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" I have set up several businesses as social businesses, and I am a great believer that the power of business should be used for good. "

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" I was like most teenagers. I wanted to look more conventional - you know, to just be the pretty girl in school. "

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" Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key. "

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" I think a lot of the most interesting work in art and in films are often kind of polarized opinions and affect people in very different ways, which may be less successful commercially, but they elicit a dialogue that's quite interesting. "

" Acting is something I've done since I was six years old, performing for my mum and my family in the living room, and I do it because my heart's in it. "

" Modelling, fashion and film have all encouraged me to learn more about issues and to feel empowered enough to do something about them. "

" Marilyn Monroe and Vivienne Leigh are real icons of mine. In terms of visual culture, they are both so iconic. There weren't any paparazzi shots of them falling out of taxis, so they will always look so incredible. "

" People do make assumptions about models. That's their issue, not mine. It doesn't bother me because I'm comfortable enough in my own skin - I know who I am. "

" Don't overpluck your eyebrows. A make-up artist told me this once, and I've always remembered it. "

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" I part-own a bookshop for some strange coincidence of reasons, and it is one of the best things I part-own in my life, or own in my life. I do not know, it just feels great. "

" In British culture, redheads get teased at school. But I've grown up enough to realize I love my hair. "

" I paint - I tend more to abstraction - but not as much as I would like to because of time. I would love to do sculpture - I've toyed with the idea of fitting in a sculpture course. "

" I'm just a lipgloss, blush and mascara kind of girl. I like playing with a bright lipstick or a heavy eye... But not together! "

" If I'm anywhere close to where I can hike or swim, that's my favourite thing to do. "

" America has had an influence on me, as has going out with a Cuban-American guy and having lots of American friends. But I am still fundamentally British and speak with a British accent and feel very English. "

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" Life is shining a light through a magnifying glass on me, looking for me to stumble. I think that's my biggest fear. "

" I'm not against people buying clothes; I think clothes are wonderful, and I'm very materialistic myself - but there's a way of finding a compromise. I just think we can buy less and pay more, to make sure people aren't being exploited. "

" I started modeling at 14. It's simple. You respond to what the photographer wants and wear other people's ideas. I got bored with it, though, so I went to university. "

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