Alexandra Richards thinks modelling has made her more beautiful. The 23-year-old daughter of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has been a professional model since she was 14, and is convinced her stunning looks are down to industry “beauty secrets”. She said: “There are a lot of plus points to being a model but getting beauty secrets is one of...

Cameron Diaz is grateful the man who scouted her had honourable intentions. The stunning actress was just 16 when Jeff Dunes approached her and asked if she wanted to become a model, and she admits she was lucky he was decent and trustworthy. She told FOX News: “I was fortunate to meet a man named Jeff Dunes who, when I met him at a Hollywood party at the tender...

I think anyone with an ounce of intelligence realises that the seductive glamour of modelling is largely an illusion. We may envy these girl’s figures, their salaries, their social lives, their wardrobes, but I don’t think many envy the put-downs, the scrutiny, the long work hours and the precarious nature of their careers. I remember coming across an interview a...

Diane Kruger quit modelling because it was “really boring”. The ‘Inglourious Basterds’ beauty gave up the fashion industry and tried her hand at acting because she found posing for photographs dull. She said: “Modelling got really boring. It wasn’t fulfilling for me, coming from ballet. I wanted to do something else, I just felt that...