We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences.

I'm proud that today, at 43 years old, I've come to value the aging process and focus on inner rather than outer beauty.

Motherhood has brought me many joys and insights, but the new perspective it granted me on the role I had inadvertently played in young women's lives for the 2 decades I spent in the modeling industry was downright sobering.

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.

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

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

I delight in my family obligations, but they leave little time for breaks let alone quick trips across the country.