Nia Jax Quotes

I basically modeled my way through college, doing local runway shows in L.A. that don't pay a lot and a couple of shows in N.Y. and S.F., and I probably made the same as the average 19-year-old waiter; I just worked less and was around beautiful girls, so it was nice.

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.

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

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.

In White Plains I wasn't theatrical at all. I was a model and I used to take the train into New York three days a week to do travelogue work.

Throughout the years I've been working as a model, I've gathered lots of information on the process of creating fashion without even trying.

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 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!

I enjoyed working as a model a lot as it let me travel and I got to do some really interesting projects.

And I only do what I do in life, which is model.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Modeling is always something I've really admired because I've seen my mum and sister do it.

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've wanted to do some sort of acting stuff down the line, but modeling is a good way to get comfortable in front of the camera.

I started as a model in Holland and Chanel took me to New York when I was 19, after which I decided to stay.

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

I was an accidental model. One day I was asked to me a model by a neighbor who was short on models. Then I got into TV.

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

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.