I feel more comfortable when I'm lighter - I sleep better, I snore less, I have more endurance when I work out, my arms look better.

A smile is the most important thing you wear.

I don't like expensive things... I just can't help looking in a magazine for the splurge and the save.

I don't like the label 'plus-size' -- I call it 'fiercely real.' On 'Top Model,' we call it fiercely real. I don't want to use the term 'plus-size,' because, to me, what the hell is that? It just doesn't have a positive connotation to it. I tend to not use it.

Well, I don't think of myself as a diva. I'm too dorky! Look at my shoes. (Points to the aforementioned sneakers.) I always look like this. I don't always want to be "working."

[You] have what it takes to be a victorious, independent, fearless woman.

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