I was lucky to have a successful career as a model, but that was just a way to pay off my college loans.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was fortunate enough to model, but it was always work for me. It was a way to support myself and finance acting classes.
I never thought modeling would become my career. I thought it was something I'd do to pay my way through college.
I wanted to become a model since I was a kid.
I went to a modeling agency and said I wanted to be a model. I worked, worked, worked so much while I was studying.
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.
The real way I became a model is I won a genetic lottery, and I became the recipient of a legacy.
I never really wanted to be a model. But when the opportunity came, I grabbed it.
There wasn't really one time in my life where I was like, 'I want to be a model!'
I had a good career. I've been very fortunate.
I had no luck when I started out as a model. I keep telling people that it's the only career in the world that you can't choose for yourself - you have to be chosen.