Quotes from Beverly Johnson

Everyone should have enough money to get plastic surgery

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.

There's so much more purpose behind my getting up in the morning. Business is hard, really hard, but it's worth it.

My husband was just OK looking. I was in labor and I said to him, 'What if she's ugly? You're ugly.'

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.

Instead of working out three times a week, I do something physical, like a one-hour walk everyday.

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.

Business is hard, really hard, but it's worth it.

I tried acting and all of the arts, I even put out a record album, but what I like the most is business.