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Modelling opened up the world to me. All my friends were bohemian artists and were a little bit appalled when I sold out and did something so bourgeois. I'd say, 'Come on, guys, with what I earn from this job, we can all go to Morocco.'

— Christie Brinkley

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Modeling, for me, was not fulfilling. I didn't see the point - although I was able to travel a great deal. I lived in Italy, Germany, and Spain, but I wasn't devoted to it.

— Tom Welling

In the early days of my modelling career, I think the industry was uncomfortable with how strikingly different I was.

— Erin O'Connor

Modeling gave me so many experiences, like traveling and being exposed to global cultures, but the most valuable lesson has been working with designers who truly are visionaries in their field.

— Iman

When I fell into modeling, because I wanted to work in fashion. I wanted to do styling or make-up. I ended getting picked up to be a model instead during my work experience.

— Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Modeling was never anything that was a career choice. I did catalog work in Toronto to make money so that I could go to school.

— Malin Akerman

When I came out of school I didn't even think that modeling was a job.

— Heidi Klum

If I wasn't modelling, I guess I would work in fashion as a buyer.

— Georgia Salpa

I wouldn't have taken up modeling as a profession. It was more of a hobby.

— Kriti Sanon

✗Opposing Perspectives

Modeling is a lonely business... You don't speak. You don't really portray anything but an image... the business is so superfluous about dealing with the outside, it messes with your mind.

— Kim Alexis

Modeling wasn't the thing that was going to define me in any way; it was just a way to make a lot of money.

— Michelle Phillips