Quotes from Christy Turlington

On average, African-American women are 4 times as likely to die from pregnancy related complications. Latina women are at 2 times greater risk.

Even though Haitian women are considered the 'poto mitan' - the 'central pillars' of the family and their communities - they are often the most underserved members of already poor communities.

After delivering my daughter in 2003, I endured and survived a hemorrhage, the leading childbirth-related complication that takes the lives of thousands of other mothers all over the world.

There are disparities in accessing quality maternity health care in most every country, and most all health systems could and must be improved upon if we want to create healthy families who will thrive.

I enjoy the celebration of my birthday as much as anyone else does, but I always remember to start my day thanking my mom because she did most of the work the day I came into the world, not to mention all she has done throughout my life that has contributed so much to the woman I am today.

People always think that if you eat anything as a model, it's amazing. I used to tease them and say, you know I'm going to throw up afterwards.

Fashion is all about references. All these names being thrown around.

We're living in miraculous times where connections are made at the blink of an eye, the tap of a thumb, and the click of a mouse. We can never replace human interaction, but these simple actions can be powerful and meaningful to those we connect with.

If Mom is healthy, then her child is more likely to thrive, more likely to have a better quality of life and, ultimately, better able to provide for his or herself.

I always recognized that modeling would allow me to see and do a lot, so I looked for opportunities to learn and grow.

America's health care system is the most complicated and expensive in the world.

Access to maternal healthcare is a human right.

I started practicing Yoga at about 18. I had a friend who was doing it and was incredibly disciplined and meditated all the time.

I was a regular kid with a normal family life.

A lot has changed since the 1980s, when the United States was a country with one of the greatest numbers of people infected with HIV.

Imagine the possibilities if humanity banded together before disaster struck to relieve everyday suffering worldwide.

Modeling is a profession where your worth is tied up with looks.

I love fashion, but I'm not obsessed with it.

If we truly value humanity, life, and all that it represents in its highest form, then we need to do all that we can to promote quality of life over the quantity of life.

Getting older is baggage for so many people but I don't spend time on things I can't control. Wrinkles don't scare me; they're a part of life, and I will and do embrace them, but I look at surgery, and that scares me.

As long as I was breathing with the contractions and not pushing against them, I felt better. That idea is fundamental-to feel pain and not to resist; to go towards it. It is an incredibly spiritual practice.

Many models I knew had come from broken families. That makes a significant difference in the way you handle yourself and the choices you make.

I never understand why people have children and then insist on living as though nothing has shifted.

I run year-round and then ramp up my training for a race a few months before.