I never thought I'd make the pages of 'Sports Illustrated', because I've always been skinny.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Life magazine ran a page featuring me and three other girls that was clearly the precursor of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues.
Even if I did have, you know, a 'Sports Illustrated' body, I'd still wear elegant clothes.
I've always been a skinny man.
Every single model wants to be in 'Sports Illustrated,' and I feel extremely blessed to have that opportunity.
It's not good to put in a magazine what I weigh because it's too little. People freak out when they hear what I weigh. They think, 'Oh, you're too skinny.'
I've always been pathologically skinny.
Really, what I try to instill in my fans is to be healthy and happy. I have no desire to be super-skinny.
For a while I was on the cover of every Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, which was regarded as the pinnacle of success in America.
I was a subscriber to 'Sports Illustrated' like so many of us, and I was overwhelmed by a toxic mix of naivete and arrogance, and just thought to myself, 'I think I can write like this.'
The newspapers loved pinup pictures of pretty young swimmers, and as a national champion, I got more than my share of space in the sports pages.