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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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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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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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 don't particularly like children. That sounds awful, but I have nothing to say to them.
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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 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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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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Smiling makes you and others feel better, and it makes you look younger.
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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 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 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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Men are intimidated by me: I very rarely get asked out.
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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'm good at many, many things, but the one thing I've never been good at is relationships.
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I grew up in neighbouring Hawaii, where Tahiti is regarded as a brother.
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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 like naughty boys. I was married to David Bailey, who was one of the naughtiest. I like real men, and I like masculinity.
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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 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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There are loads of women that don't want children. What does it matter? I'm still a woman.
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When you live with a photographer, you never have a day off - it was a nightmare.
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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.