Pia Wurtzbach Quotes

There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'm not going to take to my Twitter.

It's dangerous to read the Internet about yourself when you're me. Or when you're anyone in the public eye.

I feel like every time I tweeted something that was a little opinionated, or every time I posted something on Tumblr that seemed a little private, it's all of a sudden making news relationship-wise.

I know there are thousands of images of me.

The U-Tube Moment: The cameras are always on.

The truth is, in this age of Instagram and Facebook and Snapchat, we know way too much about athletes - and it's their fault.

I have lived in public as a somewhat recognizable person since I was a teenager. Emails I answer end up posted on sites; pictures of me and someone I just met, taken by a cellphone, literally number in the thousands and are easily accessed.

When you're at the center of the universe, you have to think quickly and size up a situation instantly because, whether you like it or not, you're going to be on the news the next day.

When you are a public figure, relationships are a bit complicated.

What's now shocking is I can't say anything publicly without it having a life. Not because I have extraordinary views but because people are keen on conflict, so they'll make that the story.

Most days I am in public. If I go to the store, with social media, I'm in public. It might as well be a press conference.

I am very conscious of what I say and do when I go out because the media is quick to make that a story.

It's an odd thing when there is a fan page for my daughter who is not yet 13.

As mayor, I got used to the fact that when you walked out of the house in the morning to pick up the newspaper in your boxers, there could be a camera there.

There are enough stories about my family. We have all been in the public eye.

If you're a public figure, people have the right to speculate and gossip.

For most of my life, I deliberately led a private life in the public eye.

Especially in the day and age now with social media and cameraphones and things like that, you always have to act like you're being watched.

We all know the power of social media, things can get out there so quickly. We are high-profile footballers, we know that.

With the rise of social media, it has given me an opportunity and a platform to have a voice as a blogger and as an activist, but it has also made me nervous that I might become a meme or a viral sensation, all without my consent.

I get to know whatever is written about me through social media. But I don't take it seriously, because if someone has taken out time to cook up stories about me, I must have done something right.

Every comment, every tweet, every snap, every second of my life is viewed and it affects people. It does become daunting, and it can be hard to remain true to my message and to be real and authentic and to not be biased by whatever is thrown at me because of the success that I've had.

If YouTube had existed in 1999, I wouldn't have had a show. And if YouTube had existed in 1999, I wouldn't have wanted to do the show, because I couldn't imagine clips from it following me a decade later.

I never want people to know who I'm going out with or about my family. But it's difficult, because when people have seen you online since you were 14, they feel like they know you.

When you're part of the first family, your life tends to get played out in front of the whole nation.