The secrets almost killed me. I kept the secret of incest.
The secrets almost killed me. I kept the secret of incest.
People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic.
I've been the queen of dysfunction and made every mistake one can make.
I have a very vivid imagination.
I had to fight like hell to convince people I was beautiful in my own Polish half-breed way.
Mothers don't let your daughters grow up to be models unless you're present.
Celebrity is hawking make-up, cars, everything; it's shifted.
I find the light and work it, work it, work it.
I have to wake up and drink chamomile tea to slow down.
My first job was for a blue jean company as a sitting model. I posed for 15 minutes and made $50. It was 1976.
Beauty opened all the doors; it got me things I didn't even know I wanted, and things I certainly didn't deserve.
I'm addicted to cosmetic surgery!
I'm able to move like no one else you've ever seen in front of a camera.
I was lusted after walking down the streets of New York.
Everyone steals from something or someone.
I was hot and I knew it and it went to my head.
But as a young model, I never felt as beautiful as I looked.
America's Next Top Model.
And I will never, ever respond to anybody - man, woman, vegetable, or mineral - who tells me to keep my mouth shut.
Every six months I fly to Dallas to get botox and I also get collagen injections.
I'm keeping my acerbic wit completely fueled.
Gina doesn't know how to laugh at herself. She has a problem feeling comfortable and confident and making any pose stick.
As the saying goes, I want to be the best-looking corpse there is.
I lived the stuff that Jackie Collins writes about.
Follow sound business trends, not fashion trends.
I'm aiming to become the white Oprah.
I can wrap my legs around my neck.
I grew up in an abusive home and was told on a daily basis by my father that I would never amount to anything and that I looked like a boy.
I borrow bits from everyone.
But you see, that's the gilded prison of fashion. We're riding in private jets, and meantime I was so incredibly, painfully sad and lonely.
I was shaped by my mistakes.
In my day, I, being the first supermodel, I hawked everything.
Without gay men, I am nothing.
I've been on the cover of every magazine in the world.
I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft.
I got a book deal without even turning in one shred of a writing sample.
If that's her attitude, she shouldn't be in modeling. She should be working at Avis.
Money is like hormones. It's just how you feel on any given day.
What's my motto when it comes to money? Don't put so much emphasis on it!
I'm not addicted to plastic surgery, but I need it. I'm 50-years-old and I'm on television... I can't have that chicken neck-thing going.
Self-help books are for the birds. Self-help groups are where it's at.
If you think I'm over-the-top, I am.
I wish I'd gotten sober at a younger age.
Photo shoots for underage girls are like letting an ant walk around with honey.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories