Choose the correct verb form for each blank !

My Life As A Model

When I started school , the other children at me because I was shorter than they were and I wasn't very pretty. By the time I left school, however, I a lot and was the second tallest girl in my whole class.

Some years later, I law at the university when a friend suggested that I should take up modelling. I was surprised, because, before then, I of myself as being attractive, but she disagreed. Like many of my university companions , she got a part-time job and in the evenings as a part-time model for one of the big agencies. When I left university, I to join her.

Since then, I as a fashion model and I love it a lot. I all over the world for the big fashion magazines and I many great experiences.

Recently, though, I the autobiography of a famous model. She writes about the difficulties that older models are facing and now I more worried about my future. Should I change my career ? I have always liked the idea of acting and at the moment I of having lessons. Sometimes I regret that I the time to practice law !