I learnt early to have little expectation so I protected myself from ever feeling greatly disappointed.

I completely admire my mother for raising a child with cerebral palsy at home.

If we're talking about being skinny or losing weight, I don't have that problem; it's genetics.

The big contracts go to the girls who are healthy - they need to have a sparkle in their eyes and you can't fake that if you're unhealthy.

But when my grandmother saw me plucking [my eyebrows] she said: 'Don't. You will regret it. One day you will wake up with no eyebrows and think how stupid you were. Your eyebrows are the most beautiful thing about you.'

When I work as a model, it feels like holiday. Doing a shoot is so light in a way that it's really a good break from being a mother or running a charitable organization and other philanthropic projects that I'm really passionate about.

Keeping up with everything I do requires some sacrifices, but once and a while I need to take some time to myself.