If you are ambitious you can have a moment of glory but it will most likely be temporary. But talent always finds its way out.

The people that live in my hometown do not walk along the street with smiles on their faces. It is a desperate place, but I got out.

Finding out I was pretty was a very nice realisation.

I love Yves Saint Laurent and Giambattista Valli and Givenchy and I get given quite a lot, but perhaps nothing is as wonderful as the white fake leather trench coat I got when I was 15.

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.'

The secret to applying my makeup is that I just put it where it's needed.

I think protecting your family and giving to them is so important. It’s the most important achievement.