I won Miss Teen World, and then a movie rep saw me on the pageant website and thought that I had the perfect image for the role in 'Madrasapattinam.'

Learning Indian mannerisms, how to wear saris, and the language were a challenge.

I feel more comfortable in saris than gowns.

We had a very good number of mayors participate this year. All the mayors rode out with regular volunteers as well as members of our advisory council and our board members.

It makes no difference to my family where one comes from as long as we make each other happy. They are pretty cool like that.

It is ridiculous - like a mad whirlwind... it's mad that I'm so famous.

We can stop the cycle of animal homelessness and save lives by opening our hearts and homes to a loving cat or dog from an animal shelter instead of buying animals from breeders or pet shops.

Every time someone buys a cat or a dog from a breeder or a pet shop, a cat on the streets or in an animal shelter loses his or her chance at finding a good home.

Thanks to having my dad travel with me, I don't feel quite cut off from my family.

Pond's is a name that everyone is familiar with, and I know that I can trust them when it comes to skincare.

My mum is really fair and has blonde hair, and my dad is not dark, either.

To maintain one's individuality, integrity, and true personality in the theatre is a big task.

The most terrifying thing is sometimes not what we see, but rather what we are forced to imagine.

If you've got a cat and a leg, you've got a happy cat. If you've got a cat and two legs, you've got a party.

Even though I really admire what Beyonce does, and she's probably got one of the best live shows in the world - honestly! - that's so not my style.

The media often glamorizes successful founders and makes their paths seem easier than they actually were.

The whole thing about rock music, pop music, is it's really for kids.

Jonah Peretti is one of the smartest web publishers out there. And Buzzfeed is an aggressive and dynamic company.

Whatever that thing is that white people like in blacks, I don't have it. Maybe it's my arrogance or my self-assurance or the way I carry myself, but whatever it is, I don't have it.

It is the common defect of modern art study. Too many students do not know why they draw.

...there is one thing that all Satan's cunning and all the snares of temptation cannot take by surprise - an undivided will.