Quotes by Natalia Vodianova

About Natalia Vodianova:

Natalia Mikhailovna Vodianova is a Russian model, philanthropist and occasional film actress. She is well known for her rags to riches life story and for her eight-season, seven-figure contract with Calvin Klein. In 2012, she came in third on the Forbes top-earning models list, estimated to have earned $8.6 million in one year.
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I missed quite a lot of school because I was working from the age of 11.

Natalia Vodianova

My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it.

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I raised my sister. I was six when she was born. My mother had to make a living for herself and it was very hard, so I was looking after my sister, cooking and cleaning, and she had four jobs.

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If you never know hardship, you can't really support people around you.

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When you become a mother, you think less about yourself and care more about the world.

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Finding out I was pretty was a very nice realisation.

Natalia Vodianova

If you are ambitious you can have a moment of glory but it will most likely be temporary. But talent always finds its way out.

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I learnt early to have little expectation so I protected myself from ever feeling greatly disappointed.

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I believe in reincarnation of the soul.

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I don't mind being called 'Supernova.' If one nickname is going to stick, that's not a bad one!

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It's better to be skinny than to be fat.

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The people that live in my hometown do not walk along the street with smiles on their faces. It is a desperate place, but I got out.

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Before I left Russia in 1999, I was living in a very poor factory town with my family and friends, and nothing was ever going to change.

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I know what it's like not to have food in the fridge or money to buy more.

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I have made enough money to secure my family and that is all I care about.

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We all have our own purpose in life and I feel very strongly that I have a bigger purpose than giving to just my immediate family and friends.

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I was born in Nizhny Novgorod to a very poor family and unfortunately my father and mother separated when I was very little.

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I think protecting your family and giving to them is so important. It's the most important achievement.

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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.

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I completely admire my mother for raising a child with cerebral palsy at home.

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Author Bio

  • NameNatalia Vodianova
  • DescriptionRussian model
  • AliasesNatalia Mikhailovna Vodianova
  • BornFebruary 28, 1982
  • CountrySoviet Union
  • ProfessionModel