Female genital mutilation targets little girls, baby girls - fragile angels who are helpless, who cannot fight back. It's a crime against a child, a crime against humanity. It's abuse. It's absolutely criminal and we have to stop it.

I know what I am fighting for. I am fighting for the most basic rights of innocent children. And that is why I never take the criticism too deep under my skin.

I still do find it very difficult in the West to connect to this politeness of smiling, not saying how you're thinking or not saying how you really feel.

I don't know what a supermodel is. If they call me that, I might have to punch them. It's just so vain and so unreal.

When I became successful as a model in the United States, I knew that my chance to be heard had come and so I took it.

My family is and will always stay the most important to me.

I've never been one to stay still. I was born a nomad, and I still am a nomad and always will be.