I am not naturally that thin, so I had to go through everything from using drugs to diet pills to laxatives to fasting. Those were my main ways of controlling my weight.

Though my parents assured me over and over again that I wasn't stupid or slow, I sensed that my dyslexia was now a stigma on all of us.

I am a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother. I am a friend of women and I am their advocate.

Eating disorders, body dysmorphia and a general dissatisfaction with one's life and body seems to ail too many young people.

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.

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

I bicycle 12,000-foot mountain passes, run, cross train, skate-ski, hike and mountain bike.