Top 66 Marie Helvin Quotes

People were endlessly trying to set me up with ‘eligible‘ men, and I enjoyed going on a galaxy of dates.

My fashion icons are Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly and Ava Gardner. Their classic looks and clean lines should be the cornerstones of your wardrobe – white cotton shirts, black Capri pants, pencil skirts and ballerina skirts.

My favourite scent… changes every day. I have a cupboard full – so many I can’t begin to tell you.

Smiling makes you and others feel better, and it makes you look younger.

I can’t stand small babies. I would rather give birth to a kitten or a colt… a little pony.

Whilst I may look good, I do find it hard to find the right man.

The two times I have cut my hair shorter, I’ve ended up out of work – so short hair is not an option.

I have sun damage. I cover it up with make-up.

When I see images of a girl who is obviously far too thin, I am just as shocked as anyone else.

I’m good at many, many things, but the one thing I’ve never been good at is relationships.

I don’t see myself as the next Carmen Dell’Orefice. I’d rather be fat and happy, sitting on a beach in Hawaii eating pizza.

I don’t particularly like children. That sounds awful, but I have nothing to say to them.

I haven‘t eaten meat since I was 17, so I take Vitamin C, a B complex, Omegas-3-6-9, glucosamine, and antioxidants to make sure my body stays healthy.

I like naughty boys. I was married to David Bailey, who was one of the naughtiest. I like real men, and I like masculinity.

Even in the early Eighties, when I was one of the most successful models in Britain, I didn’t really have a voice. Time after time, when I should have spoken up, I simply walked away.

I am thrilled to be modelling the debut collection of Always Aliza. Janet Reger was such an iconic brand throughout my modelling career, and it feels great to now be modelling her daughter‘s range for JD Williams almost forty years on.

I don’t wear mini-skirts or shorts because I have thread veins on my legs and cellulite, and I won‘t wear tights.

Cheating is never to do with how attractive you are.

It would be nice to see a fashion range that is geared towards a vibrant, sexual, confident 50-something.

I always wear the same thing: a tight white shirt – I have about 50 – and tight black trousers.

For modern fashion designers, bones are beautiful. I don’t know why, but so many people are obsessed with the skeletal look.

When you’re a model, you learn how to make the most of your assets – in my case, the smallish behind that is the legacy of my half-Japanese heritage.

The only thing I can’t change is the elasticity of my skin.

I think a mother needs to be with mothers. I don’t know what they talk about.

I’ve never met a size zero person. Is Paris Hilton a size zero? I’ve met her. She looked very thin, but she looked very healthy. She had beautiful skin.

I wouldn’t mind being in a relationship, but there’s no reason to marry.

If I’m on holiday, I travel light, but if it is a work trip, I take everything but the kitchen sink.

My marriage to David Bailey ended one morning in 1983, while he was away on a photo-shoot.

I’m known for my big hair and curls.

I had a very spoilt childhood. Not that my family were incredibly wealthy, but we lived on the beautiful island of Hawaii where everything was lush and in abundance.

There are lots of things I won’t eat but would like to, such as croissants or ice cream – if I started, I’d scoff the whole tub.

When I do wear heels, I prefer to only wear them to dinner, where I’ll be sitting down most of the time.

There are loads of women that don’t want children. What does it matter? I’m still a woman.

When you get older, your skin tone changes; your hair probably changes colour, whether you dye it or not, and you just can’t wear the colours you used to like anymore.

I lead a very disciplined life.

I’ve been lucky: my Japanese genes – from my mother’s side – and a lifelong moisturising routine have helped keep me looking good.

I go to the gym four times a week for 45 minutes to an hour without fail; I like using weights for muscle tone and the bike and rower for my heart rate. I do quite a lot of floor exercises.

Although I eat healthily, I do enjoy a greasy fry-up, but usually only once a year. I’ve also got a big Kit-Kat addiction and buy them in bulk.

I don’t have children, and I’m not in a relationship, so I have the time to devote to myself.

I lost all my investments after everything crashed in 2001. Prior to that, I’d been living off the interest on my investments, which was very healthy because it allowed frequent travel, and I had a lovely apartment.

I don’t have any children, but I can leave my land to an animal sanctuary. That is what I dream about, not bags, not shoes.

Not having alcohol has kept the weight off around my waist; my skin feels so much better, and I am sleeping really well.

To be honest, the reason I have my cats is to force myself to think about something other than myself.

I love fashion, but I don’t really do shopping.

My sister Naomi and I always wanted to go to Tahiti. We planned a fantastic holiday to visit several islands, but at the last moment, Naomi cancelled. It was the first time I’d holidayed alone, and it was absolutely the best.

As a girl, I lived in jeans, and my love-affair with them continues. Since I turned 50, jeans have become something of a uniform, whether it’s a slouchy boyfriend fit for daytime or a leaner, fitted jean in a darker denim for evening.

I sometimes overeat or drink too much, but I don’t eat chocolate, and I gave up smoking when I was 39.

I’m not a pretty-boy kind of a girl; the Brad Pitts don’t do anything for me.

I’m interested only in buying land in my native Hawaii so that one day I can live there and have the space to rescue animals.

When you’ve been touched by sadness and grief, it makes you vulnerable. And because I am vulnerable, I try to be positive. And when I say ‘try,’ I really do mean try, because it’s an effort.

I genuinely have to work – I don’t have enough money not to. But the last thing I would want is to be looked after.

A lot of women lose definition around their waist as they get older, which can mean their bottom half can look shapeless.

Fresh seafood reminds me of Hawaii and eating raw ahi fish on the beach with a little soy sauce – instant sashimi.

But I’d made up my mind early on in life that I never wanted to be a mother.

I lost count of how many times photographers and designers would tell me to lose a bit of weight, especially as I got a little older and my body started to develop.

I am a vegetarian. I don’t want to have anything injected into me that I can’t eat. I am a real health nut. I look after myself well.

For most of us, no matter how slim, middle-aged spread really does set in, and your waist thickens, irrespective of whether you’ve had children or if you exercise regularly.

I’m 56 – I don’t want to look like I’m 20.

I was addicted to ‘The Monkees‘ TV programme – not so much because of the music but because of the commercials in between. The programme was sponsored by Yardley, and in the commercial breaks, there would be these English girls on roller skates, wearing hot pants, and I just thought, ‘God! How neat!’

I have nothing against cosmetic procedures, but I don’t want my face lasered. Also, people are naive about how much you can do with make-up and lighting, and I’ve learned from the best.

For me, my 50s was the decade when my tolerance for heels faded. I’m in good shape and, at 8 st. 3 lb., I’m still the same weight I was in my 30s, but as you get older, the weight of your body shifts somehow.

If I’m not in work, I don’t wear any make-up.

I’ve slipped enough times over the years to know the peril of a too-smooth sole, so every time I buy a new pair, I take a pair of scissors or a piece of sandpaper to the bottoms to roughen them up. In my catwalk days, I even used to spit on the soles of shoes before I ventured down the runway.

I hate Botox, but a fabulous-looking friend of mine told me her secret was this gadget that uses electrical impulses to tone your facial muscles. It works!

I don’t do a lot of looking back; I tend to look ahead.

I’m not bothered about clothes. Never have been.