But sometimes they're not enough. That's when you need...
The Wisdom of Supermodels
ON POVERTY
"Everyone should have enough money to get plastic surgery."
-Beverly Johnson
ON FATE
"I wish my butt did not go sideways, but I guess I have to face that."
-Christie Brinkley
ON SELF-ESTEEM
"I loved making 'Rising Sun.' I got into the psychology of why she liked to get strangled and tied up in plastic bags. It has to do with low self-worth."
-Tatjana Patitz
ON ARRIVING
"Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take."
- Kathy Ireland, star of 'Alien From L.A.' and 'Danger Island'
ON PRIORITIES
"I would rather exercise than read a newspaper."
-Kim Alexis
ON INNER STRENGTH
"I love the confidence that makeup gives me."
-Tyra Banks
ON TRAVEL
"I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care."
-Tyra Banks
ON BREAKTHROUGHS
"Once I got past my anger toward my mother, I began to excel in volleyball and modeling."
- Gabrielle Reece
ON THE BASICS
"It's very important to have the right clothing to exercise in. If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it's not inspiring for your workout."
- Cheryl Tiegs
ON PARADOX
"Sometimes I get lonely, but it's nice to be alone."
- Tatjana Patitz
ON TRAGEDY
"The worst was when my skirt fell down to my ankles, but I had on thick tights underneath."
- Naomi Campbell
ON INSTINCT
"If I'm making a movie and get hungry, I call time-out and eat some crackers."
- Carol Alt
ON OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS
"I tried on 250 bathing suits in one afternoon and ended up having little scabs up and down my thighs, probably from some of those with sequins all over them."
- Cindy Crawford
ON ECONOMICS
"I don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day."
- Linda Evangelista
ON THINKING
"When I model I pretty much go blank. You can't think too much or it doesn't work."
- Paulina Porizkova
ON DEPRIVATION "If they had Nautilus on the Concorde, I would work out all the time."
- Linda Evangelista
ON MOTIVATION
"It was kind of boring for me to have to eat, I would know that I had to, and I would."
- Kate Moss
ON VERSATILITY
"I can do anything you want me to do so long as I don't have to speak."
- Linda Evangelista