Exposing any subject that is unpleasant or controversial means risking judgment and making some people feel uncomfortable.

From the time I started school, it was clear to everyone that I wasn't learning at the same pace as other kids.

My days are jam-packed with carpools, classroom assistance, tending to chickens, dogs and seven acres of olive trees!

Anorexia was there for me before I got into modeling, but because of the arena and the demands, the disease really got out of control for me. It's like being an alcoholic and going and being a bartender.

I had been on this insane diet for almost 17 years to maintain the weight that was demanded of me when I was modeling. My diet was really starvation. I am not naturally that thin.

My parents were both from the East and had moved to San Francisco only so my father could go to law school there.

Being born and raised as a Californian, I somewhat ignorantly had taken for granted the diversity and liberal mindset that shaped my childhood and adult life.