Quotes from Kenya Moore

I made history being crowned the second black woman to win Miss U.S.A. and I was fifth place in The Miss Universe pageant.

Life is about growth and that is sometimes painful.

I thank those activists such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, and others. They risked - and sometimes lost - their lives in the name of freedom and equality.

You cannot operate independently when you have a lifetime partnership and commitment with someone.

What I will NOT do is pretend someone isn't present who is. I believe that is why I am so vocal and confrontational when there is a problem, because I will not ignore a problem and or people. It actually takes more energy to physically ignore someone.

I'm self-made.

I always start off being nice to anyone I first meet.

I acknowledge I have a pattern of falling for men who are emotionally unavailable, physically unavailable in terms of distance, or categorically unavailable with respect to time or where they are in life.

It's not easy for everyone to expose themselves and be vulnerable.

I've never needed a man to pay my bills or buy me things.

You never know how your blessings will come or from whom.

There are children suffering, even dying from being bullied.

I never want to see anyone suffer for any reason.

I can fall on my face at times, but I get right back up, dust myself off, laugh, and keep it moving. I never take things or myself too seriously in my personal life.

I admit my pet peeve is waiting on someone. I pride myself on being on time.

There are varying degrees of shade. There is funny shade, warning shade, tea shade, and mean girl shade.

A friend is someone you can trust who isn't just your friend when the cameras are rolling or when you're successful.

I am an uninhibited, off-the-cuff, wild card who likes to enjoy life.

Men will come and go from your life.

Once my grandmother's Alzheimer's condition worsened, I was always nervous to get calls from my Aunt Lisa who is her daughter that I was raised with.

I do not condone violence on any level.

I wear my heart on my sleeve and I am very reactionary.

I'm a consummate professional and was always taught being on time is being early.

Intimacy, in my opinion, is when you are vulnerable with someone, you share secrets, are open to love, and you take care of their emotional well-being.