I think the Miss Universe title not only gives me the opportunity to become a role model for Latina girls around the world, but to show that beauty isn't just about the outside.

An egg white omelet with vegetables is one of my favorite breakfasts.

I would like to show that I have a heart, that I am a human being and I have feelings. And to be this kind of role model, not only for beauty pageants but also for life.

Fear is not negative. We should overcome all our fears and this in turn would make us stronger. As soon as we overcome our fears we can face any challenge.

I always make my favorite pancakes with milk, and I also add some fruit - like a banana or apple with some cinnamon sprinkled on top. I also sometimes put peanut butter on my pancakes!

As a queen I speak about unity and respect. I think that is the most important thing.

I always work on my abs, every single day. As Miss Universe, exercising your abdominal muscles is mandatory!

I love to eat cucumber sticks with yogurt. It's a great snack to have at home, especially when I'm having house guests.

life is hard to explain, difficult to understand but you still need life.

The loans I took out for my undergraduate degree were manageable. But my legal education was more expensive, and I paid for it almost entirely through public and private loans.

It is not really our country so much is the problem, it's sort of the parasitic relationship that Canada, and France, and other countries have towards us.

All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting.

I detest converts almost as much as I do missionaries.

Transform our way of perceiving things, we transform the quality of our lives.

And when the chickens that didn't hatch come home to roost, we will rue the day when, misled by sloppy accounting and rosy scenarios, we gave away the national nest egg.

The most amazing thing about young men is how invisible they were to you when you were young. It is also the most poignant.

I'm still not certain on the nature of the spork, whether it is a fork and a spoon, or a fork and a knife mixed together, or maybe a fork and a fork on top. Life is full of mysteries yeah man

It is only the life that is lost for Him that is found in Him.