“The runway symbolizes something in society that's very intimidating to women.”
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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.
I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.
Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?
I don't go to the cool, trendy restaurants. I go to either the holes in the wall or the super-fancy restaurants where there are no cool people.
