“I look at myself as any other model. But yes, sometimes I’m looked upon as an exotic thing that’s landed on their shores.”

“My only concern was that people make a big deal of it, and about the glamour. But it’s a terribly lonely profession. It’s not really glamorous in the sense that you need a lot of patience, waiting for things to happenÂ…for the hair to be done and the make up to be put onÂ…for the ramp or a shoot. And the preparation can be tiresome.”