Marie Helvin Quotes
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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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Smiling makes you and others feel better, and it makes you look younger.
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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'm not a pretty-boy kind of a girl; the Brad Pitts don't do anything for me.
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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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Whilst I may look good, I do find it hard to find the right man.
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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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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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My livelihood depends on my surface beauty, but when I wash my face, I see a real person there.
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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 go to the gym four times a week for 45 minutes to an hour without fail; I like using weights for muscle tone and the bike and rower for my heart rate. I do quite a lot of floor exercises.
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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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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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I don't have any children, but I can leave my land to an animal sanctuary. That is what I dream about, not bags, not shoes.
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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 never get asked out by men my own age, as they all want to go out with 20-year-olds, and the men that do ask me out are too young.
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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 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 grew up in neighbouring Hawaii, where Tahiti is regarded as a brother.
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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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It would be nice to see a fashion range that is geared towards a vibrant, sexual, confident 50-something.
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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 don't do a lot of looking back; I tend to look ahead.
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Men are intimidated by me: I very rarely get asked out.