ONE IN A SERIES OF PHOTOS AND CAPTIONS RUNNING THROUGHOUT FASHION WEEK SLUGGED "MODELS OF THE WORLD," EXPLORING THE LIVES OF MODELS.
Fashion model Yulia Musieichuk of Kiev, Ukraine, reacts as she is photographed from multiple angles while having her toenails painted backstage before the Rebecca Minkoff Spring 2015 collection show Friday, Sept. 5, 2014, during Fashion Week, in New York. Musieichuk, 22, who was scouted in her native Ukraine at age 16, has a mother, father, sister and nephew back home. "I like to be alone and traveling," she replied, when asked if she ever finds herself homesick. She feels the biggest misconception about modeling is that it's easy, saying that dealing with rejection is the biggest hurdle. With regards to casting, "It's very hard after it's 'no.' You can do it so many times and it's no, no, no? it's very hard emotionally... to stay in this and just to believe in yourself." As for her future in modeling, "I like it for now." (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)