I've been in situations where I've said to young people: "You're so personable, you're so articulate, you're clearly so bright, you're so good-looking - feel better about yourself!" But if at the core if you don't, all those words mean nothing. Absolutely nothing.

I'm doing all that I can to prod the industry and get them to pay more attention [to larger women and petite women]. Because I find it to be reprehensible and repugnant that two populations that are so pervasive in this nation should be so badly neglected.

If you have to ask if a clothing item is a dress or a top, it is always a top.

Models come in all sizes and shapes.

The fashion industry at large has been the worst public relations vehicle for larger women and petite women, they are both maligned and neglected. And I honestly do believe it's getting better.

I say long and lean as opposed to tall, because you could be 5 four and look long and lean.

I learned quickly that if the student’s perception is that you’re not listening to them, and not understanding them, they discredit you.