Once I started drinking more water, my skin, hair and nails all flourished.

You'll never see me at the launch of the new PlayStation or some club. For me, the fun stuff is being able to get my mom tickets to 'Dancing With the Stars' - she loves Mario Lopez.

The first time I landed in New York and got a cab to my hotel, I was completely struck by it: a feeling of life and chaos, 24 hours around the clock, just like in London. And whatever your problem is, it's insignificant. You're just a small part of something very big.

I was an open, smiley and gregarious child. I could make friends in 30 seconds wherever I went.

It would be impossible to be a woman in Western culture and not have your own issues about your image and what you look like.

My parents were both Spanish-speakers and they used to speak to me and my siblings in Spanish and we'd answer them in English.

Sometimes I worry more about losing weight than gaining weight, because this is how people know and accept me.