RAQUEL WELCH WORKS HARD FOR HER LOOKS

Raquel Welch

Superstar Raquel Welch struggled to get jobs as a model when she first arrived in Hollywood because agents "hated" her curves. The 69-year-old Hollywood legend first showed off her impressive body in "One Million Years B.C." and soon became a pin-up girl in the 1960s. Raquel is admitting movie bosses weren't immediately taken with her figure and regularly turned her down for the jobs. Raquel told Oprah Winfrey, "When I tried to do some modeling after I first came to L.A. -- just to get a job -- they hated my body. Everything was wrong. "I had no idea that was the path I was going to be going in when I started my career because I wanted to be an actress." The star is also insisting it takes hours of hard work to maintain her glamorous look: "I'll have my mornings when I really like myself, but 90 per cent of the time it's 'Oh my God'. One of the reasons I look so good is that it takes me about three hours to get ready."
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