Marie Helvin Quotes
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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 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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Fresh seafood reminds me of Hawaii and eating raw ahi fish on the beach with a little soy sauce - instant sashimi.
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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'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 think a mother needs to be with mothers. I don't know what they talk about.
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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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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'm not a pretty-boy kind of a girl; the Brad Pitts don't do anything for me.
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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 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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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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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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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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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.
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I don't wear mini-skirts or shorts because I have thread veins on my legs and cellulite, and I won't wear tights.
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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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I have sun damage. I cover it up with make-up.
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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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Men are intimidated by me: I very rarely get asked out.
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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.