English - Model | February 9, 1978 -
When you're physically growing up, you develop emotionally with that.
Erin O'Connor
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I would say I live half in New York and half in Claridge's. How decadent! How hysterical!
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How awful to be a perfect beauty! How confusing! God. Can you imagine?
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My story wasn't one of those cliched stories of being an ugly duckling, I had a pretty good time at school. But then I think being six foot by the age of 15 meant that I couldn't help but be noticed, and that was when my physical being felt quite painful - I could not any longer walk into a room without being noticed.
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I think most of my career has been built on conviction and the personality to carry that image or stride confidently on the catwalk. That was my beginning and, hopefully, my legacy.
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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.
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I have two curiosity cabinets at home filled with finds from jumble sales, markets and my travels. My favourite piece is a voodoo mask from just outside Cape Town.
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I am the world's laziest shopper, but very rarely have I had to take anything back.
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In the early days of my modelling career, I think the industry was uncomfortable with how strikingly different I was.
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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.
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I worry about how accessible cosmetic surgery has become. Of course, if it has genuinely helped people, and their confidence has grown as a result; who am I to form an opinion?
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I'm too diplomatic. I tend to edit my mind before I speak - it can be incredibly draining.
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