I was essentially paid to perpetuate the myth that we are all, or should at least try to be, 17 and a size 2 forever.

Part of treatment for drugs and alcohol is you abstain from these, but with eating disorders you can't abstain from food so the treatment is longer than drugs and alcohol.

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

I think that we can't deny the public's want for balancing out the images that are out there depicting women. Not all of us are 17 and a size two.

There is nothing more attractive that a woman who is sure of herself.

While women across the globe have many differences - language, culture, environment - our similarities are undeniable, and the impact of abuse and oppression affects us all.

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