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" Italian was my first foreign language. I speak it better than English. "

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" I can enjoy what I'm engaged in and be fully present rather than planning my answers to questions while someone else is speaking or thinking about my next appointment while my current engagement is still in in progress. "

" I didn't start exercising until the end of my modeling career. When you're young, you eat and drink what you want and stay up all night and still look good. "

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" I arrive in New York on October 15, 1975. On my own, by the way. "

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" My father... gave me a positive connection with men because he is a gentleman. "