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" After graduating in the summer of 1980, I knew I wanted my life to count. "
Life
Count
Graduation
" Although I'd first seen Senator Hart in Aspen, Colorado, at a New Year's Day party in 1987, we hadn't talked. "
Day
Year
First
" A month after the scandal broke, I tried to go back to work at the pharmaceutical company after a leave of absence. But because of all the publicity and resulting pressure and stress, I finally resigned. "
Back
Work
Stress
" At thirteen I began modeling, doing my first television commercial in ninth grade for Pizza Hut. "
Hut
Modeling
Doing
" Before the boat docked, however, he confessed because he was contemplating running for president, he couldn't separate from his wife. I believed him when he told me he faced a difficult choice between pursuing personal happiness and his political destiny. "
Happiness
Political
Me
" Before the group left, Gary asked for my phone number, and the next day he called to ask me to dinner that night. I had no idea he was married, but I found out that night. "
Group
Me
Day
" But even after the first week, when Hart got out of the presidential race because of the Washington Post's threat to reveal a long-term relationship Hart had apparently been having with a prominent Washington woman, the media continued to embellish my past. "
Past
Relationship
Woman
" I also had to work through the violation of my date rape, my unhealthy relationships with men, my anger toward the people involved in the scandal, and those who exploited me afterwards. "
Me
Anger
Involved
" I had gained so much confidence through my college achievements that I wanted to tackle the world. "
Through
World
Had
" I'm stronger knowing that while Donna Rice could be sold, she could not be bought. "
Stronger
Rice
She
" In my case, I learned that although God loves us, he doesn't grant us immunity from the consequences of our choices. "
Case
He
Us
" I stared at the television in shock, watching as my private life was revealed to the world. "
Shock
Life
Television
" It was hard to turn down the money since I didn't have a job, but I didn't want to exploit my notoriety because I knew the way I'd been living was wrong. "
Living
Want
Way
" I've had to recover not only from a single well-publicized incident, but several years of press aftermath. "
Only
Press
Aftermath
" I was always an overachiever. "
Overachiever
Always
" Returning to South Carolina meant getting a normal job in a normal town with normal people and marrying a normal person. I wanted the glamour and opportunity of the world. "
Job
Opportunity
People
" Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won - and was sent to New York City to compete nationally. "
New York
Me
Try
" Since it was too difficult to get into the Screen Actor's Guild in New York, I moved to Miami in 1982 and started a successful career as a television commercial actress, obtaining my SAG card there. "
Successful
New York
Miami
" So on May 1, 1987, at Gary's invitation, I agreed to see him one last time - to confront him face-to-face about his sincerity and with the intention of ending our brief relationship. "
Time
Sincerity
Relationship
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