Every country I would go to, even if it was just on a modeling job, I would go to their markets. If I went to Morocco for 'Elle' magazine, I would be in the spice markets during my off time and just come back with a suitcase full of stuff that I really wanted to try.

People always comment about my clothes. They don't think a fashionable woman can love food and be knowledgeable and actually cook.

I am a sufferer of endometriosis. I didn't want any young women to go through what I went through. I thought that people should know about it.

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