Candice Swanepoel's Quotes

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At school I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. But the girls on TV looked similar to me. I would say to my mum, 'The girls at school are teasing me, but I look like those girls on TV.'

I grew up in a farm in South Africa and I was scouted there and they sent me to Europe. It's kind of been blessed, since then it happened all so fast.

I was always interested in fashion and beauty. I was fifteen when I was scouted in a flea market. Two years later, I arrived in New York. I was in awe because it was like another planet.

If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.

No one knows anything about the fashion industry in Brazil. They don't care what you do. They just want the beach and the sun and the fun. I feel the freest and the happiest there.

Most women find a man with good manners sexy.

A relationship is like another job, you know, you have to work at it all the time.

I'd like to one day be featured on a list of inspirational people who have made a difference in the world, whether it be helping underprivileged people or putting an end to the poaching of wildlife in Africa.

At school, I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking.

Being confident in your own skin is very sexy. I think when you have fun and are yourself that is sexy too.

Brazil, I'm totally obsessed. I've been going since I was 17, and the first time I went, I fell in love with it.

I am healthy and happy.

I feel if I'm healthy and happy, I look good. With a good mixture of fitness and healthy food I always feel great!

I get skinnier if I'm very busy.

I grew up on a dairy and beef farm.

I have always been very comfortable in little clothing; its part of my job.

I like a man who looks like a bad boy but knows how to treat a woman like a queen.

I try to train as much as I can, as much as my schedule allows it.

I want to live my life naked, with all my little naked kids naked in the garden.

I was a ballet dancer growing up and that's what I was convinced I would be.

I was very skinny, braces; so I never thought I would be a model.

I'd love to be a pop star - at heart.

I'm crazy about jewelry; swimwear and jewelry.

I'm usually bikini-ready all year round.

It's been amazing how this crazy career has been created. I feel that it's been given to me. I wouldn't be anywhere without Victoria's Secret.