Quotes from Marie Helvin

I try to be as positive as I can because I truly believe I am my feelings, and if I'm sad, if I have regrets, they will show up as illnesses, they will show up as cancers... I don't want that.

Whilst I may look good, I do find it hard to find the right man.

I lost all my investments after everything crashed in 2001. Prior to that, I'd been living off the interest on my investments, which was very healthy because it allowed frequent travel, and I had a lovely apartment.

I have nothing against cosmetic procedures, but I don't want my face lasered. Also, people are naive about how much you can do with make-up and lighting, and I've learned from the best.

I was brought up by parents who embraced the 1960s and taught me that being faithful isn't the be-all and end-all.

When I began modelling in my late teens, I started to earn a lot of money very, very quickly, but I'd never been shown how to manage it properly.

My favourite scent... changes every day. I have a cupboard full - so many I can't begin to tell you.

We don't do funerals in my family.

I am thrilled to be modelling the debut collection of Always Aliza. Janet Reger was such an iconic brand throughout my modelling career, and it feels great to now be modelling her daughter's range for JD Williams almost forty years on.

I'm good at many, many things, but the one thing I've never been good at is relationships.

The only thing I can't change is the elasticity of my skin.

People were endlessly trying to set me up with 'eligible' men, and I enjoyed going on a galaxy of dates.

I genuinely have to work - I don't have enough money not to. But the last thing I would want is to be looked after.

My life has been charmed in the sense that I've met some extraordinary people. But at the end of the day, when you go home and you go to bed, and if you're on your own, you never think of yourself in that way. I'm sure not even people like Angelina Jolie think like that.

If you believe, as I do believe, in reincarnation, they say that every time you come back, it's because you have to finish something. I've a funny feeling that my thing in this life is to have one relationship after another.

When I see images of a girl who is obviously far too thin, I am just as shocked as anyone else.

Men are intimidated by me: I very rarely get asked out.

I'm well trained. The only reason I am this slim is that I have to fit into the clothes. The samples are size 8, and I am naturally a size 10 to 12. I have been on a diet for my entire life.

When I do wear heels, I prefer to only wear them to dinner, where I'll be sitting down most of the time.

When you're a model, you learn how to make the most of your assets - in my case, the smallish behind that is the legacy of my half-Japanese heritage.

As the years go by, you get to know yourself better and learn what works for you.

To be honest, the reason I have my cats is to force myself to think about something other than myself.

I grew up in neighbouring Hawaii, where Tahiti is regarded as a brother.

When you get older, your skin tone changes; your hair probably changes colour, whether you dye it or not, and you just can't wear the colours you used to like anymore.