I've always found that beauty and confidence are synonymous. If you feel confident, that's what people see.

Even in normal life, I'm not the skinniest model.

As a mother, I always have something better to be doing. I love work still, but I'm less tolerant of my time being wasted.

As my mom always said, 'You'd rather have smile lines than frown lines.'

I just want to be a nice girl from the Midwest - I don't want to have to act like a heavy to be taken seriously, and I resent that I have to be so pushy and political sometimes just to do my job.

I am inspired by many people. First and foremost, I'm inspired by my mother. She definitely helped her children to feel unconditional love and I want to be that same kind of mother.

I've tried and failed a lot. But I've also tried to be really clear about my brand. It is who I am. I'm a mum, I'm a wife, I'm 44 and from the Midwest.