For me, just being on the cover of a magazine wasn't enough. I began to think, what value is there in doing something in which you have no creative input?

For a while I was on the cover of every Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, which was regarded as the pinnacle of success in America.

Being a public person doesn't necessarily mean you're a piece of meat for everybody.

Anyway, I believe you don't fix the inside by putting something on the outside.

It's not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we're not good enough, that we must live up to someone else's standards. But my aim is to cherish myself as I am.

As an artist, I understand that, and I value the creative input of the artist.