Ive never really been the type to dress up like the other girls do. Im more of a casual, relaxed kind of girl. More athletic.

In pageants, you are evaluated from head to toe and its obviously all about looks, and as vain as that is, they can also bring you lots of opportunities to do amazing things.

I'm from Alabama and I have morals and I have class. That's my personality.

Many girls prepare their whole lives for this one moment. For me, I see Miss USA as an opportunity to reach new and greater heights in the future.

I just try to stick to clean foods, anything grilled like salmon, chicken, fish, brown rice, and veggies. I do have a really big sweet tooth, so I try to curb my cravings with fruit instead.

Modeling and pageants help me overcome feeling insecure about the way that I look and my height.

I've done modeling since I was 18, but it didn't take off until I moved to Los Angeles. Modeling has always been something I've been really good at, and has been something that's helped pay bills.

Every single model wants to be in Sports Illustrated, and I feel extremely blessed to have that opportunity.

Pageant makeup is so different from your day-to-day look. When you're on stage you really have to pack it on.

The sand in the hour glass isn't meant to stick together. It will flow exactly same today, how it did ten years back. That's how much reliable that stuff is. The stuff that can be consistent.

Thoughts can be such slippery things sometimes, Very hard to handle.But to a well-trained mind, They are easy to bind

They weren't lying. They firmly believed it all. Which doesn't change the facts.

It was always the most striking scene, the best work, the most disturbing emotion and unsettling idea that attracts criticism.

I'm just a wretched half-blood girl caught in a storm."Akil tasted his wine and smiled. "Muse, you are the storm.

A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective.

I always knew that I wanted to work on my own material - something that would be more long-lasting than short-lived electronic transmissions.

All in all, I'd say, the world is strangling.

Let's Face it, - Sinatra is a king. He's a very sharp operator, a keen record chief, and has a keen appreciation of what the public wants.

Every one of us is more beloved to the Lord than we can possibly understand or imagine.