Pageants were a platform for me, and they helped me get to where I am today. You suddenly stop being just another girl, and people want to listen to what you have to say.

I'm petrified of bees because I have an anaphylactic reaction to bees.

I'm working with UNESCO on a project called 'Thirst,' which educates children all over China and promotes awareness to the fact that 300 million people in China do not have access to water.

I do an international beauty pageant called Queen of the Universe for UNESCO, and what we do is we build kindergartens around the world.

Some people would rather have a lie that makes them smile than a truth that makes them cry. I'm the opposite; I'd rather have people make me cry with the truth than try to make me smile.

My one main secret I did right after my pageants days, is I only wash my hair once a week. I tell everyone, 'You have to stop washing your hair so much!'

I must be very clear in one thing... Being a pageant girl is not who I am or what defines me.

I'm a happily declared chocoholic. I keep it everywhere, even my nightstand.

In the entirety of my life, I have never had an eating disorder.

Oh, I am such a little piggy. Everyone is always mad at me because I eat so much. They're like, 'How are you so skinny?' I eat more than my husband!

I am the lead on NBC's 'Siberia,' and I loved that experience.

Believe in your heart that you're meant to live a life full of passion, purpose, magic and miracles.

There is a strength of character in the people who have, by and large, never experienced comfort.

Our assignment has never been about what we can do for God, but what can God do through us.

We sort of expect to see men in women's clothes. It's part of our culture. The key thing is, it has to be done quite badly.

Generally I'm wide open to people; I love helping them in any way I possibly can. But for me to invest, a business has to have a lot of creative scale; it has to be unique.

If you want to be angry at Gore, be angry at him for not fighting harder in Florida.

Foresight is not about predicting the future, it's about minimizing surprise.

God's word is unpredictable in its power... The Church has to accept this unruly freedom of the word, which accomplishes what it wills in ways that surpass our calculations and ways of thinking.

The greatest gap in life is the one between knowing and doing.

When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling.