Quotes from Shanna Moakler

Pageants have consistently evolved over the decades and have tried numerous plays on different portions of the competition.

I think my children deserve to have a relationship with their mother... and their father. The children deserve the opportunity to meet their parents' significant others in a good, positive way.

No, I really was the biggest dork in high school. I know everyone says that, but I was 4-foot-11 and 75 pounds when I was 17.

Breast implants in pageants is not a rarity. It's definitely not taboo. It's very common.

Nowadays there's the taping of the boobs. The tanning has become pretty intense with these young ladies. The hair extensions have become very serious... But I hate it when pageant girls get a bad rap, because they really are intelligent women. They're ambitious women; they're driven; they're educated.

It's 'Dancing With The Stars,' it's not 'The End of Your Life.'

It's my ex's name. Don't tattoo names on your body, kids.

I love the Baby Gap! They truly have the best prices and really are cute!

I feel like, as teenagers, they do rebel and say things sometimes they don't mean.

When I was put on the hormone testosterone, it made me gain 40 pounds. I was almost 170, which is very heavy for me. I was always 125 my whole life.

I stopped eating for emotional pleasure and started eating to fuel my body.

Pageantry is something I celebrate and support and... the role of these winners is to be an ambassador for everybody, whatever race, color or creed, and a role model.

My mom is beautiful and had that '70s kind of glamour.

My love of lip gloss comes from my mom, who always wore it - and from watching 'Charlie's Angels.'

I've never heard any guys say, 'Oh, I love her thighs.'

When I'm walking, and I can feel my thighs touch? I don't want that.

Most women in pageants love the actual pageant - the competition, the show. They don't understand that it is actually a real job that you are paid a real salary for.

I was first runner-up, and there is something to be said about losing gracefully.

I look at pageants as a really wonderful thing to women. I think it helps a lot of women. It gives them opportunity. It helps them better themselves.

I look at social media as a place to have fun. It should be positive.

I think it's heartbreaking when your kids go public and make accusations that aren't true, you know, not just about me as a parent, but also about my relationship.

I am a human being and the bashing has taken its toll.

Pageantry isn't just about holding a title, it's also about helping women grow as people.

Atiana's very humble and more quiet and just so talented.