I believe in taking chances and living your life. Sometimes doors open and others close and you have to figure out which one you're going to take. I'm always for the one that's challenging.

In 1996, the possibility of going to New York came up. From then on, I started searching for opportunities on the international market and the plane became my home.

The first is wake up in the morning and be grateful you are here, alive and healthy. And the second is: Give.

People think if you look after yourself you're being selfish, you know.

I'm a woman trying to balance family, work and friends like so many others out there.

Climate change is real. In order to alter this reality, we need all hands on deck.

I'll never forget the day when a woman came up to me and said, 'No, you could never be on a magazine cover. Your face features don't work; your eyes are small, you have a small face but a big nose.' I was only 14 and I had never noticed any of that stuff, you know?