Okay...Let's go
You can speak fluent French. I think I'm right in saying. Can you say I'm Elle Mcpherson and I am the body?
je m'appelle et je le body
Now once the supermodel's always a supermodel
You tell me...
That's very much absolutely. Right, I do want to know that do you see yourself or more
now as a model or as a businesswoman
I've been doing business for a really
long time and I consider myself to be an entrepreneur entrepreneurial spirit
lingerie...lingerie...?
lingerie
How's it going ?
20 years in the business it's thriving
Here I am in my office with undis behind me
How did you first realize that you have a native business ?
I think it's more a heart for numbers
than a nose for business but you know... when I was 26 years old I left my
modelling agency. At the time, it was forward and I incorporated myself and I
became a McPherson Inc and I started doing business-to-business kind of deals.
Are you aware of the clock that you forgot about a litte bit...?
No...I'm not nervous
What do you make proud of so far in your life? I’m off pretty much I feel on that question…easy question.
My biggest achievement is raising my boys to be
conscious sensitive present human beings.
Two boys?
Two boys...eleven and six
Is it hard being a single mom?
It's challenging and it's exciting and it's wonderful and what a gift.
I do want to ask you about business there and whether you feel it's
harder being a woman in business.
Being a woman in the lingerie industry were
surrounded by women making my way. Yes...I have all my entourage,
my design team is fabulous. So, you know...it's much easier being a woman in O'Neal Andre
than around.
Australia...?
Yes...
Brought up in Australia...?
Yes
Are you still in Australia in your heart?
Absolutely 100% Australia
Oh it's funny a bit British
Not even sure British
but I'm very fond look I love living in London I think that is an
extraordinary tower.
If you could click your fingers there and change something
about British life often the weather.
I always just have to say the weather but
that's okay
You know art music literature theatre fantastic
people live here...
British men...?
Sexy...at times
what do you find really attractive in a man?
Creativity and intelligence.
Okay...and are there any hyper embarrassing chat lines? Let's take out
Oh would you like to cover Dubai TV show 5-mitute show?
Well I was going to ask your a date... but I'm not gonna take that
As a no quite yet cricket
Cricket
like it?
Uhm...I had a boyfriend that play cricket once... I've got very long time ago
Good time...So were you sort of a quickly girlfriend...?
Yeah...actually I was a cricket chick
Do you think England can win back the ashes?
I wouldn't know....
What'd you just say "Yes"
Yes...yes...Of course...
What was life like growing up in Australia Cronulla?
Cronulla is where my father lived and it was amazing. You know...I spent a lot of time on the beach rode
my bicycle played sports and...and had a really healthy lifestyle.
swimming before school?
swimming...swimming training. How did you know it five o'clock in the morning?
a one-piece bathing suit training...Yes...
what did you do these days to wind down?
I like to listen to music. I really use a bit of everything.
I'm a bit of a 70s buff chick I know it's not very cool but that's me
and I read and creative you know when I however I can create whether it be
writing or reading I mean in a sense of material for work and then
interpretation but all this...
Obviously you stay very fit and could
say how do you do that? you meet one
I paid more than I wanted that's the problem half the time
Oh...sports're really important to me. I love snow skiing
love riding, water skiing and... and I do it as much as I can
And are there any sort of issues...sort of world issues or political issues that really stick out
to you that you care but...?
It's really interesting you should talk about
sexuality work. Uhm...yeah...politics is politics and human rights
And then I aim to two subjects I've worked a lot with red Bono and Bobby Shrivers initiative which
raises capital for the Global Fund. The maternal mortality is also an issuse
that I'm very comfortable with UNICEF...
just a minute just over 30
seconds to go
Yes ma'am
Sorry...?
Yes...sir
We're on first-name terms. Now what are the big remaining ambitions?
Oh...the finish of time is making fool of myself
Is there any ambition?
Oh...so many I don't think I can really talk about in another 10 seconds
Are you applauded do you say do you see yourself as a broad in what
respect
okay now we're still recording but I do have to ask you what would I have to do
all my male friends wanted me to ask this question what would I have to do to
persuade you to go for a drink I don't drink
come on what's about flouncing about it what about a day at Lourdes um well you
know why the way I feel about cricket so don't think so well that would not go
down so well you have to be creative and ingenious and find some way to entice my
you know it's good to have a mentality physicalities and a spiritual no not
necessarily how about bird-watching depends what
kind of birds I believe the beautiful Titus may be
sort of a weekend in Wales perhaps just pretend to say I like the weekend away
idea I like country really nice to meet you - nice to meet you