What I look for is a man who can be a friend, someone who is an equal and one with whom I feel comfortable. I want to be happy and loved, and not settling for something second best and less than I deserve. But a relationship of and by itself is not what is going to make this gal survive - a relationship is the cherry on the top of the cake

I love clothes, but I don't know what to put on myself, let alone others. I have a lot of help getting dressed.

There's always a different energy when you're surrounded by a group of women creatives.

'Friends' will always remain friends.

I don't think I got thin. I think I got healthy.

Where would you be without friends? The people to pick you up when you need lifting? We come from homes far from perfect, so you end up almost parent and sibling to your friends - your own chosen family. There's nothing like a really loyal, dependable, good friend. Nothing.

They always say 'youth is wasted on the young' - there's something to that.