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.

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

No one's raising children any more. To love a child, you've got to work for it. You have to change its diapers and feed it at night!

I became a specialist at comedic one-liners.

Eileen Ford wanted me to fix my nose and my teeth. I said, Sure, great, but I really had no intention to.

That's the mistake women make - you shouldn't see your makeup. We don't want to look like we've made an effort.