It's weird being mixed race, people never talk about the white side, they always talk about the black side.

When I turned 30, six years ago, I decided to run the London Marathon and I did not even really train. I thought that it was not even that difficult. I completed it in 5hr 15min, I could have got closer to 4hr 30min if I had trained properly.

I couldn't think of anything worse than getting naked in front of the entire world, it must take a lot of confidence to do it.

My dad is white, he's an art history teacher, he's very traditional.

If you weren't nervous, you wouldn't have such a good time knowing that you did a good job.

I cut off my curls and got hair extensions because I felt they made me look more acceptable - more white. I just wasn't very comfortable being a mixed-race woman.