Today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.

Today I see beauty everywhere I go, in every face I see, in every single soul, and sometimes even in myself.

For me, beauty is synonymous with uniqueness . . . perfection is mundane, boring, and emotionless. It is by celebrating the differences in others that we can begin to accept our own individuality.

I made a crash landing here on Earth on February 14, 1962, in the Shreveport Catholic Charities Home for un-wed mothers. The infamous Bonnie and Clyde lost their lives just miles from where I was born. Like outlaws ourselves, my birth mother and I were on the run from the day she found out I was part of her.

Audrey had an angelic quality about her. She didn't act like she was better than everyone, she just had a presence, an energy, a sort of light coming from within her that was overwhelming.

I also have this incredible love for women.

I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety.