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My experience as a refugee had made me strong; I could survive anything, even the world of fashion.

I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.

My commitment to refugees comes from a very personal place.

I am the face of a refugee. I was once a refugee. I was with my family in exile.

My childhood gave me resilience - and there's little that can surprise me in life.

I know what it's like when you are a refugee, living on the mercy of others and having to adjust.

I decided to write 'True Refuge' during a major dive in my own health. Diagnosed with a genetic disease that affected my mobility, I faced tremendous fear and grief about losing the fitness and physical freedom I loved.

When I got back I found myself being very emotional about the time spent in Rwanda in a way that I hadn't been able to or allowed myself to be when we were there.

One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989.

When I was a child, I felt at times that I had been born into an insane asylum, that much of human life appeared to be an insane asylum. It was bewildering.