I was excited to explore and see the world. I'd been traveling since I was 6 months old, so I was never fearful of getting on a plane and going somewhere - even America.

No one should ever be ashamed of going to meetings. It's healthy, it's therapeutic and it's the right way to live.

I look at modeling as something I'm doing for black people in general.

I live my life day by day, and that's how I continue to live it.

I started this charity, Fashion for Relief, in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina happened. New Orleans was actually the first place I visited in the United States. It was one of my first big jobs, a shoot for British Elle. It was April 14, 1986.

Children are our future we must take care of them with maximum effort.

I like to control everything, and you cannot control everything. You have to at some point say, 'I let go and I'm going to let the cards fall where they fall... For a #‎ controlfreak , it's hard.