1. ON COURAGE
          "They were doing a full back shot of me in a swimsuit and I
               thought, Oh my God, I have to be so brave. See, every
               woman hates herself from behind."
               -- Cindy Crawford


2. ON SELF-KNOWLEDGE
          "Everywhere I went, my cleavage followed. But I learned I am not
                my cleavage."
               -- Carole Mallory


3. ON POVERTY
          "Everyone should have enough money to get  plastic surgery."
                -- Beverly Johnson


4. ON FATE
          "I wish my butt did not go sideways, but I guess I have to face
                that."
                -- Christie Brinkley


5. ON PSYCHOLOGY
          "I loved making 'Rising Sun'. I got into the psychology of why
                she liked to get strangled and tied up in  plastic bags. It
                has to do with low self-worth."
                -- Tatjana Patitz


6. ON ARRIVING
          "Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more
               particular about the acting roles I take."
                -- Kathy Ireland,
                star of 'Alien From L.A.' and 'Danger Island'


7. ON CAREER CHOICES
          "My boyfriend thinks I lost my true calling to be a librarian."
               -- Paulina Porizkova


8. ON PRIORITIES
          "I would rather exercise than read a newspaper."
               -- Kim Alexis


9. ON GEOPOLITICS
          "Mick Jagger and I just really liked each other a lot. We talked
               all night. We had the same views on nuclear disarmament."
               -- Jerry Hall


10. ON INNER STRENGTH
          "I love the confidence that makeup gives me."
               -- Tyra Banks

11. ON DEATH
          "Richard doesn't really like me to kill bugs, but sometimes I
              can't help it."
              -- Cindy Crawford


12. ON TRAVEL
          "I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I
             haven't seen anything. I don't really care."
             -- Tyra Banks


13. ON BREAKTHROUGHS
          "Once I got past my anger toward my mother, I began to excel in
               volleyball and modeling."
             -- Gabrielle Reece


14. ON EPIPHANY
          "I just found out that I'm one inch taller than I thought."
             -- Christie Brinkley


15. ON HEREDITY
          "My husband was just OK looking. I was in labor and I said to
                him,'What if she's ugly? You're ugly.'"
             -- Beverly Johnson


16. ON THE BASICS
          "It's very important to have the right clothing to exercise in.
               If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it's not inspiring
               for your workout."
            -- Cheryl Tiegs


17. ON INTRODUCTIONS
          "I think most people are curious about what it would be like to
               be able to meet yourself -- it's eerie."
            -- Christy Turlington


18. ON COURTSHIP
          "The soundtrack to 'Indecent Exposure' is a romantic mix of music
               that I know most women love to hear, so I never keep it far
               from me when women are nearby."
            -- Fabio


19. ON PARADOX
          "Sometimes I get lonely, but it's nice to be alone."
            -- Tatjana Patitz


20. ON THE CONSERVATION OF MATTER
          "I've looked in the mirror every day for 20 years. It's the same
               face."
            -- Claudia Schiffer


21. ON TRAGEDY
          "The worst was when my skirt fell down to my ankles -- but I had
               on thick tights underneath."
            -- Naomi Campbell


22. ON INSTINCT
          "If I'm making a movie and get hungry, I call time-out and eat
               some crackers."
            -- Carol Alt


23. ON THE CASTE SYSTEM
          "We're not Prince Charles and Princess Di. We don't think of
               ourselves as royalty. We happen to be working people."
            -- Christie Brinkley


24. ON OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS
          "I tried on 250 bathing suits in one afternoon and ended up
               having little scabs up and down my thighs, probably
               from some of those with sequins all over them."
               -- Cindy Crawford


25. ON ECONOMICS
          "I don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day."
               -- Linda Evangelista


26. ON ZEN
          "When I model I get pretty blank. You can't think too much or it
               doesn't work."
            -- Paulina Porizkova


27. ON LOGIC
          "I think, If my butt's not too big for them to be photographing
               it, then it shouldn't be too big for me."
           -- Christy Turlington


28. ON BODY PARTS
          "I don't know what to do with my arms. It just makes me feel
               weird and I feel like people are looking at me and that makes
               me nervous."
           -- Tyra Banks


29. ON BODY LANGUAGE
          "You can usually tell when I'm happy by the fact that I've gained
               weight."
           -- Christy Turlington


30. ON DEPRIVATION
          "If they had Nautilus on the Concorde, I would work out all the
                time."
           -- Linda Evangelista


31. ON MOTIVATION
          "It was kind of boring for me to have to eat. I would know that I
               had to, and I would." -- Kate Moss


32. ON VERSATILITY
          "I can do anything you want me to do so long as I don't have to
               speak." -- Linda Evangelista


33. ON THE GRIEF PROCESS
          "When my Azzedine jacket from 1987 died, I wrapped it up in a
               box, attached a note saying where it came from and took
               it to the Salvation Army. It was a big loss." -- Veronica Webb


34. ON VENGEANCE
          "Girls are always getting mad at each other and they tell their
               hairdresser to purposely mess up another girl's hair."
               -- Tasha


35. ON BATTING .667
          "I'm a pretty girl who's a model who doesn't suck as an actress."
               -- Cameron Diaz