Thanks for the words of wisdom. I second everything you said.
We saw Pania one afternoon when we were in New York. She was close to tears. She had been in a fashion expo for jeremy scott(S/S 2004) and her knees were all scraped up and bloody. We stopped to talk to her and she said she had messed them up at the show. It was some kind of sadist exihibit and she had to kneel on her knees with a leash around her neck for the entire show. Modeling? Glamorous,....I think not. Everyone pays their dues. She's doing very well now but I believe something like that would be hard to forget.