I started modeling at the age of 14, when I was in Std 9.
Modeling was something that fell into my lap. It was fun to travel and make money, but it always seemed like a hobby.
Apart from films I've been shooting a lot of ads and signing on with a lot of brands as their primary endorser.
When I went to Fashion Week, I was very disappointed by how few women of color were in those shows. I do speak to the younger girls, and I hear them when they say they're not getting the big contracts or into the big shows.
I didn't really enjoy modeling in Bombay. I floated through it in the hopes that I would get my ticket to the next big thing. There was no real joy that I got out of it, to be really honest.
I did a modeling gig once, but I am not a model. I want to be a model because it's a lot easier than acting.
I went to New York to be a model. That's all I wanted to be.
[There is] a breed of fashion models
I've done modeling since I was 18, but it didn't take off until I moved to Los Angeles. Modeling has always been something I've been really good at, and has been something that's helped pay bills.
A professional model is like a stuffed owl. These girls are alive.
And I only do what I do in life, which is model.
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.
I had 30-something years' experience in modeling, which is rare.
I modeled from the time I was 15 until I was 20.
I will definitely hook up my daughter if she decides to be a model.
While in Paris, I got into modeling - photographers would literally stop me on the street.
I thought if I could be a model, or even do commercials and stuff like that for the rest of my life, I’d be happy.
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!
Modeling is a great job to be in. You travel the world. You stay in one of the most fantastic places in the world. It is not always as glamorous as it looks, it's a lot of hard work, too, but it's a lot of fun at the same time.
We have a lot of trans friends. We know lots of people who have been trying to [model]; we know a lot about it.
I don't think modelling is a career I'm going to pursue.
I'm trying to work on my modelling career and remove myself from the whole FHM stigma. I want to be seen as a classic model.
We always had 'Vogue' in our house. But, when I was around 12, my Mom finally took me seriously about modeling and put a stack of magazines in front of me, then told me to study all the poses. The ones I loved the most were in 'Vogue.'
I started modeling because I thought it would be a good stepping stone for what I was studying (marketing), but since I started it I never had any intention to fail.
The industry has died as far as modeling has gone, and I'll tell you why. Magazines are featuring the Halle Berrys and Sarah Jessica Parkers, all the actresses. Makeup companies are featuring all the celebrities. All the models have died.
