My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.

Women and men grow up with both sexes. Our mothers and fathers mean a lot to us, so it's just a question of finding a balance between their influences. I've found mine. And it tends to be more on the male side. I mean male side the way we understand it in the West.

I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.

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