Here it is. (Please be forgiving with me. I don't relly speak Croat, never learnt in school.) It is from index.hr, date: 29. 09. 2006
„I never know where I have my duties, I always loose my papers, I forget my appointment at the dentist, the only one who is able to control my duties is my mum. If she wouldn't call me from her workplace, I probably even forget to get up in the morning. The permanent traveling, living from my luggages, to take care of myself alone was a bit much. When I am at home in Croatia, I can let others to take care of me."
About the beggining of her ceareer: " I didn't have to go to school in September, I had to change my schoolbag to Samsonite luggages. I've got a chance to try a nother way of life, to travel the world, to know different cultures, to try something new." – tells us Mateja, and adds, the hardest thing was to be far away from her parents and friends. Suddenly she found herself in to strange hotel rooms from the school class. In the beginning she felt isolated, she spent much time alone, traveled, red and she couldn't use her mother language.
"I remember my first season. I was only 16. I went exclusively for Pradu and Miu Miu, when I missed the plaine to Paris, so I had to spend one more night in a small motel near to the airport. The motel seemed me scary for the first look, (here comes a story I don't understand completely, this is about she was really scared in that motel, while an old man was trying to make approaches to her... ) I was in a strange country first in my life. I keyed the door twice for sure."
"I was homesick. I decided to do it If I already started, it was my job, but I was able to cry into the telephoneto my parents twice a day, I haven't seen them for months. During the fashion week I couldn't sleep more than 4 hours per night, and I lived on sandwiches... Of course I know nothing is for free..." Asking her about thinking about her modeling career's future, Mateja told even she used to have „worse days“, when she feels to leave everything and get on a plane to Zagreb to feel free from fashion industry, she adds: "I was thinking on a break, but I never seen anything better to do, something wich is so unaffected for me like this job what I'm doing now."
About eting habits and weight:
"You sleep only a few hours, you are in rush and hurry, so for the end of the Paris Fashion week I lost so much kilos, my hair became nasty and dry, my skin became tired, and for the end of the day I just want to get into the bed and get my family's, especially my father's meals." She never planned to do this job for a long time. "I became free from the monotony of that kind of life, I got some time to think about who I am and i what I want from life for the future." – said Mateja, who is currently having rest in her native Karlovac, working on to get her driving licence and preparing for her last two exams at the high-school.