Leryn Franco Quotes

I was one of the first print models to go on the runway because I wanted to do runway. When I started doing the shows, I was the only print girl there.

Modeling was something that fell into my lap. It was fun to travel and make money, but it always seemed like a hobby.

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.

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

I don't do 'Image' magazine or high-fashion shows.

While in Paris, I got into modeling - photographers would literally stop me on the street.

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

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.

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.

All I want to do is model. The reason I'm coming back is for the same reasons that I became a model initially. It's about the clothes and the creation of great pictures. I thought I was old and that I earned my retirement, and enough! It's not enough. I want more. And I'm lucky that I still have that option.

Modeling was successful for me. I didn't have to wait tables or anything like that, so that was nice. And I got to see the entire world.

No, I don't think I have the same body type as the other models in shows. No, I don't think I am the best at any given show. Yes, I want a unique walk, but I also know I have to improve.

Modeling was a way of financing my fighting. My fighter friends definitely made fun of me: 'I've seen you in your underwear, bro!' But once they realized the girls loved it, they asked, 'How do I get into it?'

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

I can't say modeling is a hard job. And it brings the money home.

I've always only wanted to model. It really is the only life I want.

I was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD.

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.

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.

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

I enjoy doing fashion shows and transforming myself into different looks for photo shoots.

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

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