Quotes from Laura Whitmore

I bought a flat in Camden when I was 26, which I was extremely lucky to do. I think it's an Irish thing about owning land, giving you a bit of security.

I'm already really aware and self-conscious of my accent.

I started listening to 'Serial' but remember being home alone and the electricity went - I don't think I've ever been more scared!

I'd heard about people having miscarriages when they were trying for babies, but my situation was very different. What happens if you weren't trying for a baby?

Baking is my favourite.

We can be kind to others and kind to ourselves - and what anyone else decides to do is up to them. We can just be responsible to ourselves.

I think if you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

I have always been interested in believing in yourself.

I've always known I bruise like a peach.

I've been in a room with Britney Spears and she's lovely. I remember thinking, 'You're just this vulnerable girl who got a lot of fame very fast.'

My essentials - besides my make-up artist - are high SPF and waterproof mascara.

I wouldn't want to be filmed in a bikini for 24 hours a day.

I remember after a year in London, I was at an MTV party and a friend saying to me that it was such a brave thing to do to come over to London by myself. I never thought it was a big deal. It was my dream. I am so independent. It is just ridiculous. I am too independent for my own good.

I don't like my bum, as it's too big. Or my nose because it's too small. It's like a child's nose.

I didn't know what a boy was until I was about 18. I wasn't in the cool group at all. We weren't cool, but we weren't nerdy enough to be picked on. So we were just in our own little bubble.

We don't have to eat the best food to survive: a basic diet will get us through. We wear clothes to stay warm and hide our modesty, they don't need to be the latest designer collection.

It's really nice to see something come full circle.

I downloaded a Kylie Minogue album and it had all the classics like 'I Should Be So Lucky' and 'Locomotion.' I'm not even ashamed to say I love it, I'm proud.

I could be 7ft tall and I'd still love longer legs.

I used to get bullied for being so small. I was really short until I was 16, then I grew a foot taller.

The tango reminds me of movies.

We're very lucky that we have such on-trend high street shops in the U.K. as sometimes higher end designers aren't very practical for day-to-day wear.

As a TV presenter I've found it's important to always have great looking feet.

My job in MTV was my first real presenting job and I had no real idea what I was doing, but you kind of learn just by doing.