I had gained so much confidence through my college achievements that I wanted to tackle the world.

At thirteen I began modeling, doing my first television commercial in ninth grade for Pizza Hut.

Although I'd first seen Senator Hart in Aspen, Colorado, at a New Year's Day party in 1987, we hadn't talked.

Returning to South Carolina meant getting a normal job in a normal town with normal people and marrying a normal person. I wanted the glamour and opportunity of the world.

Since it was too difficult to get into the Screen Actor's Guild in New York, I moved to Miami in 1982 and started a successful career as a television commercial actress, obtaining my SAG card there.

I stared at the television in shock, watching as my private life was revealed to the world.

I had gained so much confidence through my college achievements that I wanted to tackle the world.