Now, I don't actually know the exact cut-off age where beautiful ceases and "must have-once-been-beautiful" begins. It's true it's not forty-five. I can still get attention when I try really hard, even if it's greatly reduced.

I have worked every day since the age of fifteen, supporting not only myself, but also helping a sizable family when needed.

Beauty can get a woman what she wants: love and money. But when beauty leaves you, so can the things it brought.

I was fired by 'America's Next Top Model' on my birthday.

The real bummer of fame is that at some point you're bound to get demoted.

I will continue to be intelligent, I vowed, no matter how beautiful I become.

Now, I don't actually know the exact cut-off age where beautiful ceases and "must have-once-been-beautiful" begins. It's true it's not forty-five. I can still get attention when I try really hard, even if it's greatly reduced.