You can't eat beauty, it doesn't sustain you. What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion, for yourself and those around you. That kind of beauty inflamed the heart and merchants the soul.

I grew up in Nairobi, which is the capital of Kenya, so it's hustle and bustle, and there's always something going on.

That you will feel the validation of your external beauty but also get to the deeper business of being beautiful inside. There is no shade in that beauty.

It's great to have something to dress up for. You know, I spent three years in slacks at drama school, so now I like putting a dress on.

I like people who don't tell you what you want to hear.

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.

No matter where you're from, your dreams are valid.