“The fashion industry is slowly becoming more inclusive to size, but there’s still a long way to go. Outside of making clothes that fit curves better or that extend into plus-size, there’s another group of people the industry forgets about: people with disabilities.”— Asia Milia Ware, teenvogue.com
“Kyra has had her fair share of uncomfortable experiences as a model and as a woman, but that didn’t necessarily mean she knew what to do about them.”— The H Hub, thehhub.com
“I did all the magazines, I was loved by everybody. I was given a million dollars a year for only 20 days of work, for three or four years.”— Nastasia Urbano, people.com
“You don’t actually get paid that much at the start. You expect this romanticized reality where you have bookings every day and you are making tons of money. That is not the case. The truth is these bookings aren’t regular at all.”— Anonymous, thehhub.com
“When most people think about exploitation in the modeling industry, they think about young, extremely emaciated girls. But the reality is that men and women in the industry are for the most part treated equally badly.”— Anonymous, thehhub.com
“Oh, is that it? Your're just jealous! You're just jealous because you don't want anyone to know about us! You don't want it to get around that you and me... you are with a model! You don't want it to be known that you're fucking a model! Go ahead and say it, I'm fucking a model!”— Gia Carangi, imdb.com
“I don't know what they mean by an icon. I never thought of myself as being that. It seems strange to me. I was just modeling, thinking of as many different poses as possible. I made more money modeling than being a secretary. I had a lot of free time. You could go back to work after an absence of a…”— Bettie Page, latimesblogs.latimes.com
“Fashion models feign ignorance of the camera lens in order to signal that we are not their interlocutors, but rather voyeurs whose desires are roused only to be rechanneled toward the items for sale.”— Rhonda Garelick, thecut.com
“My favorite aspect of modeling would be the opportunity to gain confidence and feel more comfortable in my own skin.”— Angel Allan, theurbansilhouette.com
“Take everything as it comes and don’t be afraid to go for different jobs, just be yourself and make sure your personality shows.”— Lily Nova, theurbansilhouette.com
“It's so ridiculous in fashion how when you turn 35 you can be labeled as old.”— Karen Elson, elle.com
“I think women age so beautifully, and that's why I plan on modeling for as long as I can, because I want to show them — the world, the business — that a mature woman can be a model and be beautiful.”— Adriana Lima, popsugar.com
“I was having a bad day...I wasn't in the flow. I was like, Everyone sucks. That's when I did my best image. I was lying in bed and messing with it. And I thought, Is this good? And I just posted it, and I remember looking at it right away and having a lot of likes and saying, 'Huh.'..It has to be or…”— Kendall Jenner, cosmopolitan.com