I had dropped out of school and was a runaway, so I didn't have family to fall back on if I didn't work. I didn't have a lot of other options of making money other than modeling.

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.

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.

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

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

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

When you become a parent, it's not all about you anymore.