I was performing in this burlesque group, and we would go to dance rehearsals every day. You'd use every part of your body. Even though some of it is slow, it takes a lot of muscle to be able to dip down and come back up.

Honestly, in the beginning, it was really tough. Coming from Cincinnati, Ohio, I was just a girl who had a dream, which was to go to Los Angeles, have a career and to be able to support my family. To have a dream like that and, you know, you're not ready.

It's sad. That's a living creature. We don't have the right to take their life away for fashion.

I have fun when I want to have fun, but I am learning how to balance my life out.

Everyone has different layers to who they are.

My friends know that I have a silly sense of humour and I can be a little vulgar at times - but just with people that I am close to.

I'm not one of those people that has to look myself up every five seconds to see what people are saying. That's been really helpful. I mean, you get thousands of compliments, and then one person will say something negative - and that's all you'll remember, that one person.