Marie Helvin Quotes
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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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Whilst I may look good, I do find it hard to find the right man.
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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'm 56 - I don't want to look like I'm 20.
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I don't particularly like children. That sounds awful, but I have nothing to say to them.
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I try to be as positive as I can because I truly believe I am my feelings, and if I'm sad, if I have regrets, they will show up as illnesses, they will show up as cancers... I don't want that.
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I am thrilled to be modelling the debut collection of Always Aliza. Janet Reger was such an iconic brand throughout my modelling career, and it feels great to now be modelling her daughter's range for JD Williams almost forty years on.
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I have sun damage. I cover it up with make-up.
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I hate Botox, but a fabulous-looking friend of mine told me her secret was this gadget that uses electrical impulses to tone your facial muscles. It works!
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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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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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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.
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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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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 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.
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If I'm on holiday, I travel light, but if it is a work trip, I take everything but the kitchen sink.
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As the years go by, you get to know yourself better and learn what works for you.
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It would be nice to see a fashion range that is geared towards a vibrant, sexual, confident 50-something.
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When I see images of a girl who is obviously far too thin, I am just as shocked as anyone else.
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I sometimes overeat or drink too much, but I don't eat chocolate, and I gave up smoking when I was 39.
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I was brought up by parents who embraced the 1960s and taught me that being faithful isn't the be-all and end-all.
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Men are intimidated by me: I very rarely get asked out.
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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.
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I grew up in neighbouring Hawaii, where Tahiti is regarded as a brother.