I know that I've been blessed in many ways, and I was fortunate enough to travel the world and meet a lot of interesting people. But I never felt that the modeling career was all that important.

I work with wonderful people who support me. And, my beliefs are that the business needs to serve the family rather than the family serve the business.

Modeling was another job like some of the other ones I had. Working as a cashier, I delivered newspapers, I worked in a retirement home feeding elderly people. . . so I never stopped and thought about, boy, I'm a successful model.

It's important to find one that complements your body and not try to fit into something that doesn't work.

I won't give up my day job of design.

I believe there are three keys to success. For me it is keeping my priorities in order: It's my faith and my family, and then the business.

I used to be pro-choice."..."I was once pro-choice and the thing that changed my mind was, I read my husband's biology books, medical books, and what I learned . . . At the moment of conception, a life starts. And this life has its own unique set of DNA, which contains a blueprint for the whole genetic makeup. The sex is determined. We know there's a life because it's growing and changing.