In the past, I often found that when I reached out for a fast cure it led me down a slippery slope of more medications, hopeful dependence on the next prescription and ultimately a much longer drawn-out illness.

My doctor felt that the main contributing factor was so many years of malnutrition, especially during my formative years, even before I got into modeling.

I've learned to surround myself with women who lift me up and leave me feeling nurtured rather than drained.

My daughters, your daughters, our daughters deserve safety, protection, and the freedom to make their own choices about their personal lives and their physical selves.

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.

You have to find a balance with food in your life - you can't take out food. It can be absolutely terrifying.

I was born in 1968, just eighteen months after my sister Chrisse and just one year after Dad passed the bar exam.