On average, African-American women are 4 times as likely to die from pregnancy related complications. Latina women are at 2 times greater risk.
— Christy Turlington
I was really gangly and uncoordinated as a kid. I couldn't even do a cartwheel.
Yoga has been the best tool for managing stress and life's challenges. Everything from my studies to my father's death was eased by my practice of it.
I almost had to exhaust myself at modeling before I could say, 'O.K., I'm ready for school.'
Getting older is baggage for so many people but I don't spend time on things I can't control. Wrinkles don't scare me; they're a part of life, and I will and do embrace them, but I look at surgery, and that scares me.
When I was 18, and my looks were what I was - and all that I was - it did feel very limiting.
In many countries, women aren't jubilant when they learn they are pregnant. Quite the opposite - they're terrified.
I feel like being a good model for my children is something that I do take seriously.
I have a very heavy-footed walk; I always have.
There have been so many photographers and editors who mentored me over the years. At the very beginning, the person who taught me the most was Arthur Elgort. I always loved working with him. We traveled a lot together.
There are disparities in accessing quality maternity health care in most every country, and most all health systems could and must be improved upon if we want to create healthy families who will thrive.
Giving birth was probably the most empowering thing I've ever done physically. I was like, 'Now I can do anything. I can run a marathon... I can run three marathons!'
I do everything in moderation.
I associate wisdom and grace with age.
I'm not an everyday fragrance person usually. I wouldn't put fragrance on before dropping off my kids or going to the gym.
Yoga is about compassion and generosity towards others. It means being mindful of the world around us.
Yoga gave me the ability to calm down.
More than half of pregnant women in the U.S. are obese, which leads to complications like hypertension, gestational diabetes and high blood pressure.
I think each woman has her own relationship to beauty.
Yoga has helped me to see death as more of a gift than a loss, and that has been my experience so far.
I was a regular kid with a normal family life.
With every passing year, I feel more fulfilled.
You know, all these sentiments about beauty coming from within, they've always resonated when I've read them, but it takes a bit of living to truly appreciate them. To realise we are so much more than our experiences, that we are who we are because of the lessons we've learnt, now that's what true 'beauty' is for me.
Mothers need mothers. Let's be there for one another.
I'm not a morning person.
I never thought I would model for more than a few years.
I never looked at magazines before I started modeling. I was 13 or 14, and none of my friends were into magazines. We were into the fashion of the day, though.
In some countries, as many as 91 percent of women have no one at their side to assist them during labor and delivery.
Imagine a world where mothers take as good care of themselves as they do their children and a world where mothers are so supported they're able to do that. That's the world we all need to create because our children, families, and communities are depending on us.
As a parent, I can get so frustrated. Any parent can!
I have a son and a daughter; I try to teach them equally about balance, gender, and gender equity.
Every actor is a model to a certain extent, since they have to do so much press.
Yoga has reinforced and grounded my own spiritual beliefs.
When you are balanced and when you listen and attend to the needs of your body, mind, and spirit, your natural beauty comes out.
Walking strengthens my legs, and I swing my arms to tone my upper body.
I haven't left modeling completely; I just took a step out, and I now have the rare luxury of picking and choosing how to spend my days.
It's very human to want to make an impact, to contribute to the world. But it's hard to know the how and why. Like, 'Will my small thing make a difference?'
Fashion is all about references. All these names being thrown around.
I remember doing a shoot for Herb Ritts, hanging off the Eiffel Tower - that wasn't your usual day at the office. It was terrifying, and in the end, you couldn't really tell how high I was because the photographer was scared of heights, so he was quite far away from me.
I have good skin, but it's dry - drier than you would think, considering I have Latin skin. It's fairly transparent, too, so I'm constantly trying to give it nourishment and moisture, but nothing really holds.
When I was seven months pregnant with my son, my mother and I took a trip to El Salvador, where she's from. Frequent visits with her to see my extended family have taught me how different life can be if you are born into poverty.
In my teen years, I was hanging out with adults - Steven Meisel, Francois Nars, Oribe, Paul Cavaco. We had so much fun! We'd go out in New York.
I always recognized that modeling would allow me to see and do a lot, so I looked for opportunities to learn and grow.
Access to maternal healthcare is a human right.
Like so many new moms, I felt anxiety over the impending birth of my daughter. However, most of the anxiety I felt was around the idea of raising a child. I wasn't focused on potential risks to my health or hers that could occur during the actual birth.
There has been a lot of media attention around the dangers of drugs used to treat mental illness on the fetus.
The way I try to live is 'Be here now.' Be your best self now.
My day-to-day life changes; I don't have any standard day.
Yoga is not a religion to me.
Yoga has brought me closer to myself. It's helped me realize the interconnectedness of the mind, body and spirit, in the Buddhist sense of the word.
