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. – Marie Helvin
There are lots of things I won’t eat but would like to, such as croissants or ice cream – if I started, I’d scoff the whole tub. – Marie Helvin
To be honest, the reason I have my cats is to force myself to think about something other than myself. – Marie Helvin
I don’t have children, and I’m not in a relationship, so I have the time to devote to myself. – Marie Helvin
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. – Marie Helvin
I hate Botox, but a fabulous-looking friend of mine told me her secret was this gadget that uses electrical impulses to tone your facial muscles. It works! – Marie Helvin
People were endlessly trying to set me up with ‘eligible’ men, and I enjoyed going on a galaxy of dates. – Marie Helvin
I wasn’t interested in having children of my own. I know what would have happened – I’d have been left at home to look after the kids, and my career would have been over while my husband travelled the world. – Marie Helvin
I’m good at many, many things, but the one thing I’ve never been good at is relationships. – Marie Helvin
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!’ – Marie Helvin
I never get asked out by men my own age, as they all want to go out with 20-year-olds, and the men that do ask me out are too young. – 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. – Marie Helvin
I don’t particularly like children. That sounds awful, but I have nothing to say to them. – Marie Helvin
The two times I have cut my hair shorter, I’ve ended up out of work – so short hair is not an option. – Marie Helvin
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. – Marie Helvin
I’m interested only in buying land in my native Hawaii so that one day I can live there and have the space to rescue animals. – Marie Helvin
I always wear the same thing: a tight white shirt – I have about 50 – and tight black trousers. – Marie Helvin
I had a very spoilt childhood. Not that my family were incredibly wealthy, but we lived on the beautiful island of Hawaii where everything was lush and in abundance. – Marie Helvin
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. – Marie Helvin
My livelihood depends on my surface beauty, but when I wash my face, I see a real person there. – Marie Helvin
The fact is, after a certain age, high heels can feel as painful as someone sticking hot pins into the soles of your feet. – Marie Helvin
I’ve slipped enough times over the years to know the peril of a too-smooth sole, so every time I buy a new pair, I take a pair of scissors or a piece of sandpaper to the bottoms to roughen them up. In my catwalk days, I even used to spit on the soles of shoes before I ventured down the runway. – Marie Helvin
I’ve been lucky: my Japanese genes – from my mother’s side – and a lifelong moisturising routine have helped keep me looking good. – Marie Helvin