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" Some people put a lot of fuss around them. I'm not an entertainer. Let's not get things confused. "

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" There is a tendency to feature more actresses on covers, but I'm a big model lover. I grew up watching these models, and they gave me the wish, the need, to work in the fashion industry. I loved watching them - their beauty, the way they worked in front of the camera and that power of transformation, especially in the Seventies. "

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