I've been collecting crystals for many, many years for healing purposes and decoration. I guess since my name is Crystal, I have no choice.

We're fighting a stigma: fat. People are really scared of fat. And I think we need to change people's minds and show that you can be bigger and you can be beautiful just as you are. It's about being and loving yourself and once I discovered that, life got much easier.

Focus and having energy is the most important goal when choosing my activities and how I treat myself.

No matter what size you are, you must be healthy. I focus on health as a model, whether it's doing yoga, hiking, kickboxing - those things bring me joy.

I'm very lucky that I have people styling my hair and teaching me how to work with it, but it wasn't always like that. Growing up, I had extremely wavy and thick hair and that can be very overwhelming - you end up with the same ponytail every day.

The girls everyone considers the "prettiest" are not always the most interesting or ambitious people.

All women bring something different to the table and we have to appreciate them all.