You never know when or where you will find the next new model, but you can bet someone from Ford Models will be looking.

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.

I interview about three thousand models yearly, and I must see almost 20 tons of excess avoirdupois annually.

Models are a business, and they have to treat themselves as a business, which means they have to take care of themselves and give up all the young joys.

I had a nice, pert nose but a plain round face and a mop of curly brown hair. That was not the photograph of a successful model.

Grace Kelly was a very commercial model; she had no interest in being a fashion model. None at all.