Ashley Graham Quotes

I've never graced the cover of a fashion magazine.

Doing something for Victoria's Secret would be great - I love Doutzen Kroes. She's so special to look at but seems like a very normal person. She's true to herself - that's important to me.

I love the responsibility of being a Victoria's Secret spokesmodel. It's a great life skill.

I was successful very quickly. I was on the cover of 'Vogue' before I knew it.

I travel around the world, and there are so many beautiful girls, but that's not going to make you a supermodel. You have to have something more than just a pretty face.

I've always only wanted to model. It really is the only life I want.

A supermodel is kind of that first-name recognition, but I'm not quite ready for that super part yet, and I'm afraid that by the time I am, I'm going to be too old anyway.

As a little girl I always dreamed of having a cosmetics contract, which was the cherry on top of 'making it' in my opinion.

Every single model wants to be in 'Sports Illustrated,' and I feel extremely blessed to have that opportunity.

I'm like the Russian Tyra Banks.

I had started modelling and doing ramp shows. Then I signed the 'Kama Sutra' campaign. Overnight I became known as this sexy, hot chick.

I started at the top. My first job was the cover of 'Italian Vogue,' which is the equivalent essentially of winning an Academy Award. So, there was nowhere else to go from there.

If I do something, I want to be the best. And one of the best things you can be is a Victoria's Secret Angel; for me, that's always been a goal.

I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone.

By the time I was successful with covers of 'Vogue' and 'Harper's Bazaar' and 'Vanity Fair' and the Lancome contract, someone asked how old I was. They almost fainted when I said 33.

Kate is going to come back, she is going to be super-strong again. Everybody is going to want her again because she is that kind of person. She is very professional and beautiful and she is going to be around forever.

'Anna Nicole' came from Guess Jeans; Paul Marciano and me and one of his friends, we were sitting around coming up with a stage name, and that's where that came from.

I'd never planned on being a model.

I've been on the cover of every magazine in the world.

For a while I was on the cover of every Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, which was regarded as the pinnacle of success in America.

'Top Model' is pretty good, because it gives these girls an opportunity to chase their passion and possibly get a contract.

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

When I was a model, they called me 'Tyra;' now it's 'Ms. Banks.'

I became a cover girl and an editorial model, and then I became a runway model.

It's been amazing how this crazy career has been created. I feel that it's been given to me. I wouldn't be anywhere without Victoria's Secret.