I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life.

I think spirituality is probably one of the most important things. I feel that I'm a spiritual person and as long as you're walking on that path, you have a communication with God - that's spiritual to me. That spirituality is something that emanates through all of us and is the source energy, and that energy makes everything stronger.

No one thought I would be successful. Everyone thought I would fail. You have no idea how much courage it took for me to do this.

I realize now I didn't really want to die. I just wanted to stop the hurt and pain.

I'm urging all women, I ask them the first time men hit you, please walk away. There is help out there. There are a lot of places that you can go and get help. That's the first step to your freedom and to your life is to walk away.

Don't close the book when bad things happen in your life! Just turn the page and start a new chapter!

I'm an entrepreneur and I love business. That's what I've always done. I went to school for that. My father took me out and said, 'You're gonna be here like everybody else.'