The Wisdom of Supermodels

ON COURAGE: "They were doing a full back shot of me in a swimsuit and I thought,
"Oh my God, I have to be so brave." See, every woman hates herself from
behind." — Cindy Crawford

ON SELF-KNOWLEDGE: "Everywhere I went, my cleavage followed. But I learned I am
not my cleavage." — Carole Mallory

ON POVERTY: "Everyone should have enough money to get plastic surgery." —
Beverly Johnson

ON FATE: "I wish my butt did not go sideways, but I guess I have to face
that." — Christie Brinkley

ON ARRIVING: "Because modeling is lucrative, I’m able to save up and be more
particular about the acting roles I take." — Kathy Ireland (star of Alien From L.A.
and Danger Island)

ON CAREER CHOICES: "My boyfriend thinks I lost my true calling to be a
librarian." — Paulina Porizkova

ON PRIORITIES: "I would rather exercise than read a newspaper." — Kim Alexis

ON GEOPOLITICS: "Mick Jagger and I just really liked each other a lot.  We
talked all night. We had the same views on nuclear disarmament." — Jerry Hall

ON INNER STRENGTH: "I love the confidence that makeup gives me." — Tyra
Banks

ON DEATH: "Richard (Gere) doesn’t really like me to kill bugs, but sometimes I
can’t help it." — Cindy Crawford

ON TRAVEL: "I haven’t seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven’t
seen anything. I don’t really care." — Tyra Banks

ON BREAKTHROUGHS: "Once I got past my anger toward my mother, I began to excel in
volleyball and modeling." — Gabrielle Reece

ON EPIPHANY: "I just found out that I’m one inch taller than I thought." —
Christie Brinkley

ON HEREDITY: "My husband was just OK looking. I was in labor and I said to him,
‘What if she’s ugly? You’re ugly.’" — Beverly Johnson

ON THE BASICS: "It’s very important to have the right clothing to exercise in. If
you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it’s not inspiring for your workout." —
Cheryl Tiegs

ON INTRODUCTIONS: "I think most people are curious about what it would be like to
be able to meet yourself — it’s eerie." — Christy Turlington

ON COURTSHIP: "The soundtrack to ‘Indecent Exposure’ is a romantic mix of music
that I know most women love to hear, so I never keep it far from me when women are
nearby." — Fabio

ON THE CONSERVATION OF MATTER: "I’ve looked in the mirror every day for 20 years.
It’s the same face." — Claudia Schiffer

ON TRAGEDY: "The worst was when my skirt fell down to my ankles — but I had on
thick tights underneath." — Naomi Campbell

ON SURVIVAL: "If I’m making a movie and get hungry, I call time-out and eat some
crackers." — Carol Alt

ON THE CASTE SYSTEM: "We’re not Prince Charles and Princess Di. We don’t think of
ourselves as royalty. We happen to be working people." — Christie Brinkley

ON OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS: "I tried on 250 bathing suits in one afternoon and ended
up having little scabs up and down my thighs, probably from some of those with sequins all
over them." — Cindy Crawford

ON THINKING: "When I model I pretty much blank. You can’t think too much or it
doesn’t work." — Paulina Porizkova

ON LOGIC: "I think, If my butt’s not too big for them to be photographing it, then
it shouldn’t be too big for me." — Christy Turlington

ON BODY PARTS: "I don’t know what to do with my arms. It just makes me feel weird
and I feel like people are looking at me and that makes me nervous." — Tyra Banks

ON BODY LANGUAGE: "You can usually tell when I’m happy by the fact that I’ve
gained weight." — Christy Turlington

ON DEPRIVATION: "If they had Nautilus on the Concorde, I would work out all the
time." — Linda Evangelista

ON VERSATILITY: "I can do anything you want me to do so long as I don’t have to
speak." — Linda Evangelista

ON THE GRIEF PROCESS: "When my Azzedine jacket from 1987 died, I wrapped it up in
a box, attached a note saying where it came from and took it to the Salvation Army. It was
a big loss." — Veronica Webb

ON VENGEANCE: "Girls are always getting mad at each other and they tell their
hairdresser to purposely mess up another girl’s hair." — Tasha

ON MOTIVATION: "It was kind of boring for me to have to eat. I would know that I
had to, and I would." — Kate Moss

…and my personal favorite…

ON ECONOMICS: "I don’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day." — Linda
Evangelista