I have a very ostrich mentality. I feel like I have my head in the sand so no one can see me.

I feel privileged that people are looking up to me and perhaps a dream will be born because of my presence.

I'm pretty awesome at making salad dressings.

You fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things.

I come from a loving, supportive family, and my mother taught me that there are more valuable ways to achieve beauty than just through your external features. She was focused on compassion and respect, and those are the things that ended up translating to me as beauty. Beautiful people have many advantages, but so do friendly people.... I think beauty is an expression of love.

I think beauty is an expression of love.

Oprah played a big role in my understanding of what it meant to be female and to really step into your own power. I wouldn't even call her a role model; she was literally a reference point. You have the dictionary, you have the Bible, you have Oprah.