“Since I was 8 months old, till I was 12, I did commercials and ads and cute little stuff for kids. Then I had braces on my teeth. They took them off when I was 16, and then I started modeling more seriously and doing more fashion.”

Have the passion and the magic will happen

The one thing I’m absolutely obsessed with lately are gadgets! New cell phones; I walk around with three phones because I have all the new ones, and I can’t choose which I prefer.

I don’t know who Little Richard is.

I get to travel, see the world, meet people and be independent. I feel blessed.

I bike all the time in New York City. I bike for hours. I can bike for eight hours a day and just go everywhere with bikes.

Modeling gave me an opportunity to be someone I’m not each day.

A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing and mojito in your hand.

I usually go make-up free when I’m not working. Because I work so much, during the free days that I have I like to let my skin breathe, but of course I’m girly so I like to put on some blush and some mascara.

My mum is my beauty icon, because she represents what I think beauty is.

I don’t need to apologize for my behavior you need to apologize for not understanding.

My everyday job is about superficial beauty, but when I’m not working I prefer to work on my inner beauty – I read a lot, I try to learn.

Every time I come home, and every time before I leave, I invite all my friends and I get hummus from this little shack in Tel Aviv called Baadunas.

Happiness is when you love who you are and you are able to accept yourself and others.

My make-up artist, she uses bronzer on the eyelids too. And also a little bit on the forehead to make everything look even.

These ‘Sports Illustrated’ people, they know how to hold a secret.

Justin Bieber and I are going to get married some day. I also like Tom Cruise. He’s very classy.

There was a period in my late 30s where work slowed down for me, as it does for a lot of women. You’re no longer the young, cute thing anymore and maybe you’re not quite old enough to play (what others think of) in terms of women in charge.

I have no affinity for animals. I don’t hate animals and I would never hurt an animal; I just don’t actively care about them.

I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain’s face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn’t see his face.

You grow up real quick, a half-Mexican in a sailor’s suit, because I’d be riding the streetcar to school everyday.

Minding my own business, humming out a ‘Frere Jacques’ – and I realized that in any other town, this might be considered cute. But you know what it is in San Francisco? Sexy.

Some kids in Italy call me ‘Mama Jazz; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don’t call me ‘Grandma Jazz.’

Your cute shades, and it is kind of the outfit you stay in the entire day.

Don’t try to be what you’re not. If you’re nervous, be nervous. If you’re shy, be shy. It’s cute.