Erin O'Connor Quotes

Sometimes, very quietly and graciously, you can inspire other people by showing them that there's a different way and many perceptions of beauty. You may not be feeling it inside, but if you display it like you mean it, then it can give permission to be kind to ourselves and embrace our individuality.

How awful to be a perfect beauty! How confusing! God. Can you imagine?

Fear has been my biggest friend. Fear of the unknown. Whenever I've been afraid, I've been very self-protective.

I am concerned about ageism and the loss of beauty - the perception that as you grow older, you 'lose your looks,' which I think is diabolical.

I have previously been a very enthusiastic consumer, and I didn't think about the origins of garments enough.

I take my mentoring responsibilities very seriously.

I would say I live half in New York and half in Claridge's. How decadent! How hysterical!

Rejection is, of course, part of any successful model's career, as ironic as that sounds. It's how you pick yourself up and get on with the job.

I am selective. If I do splash out, it's an investment, and I wear things for years.

I have a regular cleansing, toning and moisturising routine.

I lead a very busy life and don't have a lot of time, so my skincare needs to be easy and portable.

I am the world's laziest shopper, but very rarely have I had to take anything back.

For my last meal I'd want an Irish breakfast with soda bread and one of my dad's omelettes with three or four eggs.

I'm bad at rationalisation - very bad.

I enjoy travelling the world, but nowhere beats Walsall.

As a small child me and my pals fantasised about one day owning an ice-cream van. To have ice creams on demand would have been a dream come true.

I'm too diplomatic. I tend to edit my mind before I speak - it can be incredibly draining.

I'm like a tourist when I'm in London.

As a model, part of my job is to be critiqued physically.

Growing up, I had an insane crush on Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys.