Carol Alt

Model

1960-12-01

Carol Alt is an American model and actress who became a prominent fashion figure in the 1980s. She later worked in film, television, and health media.

Books by Carol Alt

Model, incorporated
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The raw 50

10 amazing breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks, and drinks for your raw food lifestyle
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A healthy you
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Quotes by Carol Alt

Elle MacPherson is absolutely amazing she is just so beautiful.
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It doesn't matter what age you are. You can look sexy and feel great, and that doesn't have to be a gift only for the young. It can be a gift for any age, even the old, whatever that is nowadays.
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I run like an electric golf cart. Now I look at eating as a way to feed my body and keep me younger. It's not about starving your body, but treating your body like a Ferrari. You don't put in the crappiest gas you can find. You use supreme. In the long term, you'll run clean.
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Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction.
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Because I was the first super-elite, the press caught on and started calling me a supermodel. So in that sense, I guess I'm the first. But, in my opinion, there were girls that could have been called supermodels before that, if the term was in existence.
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I went along doing the one-salad-a-night routine for a year. And I remember feeling so tired and depressed and irritable. I had no personal life. I was always flying someplace - weekends, holidays, vacations. Dinners at night were no fun because I couldn't eat.
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There was really no friendship in modeling, though a certain amount of warmth comes from running into models you know on shoots, because you end up in so many unfamiliar places, from Alaska to Africa.
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My mom cooked pot roast with noodles and frozen vegetables. Or she'd make spaghetti or hot dogs, or heat up TV dinners. Before I started modeling at age 19, I was 5'8 and weighed 165 pounds.
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Sometimes I get so wrought up being brushed, poked and pinned all day.
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