[lfjokes] The Wisdom of Supermodels

[Simondo]

One seeks inspiration and turns to the Bible, the Koran, the Bhagavad Gita,
the Tao Te Ching, the Torah.  But sometimes they're not enough. That's when
you need...  

                        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 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 SELF-ESTEEM "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 Patitz   

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 PRIORITIES "I would rather exercise than read a newspaper."
 *       Kim Alexis   

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

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 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 PARADOX "Sometimes I get lonely, but it's nice to be alone."
 *       Tatjana Patitz   

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

ON INSTINCT "If I'm making a movie and get hungry, I call time-out and eat 
some crackers."
 *       Carol Alt   

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 ECONOMICS "I don't even wake up for less than $10,000 a day."
 *       Linda Evangelista   

ON THINKING "When I model I pretty much go blank. You can't think too 
much or it doesn't work."
 *       Paulina Porizkova   

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

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   

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