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" Although I'd first seen Senator Hart in Aspen, Colorado, at a New Year's Day party in 1987, we hadn't talked. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" After graduating in the summer of 1980, I knew I wanted my life to count. "

" 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. "

" At thirteen I began modeling, doing my first television commercial in ninth grade for Pizza Hut. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I was always an overachiever. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I had gained so much confidence through my college achievements that I wanted to tackle the world. "

" I've had to recover not only from a single well-publicized incident, but several years of press aftermath. "

" I'm stronger knowing that while Donna Rice could be sold, she could not be bought. "

" In my case, I learned that although God loves us, he doesn't grant us immunity from the consequences of our choices. "

" I stared at the television in shock, watching as my private life was revealed to the world. "