I'm not part of the cultural elite. I'm a down-home girl. Always have been, always will be.

People like to say you're either born with style or you're not, and that's complete hooey. You've gotta develop your own and find your own.If you just put on whatever they're trying to sell you, you will always be out of fashion. Otherwise, they can't keep selling you. So, you will always be out of fashion. Get used to it. That's the game. Whatever they say is fashionable, chuck it.

I became a model to see the world, to make enough money to travel and experience other cultures.

Lord knows, I never want to waste any more of my time in mirrors.

In 1974, the modeling world changed. Jerry Ford and my lawyer negotiated the deal for the first exclusive contract in modeling history.

The last thing we need is yet another makeup company. Even I have a nervous breakdown when I go through the department store makeup floor.

There are plenty of beautiful girls who don't photograph well.