You have to be beautiful within yourself. I find myself beautiful, because I see my mom and my mom is gorgeous and she's happy and she's 74. I've never seen someone so happy in her life, happy in her body, happy with her husband that she's been with for 52 years. That's what I wanted and you know what? There's still a chance I could get that and that's what to me makes beauty. My mom makes me feel beautiful all the time, all the time. She's called me three times today.
Well, she told me not to be a model. She told me it was too hard, she told me I was too short. She said go to college, and you know what? I did. I went to college, I got a degree and I'm so glad I did that because I became a model from 22 to now. I don't think I would have been able to do that if I didn't have a college degree, and use my mind and not use my body.
And to be smart with my money and to travel and experience all that beautiful stuff. I mean, you get to travel as a model and how many people can do that in their lifetime? I just think it's something great and college was just the defining moment for me and I thank her for that because I was coming to New York, like at 17. I was like," I'm gonna be a model. Wilhelmina wants me and I'm going." And she's like, "No you're not." So yeah, my mom's been a really positive influence and I'm not leaving out my dad it's just me and my mom we're super close.
I think that I'm gonna probably work more because I'm gonna love being 49 more. I was masking it for a while. I kinda wanted to sneak into that 35-40 category. I'm not gonna do that anymore.
I can go out and eat pasta now, that makes me happy. I can go to Joe's Pizza on Carmine Street, that makes me happy.
Just being a woman and being a happy woman at 49 is happiness to me.