I also have been called that terrible "N" word straight to my face and not known what to do about it because it was just in like 1993 that someone called me that.

My mother never wanted me to focus on my physical self. She always said that beauty is what you do.

Nature has got it all wrong: When you are younger, it should be harder to get pregnant, and as you get older it should be easier.

I see women in their 30s getting plastic surgery, pulling this up and tucking that back. It's like a slippery slope - once you start you pull one thing one way and then you think, 'Oh my God, I've got to do the other side.'

After all, everybody has secrets and there are some things that nobody knows about you but only you, right?

My partner is a Frenchman, so I have got to smell right.

When I got to be about 16,17 I got into a beauty pageant and I was allowed to start playing around with makeup.