Quotes from Lindsey Wixson

If you're a model, you're paid to be a muse.

I was actually always really self-conscious about my gap. In middle school, this group of girls were always trying to beat me up - they called my gap a parking lot. It was a really awkward time.

If you're a model, you're supposed to know how to walk, aren't you?

If I didn't ever model? I would be back in Kansas. I would probably end up being a pastry chef. My grandma taught me how to make a pie.

I actually use baking soda to exfoliate my lips - I mix a little bit with water and use my fingers to lightly scrub with it. Then I use jojoba oil and olive oil to keep them moisturized.

To feel at ease, I wear trousers and a cashmere sweater.

I try to be extra creative with the colors and textures I wear during fashion week. It's not for street style, though; I just like dressing sometimes.

I've always liked playing with makeup. It's fun. I love going places and getting dressed up.

My lips are a lot thinner than what makeup artists usually create, because they make them almost graphic.

Being nervous is a waste of time.

I'm a really natural person; I love nature.

I'm really glad that I kept the gap. There are a lot of iconic women from past and present who have one.

Overall, I'm a mix of a lot of different quirks, from my dimples to my eyebrows to my lips, which I've always felt were just one of my signature features.

I don't believe in putting petroleum or preservatives on my skin. Over time, you kind of just want to go back to basics.

I love hats! I collect vintage ones - I find them at antique shops in Kansas.

I wear everything to jeans and a t-shirt to Zac Posen ball gowns.

I really like Amelia Earhart. She's from Kansas. She disappeared, so I have to take her place. I want to be Dorothy. I want to be Amelia Earhart... I want to do it all.

Real success is not, like, materialistic. It's being where you want to be when you want to be; just living your life how you feel; having an ultimate goal and being able to accomplish it.

Modelling has really helped build my confidence.

I love singing, it lifts my spirit.

You can't just come from Kansas, go into fashion and be all naive. The fashion world is very different to where I'm from.

When I was younger, most people thought my lips looked like Tweety Bird's - there were always comments like that from family and neighbors.

I measure the amount of shows I should do by my hair. If my hair isn't good for campaigns and editorials, then obviously I am not going to look good.

I love using color.