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One of the most obvious parts of my character is the smile, and if I wasn't comfortable in myself then I wouldn't be able to smile so much.

I actually used to smile a lot in pictures. I think I only stopped smiling when I got into fashion. Fashion stole my smile!

Smiles come naturally to me, but I started thinking of them as an art form at my command. I studied all the time. I looked at magazines, I'd practice in front of the mirror and I'd ask photographers about the best angles. I can now pull out a smile at will.

I think a smile can make your whole body. Models, they look fabulous, but they don't smile, and they look so mad.

I love to draw people's faces. I do that all the time.

I don't know why my smile has become a signature pose. I think it's a nice change. I think people want to see happiness, so a smile is what can bring that. I didn't make it my trademark on purpose.

I never smile unless I mean it.

I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.

My cheeks explode when I smile. That's why I have to look so nonplussed.