and like raquel, anja was really a slow climber. i think raquel cracked models.com top 50 ranking in one of its very first editions, which must be late 90's or 2000 or something, but she languished in the lower bottom for so long to get to the #1 spot. when i think of anja and raquel, i think of people who really make modelling a vocation, getting to the top not by chance encounters but by breaking their back and sweat. the longevity of their careers, and the unfailing professionalism always attendant to them, is truly awe-inspiring and deserves huge respect