Top 98 Quotes & Sayings by Marie Helvin - Page 2

I'm interested only in buying land in my native Hawaii so that one day I can live there and have the space to rescue animals.

When you get older, your skin tone changes; your hair probably changes colour, whether you dye it or not, and you just can't wear the colours you used to like anymore.

I had a very spoilt childhood. Not that my family were incredibly wealthy, but we lived on the beautiful island of Hawaii where everything was lush and in abundance.

I lost all my investments after everything crashed in 2001. Prior to that, I'd been living off the interest on my investments, which was very healthy because it allowed frequent travel, and I had a lovely apartment.

We are constantly driven to believe that women should look a set age or be a certain body size, which is fuelling an obsession with ever more dramatic and invasive steps.

A secret control slip is a wonderful invention. It sculpts and lifts the bum and smooths the hips.

My sister Naomi and I always wanted to go to Tahiti. We planned a fantastic holiday to visit several islands, but at the last moment, Naomi cancelled. It was the first time I'd holidayed alone, and it was absolutely the best.

I've slipped enough times over the years to know the peril of a too-smooth sole, so every time I buy a new pair, I take a pair of scissors or a piece of sandpaper to the bottoms to roughen them up. In my catwalk days, I even used to spit on the soles of shoes before I ventured down the runway.

I'm not keen on the English way of eating outside, on the street. I want food that is clean, not impregnated with toxic fumes.

I don't have any children, but I can leave my land to an animal sanctuary. That is what I dream about, not bags, not shoes.

My life has been charmed in the sense that I've met some extraordinary people. But at the end of the day, when you go home and you go to bed, and if you're on your own, you never think of yourself in that way. I'm sure not even people like Angelina Jolie think like that.

I love fashion, but I don't really do shopping.

For me, my 50s was the decade when my tolerance for heels faded. I'm in good shape and, at 8 st. 3 lb., I'm still the same weight I was in my 30s, but as you get older, the weight of your body shifts somehow.

I grew up in neighbouring Hawaii, where Tahiti is regarded as a brother.

My favourite scent... changes every day. I have a cupboard full - so many I can't begin to tell you.

When I began modelling in my late teens, I started to earn a lot of money very, very quickly, but I'd never been shown how to manage it properly.

For modern fashion designers, bones are beautiful. I don't know why, but so many people are obsessed with the skeletal look.

Although I eat healthily, I do enjoy a greasy fry-up, but usually only once a year. I've also got a big Kit-Kat addiction and buy them in bulk.

My fashion icons are Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly and Ava Gardner. Their classic looks and clean lines should be the cornerstones of your wardrobe - white cotton shirts, black Capri pants, pencil skirts and ballerina skirts.

When you've been touched by sadness and grief, it makes you vulnerable. And because I am vulnerable, I try to be positive. And when I say 'try,' I really do mean try, because it's an effort.

If I'm not in work, I don't wear any make-up.

There are lots of things I would love to wear but wouldn't because I know they look stupid on me.

People were endlessly trying to set me up with 'eligible' men, and I enjoyed going on a galaxy of dates.

The average British woman is a size 12 to 14, but in modelling, a size 12 is considered huge, which is ridiculous.

A lot of women lose definition around their waist as they get older, which can mean their bottom half can look shapeless.

I'm spoilt. I like my own space. I don't even own a microwave, and men don't like that. They want to be looked after.

I loved Le Taha'a private resort in Tahiti. It's accessible only by private boat or helicopter, and it sits on a tiny strip of land just big enough for one hotel. It's extraordinary and faces the Vanilla Island where Tahitians grow vanilla.

I've been lucky: my Japanese genes - from my mother's side - and a lifelong moisturising routine have helped keep me looking good.

I lost count of how many times photographers and designers would tell me to lose a bit of weight, especially as I got a little older and my body started to develop.

I always wear the same thing: a tight white shirt - I have about 50 - and tight black trousers.

When I do wear heels, I prefer to only wear them to dinner, where I'll be sitting down most of the time.

The fact is, after a certain age, high heels can feel as painful as someone sticking hot pins into the soles of your feet.

For most of us, no matter how slim, middle-aged spread really does set in, and your waist thickens, irrespective of whether you've had children or if you exercise regularly.

Most English people are horrified that I use soap, but I like it - it works for my skin. I try different soaps all the time, but I use very mild ones.

Myself and my two younger sisters and brother were paid for any chores, whether it was washing pop's car, sweeping the lawn or picking mangoes.

When I see images of a girl who is obviously far too thin, I am just as shocked as anyone else.

I don't do a lot of looking back; I tend to look ahead.

Since seeing Max Kirsten for insomnia - I'm finally achieving a good night's sleep, its just wonderful. He's my new secret weapon!