When you're seventeen years old, green and inexperienced, you're grateful for any guidance and direction you can get.

You need to find the power within to make [things] happen for yourself. When you realize this, you are unstoppable.

One day I hope to open a shelter of my own. I think it's really important to share my own story with women who've been abused, because going through that experience has led me to where I am today: It's given me the strength and motivation to be the best that I can be.

My elementary school days were miserable. After Star Search, the jealousy got really bad that our neighbors slashed our tires.

I'm not just another bimbo.

I was brought up in a household of chaos and I never felt stable at home.

Don't let anything morph you or push you around or have you be something you're not.