There was really no friendship in modeling, though a certain amount of warmth comes from running into models you know on shoots, because you end up in so many unfamiliar places, from Alaska to Africa.
You know, everyone says, ‘Modeling and acting are so similar’… they say, ‘It’s so natural for models to become actresses because they use the camera.’ I don’t think of it in that way.
The rule seems to be that there are no absolutes, that what is rare is prized. Thus, in times of relative affluence, thin models become dominant.
I don’t think that there are many, many strong, black male role models who provide a certain kind of really American, Southern-based comfort that Madea grows out of. She’s a signpost in our Obama world of traditional Christian values.
As with early internet startups, some token models don’t make sense. For every 1 huge hit, there will be 3 minor successes and 100 failures, so we shouldn’t be surprised when some fail.
Me and my wife watch laser discs, and I collect old computers. And one of my regular models is a 1993 computer with Windows 98 on it. I just love old technology, and I don’t know what you would call that. I’m just stuck in 1991, ’92.
I was raised by strong women, and the role models I had in music and cinema were strong, too – liberated and provocative.
My mom is incredibly stylish, and she gets it from my grandmother. I feel like I can’t live up to how chic they are as women. They are great role models for aging gracefully, and that’s a thing that is very key that I try to always emulate.
The Women’s Evolution was just starting as I was getting into ‘Tough Enough.’ I’ve always had great role models coming in and watching the Becky Lynches and the Charlottes, the Bayleys, the Sashas move that movement and then being able to be part of it.
As athletes, it is our responsibility to be role models. But we are not superheroes.
I don’t understand why it’s not okay to be plus-size. I don’t know why people hate that phrase. Many models have built their careers as plus-size women and then suddenly don’t want to be called that anymore. But you’re still cashing checks from plus-size designers.
Look and image were very important – there was already incredible pressure to look feminine and sexy but I wanted to look individual and strong. I didn’t have any role models except Little Nell from ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show.’
I think we have a great opportunity as fighters and athletes to be good role models. I’m by no means perfect, but I think we can try.
I didn’t have any role models. I really thought I was doomed to this loveless, lonely life. I didn’t know any gay people until I began doing theater.
Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don’t find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
When women are provided with training and entrepreneurial opportunities in distribution networks, they become role models in their communities, showing it is possible to challenge limiting norms and stereotypes, and to succeed.
I would love to see all agencies connect to models more for who they are and can be as opposed to what they’ve done.
Swimmers provide much healthier role models for teenagers than the catwalk.
We’ve seen the kind of social impact a professional sports team has on a city. A team brings high-profile role models into your community who are healthy and they’re great images for the city to gravitate toward, especially for kids.
For the women’s team, our job is to be professional footballers for club and country and be the best role models we can be.
That’s how I taught myself how to draw – tracing the ads and petting new clothes on the models.
My biggest role models are not chefs, but women like Coco Chanel, Simone de Beauvoir, Nina Simone.
When my younger son was 13 years old, he asked me to read ‘Swallows and Amazons’ to him while he made models. He liked it so much that I ended up reading all thirteen of Ransome’s books, including the ones that I missed out on. This led my son to ‘Treasure Island,’ ‘Robinson Crusoe’ and ‘Coral Island.’
Because the private sector has evolved processes and metrics for growth over many generations, for-profit models are more likely to efficiently accomplish their goals.
My cat is older than many fashion models. I won’t even discuss the fact that she also weighs more.
Most people don’t feel empowered to make CAD models. The MakerBot Digitizer solves that problem.
I don’t have traceable literary models because I haven’t had great literary influences in my life.
Business models change. As technology processes, business models change.
My parents are my role models. All they’ve done for me, they’re just major people in my life. They’ve stood by me and got me where I am today.
The private-public partnership models that have been made in the area of health – we really need to adopt those in the area of education.
Our camps and workshops offer a space where girls of color can learn computer science and coding principles alongside their peers, with mentorship from female role models who have established themselves in tech fields where women, and minority women in particular, tend to be underrepresented.
I go to the studio every day, but I don’t paint every day. I love playing with my architectural models. I love making plans. I could spend my life arranging things.
If you’ve looked at all the glamour magazines lately, all the covers are actresses. If they are on those covers, they are going to try to emulate models. That’s just the way it is.
It’s good for kids to look up to sporting role models.
We’re supposed to be role models for kids.
I know how I shop and how I am inspired to buy things, and the majority of it is from Instagram. I look at people like Yasmin Sewell and Leandra Medine from the Man Repeller, as well as the countless models that have really cool street style, for inspiration all the time.
I was not considered beautiful at all. Really. And this is what all models say. But I’m still not considered that beautiful in my country. I don’t know the beauty ideal where I come from – but it’s not me.
I aspire to a poetry of great formal integrity, deep passion and high intellect, and I have many models for how to do that.
As seventh graders, my classmates and I would make rockets to see what made them fly and models of remote-controlled motor boats because Palanpur had heavy rainfall.
I didn’t see a lot of role models or women who looked like me on screen when I was growing up. For me, one thing that changed all of that was seeing Keke Palmer in ‘Akeelah and The Bee.’ That film made me realize that I wasn’t an alien.
Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.
Sometimes, for girls, it’s about building confidence and giving them a can-do attitude. It’s seeing role models, people like yourselves, doing those jobs and achieving them, just to say, ‘I can do that.’
There’s a lot of amazing women out there. There’s a lot of hot models. But models are the worst, because they’re models, you have to always step up and always look good.
The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school teachings.
Role models really matter. It’s hard to imagine yourself as something you don’t see.
Models are what they are… people who model clothing, that’s all.
One thing we do, to be inclusive, is that when we shoot campaigns, we ensure to do so with models of different body types, skin colors and with those hailing from different cultures.
So many girls trying to be models, like, ‘Oh my god, I want to be a model!’ Nobody really knows the reality of it. It’s a lot of hard work, but at the same time, it’s a lot of fun.
Thinking I’d be in politics just wasn’t something I’d thought of as a younger woman. There just weren’t a lot of role models there.
When I die, I want to be buried in a long long-sleeve black Ralph Lauren dress and brown chunky boots. I want my hair styled like his models, long hair that flows. I also want natural makeup with a light pink lip.
Whenever one or more components of a company’s business model changes, new business models are created for supporting companies. The changes might involve niches served, new marketing angles or improved value propositions.
I used to watch some of the reality shows about models, and then, weirdly, now I try to incorporate into my fashion shoots the skills I learnt from watching those shows. It’s like, thanks Tyra, ’cause you’ve given me, like, all the cool tips. Like how to smile with your eyes.
With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents are their most important role models.
I don’t want to have to think about what is right; I want to live right. And what that means to me is going to be different to some of my fans, some of their parents, and some other role models.
No, I don’t think I have the same body type as the other models in shows. No, I don’t think I am the best at any given show. Yes, I want a unique walk, but I also know I have to improve.
Over time, low rates can put pressure on the business models of financial institutions.
In 2007, a very inspired New York University Ph.D. student counted all the models on the runway, every single one that was hired, and of the 677 models that were hired, only 27, or less than four per cent, were non-white.
