I wish I could be a model, and then I could have this fantastic body and parade around and get paid for it.
When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help.
I would love to be a spokes model for Karl Lagerfeld or Balenciaga or something like that.
I wanted to become a model since I was a kid.
I started modeling when I was 13 or 14, I think.
I never thought I would model for more than a few years.
Runway is like an adrenaline rush.
I started modeling at the age of 14, when I was in Std 9.
Actually, I never really thought I would be a model. I never knew a lot about fashion and magazines, and I never paid attention to it. I was a young girl, though.
A runway is spectacle. It’s only fashion when a woman puts it on.
I'm the male Kate Moss.
During the four years I had spent in New York, I had achieved top status as a model and had worked for the best photographers and designers in the world. I had grown used to hearing that I was exotic and high-fashion.
I rarely had the opportunity to work as a full time model or to pursue a professional career in modelling, because school was always my priority.
Don't get me wrong: 'America's Next Top Model' is fantastic. They've done 20 seasons, so they've obviously done something right. But I think what ensures that the winner of 'The Face' will become a working model is the prize - a year-long contract with a cosmetics company is huge.
While choosing a fashion show, I take into consideration the designer and the collection. Then only I said yes to do a show.
I started modelling in college, but it was part time since I was kind of nerdy and wanted to finish my studies.
My grandmother told me that to be in fashion, one must be young and passionate about the work. At this moment, every aspect of my life is permeated by fashion - everything has a reference to my job.
I wouldn't have taken up modeling as a profession. It was more of a hobby.
I was a floor model at I. Magnin. I'm 5 feet 7, but my legs weren't long enough to be a big-time model. From the knees up, everything is long, but from ankle to knee, if I was in proportion, I'd be 5 feet 9.
You know, 'Project Runway' was a really special show, and we had a great five seasons with it. We loved that show, and we loved the stories that it brought to Bravo and the creativity. And it was a magic five seasons.
So to get back to being intimidated, yes, you get intimidated when you're on the runway with Naomi Campbell, who is the best runway model in the world.
If I do something, I want to be the best. And one of the best things you can be is a Victoria's Secret Angel; for me, that's always been a goal.
I loved my career as a model, and that evolved into being an actress.
I started my career as a swimsuit model. My first big break in America was 2007, 'Sports Illustrated' Swimsuit Issue.
I went to New York to be a model. That's all I wanted to be.
