Supermodel Jokes
4-11-13
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 CrawfordON POVERTY
"Everyone should have enough money to get plastic surgery."
-- Beverly JohnsonON FATE
"I wish my butt did not go sideways, but I guess I have to face that."
-- Christie BrinkleyON PSYCHOLOGY
"I loved making 'Rising Sun'. I got into the psychology of why she liked to get strangled and tied up in plastic bags. It has to do with low self-worth."
-- Tatjana PatitzON 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 PorizkovaON PRIORITIES
"I would rather exercise than read a newspaper."
-- Kim AlexisON 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 HallON INNER STRENGTH
"I love the confidence that makeup gives me."
-- Tyra BanksON DEATH
"Richard doesn't really like me to kill bugs, but sometimes I can't help it."
-- Cindy CrawfordON TRAVEL "I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care."
-- Tyra BanksON BREAKTHROUGHS
"Once I got past my anger toward my mother, I began to excel in volleyball and modeling."
-- Gabrielle ReeceON EPIPHANY
"I just found out that I'm one inch taller than I thought."
-- Christie BrinkleyON 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 JohnsonON 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 TiegsON INTRODUCTIONS
"I think most people are curious about what it would be like to be able to meet yourself -- it's eerie."
-- Christy TurlingtonON 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."
-- FabioON PARADOX
"Sometimes I get lonely, but it's nice to be alone."
-- Tatjana PatitzON THE CONSERVATION OF MATTER
"I've looked in the mirror every day for 20 years. It's the same face."
-- Claudia SchifferON TRAGEDY
"The worst was when my skirt fell down to my ankles -- but I had on thick tights underneath."
-- Naomi CampbellON INSTINCT
"If I'm making a movie and get hungry, I call time-out and eat some crackers."
-- Carol AltON 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 BrinkleyON 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 CrawfordON ECONOMICS
"I don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day."
-- Linda EvangelistaON THINKING
"When I model I pretty blank. You can't think too much or it doesn't work."
-- Paulina PorizkovaON 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 TurlingtonON 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 BanksON BODY LANGUAGE
"You can usually tell when I'm happy by the fact that I've gained weight."
-- Christy TurlingtonON DEPRIVATION
"If they had Nautilus on the Concorde, I would work out all the time."
-- Linda EvangelistaON MOTIVATION
"It was kind of boring for me to have to eat. I would know that I had to, and I would."
-- Kate MossON VERSATILITY
"I can do anything you want me to do so long as I don't have to speak."
-- Linda EvangelistaON 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 WebbON VENGEANCE
"Girls are always getting mad at each other and they tell their hairdresser to purposely mess up another girl's hair."
-- TashaON SELF-ESTEEM
"I'm a pretty girl who's a model who doesn't suck as an actress."
-- Cameron Diaz
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