Top 15 Janelle "Penny" Commissiong Quotes

Responsibility dictates behaviour and winning never dictated how I lived my life.

In the quest for perfection the line keeps moving.

costs."Everything is Hollywood. Everything is instant. Everyone strives for perfection the perfect look.

No fillers, no replacements, no substitutes."This seems miraculous in a world she recognises as revolving around instant beauty at all costs.

looks."One of the things I'm thankful for is that I have all my original body parts.

Retirement has traditionally been tied to the 60s and that image hangs over it, but it just doesn't fit.

There are so many pre-conceived notions of what '60' is first and foremost 'old'.

may help young people coming up have a sense of our history.

It was a hostile industry, but over the years I think I earned their respect.

A person of colour was not a typical beauty.

I had never before in my life felt second place or second class, so that was all new to me.

We weren’t seeing ourselves in the papers at all. We figured we were there just to make up the numbers

Except we never saw a black contestant on the cover.

I’d never even been on a stage before. Seeing the competitive spirit around beauty was very interesting.

Only when we got there did I realize that I was really in a competition.