China Machado

If there's one thing I could attribute my strength to, I would say it's the gift of laughter, which I inherited from…

— China Machado

Age is not a taboo in the fashion industry. One should learn what to wear to look good at any age.

— China Machado

I never dreamt that I would do all the things that I have done. But things just happened to me all the…

— China Machado

Originally a stylist took terrible dresses and did everything she could to make them wonderful. Now, you create an image. It's much…

— China Machado

No man has ever paid a single bill in my life - I didn't want it.

— China Machado

I have some regrets that I might have hurt men in my life. But they can take care of themselves.

— China Machado

I'm not an outdoor girl. I can barely swim. I don't ride a horse.

— China Machado

When Dick Avedon died, I was so upset that I just started painting.

— China Machado

When people ask me about modeling, what it was like, I say, "It was fabulous!" If you can use it in the…

— China Machado

I'm practical. I see something, and I do it.

— China Machado

I cook the food of Macau, my roots and soul food.

— China Machado

A model needs to know how to project herself into the camera.

— China Machado

“Beauty opens doors but you'd better be ready to dance right through. -spoken in an interview for About Face with Timothy Greenfield-Sanders”

— China Machado

I make myself lie down every afternoon; otherwise I'll be too exhausted by the night-time. If I can't nap, I'll watch a…

— China Machado

I wonder if it is harder for a woman who was beautiful to get older or a woman who was never looked…

— China Machado

I take off my makeup with Ponds cold cream, and then I wash myself with gentle soap and water, and that's it.

— China Machado

I would never become a big, big model in the commercial sense because I was such a type; you couldn't use me…

— China Machado

I have always done things that made me happy. I work with people I like, and I do the job I like.…

— China Machado

I do not really shop. Most of my clothes I make. I dress simply.

— China Machado

You can't worry about ageing because that's the worst thing. If you start, then you just keep finding more things you don't…

— China Machado

When you look at the runway now, the girls are 15 and 16 years old with no knowledge of clothes, no idea…

— China Machado

I have no nationality, no country.

— China Machado

I am China, pronounced as Chee-na. And I think it's time the world lets older women age gracefully.

— China Machado