Sara Sampaio Quotes

No, I don't think I have the same body type as the other models in shows. No, I don't think I am the best at any given show. Yes, I want a unique walk, but I also know I have to improve.

Modeling chose me, I didn't choose modeling.

Because I'm on the runway with some of the best models in the industry.

I was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD.

I'd never planned on being a model.

I was always interested in fashion and beauty. I was fifteen when I was scouted in a flea market. Two years later, I arrived in New York. I was in awe because it was like another planet.

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

As a kid, I always looked up to supermodels, thinking about how amazing they are. I always wanted to be in photos.

I've been told I'd make a great parts model.

I want to model and I want to do whatever it takes to be a 'Sports Illustrated' swimsuit model.

I was in middle school at a bat mitzvah, and a fashion photographer, Suzy Gorman, came up to me and asked me if I considered being a model. I did a shoot with her, and than I signed with an agency in Saint Louis.

I started my career as a swimsuit model. My first big break in America was 2007, 'Sports Illustrated' Swimsuit Issue.

I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone.

The world of modeling can be hard; just as cruel as it is glamorous.

I think modeling is interesting because every season, what the modeling world finds beautiful changes. Like Kate Moss, she was 5'6" and was so thin and had no curves, and that was in for a while.

Modeling is always something I've really admired because I've seen my mum and sister do it.

Just being a model, you're not supposed to speak ever, really.

I'm not really a model.

I think it's every girl's dream, a little bit, to be a model because it seems from the outside to be a glamorous industry and I was really into fashion, and I remember just being excited and wanting to be part of that.

I'd gone to Manhattan to become a model.

I wanted to model when I was younger.

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

I did a little modeling in Minnesota, but because I was a heavier 'model,' I didn't pursue it much when I lived there.

I can't stand when girls come to me and say they want to be a model, but they can't tell me who the top three photographers are in the world. They can't tell me who the top five biggest models are or name three cosmetics companies. They can't even name the top fashion magazines! You have to get it together and know your stuff.

My big break was when I won 'Search for a Supermodel Australia,' and then I came second in the world series, and that was all good, but I was just having fun; it wasn't real to me.