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I started to model because I thought I could use it as an excuse to others, like, 'Yeah, I'm tall because I'm a model.'

And anyway, modeling wasn't for me. I'm too short. I've got a big butt. It wasn't going to happen.

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.

To me, it's a little odd to ever think 'model into actor.' I modeled once. I was about as far from a decent model as you can possibly be. I did not enjoy the world at all. I fell in my stilettos quite a bit.

I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.

I definitely don't think of myself as an actual male model. I'm far too short and my legs are far too muscular.

I'm not pretty. The truth is I didn't think I could be a model at all. I was looking at some of the guys on the walls at Irene Marie and I thought to myself 'Jesus Christ. I can't do this. I don't look anything like these guys'.

I'm not really a model.

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.