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" I am aware it's easy and may be fashionable to pose with a slum child, and the irony of getting the media along means that it can come across as disingenuous. But you take these things on board, and you hope you mean it whenever you get stuck into something. "

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" I love the physicality of my job and how my mind and body are most happy when I'm expressing and moving. My face was always secondary to body alignment and the dynamism of making a moment come alive. "

" My hair is an untidy bob. I am very dark, but I embellish the roots because I am white in one clump. "

" It makes me cross when I hear people say, 'It's so last season.' I always say, 'It's vintage.' "

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" As a model, part of my job is to be critiqued physically. "

" When I was at primary school, we had this theory that if you ate an egg, it meant you'd get pregnant and give birth to a chicken or another egg. It was something we dared together. I avoided eggs for years, but now they're my favourite food. "

" Someone once referred to modeling as being like winning the lottery gene pool. It's such an odd way to put things, but what is different about modelling is that the industry often picks you. "

" As I began to get a deeper understanding of the vital life-saving work Save the Children does, I felt compelled to help in any way I could. This is about safe-keeping, inspiring and empowering a future generation - to facilitate them to make their own lives a little bit better. "

" I seem to disappoint people a bit. They want the full regalia - but I don't walk around in a corset the whole time. "

" I'm utterly androgynous, and I truly love it. It's been part of my identity for so long. I've never been that pretty girl, and I wouldn't want to be. "

" I am concerned about ageism and the loss of beauty - the perception that as you grow older, you 'lose your looks,' which I think is diabolical. "

" There are great slender models, great tall models, Amazonian models, great busty models - my point is models of all shapes and sizes, age, ethnic background should be embraced and celebrated. "

" I've enjoyed many camping holidays with my sister and her children, but we're pretty posh campers. "

" I'm too diplomatic. I tend to edit my mind before I speak - it can be incredibly draining. "

" Fear has been my biggest friend. Fear of the unknown. Whenever I've been afraid, I've been very self-protective. "

" The model sanctuary was borne of a complex, political, societal debate. It was proposed to us from various bodies that we give models medicals once a year, and if they didn't pass that medical, there's a chance they'd legally lose their right to work. "

" In my career, which has been fairly two-dimensional, people make decisions based on your persona. "

" It's not about hiding your imperfections on a shoot; it's about embracing them and being unapologetic about them. "

" As a small child, me and my pals fantasised about one day owning an ice-cream van. To have ice creams on demand would have been a dream come true. "

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" I've been on both sides: the victim and the villain. I was the victimised model, and everything from my weight to my fertility was held up for discussion. And then I was the person that could garner some kind of positive outcome, by taking on the role of vice chairman of the British Fashion Council and becoming an activist of body image. "

" I lead a very busy life and don't have a lot of time, so my skincare needs to be easy and portable. "

" I think most models fear growing old, but from a tender age I had always chosen to play someone grown up. I am slowly but surely catching up with the people that I have spent the last decade and a half trying to portray. "

" My perfect bag would be practical but also have the stylish element to it; it would be bold and colourful. I would actually be able to open and close it. That would be a first. "

" The Model Sanctuary is not about self-indulgence - it's about reminding and allowing them to become self-sufficient human beings. I wanted to alert people to the fact that we're not the victims, but nor are we the villains. We want fair practice and positive, sustainable change, working with the fashion industry, not against it. "