Gelila Bekele Quotes

I've been told I'd make a great parts model.

A lot of people think that to make it as a model you just need to be pretty and slim, but they're wrong. There's a lot of hard work involved. You have to be very focused, know what kind of work you're aiming for.

Just for you to know, people, models, are very smart. We're investing money in the right way, and, you know, a modeling job I'm taking as a businesswoman. So it's not fun for me; it's work.

Before, models had that rock star life and it was all about going to the parties and having that glamorous life, and I think these days, models are more like businesswomen and the whole industry takes it really serious.

I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.

The barrier to entry, to being a model, is not hard work. You don't need a degree. You don't need to win an award. It's just about how you look.

I was backstage in Paris and saw Cindy Crawford doing House Of Style. I thought, I would love to to be in control of my career.

It's been an extraordinary journey. I have learned so much along the way. I entered the modeling industry as a business person already. I always knew I belonged on the other side of the camera.

When I started out modelling, people kept warning me that I would only last five years.

When I'm a gender capitalist in the fashion world, I basically can go to any casting that I want to as long as somebody likes my face.

In order to maintain your longevity, you have to know the business. It's not about just rapping and performing.

I realized that good looks is not enough to be an actress for a long time.

When I started modeling, I didn't know anything about fashion, but I'd watched the Victoria's Secret show.

Having worked with many of the world's top modeling agencies for the last decade, I've seen what works and doesn't work in managing a model's career.

I'm slim for professional reasons, and I work at it. I really want to continue working. There aren't that many models who are still doing it at 60.

When I go to shoots, the young models are excited to see me. It proves they can have long and successful careers, too.

When I modeled, my name always came with a preface: 'the voluptuous Sophie Dahl.' I was the anti-waif, as round as a Rubens.

I want to model and I want to do whatever it takes to be a 'Sports Illustrated' swimsuit model.

Models are a business, and they have to treat themselves as a business, which means they have to take care of themselves and give up all the young joys.

I began working as a model because I was born thin. I didn't become thin to be a model.

I love modeling, and I want other girls to enjoy the experience.

I am a 100 percent determined to be a Victoria's Secret model.

Nowadays, we have to break the molds to what it means to be a model in 2016.

So many girls trying to be models, like, 'Oh my god, I want to be a model!' Nobody really knows the reality of it. It's a lot of hard work, but at the same time, it's a lot of fun.

I think every athlete is an entrepreneur. Our job is to better our product to present to a new team every year.