your face.

People think fashion shows take hours - it's 15 minutes. You walk in, do red carpet, take the pictures, you sit down... and then it's over.

In ten years of modeling, I've trained myself to relax and be able to use my upper body.

I got scouted for modeling on the street. I'm such a tomboy - still am. I just never thought about modeling before, but I thought, 'Ooh, interesting, similar world, perhaps it's a way into something.' Then, I was on my third photo shoot ever, and Adam Leech from 'Downtown Abbey' saw me reading poetry and asked me to recite some.

On photo shoots I've always had to do that - take direction and whatnot.

I'm a model, I have to be confident in front of a camera otherwise I wouldn't be doing my job.

Part of my job is getting dressed up and having my picture taken and the best way of dealing with that is finding a way of enjoying it.

Most actors don't like doing still photo shoots, but I love them. I'm very comfortable, and I enjoy the clothes, looking good, and freezing the moment.

Whenever you have a photo shoot or something like that, it’s like-you just feel dumb. It’s just so stupid.