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I've been lucky enough to have been given a platform through modeling, so now I can use it as an activist.
When I started modeling, I didn't know anything about fashion, but I'd watched the Victoria's Secret show.
Modeling wasn't the thing that was going to define me in any way; it was just a way to make a lot of money.
I never had an ambition to go into modeling, originally. I still can't believe how quickly it all took off.
Modeling is the best because you have to look hot, which comes easy to me, you know. I'm blessed with that.
One of the things that fascinated me about modeling was that you had the freedom to look any way you wanted.
The way woman is defined by marketable modeling and commercial standards... It makes me feel alien to myself.
I did a school fashion show, and I got scouted there, but I wasn't very interested in modeling at that point.
I've been chasing some paychecks. Modeling. I don't discriminate against paychecks. I've got to pay the bills.
I began modeling in N.Y. and doing commercials. That led to regional theatre and then Broadway and then movies.
It took me a long time to be accepted as an actress, I think, because of the modeling and because of my mother.
I started modeling, doing the Sears catalog kind of thing, then did a lot of commercials when I was growing up.
My modeling career was really just a long accident - one that happened to coincide with my chocolate-cake phase.
Modeling is where my career started, and it's not something that I think I'm ever going to fully say goodbye to.
I love modeling but also see it as a platform for the million other things I want to achieve and create in life.
When I started modeling, it was like, 'Oh, she's too dark,' and I kind of looked at them like, 'You're too daft.'
I never thought modeling would become my career. I thought it was something I'd do to pay my way through college.
As part of modeling, I have acted in the advertisement films of popular brands. Then I got some offers from films.
I've, like, lived in a bikini my entire life, so modeling bikinis was, I don't know. It was just so natural to me.
I don't know why modeling worked for me, because I'm short. But I liked it because it let me buy my own furniture.
Modeling is really what I do during my free time. It's fun for me, so it doesn't feel like work. I choose to do it.
I went to a modeling agency and said I wanted to be a model. I worked, worked, worked so much while I was studying.
Modeling is a tough job, your co-workers are your rivals, it really puts a damper on your perspective of other girls.
There is something about the mindset of a scientist that is different - an awareness of uncertainty, modeling, proof.
Basketball is my main sport, which I got a lot of scholarships through, but I chose modeling over basketball, though.
I did a little modeling in Minnesota, but because I was a heavier 'model,' I didn't pursue it much when I lived there.
I always recognized that modeling would allow me to see and do a lot, so I looked for opportunities to learn and grow.
Modeling, for me, isn't about being beautiful but creating something interesting for people to look at and think about.
I entered the modeling industry as a business person already. I always knew I belonged on the other side of the camera.
Acting, it's very different. It's obviously very different and a lot more difficult than the modeling world I came from.
I found going to school when I was modeling very grounding. It's really kept my perspective on bigger things in my life.
With modeling, social media is such a humungous part of it now. You get jobs because of the amount of followers you have.
Modeling for a year taught me a lot. I got very involved in the fashion industry and met a bunch of people who I admired.
I don't know that it needs to be a transition from modeling to acting. I think that they can both exist at the same time.
To make money in New York, you have to add gigs when starting out, so while I was acting quite a bit, I would do modeling.
The thrill of acting is making a character real. Modeling is the opposite of real. It's being fake in front of the camera.
I was lonely as a young teenager and my only companion was an acoustic guitar. I would bring it with me on modeling trips.
Modeling is great because I don't have lines to memorize. But I find acting much more challenging - which is a good thing!
I'm having fun playing with clothes now. I didn't used to appreciate the clothes as much when I was modeling. It was a job.
Modeling is a great beginning, but it's also a kind of trap if you have any ambition or a mind that needs to be stimulated.
Modeling is just one of those things that goes along with acting. When it's offered, it's hard to say no, because it's fun.
All of my experiences modeling, acting, doing theater, it's all in the work now. And the work freed me to transform myself.
I did want to be a pilot. I wanted to be a military pilot because I liked airplanes. I was interested in modeling airplanes.
If you look through my photo album, they are all modeling poses. My mom was a young mom, so she took tons of pictures of me.
I did some modeling here and there but nothing really big. There was a time when I simply bummed around, waiting for offers.
With acting, the last thing you do is try to look pretty. Modeling actually makes acting harder - it makes you so self-aware.
When I went to L.A., I started modeling, hoping to travel and learn from photographers. It led to auditions to do commercials.
Modeling is one of the few professions where women out-earn men, and that's because we're more valuable objects and ornaments.
I started the cosmetics in 1994 after I stopped modeling, out of my frustration as a woman of color not finding what I needed.
Modeling was never anything that was a career choice. I did catalog work in Toronto to make money so that I could go to school.