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.

When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.

Moscow is a huge inspiration for me. I love what I find here, I love being here.

You cannot leave the house to take the garbage out without full-on makeup and your hair done. You have to fight for your man out there.

I missed quite a lot of school because I was working from the age of 11.

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

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.