I would never become a big, big model in the commercial sense because I was such a type; you couldn't use me in everything.
China MachadoI take off my makeup with Ponds cold cream, and then I wash myself with gentle soap and water, and that's it.
China MachadoOriginally a stylist took terrible dresses and did everything she could to make them wonderful. Now, you create an image. It's much more specialized.
China MachadoWhen people ask me about modeling, what it was like, I say, "It was fabulous!" If you can use it in the right way - to travel to meet other people, to learn how to dress, to make some money - I think it's great. But I also think it takes girls. If they don't know how to handle themselves, or if they do it just for a little time and are not successful, then they get terribly depressed about themselves.
China Machado