My husband was just OK looking. I was in labor and I said to him, 'What if she's ugly? You're ugly.'

When I went to Fashion Week, I was very disappointed by how few women of color were in those shows. I do speak to the younger girls, and I hear them when they say they’re not getting the big contracts or into the big shows.

My dean gave me permission to model during my work semester, even though I was in the Criminal Justice Department. I don’t know whether I’d ever have become a model if he hadn’t let me do that.

My daughter decided to embrace and celebrate who she was. She was a size 2 at one time, but she decided she didn’t want to be hungry anymore. I think that’s how you turn it around. Today, more and more designers are recognizing how lucrative that market is.

I don’t like to cook, but I like to eat popcorn with butter and salt.

There’s not a hair extension or a makeup artist that can make me feel the way I feel when i give back.

Everyone should have enough money to get plastic surgery.

I was supposedly living this glamorous life, but I was crippled by the idea of growing old and where do I go next? The whole age thing – in our industry, it’s everything.

Business is hard, really hard, but it’s worth it.

My daughter has fulfilled all of my dreams, because she has a BA and MBA in business. She’s both a financial analyst and a plus-size model. She has the best of both worlds because, in modeling, you have to have something to fall back on.