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.

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.

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.

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.

What happens to us are tiny matters compare to us response to any situation.

Failure? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.

If you are approachable, if you keep your line of communication open, then very often, you get to hear what you need to hear.

Bad putting is due more to the effect the green has upon the player than it has upon the action of the ball.

Scientists still know less about what attracts men than they do about what attracts mosquitoes.

It is important to understand what are you trying to capture with a camera. What you want to use this tool for. It helps to begin to search for and concentrate on thematic photography.

Debts are a heavy burden. Throw them off, and you walk free.

Bilingualism for the individual is fine, but not for a country.

So I just decided to relax into it, bumpy and crazy as it might be, and try for once to just go along for the ride.

Death is the quiet haven of us all.