Marie Helvin Quotes
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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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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.
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My favourite scent... changes every day. I have a cupboard full - so many I can't begin to tell you.
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People were endlessly trying to set me up with 'eligible' men, and I enjoyed going on a galaxy of dates.
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The only thing I can't change is the elasticity of my skin.
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We don't do funerals in my family.
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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.
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I'm good at many, many things, but the one thing I've never been good at is relationships.
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I was addicted to 'The Monkees' TV programme - not so much because of the music but because of the commercials in between. The programme was sponsored by Yardley, and in the commercial breaks, there would be these English girls on roller skates, wearing hot pants, and I just thought, 'God! How neat!'
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I love to lounge, and I particularly love to eat outdoors. It's a throwback to my childhood in Hawaii. I have memories of coming out of the sea and eating corn chips with a strawberry vanilla slush.
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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.
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Surgery is not going to improve your skin - all it's going to do is make you look tighter, like Joan Rivers!
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Even in the early Eighties, when I was one of the most successful models in Britain, I didn't really have a voice. Time after time, when I should have spoken up, I simply walked away.
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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.
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I think a mother needs to be with mothers. I don't know what they talk about.
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The average British woman is a size 12 to 14, but in modelling, a size 12 is considered huge, which is ridiculous.
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Smiling makes you and others feel better, and it makes you look younger.
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Cheating is never to do with how attractive you are.
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I haven't eaten meat since I was 17, so I take Vitamin C, a B complex, Omegas-3-6-9, glucosamine, and antioxidants to make sure my body stays healthy.
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I have sun damage. I cover it up with make-up.
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I don't have children, and I'm not in a relationship, so I have the time to devote to myself.
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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.
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I have nothing against cosmetic procedures, but I don't want my face lasered. Also, people are naive about how much you can do with make-up and lighting, and I've learned from the best.
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I'm slim for professional reasons, and I work at it. I really want to continue working. There aren't that many models who are still doing it at 60.