My dean gave me permission to model during my work semester, even though I was in the Criminal Justice Department. I don’t know whether I’d ever have become a model if he hadn’t let me do that.
BEVERLY JOHNSONInstead of working out three times a week, I do something physical, like a one-hour walk everyday.
More Beverly Johnson Quotes
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There’s not a hair extension or a makeup artist that can make me feel the way I feel when i give back
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My husband was just OK looking. I was in labor and I said to him, ‘What if she’s ugly? You’re ugly.’
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I tried acting and all of the arts, I even put out a record album, but what I like the most is business.
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Most Americans think of hunger as a problem affecting only places like India, Africa or South America. But it is a tragic reality that our country has millions of children who are suffering from lack of food. We must all work together to save our country from this problem.
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When I went to Fashion Week, I was very disappointed by how few women of color were in those shows. I do speak to the younger girls, and I hear them when they say they’re not getting the big contracts or into the big shows.
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Business fits me best. The only reason I went into modeling originally was to help out my family, because I knew that money gave you freedom.
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There’s so much more purpose behind my getting up in the morning. Business is hard, really hard, but it’s worth it.
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I was supposedly living this glamorous life, but I was crippled by the idea of growing old and where do I go next? The whole age thing—in our industry, it’s everything.
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I don’t like to cook, but I like to eat popcorn with butter and salt.
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I’m elated. I guess it’s better late than never. Welcome to the 21st century. It’s fantastic. I love Dior, and Rihanna is very much one of my style icons. I’m happy they got there in the end. I adore her style.
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There was a show in which these scientists shared the secrets of the world’s oldest living people, people still functioning past 100 years-old.
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When I went to Fashion Week, I was very disappointed by how few women of color were in those shows. I do speak to the younger girls, and I hear them when they say they’re not getting the big contracts or into the big shows. So, to sum it up, it seems that whenever we take a couple of steps forward, we take a few more backwards.
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Once a Supermodel, always a Supermodel.
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Business is hard, really hard, but it’s worth it.
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Heartbreak taught me that you can rise from the ashes and get over anything.
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