At 24, I took time off to have a baby, and ever since, I have been juggling modelling with motherhood.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Motherhood has brought me many joys and insights, but the new perspective it granted me on the role I had inadvertently played in young women's lives for the 2 decades I spent in the modeling industry was downright sobering.
When I was young, I used to tell my mum that she had to get me on the TV, but then modelling just sort of happened.
I took a long period off to be a mom.
My mom was a photographer and whenever they needed a baby for a modelling job, she'd stick me in front of the camera. That's how it started.
My mom was a model. She had me at 20, so she was a young mother.
I started modelling quite late, at 20. In this industry, girls start when they're barely even 14 or 15.
I've always wanted to be a mom at 23, 24ish, ever since I was a little girl. I'm right on schedule.
Even when I was modelling, I never had a mom sitting on my head and a bunch of people waiting on me. I've always been independent. I'll do my thing and go.
I was an only child, and my mom threw me into some modeling classes to get me out of my shell.
I just decided to take some time off. I've been modeling since '93, '92, and that's a pretty long time. I'm a single mother and I chose to focus on her.