Marie Helvin

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

“For most of us, no matter how slim, middle-aged spread really does set in, and your waist thickens, irrespective of whether you've had children or if you exercise regularly.”

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

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

“I go to the gym four times a week for 45 minutes to an hour without fail; I like using weights for muscle tone and the bike and rower for my heart rate. I do quite a lot of floor exercises.”

“Surgery is not going to improve your skin - all it's going to do is make you look tighter, like Joan Rivers!”

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

“Fresh seafood reminds me of Hawaii and eating raw ahi fish on the beach with a little soy sauce - instant sashimi.”

“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 was addicted to 'The Monkees' TV programme - not so much because of the music but because of the commercials in between. The programme was sponsored by Yardley, and in the commercial breaks, there would be these English girls on roller skates, wearing hot pants, and I just thought, 'God! How neat!'”

“If I'm on holiday, I travel light, but if it is a work trip, I take everything but the kitchen sink.”

“I've been lucky: my Japanese genes - from my mother's side - and a lifelong moisturising routine have helped keep me looking good.”

“I'm known for my big hair and curls.”

“I don't have any children, but I can leave my land to an animal sanctuary. That is what I dream about, not bags, not shoes.”

“I always wear the same thing: a tight white shirt - I have about 50 - and tight black trousers.”

“We don't do funerals in my family.”

“If I'm not in work, I don't wear any make-up.”