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" Especially as a title-holder, you can do great things with charities, because people suddenly care about what you have to say. I wanted to make a difference, which is why I created the Queen of the Universe pageant. I want to change all of those stigmas in the beauty pageant world. "
Queen
Change
Great
" 'Housewives' are a million times cattier than pageant girls! I know pageant girls have a reputation for being catty, but 'Housewives' are even cattier. But I do think that it's a total different world, and it can't compare. "
Reputation
Know
World
" I admire the Shabbat tradition, and no matter which faith you are of, there is nothing more wonderful than dedicating a certain day to spend time with your family and loved ones, absent of TV, phone, and other interruptions. "
Time
Phone
Loved
" I am an actress, a producer, a philanthropist, a wife, and above all a mommy to my beautiful babies, Leonardo and Valentino. "
Actress
Wife
Producer
" I am the lead on NBC's 'Siberia,' and I loved that experience. "
Experience
Lead
I Am
" I do an international beauty pageant called Queen of the Universe for UNESCO, and what we do is we build kindergartens around the world. "
Beauty
Build
Queen
" I don't really work out. I eat a lot of sweets. I have chocolate all over my house. "
Out
Sweets
Work
" I honestly eat chocolate all day long. I do realize how blessed I am to be able to eat what I want and not have to live in the gym. "
Blessed
Chocolate
Day
" I'm petrified of bees because I have an anaphylactic reaction to bees. "
Bees
Reaction
Because
" I must be very clear in one thing... Being a pageant girl is not who I am or what defines me. "
Defines
Clear
Me
" I'm working with UNESCO on a project called 'Thirst,' which educates children all over China and promotes awareness to the fact that 300 million people in China do not have access to water. "
Over
Water
People
" I never thought anything was strange in Puerto Rico other than the big mosquitos; because I was born there, nothing was really foreign to me. I think what I saw strange coming to L.A. was that a lot of people are a little bit two-faced. In Puerto Rico, you don't get that. "
Thought
Think
You
" In Puerto Rico, we have a lot of traditions. We eat a very typical thing that's called 'pasteles' - it's almost like a tamale made of bananas, and we make it all together. Like, all the women of the family unite, and it's a very big deal, a very big thing. "
Women
Together
Puerto Rico
" In the entirety of my life, I have never had an eating disorder. "
Disorder
Never
My Life
" I wash my hair once a week. You can do that. I swear. My sister-in-law and all of my friends were like, 'I can't do that. It sounds gross.' Once you train your hair, it will do whatever you want it to do. And on day seven when it's too oily, you just put it in a ponytail. "
Hair
Week
You
" I wasn't the typical pageant girl - I was a little more nerdy, and they gave me a voice. I created the Queen of the Universe pageant, which is charity-based, to benefit UNESCO. For me, the most important thing is that contestants have a charity-based platform or charity ambition. "
Girl
Ambition
More
" I was very skinny and very lanky and kind of awkward. In Puerto Rico, everybody is a little more voluptuous, with these beautiful bodies, and there I was, the skinny, lanky girl. "
Puerto Rico
More
Kind
" My husband and I always have fun together in everything we do. Some people call me crazy, but the reality is that I enjoy spending each second with him. He is not just my husband - he is my rock and my very best friend! "
Together
Have Fun
Best
" My husband and I are in preproduction of three movies, a Latin show, and a children's animation. I'm doing a very unique nail polish line, and finally, I'm developing a hair care line because people always ask me about my hair care system. I do a mask once a week that my grandma taught me how to make, so I want to share it with everyone. "
Hair
Unique
People
" My one main secret I did right after my pageants days, is I only wash my hair once a week. I tell everyone, 'You have to stop washing your hair so much!' "
You
Week
Stop
" Oh, I am such a little piggy. Everyone is always mad at me because I eat so much. They're like, 'How are you so skinny?' I eat more than my husband! "
Husband
I Am
You
" Pageants were an amazing platform that gave a little girl like me from the mountains of my beautiful Puerto Rico a chance to travel, explore the world, meet amazing people, work for great charities and be a voice to empower women wherever I went. For all those things, I am grateful. "
Work
Women
Grateful
" Pageants were a platform for me, and they helped me get to where I am today. You suddenly stop being just another girl, and people want to listen to what you have to say. "
People
Girl
Today
" Some people would rather have a lie that makes them smile than a truth that makes them cry. I'm the opposite; I'd rather have people make me cry with the truth than try to make me smile. "
Truth
Smile
People
" Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year because it reminds us to give thanks and to count our blessings. Suddenly, so many things become so little when we realize how blessed and lucky we are. "
Lucky
Thanksgiving
Blessed
" With me, what you see is what you get. Yes, call me naive, but I love life. I am happy, and for that, I make no apologies. I do like to see the best in people, and when someone is nice to my face, I tend to believe them. "
Life
People
Love
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