When I came here in 2008, nobody knew who I was. I didn't know who I was. I was just enjoying the moment and I won. So, now, coming back being the person I am with all the accomplishments, it kind of puts things in perspective.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping.
I've never really spent a lot of time thinking about my individual accomplishments actually.
I know that people will remember me as Miss Universe because it was my first great achievement, but I still have my whole career ahead of me.
That is what made America great: that everyone had the opportunity to be a winner. And I think it's still there. I'm certainly a beneficiary of it.
I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment. Everything is in tune: the voice, the type of music, who I am and who people think I am.
Our accomplishments show what kind of people we are.
I had no accomplishments except surviving. But that isn't enough in the community where I came from, because everybody was doing it. So I wasn't prepared for America, where everybody is glowing with good teeth and good clothes and food.
I'm at the point in my career where to be a winner is more important than any individual things.
I don't feel like what I've done are 'accomplishments.'