I'm a person who likes to give 100 percent to everything I do. I want to be the best at my job and as a mother.

Our daughter was the last in her class to get a cell phone and she had to earn it. She still doesn't have Instagram although she asks me for it every day.

Self esteem is built from the inside out and that is my inspiring message to all people.

Gratitude needs to come back in a big way and I hope to encourage people to get involved.

I believe giving back is one of the greatest life lessons we can teach our children; that the world isn't all about them, and that through our actions people will really discover what kind of a person we truly are.

One of my Miss America judges called me a "God-clutcher" way back when because I spoke about my faith being an important part of my life during my interview.

Being REAL means showing people who you are underneath all the TV make up too.