{"id":46237,"date":"2016-05-09T13:21:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T17:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/?p=46237"},"modified":"2016-05-09T17:09:32","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T21:09:32","slug":"niki-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/niki-taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"Niki Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cover\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/NikiTaylor2000.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2667\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46261\" \/><\/p>\n<div id =\"covertitle\"><a href=\"\/mdx\/niki-taylor\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Niki Taylor<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n#cover {\npadding: 10%;\nbackground-color: white;\nposition:relative;\nmargin: 0 auto 30px auto;\ntext-align:center;\n}\n#covertitle {\nposition: absolute;font-family:'Neue Haas Unica W01',helvetica,sans-serif;\nbottom: 12%;\nwidth: 80%;\ncolor: white;\nfont-size: 4rem;\nfont-weight:100;\n}\n#introbox h3,#content div.post h4,.phcredit {font-family: 'Neue Haas Unica W01',helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;text-align: justify;font-weight: 200;}\n#content div.post h4 {font-size:1.8rem;}\n.phcredit {font-size: 1.5rem !important;}\n@media screen and (max-width: 950px) {\n#covertitle {font-size: 4rem;}\n\t#content #introbox .title h1 {font-size:1em;text-transform:capitalize;vertical-align: text-bottom;line-height:inherit;}\n\t#content #introbox .title::first-letter,#content #introbox .title:active::first-letter {font-size:2em;vertical-align:0em;}\n\t#content #introbox h3 {font-weight:100;font-size: 2.8em !important;letter-spacing: .2em;}\n\t#content #introbox h4 {font-size:1.05em;padding-top:20px;}\n.videodiv {padding:100px 0 140px 0;}\n}\n@media screen and (min-width: 951px) and (max-width: 1099px) {\n#covertitle {font-size: 3rem;}\n\t#content #introbox .title h1 {font-size:1em;text-transform:capitalize;line-height:inherit;}\n\t#content #introbox .title::first-letter {font-size:2em;}\n\t#introbox h3 {font-weight:100;letter-spacing: .1em;font-size:3.2em !important;}\n.videodiv {padding:100px 0 140px 0;}\n}\n@media screen and (min-width: 1100px) {\n#covertitle {font-size: 6rem;}\n\t#content #introbox .title h1 {font-size:1.2em;text-transform:capitalize;line-height:inherit;}\n\t#content #introbox .title::first-letter,#content #introbox .title:active::first-letter {font-size:3em;vertical-align:0em;}\n\t#introbox h3 {font-weight:100;letter-spacing: .4em;font-size:8.2em !important;}\n.videodiv {padding:150px 0 210px 0;}\n}\n@media screen and (min-width: 1300px) {\n#covertitle {font-size: 9rem;}\n\t#content #introbox .title h1 {font-size:1.2em;text-transform:capitalize;line-height:inherit;}\n\t#content #introbox .title::first-letter,#content #introbox .title:active::first-letter {font-size:3em;vertical-align:0em;}\n\t#introbox h3 {font-weight:100;letter-spacing: .4em;font-size:8.2em !important;}\n.videodiv {padding:200px 0 280px 0;}\n}\n.neue {font-family:'Neue Haas Unica W01';}\n.didot {font-family: 'Linotype Didot W01';}\n#introbox,#footerbox {\n\tmax-width:640px;\n\tpadding:20px;\n\tmargin:auto;\n\tclear:both;font-family:'Neue Haas Unica W01',helvetica,sans-serif;\n\tfont-size: 1.4rem;\n\tfont-weight:300;\n\ttext-align:justify;\n}\n#introtxtdiv {text-align:justify;max-width:900px;margin:auto;padding:90px 10px 0 10px;}\n#introtxtdiv p {text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 60px;}\n#introtitle {text-align:center;width:90%; 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A ubiquitous presence in 1990s fashion and popular culture, the multiple Vogue, Elle and Allure cover star faced an unimaginable loss when her younger sister Krissy, also a model, died suddenly in 1995. What followed for Niki was a gradual withdrawal from the fashion industry as she grappled with personal tragedy as well as a complicated pregnancy, motherhood, addiction, and a bitter divorce &#8212; all by the age of 20. Now 41, and the mother of four children, Niki is back and better than ever, ready to pick up where she left off &#8212; but with the added wisdom and insight that only age can bring. Welcome back, Niki Taylor!\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"introcredits\">\n<p>\t\t\tA Models.com interview by Betty Sze<br \/>\n\t\t\tIntro by Rosie Daly<br \/>\n\t\t\tPortrait by Steven Yatsko for Models.com<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tCovers courtesy of New York Model Management<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns notpadimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/Vogue-1.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46368\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns notpadimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/Vogue-2.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46369\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits\">Niki&#8217;s Vogue Covers<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><b>I remember you still as one of the biggest supermodels of the 90&#8217;s. What have you been doing since then? I know you\u2019ve been working but you have children?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I think I started in \u201987 and \u201988. Probably around that time I started, I was like 13. I think about 11 or 12 my mom was taking pictures of me and we made a little comp card. We sent it to all of the local agencies in Ft. Lauderdale in Florida. Nobody called\u2026 so we did it again. My mom is a photographer so she shoots everybody pregnancy photos, Christmas photos, and she also does a lot of portraits\u2026 she was good friends with Irene Marie in Miami and so she kind of found models for Irene Marie. She always sent them to her. Anyways, Irene Marie did call me\u2026 JJ\u2026 do you remember JJ?<\/p>\n<p><b>Of course, JJ Cortez! He found quite a few top models. It was so sad to hear that he passed away.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Yes it was. JJ is the one that brought me into Irene Marie. He was a scout there. So I signed with Irene Marie and 6 months later, with Irene Marie and another model, we all went to New York City and we saw a lot of the agencies here. That\u2019s where I met Joel from Next. Joel and Jimmy started an agency called Spectrum. And there was a Spectrum modeling competition and I won that. That was my first agency and then they had closed down\u2026 then I went with IMG.<\/p>\n<p><b>So how old were you when everything started happening? When was your first cover?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>14! Yeah, my first cover was Seventeen Magazine at 14 with Paul Lang, shot in the Hamptons.  I remember saving my allowance, riding my bike to Eckerd, which used to be a drug store in my area. I would buy Elle Magazine because I wanted to be in it and then to shoot with Gilles Bensimon? it was magical. You know, Gilles used to shoot under all of those alias\u2019? They were all his photos in there\u2026 I was like \u201cOh my gosh I am going to shoot with Elle Magazine!!\u201d That one and Harper\u2019s Bazaar of course\u2026 and Vogue. All of them, you know? But there was just something about Elle that reminded me of the beach and just always being healthy and sunny and Florida. I do love New York City so much, though; every time I come here, I\u2019m so taken back by the buildings. I just couldn\u2019t believe I was coming to the city. I appreciate everything because life is a gift.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns notpadimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/Elle-1.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46378\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns notpadimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/Elle-2.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46379\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits\">Niki&#8217;s Elle covers<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><b>That was when you were 14, right?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Yes. And then at 15, I was still doing a lot of Seventeen, Mademoiselle and I think at 16 I did Vogue! That was when I started doing Vogue and then shortly after that I got to sign a contract with Covergirl and Liz Claiborne and I was doing all of the shows. My first show was just before I turned 15. It was Thierry Mugler in Paris with model, actress and characters. It was so amazing, I brought my dad. It was the best! I have to say that was probably the best show because it was my first and Danilo did my hair in this 50\u2019s style, he just teased it with the Aqua Net and then I had this bouffant from the 50\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p><b>So, at what point did you take time off to have the twins?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I was at the top of my career, I think I fell in love when I  was only 18. And then I got pregnant right away\u2026I had the babies at 19 and divorced by 20. So, I\u2026 yeah. I was not in a good marriage, I was a young mom. I did struggle which I\u2019m very open about. I did struggle with prescription pills, I had a very difficult delivery. I had a difficult pregnancy with the twins. They did not want to come out. I was induced at 8:00 in the morning and they didn\u2019t come until the next midnight at night. I couldn\u2019t feel anything and I had lost a lot of blood and was in a lot of pain. I was sent home with Percocets. I went on my way and you know, being in a bad marriage and those kind of\u2026 I don\u2019t know it just helped me deal. I was emotionally in pain and I wanted to get out of it. Then my sister passed away shortly after that. So, the prescription pills were the only way that I could feel happy and still\u2026 I could just numb the pain. I was in a lot of pain and I didn\u2019t handle my sister&#8217;s death very well and at the time, now my ex husband and I are friends, but at the time divorce is never nice. That\u2019s all I\u2019ll say about that. But I think the universe throws you a \u201chey, you need to get back on the right path\u201d and I feel like, life is about choices. So, those were my late teens and my twenties and that was my journey. Those were the choices I made, but I love being a mom and my boys are so amazing and I love them so much. Thank God I had them! But I couldn\u2019t wait to get out of my twenties. But, that was my journey and I\u2019m grateful for it. I know why I went through those things. I\u2019ll never understand losing my little sister when she was 17. That is always a hole in my heart and always will be. She was 17 and I was 19.<\/p>\n<p><b>I remember that. Everyone was devastated.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Yeah and nobody knew about that heart condition. It was something that could have been detected with an EKG. It came out of nowhere\u2026 there were no signs. We weren\u2019t warned by anything. It was ARVD, a right ventricular dysplasia. It\u2019s a fatty tissue to the right vein to your heart. It happens in a lot of young athletes believe it or not, and it\u2019s also hereditary. So, all of that happened and\u2026 I decided to take a break from work and go save my life. It was the best decision I made. I did lose a very big, two very big contracts. My agency at the time was not very happy with that. But\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns notpadimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/Elle-3.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/Elle-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/Elle-3-200x44.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns notpadimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/Elle-4.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/Elle-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/Elle-4-200x44.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits\">Niki&#8217;s Elle covers<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><b>You make choices and you chose to act to save your life.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You do, you make choices. Exactly, I think that\u2019s way more important.<\/p>\n<p><b>This business sometimes is but sometimes is not very forgiving. They\u2019ll let you go a little bit, but then they\u2019re like\u2026 come on\u2026. Those kinds of things that you went through you need more time\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Also being in an adult world and thrown into it. I was such a people pleaser, I said yes to everything. I think I said no to three jobs in my whole life. One was because a photographer wasn\u2019t nice to me, the other one was because I didn\u2019t believe in the product, and the third was because I had the flu. Those were the three, but everything else I\u2019ve always said yes to. I\u2019ve always showed up and I was always there until my addiction kind of took over. So yeah, the decisions you make and the things that you go through\u2026 Like I said, I\u2019m grateful for it and what I learned from it was that those were my 20\u2019s, I am grateful for it, I learned from it, and now I listen to that still, small voice. I can ask for.. I don\u2019t know, I feel like you can ask God or the Universe\u2026 I believe in the Law of Attraction too. I believe if you really want something and it\u2019s in your heart and you\u2019re a good person and you help others, stuff will come to you. So, that\u2019s where I\u2019m at now. I got to fall in love again and get married. I have two more beautiful babies from it.<\/p>\n<p><b>Almost like the next phase of your life.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Yeah it is. And you know what? I appreciate the go-sees now because I am trying to get back into the business. I still want to work. I am 41 and I feel like there is a place for me. I\u2019m in the best shape that I\u2019ve ever been in my whole life. I\u2019ve got more energy now than I did back when I was 18! I\u2019m just ready to work again.<\/p>\n<p><b>So just revisiting, you have worked with so many of the legendary photographers. Who were some of your favorites and why?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Well I just got to hang out with Patrick [Demarchelier] for a few minutes before coming over here. Patrick was always a favorite because he was so easy and he just let you be you. I think when there is not a lot of fuss and you know your lighting and all of that, it\u2019s easy you get the picture. It\u2019s in the moment and there is no overkill. Those are the photographers that I love and Patrick is one of them. Also loved Arthur Elgort, Herb Ritts, Peggy Sirota I just worked with her\u2026 Gosh there are so many amazing photographers. I just worked with Walter Chin again. He hasn\u2019t changed one bit, it\u2019s so nice. Gosh\u2026 all of them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns notpadimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/BazaarShortStrip.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/BazaarShortStrip.jpg 800w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/BazaarShortStrip-200x63.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits\">Niki&#8217;s Bazaar covers<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><b>Who were your Vogue covers by?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>My first Vogue covers were by Patrick Demarchelier and Arthur Elgort. And my favorite Vogue cover is definitely the cover with my Chanel rollerblades. Arthur shot that one, and then the 100th Anniversary one with all of the girls. Patrick shot that one.<\/p>\n<p><b>What was a super memorable job?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Oh my gosh I have so many! I swam with dolphins in the (Florida) Keys for a Mademoiselle cover. That was with Paul Lang. Also I was jumping on icebergs in Iceland with Paul for German Vogue.  I think the shows because I got to hang out with all of the girls and meet the designers, be in a different country, taste different foods, and travel. I think that it\u2019s so important that everybody travels. I think you have to get out there. You can\u2019t just be stuck in your town. But, memorable jobs\u2026 shooting with my little sister Krissy and all of the jobs we did together and the fashion shows we did together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns notpadimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/Cosmo-1.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46374\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns notpadimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/Cosmo-2.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46375\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits\">Niki&#8217;s Cosmopolitan covers<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><b>So you had friends at the shows like you said. Who were you closest to?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Probably Tyra. All the time with Tyra (Banks), we also did Covergirl together so we were really close. Also Rebecca Romijn and Susan Holmes. Those were the three that I used to hang out with and I still hang out with Susan, we\u2019re still close.<\/p>\n<p><b>What has helped you in this business?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I am so grateful for many things. Because I was so young when I started I traveled with my parents and so I always had someone to talk to but I am you know, at heart, a loner. I do like my \u201cme\u201d time.  I\u2019m so appreciative of this industry. I\u2019ve met some amazing artists and worked with so many amazing people. But, you know I think you definitely have to have a good support system around you. You\u2019ve got to have good friends and family\u2026 if you have that, you\u2019re set. You\u2019re good.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns notpadimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/Seventeen-1.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46372\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns notpadimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/Seventeen-2.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46373\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits\">Niki&#8217;s Seventeen \/ Shape covers<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><b>How do you like social media? Do you think you would have enjoyed being all connected back then?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Absolutely, I love it now but I definitely would have loved being connected back then because I just remember traveling with cases of CD\u2019s so I could listen to my music and how genius it would be to just have it all on one device. I just remember going to the shows and I\u2019d have to take the CD out. And yes, I would have been able to talk to my boyfriend. The social media part probably not as much back then, but just as long as I could talk to my boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p><b>How was it being on being a judge for &#8220;Make Me a Supermodel&#8221;?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Make Me a Supermodel was so much fun because Cory, my agent at New York Model Management, we reconnected and he\u2019s now my agent. We just had a blast on that show. I did not enjoy the judging part, because I am not a nasty person. I\u2019m like\u2026 whatever makes you feel beautiful, whatever makes you feel good, you eat whatever you want\u2026 you know? *Laughs*  I just can\u2019t judge someone, I\u2019m sorry. But it was a lot of fun and our show was live to tape so it was crunch hour all the time.<\/p>\n<p><b>And then how about Celebrity Apprentice?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The most difficult thing about Apprentice was the time crunch and then trying to delegate jobs to everybody and keep everybody happy with all of the big personalities. But it was so great, got me out of my comfort zone for sure. But it was an honor to be fired by Donald.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-6 medium-6 columns padimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/People1.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"521\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/People1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/People1-154x200.jpg 154w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-6 medium-6 columns padimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/People2.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"521\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/People2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/People2-154x200.jpg 154w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits\">Niki&#8217;s People covers<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><b>What is so different nowadays from back then when you were on top?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Well nowadays you can post about your shoot on Instagram. You don\u2019t have to wait for 3 months for it to come out in a magazine. Technology wise it\u2019s come a long way. But what I do appreciate is&#8230;  having a conversation, looking into each other&#8217;s eyes, finding out about you and you finding out about me. Nowadays everyone is like this [looks down at phone to demonstrate]<\/p>\n<p><b>I feel like a lot of the young girls, nowadays, they&#8217;re not that comfortable with talking.  I think it\u2019s also a part of the reason you\u2019re successful.  I think you make it very easy to have a conversation with. Not only because you\u2019re ridiculously beautiful but because you like being with people and this business at the end of it is a people business.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It is! Exactly. It\u2019s about relationships, it\u2019s about people. Asking them how they are, and you know, that hasn\u2019t changed. And we\u2019re all older. That has changed! *laughs* We\u2019ve got a few more wrinkles and our babies are getting older. So I guess is that good?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns notpadimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/Allure-1.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46372\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns notpadimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/Allure-2.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46373\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits\">Niki&#8217;s Allure covers<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><b>How about who are some of your favorite designers? I\u2019m sure there are a lot\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n<p>There are a lot. Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, definitely Thierry Mugler. Ferre, Jil Sander. Anna Sui\u2026 Marc Jacobs\u2026 all of them. <\/p>\n<p><b>Do you have any favorite pieces that you like to wear?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Do you know I\u2019m such a big purger from my closet? Now I just have a couple of pieces that I\u2019m going to give my daughter when she gets older. They\u2019re mostly bags, Chanel bags, I have a Fendi bag, I think I have a Chanel cardigan. But I give everything away. If I haven\u2019t touched it\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns notpadimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/SelfStrip.jpg\" width=\"990\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/SelfStrip.jpg 990w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/SelfStrip-200x44.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits\">Niki&#8217;s Self covers<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><b>Do you know any of the new generation of models?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Hmm\u2026 yes I do. Karlie Kloss. She\u2019s gorgeous, she\u2019s beautiful and I\u2019ve heard she\u2019s super nice. Cara Delevingne is beautiful and, you know why I like her? Because she\u2019s real and I was such a tomboy too growing up. But I was a lot more shy than her. I wish I had just let it go sometimes and that\u2019s what I appreciate about her.<\/p>\n<p><b>That\u2019s great! What are some things that you have on the horizon. Your fragrance? That was from 10 years ago\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Yeah that was a long time ago, it was over 10 years ago. 2005 is when we started it. You have to have big money behind you to do that. I\u2019m still so lucky that I\u2019m just still working. But, I\u2019ve always wanted to own my own brand. I\u2019ve got a lot of great ideas that I\u2019d like to come out with. I just really enjoy working. I feel like there\u2019s just still a fit somewhere for me. Whether it\u2019s anti-aging or something. There\u2019s always stuff on the horizon. Like the Law of Attraction, it\u2019s going to come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns notpadimg\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/GlamourStrip1.jpg\" alt=\"GlamourStrip1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/GlamourStrip1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2016\/05\/GlamourStrip1-200x37.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits\">Niki&#8217;s Glamour covers<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<b>I swear you haven\u2019t aged. There is some painting somewhere that\u2019s getting old because you\u2019re not getting old. What words of advice would you give your kids if they wanted to model?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Well my daughter and I got to do Russian Allure and she turned into such a ham\u2026 and she\u2019s really good at it. I have not taught her one thing. It\u2019s just already in her. So, if she wants to do it I would absolutely encourage it for sure. If my boys wanted to, absolutely.<\/p>\n<p><b>Any words of advice not only for them but for any aspiring models?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Definitely don\u2019t sign anything without legal advice!  Make sure you really read those contracts and the fine print. And don\u2019t take it so seriously. You have to laugh at yourself, you have to stay true to yourself. Come up from the phone every now and again and have a conversation with somebody.<\/p>\n<p><b>So practical! That\u2019s perfect advice. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>And then you know, again we always say life is about choices.  And don\u2019t get tattoos! I\u2019m getting my tattoos removed now\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b>Oh! Why?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I used to say \u201cOh it\u2019s a memory! It\u2019s this\u201d but now it\u2019s kind of like, ugh. Now everyone&#8217;s eye goes to it or something so I\u2019ve been in the process of removing them. They just don\u2019t mean as much to me and I went a little crazy in my twenties.<\/p>\n<p><b>Because you evolve\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You do. Exactly.<\/p>\n<p><b>And it\u2019s a permanent thing.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Exactly. Get the henna. Get the fake ones\u2026 they make really good fake ones. My sons, they draw theirs out and then take it to a place. 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