I'm stronger knowing that while Donna Rice could be sold, she could not be bought.

Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won - and was sent to New York City to compete nationally.

I was always an overachiever.

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

If pornographers can hook adolescents when their hormones are raging, they know they'll have an ongoing consumer base for life.

After graduating in the summer of 1980, I knew I wanted my life to count.

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.