Coco Rocha Quotes

If I tried to start modeling right now, I wouldn't be a supermodel because it's all about celebrity.

I was never a model-y model. I was doing it as a job, but people didn't even know I was a model.

Don't get me wrong: 'America's Next Top Model' is fantastic. They've done 20 seasons, so they've obviously done something right. But I think what ensures that the winner of 'The Face' will become a working model is the prize - a year-long contract with a cosmetics company is huge.

I dreamt of being an Aerie model before I came to New York. That was one of the main reasons I came to New York and wanted to get signed.

To be able to play a couple of decades, I never thought I'd play that long.

When I came out of school I didn't even think that modeling was a job.

I never thought modeling would become my career. I thought it was something I'd do to pay my way through college.

I had 30-something years' experience in modeling, which is rare.

Models are what they are... people who model clothing, that's all.

Being a model, you know, it's a short-lived vocation.

In 1974, the modeling world changed. Jerry Ford and my lawyer negotiated the deal for the first exclusive contract in modeling history.

I did a modeling gig for Burberry once, and it was a great experience, but no I am not a model. I want to be a model because it's a lot easier than acting.

Being a Victoria's Secret model, which was always my dream.

I'd gone to Manhattan to become a model.

I was asked to model but I never took up the offer.

If in sports you have a life cycle for 10 or 15 years, in fashion, you have no cycle; you're in it forever as long as you stay healthy. And I want to be in it forever.

I wanted to become a model since I was a kid.

I never really wanted to be a model. But when the opportunity came, I grabbed it.

Modeling is not something you excel because you are clever but is based on physical appearance, but then you have to be a businesswoman, like, to keep your longevity.

There are highlights when you become irreplaceable as a model, like when you become a muse to designers. They look at you differently; you're not a coat hanger for hire.

When I was little, I always wanted to be a model.

During the four years I had spent in New York, I had achieved top status as a model and had worked for the best photographers and designers in the world. I had grown used to hearing that I was exotic and high-fashion.

I went to a local modeling school when I was about 10 and learned to walk the runway.

I never thought I would model for more than a few years.

When I was signed by Elite Model Agency, my mom felt it was the right place as it was a professional agency.