“Smiles come naturally to me, but I started thinking of them as an art form at my command. I studied all the time. I looked at magazines, I'd practice in front of the mirror and I'd ask photographers about the best angles. I can now pull out a smile at will.”
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I've been singing for six years. I've been in and out of the studios with top producers, but it wasn't something I was ready to express to the public or to the press. I wasn't ready to come out. I wanted to perfect my voice and be 100 percent positive that I could come out right.
Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?
I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.
My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.
