Vittoria Ceretti Quotes

Because I'm on the runway with some of the best models in the industry.

My dreams came true while wearing the opening look from the spring/summer 2010 Dior ready-to-wear collection. I will never forget how special I felt opening John Galliano's show, like I was living a dream.

One of my dreams is to walk down the runway during Fashion Week!

Walking the shows at New York Fashion Week was such a great high.

It would be a dream come true to model for Louis Vuitton, Balmain, or Celine.

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.

I had never been to a fashion show before going to the Burberry show last month. It was an extraordinary spectacle. I was incredibly green and had no idea what an undertaking it is. I also have a new respect for models because they are so close to the front row and must be so self-conscious.

The designers usually don't like to say until we're on the runway. Like when I did Prada last year, I couldn't mention doing Prada or even Tweet or take a picture and put it on Twitter saying I was backstage at the Prada show. And Dolce was the same thing. They like to keep a little surprise, I guess, a little secret for everybody.

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

I was shopping with my mother in 2006 and saw that there was a model casting going on. A couple of months later, I was one of the fifteen finalists in an international contest.

I was the muse of Tom Ford and Gucci for years, but that was a long time ago.

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

I created 'America's Next Top Model' one-hundred percent. I was in my kitchen making tea one morning, and I looked out the window, and the idea popped into my head. I wanted it to be 'American Idol' meets 'Ford Supermodel of the Year' meets 'The Real World.'

Years ago I was a runway model, and I used to get laughs. I thought it was a joke anyway.

I am still in love with couture because it is just two months from drawing pad to runway so everything on the catwalk is hot from the oven.

I'd gone to Manhattan to become a model.

Oh my God, the graduate shows in London are so important! I still remember going to see John Galliano's graduate collection - that was an event I'll never forget.

In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.

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.

Fashion Week is so important for designers.

I was asked to model but I never took up the offer.

When I was a little girl, I lived for modeling and fashion - I used to love, love, love modeling.

I wanted to become a model since I was a kid.

I was able to participate in New York Fashion Week and walk down the runway. I participated in a pizza contest in Canada.

I never expected to be a model. I never expected to be a stylist. Or a designer.