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If I were still twenty years old, I would really move to America.

Well, my relationship to America at the time I left was very limited.

All I want to do is to go to America, get married and start a new life.

There's no one here in America swimming the Pacific Ocean - or the Atlantic, or the Caribbean - to leave this place. The reason why is because of the freedom. Freedom for a man to mark out his own destiny. It's not, 'Hey, you have so much.'

I've never really been America's sweetheart, but for a minute I think that's what they wanted me to be.

I thought to myself, Join the army. It's free. So I figured while I'm here I'll lose a few pounds.

Forever 21 is my American Dream.

Leaving America means renouncing your citizenship, moving out of the country and leaving family and friends behind. You can retain your citizenship if you like, but you'll still be away from loved ones and still be paying taxes. You lose all the good stuff about America and have to keep all the bad stuff.

There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there are too many other real problems in the world - real obesity problems and real hunger problems - to worry that much about a few pounds that I'd like to lose.

The history of American women is all about leaving home - crossing oceans and continents, or getting jobs and living on their own.