One thing my mom used to tell me was to look to the other side, and know that my present is not going to be everything. So if I'm having a bad day, she goes, 'Just imagine tomorrow. This is going to be over. This is going to be done with.'

I enjoy doing fashion shows and transforming myself into different looks for photo shoots.

I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there.

I've had my heart broken one too many times.

You've got to learn to accept the fool in you as well as the part that's got it goin' on.

It was hard to get guys to notice me, period, because I was so skinny and all my friends were curvy. Plus, I used to be very nervous in front of guys.

Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies.