Speaking to DANSK, she revealed that she is proud of her achievements over the years and how she influences her contemporaries.
She said: 'At the People’s Choice Awards, Rihanna came up to me and said: "Brigitte, can I just be you for one day?"
'I’m like, start off bleaching that hair, girl! I always take it as a compliment I’m very proud of what I’ve accomplished. The ideas and trends that we created through the years influenced so many things.
'When I did the Herb Ritts shot where I’m covered in fishnet, Cindy Crawford saw it and went: "That’s what I want to do!"
'Then she copied me. We did some shoots that were absolutely beyond, but to become an icon and make a difference you have to take chances.'
She revealed how hairdressers are scared to cut her hair too, adding: 'They get so nervous.
'The last time I changed hairdressers, her hands were shaking. I said: "Calm down. Have a chamomile!’''
Nielsen also spoke about her secret of making a dress look sexy.
She said: 'A dress looks different on a person who’s sexual. You become the dress and the dress becomes you. My way of being eccentric shows off in the way I wear a dress, and in my choice of dress.'
WORDS
Who needs realism? / Editorial note / By Uffe Buchard
DANSKWORLD / Sonia Rykiel, H&M and interviews with Hannah Marshall & Hannah Martin and Louise Amstrup
Man Pants / Lingerie for men / By Anders Christian Madsen
Boot Camp / Military in womenswear / By Susanne Madsen
The Bold and the Beautiful / Interviews with Jim Goldstein, Louis-Marie de Castelbajac, Zenia Jæger, Hanna Hedman, and Malcolm Pate / By Anders Christian Madsen
Special K-atie / Interview with Katie Eary / By Duncan Campbell
Cycling Short / Azzedine Alaïa shorts / By Susanne Madsen
Martyn-ism / Interview with Martyn Bal / By Anders Christian Madsen
Thick Red Line / Lip liner / By Victoria Herbert
The Cult of Kane / Interview with Christopher Kane / By Susanne Madsen & Anders Christian Madsen
Big Hunk o’ Chunk / Chunky male models / By Anders Christian Madsen
La Donatellaaah / Interview with Donatella Versace / By Susanne Madsen
I’m The Female James Dean Gone Platinum / Interview with Brigitte Nielsen / By Anders Christian Madsen
Strawberrygate / Yves Saint Laurent’s strawberries / By Victoria Herbert
The World’s Worst Interns / Intern anecdotes / By Susanne Madsen
FASHION
Brigitte Nielsen / Brigitte Nielsen by Jam / Fashion Editor: Elizabeth Sulcer
New Agenda / Thomas Hoefnagels by Bruno Staub / Fashion Editor: Jean Michel Clerc
Camouflage / Elinor by Bo Egestrøm / Makeup: Henrik Steen
Kink / Olga Sherer by Joachim Mueller-Ruchholtz / Fashion Editor: Anders Sølvsten Thomsen
The Radicals / Carmen by James Meakin / Fashion Editor: Chloe Beeney
Fumes / Tyler McPeak by Torkil Gudnason / Grooming: Paco Blancas
Light Fantastic / Ty by Alexander Sainsbury / Fashion Editor: Toby Grimditch
Cover Girl / Marcelina by Bo Egestrøm / Makeup: Anne Staunsager
The Other Man / Bastiaan Ninaber by Joachim Mueller-Ruchholtz / Fashion Editor: Anders Sølvsten Thomsen
Gone Shopping / Adama Diallo by Oliver Stalmans / Fashion Editor: Anne-Stine Bae
Hair Apparent / Suzie Bird by Justin Cooper / Hair: Olivier Lebrun
Rapture / Katlin Aas by Scott Trindle / Fashion Editor: John McCarty
Trunk Show / Jacques by Kevin Mackintosh / Fashion Editor: Christian Stroble
Miss World / Heidi Mount by Dan Martensen / Fashion Editor: Michelle Cameron
A New Shade of Orange / Amanda and Sylvester by Henrik Bülow / Fashion Editor: Melanie Buchhave
Marcelina Sowa?Cover Girl / Marcelina by Bo Egestrøm / Makeup: Anne Staunsager