Marie Helvin Quotes
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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.
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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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I wasn't interested in having children of my own. I know what would have happened - I'd have been left at home to look after the kids, and my career would have been over while my husband travelled the world.
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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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For modern fashion designers, bones are beautiful. I don't know why, but so many people are obsessed with the skeletal look.
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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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I love fashion, but I don't really do shopping.
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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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My favourite scent... changes every day. I have a cupboard full - so many I can't begin to tell you.
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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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Cheating is never to do with how attractive you are.
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I genuinely have to work - I don't have enough money not to. But the last thing I would want is to be looked after.
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I'm 56 - I don't want to look like I'm 20.
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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.
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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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I have sun damage. I cover it up with make-up.
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We don't do funerals in my family.
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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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People were endlessly trying to set me up with 'eligible' men, and I enjoyed going on a galaxy of dates.
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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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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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I'm not a pretty-boy kind of a girl; the Brad Pitts don't do anything for me.
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There are lots of things I would love to wear but wouldn't because I know they look stupid on me.
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I'm known for my big hair and curls.