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Most of our models have just walked in off the streets, although I also find them on countless trips to Europe - particularly Scandinavia. I operate by instinct. It's a process I cannot explain, but the prettiest girl on the block is not always the best model.

Italian girls are famous for being snobby and expecting men to make the first move. In America, if I don't make eye contact, the guys won't come over and talk. American girls just go for it. You men are spoiled.

You people married to Italian men, you know what it's like.

My neighborhood now is all 21-year-old European supermodels. I go to the international newsstand on the corner, and they're all looking for their pictures in 'Italian Vogue.'

Italian men do appreciate beautiful women. They're not afraid of the beauty, which is nice.

Traveling is the ruin of all happiness! There's no looking at a building after seeing Italy.

I've never been much of a European traveler. London once on a book tour, and Italy because that's where Ferraris are from. That's about it.

When it comes to my style, I'm a proper Italian woman of the modern age!

I live in Italy. I visit my family in Switzerland.

Before I started modeling, I had never been out of the country, and now I feel like I'm out of the country at least a few times a month, if not once a week.