Eva Marcille

I come from reality television in what, 2003? Which is before it was actually even a genre. It was a competition based show. There were no real fight for the limelight, we were just kind of fighting for the prize.

There's always something that someone's going to have to say about you. So the question is, is at what point do you stop listening to the world and start listening to yourself?

When I won 'Top Model,' the first thing I was told was - outside of Tyra's 'Congratulations' - Janice Dickinson said, 'Now you can take your money and go get your nose fixed.' Um... I didn't know my nose was broke. It's working.

Anything after 35 is clinically considered a geriatric pregnancy. So, to say someone is having a later-in-life baby is a nice way of saying you're having a baby after the clinical time doctors think is the optimal time to have a child. No one's throwing a dig.

A sense of color always tells you how someone feels - a yellow means something; someone that wears black every day, that means something.

Some days I feel ultra-feminine, so I might wear very soft textures. Sometimes I might feel a little rugged, so I have on Gucci coveralls. It's all about how I feel.

People go on 'Top Model' and they expect 'I'm gonna leave here and I'm now Naomi Campbell.' I'm sorry that's definitely not how it works. Check your e-mail because it's not right.

No one owes me a campaign, a job or contract. I'm supposed to go out and get that.

When I got pregnant, I wanted a boy because I'm so rough... and God gave me Marley. God knew exactly what he was doing. He knew what he was doing with me. He knew what Marley would do for me, and He knew how Marley would change the world.

From the food I make to the time I spend with my kids, the lessons that I teach them, it's about making them better. And there's something in that that fulfills me.

Making money isn't the goal; being famous isn't the goal. Being great is the goal - in everything I do.

I want for my children to be kind.

NeNe is my girl and I appreciate her having my back.

I have three happy, healthy babies so I am good.

We should have each other's backs and root for each other.

I look at this whole world through a different prism because I'm more of like, 'Hey guys, let's all get along. Let's see how we can all make this thing work' versus them thinking, 'I'm on an island all by myself and I'm my own person type thing.'

What I did is I took one of my biggest loves, which was eclectic jewelry, and figured out how to make it affordable while sustainable.

Being in the business for such a long time, you can throw your name on anything, but I think what really is going to sustain and sell, and is going to live, is what you love. And jewelry is just something that I love.

I love brims. It's my thing.

I emote for everything.

I'm inspired by NeNe. And I've seen who NeNe has become, I've seen her successes, and I support her.

I don't have to be best friends with NeNe for me to have a level of respect for her.

I don't have any sisters biologically that I know. So for me, women in my life and in my circle is a blessing.

Winnie Harlow is a beautiful girl. Let's be clear. We know her because of 'Top Model.'

You know what, it amazes me that people get opportunities and they totally forget who gave them those opportunities.

I love the story of Coco Chanel. She's done so much for fashion. She's an outside of the box type of woman and has been since the early 1900s which was unheard of. She was an extreme innovator and I love her.

As a brand, you want everything attached to you to come off porcelain and perfect. The beauty of 'Housewives' is all that stuff goes away. You have good days. You have bad days. I feel the world relates to that.

As for reality, there's always a level of stress when you have to be completely transparent. You wake up, you haven't brushed your teeth, haven't done your hair, it's just that regular you.

I can memorize scripts.

I can't dance, I can't sing.

My life continues to be a bundle of incredible experiences.

You deserve to give yourself grace.

I have three kids. I have to worry about them fighting and arguing and being proper at school and behaving. I am not doing that with 50-year-old women. It's not happening.

You have to walk through your fear, cry through it, scream through it, shout whatever you can, but you have to walk through it.

Self-care means time without a phone, without messages, without emails where you are taking care of yourself. If it's a massage, if it's a foot massage, whatever it is, put your phone away and focus on you and your thoughts.

Just because a child is one year old and you've been a parent of a one-year-old before doesn't mean that what worked for that one child works for the other.

Each child is like a flower in your garden. Everyone takes different sunlight, different type of soil, different love, pruning care.

I love Tom Ford.

I really want to inspire women to be who you want to be in your truth.

Well, I was lucky Tyra was my manager.

As a mother, I have to be a strong role model for my kids.

I'm not offended by the things that make me beautifully Black.

When you know what you're putting into your body, it's so much easier to trust and have confidence in a brand.

Understanding and trusting exactly what we're putting in our bodies is a must. As mothers and wives, we're also picking what we put in the bodies of our loved ones. The easiest way to do that is to go natural.

I love radio so much. It's the one place outside of Instagram you get to see the real me.

Thank God for Facetime.

I worked with Lynn Whitfield. She is the godmother of everything fabulous.

I was able to show him some range while still a young actor.

I started dating a guy in Atlanta and found myself here often and decided to move here.

I'm good friends with NeNe Leakes and I was one of the girlfriends that she would call when she came to L.A.