I don't think my dad really knew what to do with me, as a daughter. He treated me like a boy; my brother and I were treated the same. He didn't do kid stuff. There were no kid's menus; you weren't allowed to order off the kid's menu at dinner - we had to try something from the adult menu.

Really I was open-minded about doing anything, but the one thing I didn't want to do was get myself into a corset, because I was worried I'd never get out again.

I think it's so much sexier to be understated. It's more intriguing to be sexy in a less obvious way.

When people call me a role model it puts the fear of god into me, because I feel like I'm destined to fail.

In Cancún, I felt like I had walked into an American teen movie.

No country in the world can yet say they have achieved gender equality.

If I've learned anything, it's really just to stop trying to find answers and certainties.