I would not recommend a teen getting into modeling if they're not solid when it comes to their grades and school. That comes first. My mother always told me that came first.

Never dull your shine for somebody else.

Don't chase the money... chase the passion. Because that's what is going to keep you happy and motivated and jumping out of that bed Monday morning.

I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care.

Love every part of yourself. Even the things that frustrate you. They make you who you are!

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?

Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that's positive and celebrate that!

There is 3 key things for good photography: the camera,lighting and... Photoshop

I love the confidence that makeup gives me.

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself.

You can have all the potential in world, but unless you have confidence, you have nothing.

Let's be real: if women were "naturally" anything, societies wouldn't spend so much time trying to police every aspect of their lives

I've nothing against people. Just a***oles. But then, most people are.

But trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home.

It's not enough to just swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let it fly.

I broke my neck, it's a classic neck break from chin to chest. If I had been alone, I would probably be dead.

I am working for the time when unqualified blacks, browns and women join the unqualified men in running our government.

God doesn't love me any more or less because I had some work done on my face.

What no woman or man needs is anyone telling them they are 'too fat' or 'too skinny.' That just adds to the many stereotypes out there about a person's weight.

The easiest thing to find on God's green earth is someone to tell you all the things you cannot do.

Sometimes you believe a thing that isn't true because in the world you wish to live in, it would be true.