I never expected to win.

I'm used to being at home, training in the sun and short sleeves. I'm not used to these kinds of days.

Squid experts have been debating for some time about whether the giant squid is a passive predator that just floats around in the water and waits to bump into something. I was never one to imagine it to be passive.

Everything about her was both vigorous and exquisite.

Fashion is a language. Some know it, some learn it, some never will - like an instinct.

Growing old gracefully used to begin at about 35, but today women prefer to 'stay young gratefully' with thanks to designers, beauticians and plastic surgeons.