Marie Helvin Quotes
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I like living on my own. I'm happy for a man to come over. I'll cook for him; he can spend the night occasionally, but then I want him to leave. I'm too independent.
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I am a vegetarian. I don't want to have anything injected into me that I can't eat. I am a real health nut. I look after myself well.
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When I do wear heels, I prefer to only wear them to dinner, where I'll be sitting down most of the time.
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I can't stand small babies. I would rather give birth to a kitten or a colt... a little pony.
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A secret control slip is a wonderful invention. It sculpts and lifts the bum and smooths the hips.
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I wouldn't mind being in a relationship, but there's no reason to marry.
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I've been lucky: my Japanese genes - from my mother's side - and a lifelong moisturising routine have helped keep me looking good.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I've never met a size zero person. Is Paris Hilton a size zero? I've met her. She looked very thin, but she looked very healthy. She had beautiful skin.
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Not having alcohol has kept the weight off around my waist; my skin feels so much better, and I am sleeping really well.
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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.
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My marriage to David Bailey ended one morning in 1983, while he was away on a photo-shoot.
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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.
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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.
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The two times I have cut my hair shorter, I've ended up out of work - so short hair is not an option.
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The only thing I can't change is the elasticity of my skin.
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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.
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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.
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I'm well trained. The only reason I am this slim is that I have to fit into the clothes. The samples are size 8, and I am naturally a size 10 to 12. I have been on a diet for my entire life.
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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.
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A lot of women lose definition around their waist as they get older, which can mean their bottom half can look shapeless.
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I don't see myself as the next Carmen Dell'Orefice. I'd rather be fat and happy, sitting on a beach in Hawaii eating pizza.