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Nothing's Ever Come Easy To Me And Nothing Ever Will And That's Okay. I'm Used To That. I Go With The Challenges. I Roll With The Punches.

When I First Got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I Didn't Know How To Take Off A Cape. I Would Ask Katoucha And Dalma - The Real Divas Of The Runway - 'can You Show Me?' I've Never Been Afraid To Ask For Help.

When I Started Out Modeling, There Weren’t Casting Directors And There Weren’t Stylists, So You Just Dealt Directly With The Designer. We Were All Much Closer Back Then...

Patrick Demarchelier Was The One Who Got Me My First Vogue Cover. It Was French Vogue - I Think In ’87 Or ’88. I Think I Was The First Black Model To Be On The Cover Of French Vogue, Which Was Shocking To Me Because When I Asked Them About It, They Were Like, "oh, No. We’ve Never Had That Before."

I'm Happy With The Way I Did My Career, I Wouldn't Change It In A Million Years. I Got To Do The Real Grafting And Learning From Real Models When I Was Younger - How To Open Up A Jacket, Walk, And Such.