I love color - I'm not a beige kind of girl

I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures.

So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

The female body is something that's so beautiful. I wish women would be proud of their bodies and not diss other women for being proud of theirs.

You can never be too perfect, too thin, too curvy. I'm very confident and happy with my body.

I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl.

I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.

There was no way in hell I was going to jeopardize my baby for my show.

Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.

I love theatrics and have a huge imagination: Why would I want to sit onstage and sing a bunch of ballads back-to-back?

I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom, saying how much I wanted to be there.

Gym is a sacred place which makes your life feel worth existing by putting effort of care into the home of your soul called body!

Many great people over the centuries have depended on their faith- it is a sign of great strength to need Jesus in your life.

The cliche that sea dry up and rocks rot away, but the heart never changes is nothing but a beautiful fantasy.

We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time

I love Morocco - it's a real challenge to all five senses. You think you know something, and you don't. It's wonderful. It keeps you on your toes that way.

Food is the most important influence on your health. It is even more important than your thoughts and emotions.

The only reason your mind won't stop its endless chattering is because you won't stop listening to it!

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.

I don't know, but I think it's going to be good.

Take time to be kind and to say 'thank you'.