Nicole Trunfio Quotes

I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone.

I started my career as a swimsuit model. My first big break in America was 2007, 'Sports Illustrated' Swimsuit Issue.

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.

The world of modeling can be hard; just as cruel as it is glamorous.

When I came out of school I didn't even think that modeling was a job.

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'd never planned on being a model.

Saying you want to be a model when you grow up is akin to saying you want to win the Powerball when you grow up. It's awesome, and it's out of your control, and it's not a career path.

I'd gone to Manhattan to become a model.

I'm so glad this worked out for me, I do think I know how to be a good model.

The reality show 'America's Next Top Model' is my girlie pleasure.

When I was 17, I entered a modeling contest in my home province in China because my mother wanted me to learn better posture. And the rest is history!

I never thought I would model for more than a few years.

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

There wasn't really one time in my life where I was like, 'I want to be a model!'

I was 19 or 20 when I won Miss India and then did some exciting work in fashion.

To me, it's a little odd to ever think 'model into actor.' I modeled once. I was about as far from a decent model as you can possibly be. I did not enjoy the world at all. I fell in my stilettos quite a bit.

Modelling is an incredible platform.

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

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?'

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

I modeled for 4 years before I felt like I had my big break.

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.

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.'