How much more must this be so in my own case for I am conscious not only of the great names and achievements of those who have preceded me, but also of the living presence of many of my masters and teachers.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I see myself being a great-grandmother at my great-grandson's graduation from a school that has my name on it.
At the end of my life, I have achieved belated fame and recognition in the city of my birth.
I guess I want very much to be recognized for my abilities, for the work I put in, and yet it's still always there - who my parents were. As much as I love my parents, if that was the last thing ever said about me - that I was their daughter - I would be disappointed that my contributions weren't strong enough on their own.
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.
I think that my humble beginnings were very deliberate, and I'm grateful for them because I'm not sure I would see my achievements the same way if they were handed to me. I'm not sure my work ethic would be the same.
The journey that I have undertaken, meeting people from all walks of life and learning from them, has been my biggest achievement.
I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.
Why was I born with such contemporaries?
I count myself well educated, for the admirable woman at the head of the school which I attended from the age of four and a half till I was thirteen and a half, was a born teacher in advance of her own times.
My name is more important than myself.