"I have my parents to thank for that, they raised me to be active and play all sports. They taught me the importance of staying healthy, being focused and setting goals in whatever I do"
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The phrasing is deliberately practical. “Focused” and “setting goals” borrows the language of athletics and self-improvement culture, the kind that travels well across fitness TV, brand partnerships, and motivational profiles. It also quietly dodges the messier truth that modeling is an industry of gatekeeping, timing, and market taste. If the world won’t admit how arbitrary the ladder can be, you at least claim the parts you can control: habits, training, mental discipline.
There’s subtext, too, about respectability. “Whatever I do” expands her identity beyond modeling, hinting at longevity and versatility - a person with a work ethic, not just a face. That matters in a culture that alternates between idolizing and dismissing women whose careers are image-based. The intent is to be read as credible: health as character, sports as proof, parents as origin story. It’s the aspirational narrative of the era’s fitness-boom celebrity - wholesome, controlled, and designed to feel replicable, even if the system isn’t.
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| Topic | Parenting |
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"I have my parents to thank for that, they raised me to be active and play all sports. They taught me the importance of staying healthy, being focused and setting goals in whatever I do." FixQuotes, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-my-parents-to-thank-for-that-they-raised-73867/. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.






