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Most people compliment me on maintaining my femininity while I'm on the court. People like the fact that I model. My fans or little girls always say they want to play sports, but also want to be a model like me and I think that's great.

Modeling gave me an opportunity to be someone I'm not each day.

I don't think of myself as a model. I'm genderqueer, and I've got tattoos.

I always wanted to be a teacher or wanted to do something with food. But modeling, I just never thought I could do it myself, really, ever. I still have trouble calling myself a model. I just never thought I was tall enough or skinny enough.

Modeling is a tough job, your co-workers are your rivals, it really puts a damper on your perspective of other girls.

I never thought of a career of as a model, and it was a total surprise for me when I won the contest and became Miss Chelyabinsk. Then I started modelling in Paris.

Modeling is a profession where your worth is tied up with looks.

People call me a 'model-actress,' when I just never started with that... it's not my story.

When I was around 16 or 17, I got asked to model, but because I was very 'tomboy' at the time, I wasn't interested. But then I had a bit of teenage rebellion, and I saw modeling as an opportunity to get away from school and parents, so I thought, 'OK, maybe I will be a model.'