When you've been touched by sadness and grief, it makes you vulnerable. And because I am vulnerable, I try to be positive. And when I say 'try,' I really do mean try, because it's an effort.
Marie Helvin
I can't stand small babies. I would rather give birth to a kitten or a colt... a little pony.
Sixties models knew nothing about skin care.
Surgery is not going to improve your skin - all it's going to do is make you look tighter, like Joan Rivers!
Cheating is never to do with how attractive you are.
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.
I'm not keen on the English way of eating outside, on the street. I want food that is clean, not impregnated with toxic fumes.
I don't see myself as the next Carmen Dell'Orefice. I'd rather be fat and happy, sitting on a beach in Hawaii eating pizza.
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.
Most English people are horrified that I use soap, but I like it - it works for my skin. I try different soaps all the time, but I use very mild ones.
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.
Monogamy is not something that's important to me. I don't think it defines love.
I am a vegetarian. I don't want to have anything injected into me that I can't eat. I am a real health nut. I look after myself well.
I'm good at many, many things, but the one thing I've never been good at is relationships.
As a girl, I lived in jeans, and my love-affair with them continues. Since I turned 50, jeans have become something of a uniform, whether it's a slouchy boyfriend fit for daytime or a leaner, fitted jean in a darker denim for evening.
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!
I like living on my own. I'm happy for a man to come over. I'll cook for him; he can spend the night occasionally, but then I want him to leave. I'm too independent.
I'm slim for professional reasons, and I work at it. I really want to continue working. There aren't that many models who are still doing it at 60.
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.
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.
I'm 56 - I don't want to look like I'm 20.
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.
I'm not bothered about clothes. Never have been.
Whilst I may look good, I do find it hard to find the right man.
Fresh seafood reminds me of Hawaii and eating raw ahi fish on the beach with a little soy sauce - instant sashimi.
Not having alcohol has kept the weight off around my waist; my skin feels so much better, and I am sleeping really well.
Myself and my two younger sisters and brother were paid for any chores, whether it was washing pop's car, sweeping the lawn or picking mangoes.
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.
My sister Naomi and I always wanted to go to Tahiti. We planned a fantastic holiday to visit several islands, but at the last moment, Naomi cancelled. It was the first time I'd holidayed alone, and it was absolutely the best.
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.
I think I'm living in the wrong century. I would have made a great courtesan. Not a mistress - I could never be kept - but a courtesan with my own rules.
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.
I definitely think men prefer women more undone and natural than butch and masculine. They prefer a fresher, sexier, more feminine look.
The two times I have cut my hair shorter, I've ended up out of work - so short hair is not an option.
I loved Le Taha'a private resort in Tahiti. It's accessible only by private boat or helicopter, and it sits on a tiny strip of land just big enough for one hotel. It's extraordinary and faces the Vanilla Island where Tahitians grow vanilla.
I'm known for my big hair and curls.
A secret control slip is a wonderful invention. It sculpts and lifts the bum and smooths the hips.
I wouldn't mind being in a relationship, but there's no reason to marry.
Men are intimidated by me: I very rarely get asked out.
I was brought up by parents who embraced the 1960s and taught me that being faithful isn't the be-all and end-all.
I don't have children, and I'm not in a relationship, so I have the time to devote to myself.
I've never met a size zero person. Is Paris Hilton a size zero? I've met her. She looked very thin, but she looked very healthy. She had beautiful skin.
People were endlessly trying to set me up with 'eligible' men, and I enjoyed going on a galaxy of dates.
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!'
The only thing I can't change is the elasticity of my skin.
To be honest, the reason I have my cats is to force myself to think about something other than myself.
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.
I'm not a pretty-boy kind of a girl; the Brad Pitts don't do anything for me.
Smiling makes you and others feel better, and it makes you look younger.
Even in the early Eighties, when I was one of the most successful models in Britain, I didn't really have a voice. Time after time, when I should have spoken up, I simply walked away.
