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My mom was a model. She had me at 20, so she was a young mother.

I'm a role model for lots of young girls.

The problem with middle age, at least when it comes to modeling, is you seldom see a model who is past 27, 28. If they use anyone older, then it becomes automatically a 'personality' story.

I think I'm a different kind of role model for young girls.

I started modelling quite late, at 20. In this industry, girls start when they're barely even 14 or 15.

When I was really young, the women's national team wasn't on a grand media stage, so my role models were male basketball and male American football players.

I have a huge impact with young girls. Young women. That's my demographic.

In their 20s, women try to be somebody they're not and try to turn themselves into something different. Now I'm in my 30s; I'm very happy with who I am.

I like being 30. I wouldn't want to do the twenties again. They are their own entity.

That's one of the things about getting older isn't it? You suddenly realise that you are what you set out to be. And there are no role models any more.