My winning is getting to perform. That's my victory.

I was a poor kid, and my mom was a single mother of three.

I'm not that girl who's really concerned with it. I've dated a bit and it's just draining to me. If it's not going to happen natural, obviously it's going to be someone in the industry because that's the only time people ever really see me.

I'm a hygiene freak. I'm like obsessive-compulsive when it comes to washing your hands.

I've loved my 20s, but I would never repeat them.

I feel like you can be the best role model by being yourself.

I'm cute - and God I hate that. Because that's not cool. I'm like your niece, and nobody wants to date their niece. It's the chubby cheeks. The whole reason people voted for me on American Idol is because I'm an everyday, normal girl.