I got my degree. More importantly, I got a key to American opportunity. That's who we are - a nation that rewards ambition with opportunity. Where hard work can lead to success, no matter where you start.

I always knew pesticides affected farmworkers. That's why I always tell people, "eat organic." Not just because it's better for you but because you know the people who picked your food weren't in a toxic environment.

Beauty lies mainly, above all, in personality, not in the skin.

I never had a time line for my life. I didn't say I wanted to be married at 28 and have three kids by the time I was 32.

I'm a pageant girl from Texas, so I like makeup and hairspray. And the smoky eye? I think I was born with it!

I don't regret anything I ever do or say. I don't like to live my life being censored. I like to say what I feel, and I think people respect that because you're honest.

When I was at the interview asked how I cope with life's difficulties, I said that saving sense of humor. I'm not lying.