Carmen Carrera Quotes

As a proud spokesperson for L'Oreal Paris, I have communicated the 'Because You're Worth It' message many times, and know firsthand how empowering it is to say and how empowering it feels.

Every girl likes feeling hot and sexy and beautiful and likes hearing it.

I was raised by a woman who was her true and authentic self. So I feel like it's very important to put on for people who aren't that confident or people who don't realize the value in self-love.

The relevance of beauty pageants in the Philippines is that it gives people hope.

Have the pride of the brown girl and know that you'll figure out your own beauty in time.

I think that women who know who they are are beautiful.

Women who have strong identities, who know themselves, really inspire me.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

Everyday I find myself reminding women around me to know their value. I also have to remind myself.

There is nothing more beautiful than a confident woman.

I think the Miss Universe title not only gives me the opportunity to become a role model for Latina girls around the world, but to show that beauty isn't just about the outside.

I feel empowered the fact that I can look the way that I do on stage and in photos - I can look that way any time I want. And I feel like it's important message to other women that they can do it, too.

'Glee' has made me feel beautiful.

I finally learned to love myself by dressing up as Geri Halliwell.

I never set out to be a role model for large women, I just do what I feel is right.

Becoming a CoverGirl is truly an honor and a gift. It opens up a new platform for me to inspire women to feel stronger, braver and more beautiful inside and out.

I never in a million years thought I would be the person to go to for self-esteem; that was not my intent. But I happen to love beauty, I love the way people look, and I love making women look beautiful.

Inner beauty radiates from within, and there's nothing more beautiful than when a woman feels beautiful on the inside.

There's something so beautiful in a woman who loves her body and is confident.

I like making people feel pretty.

Sometimes when we think about femininity, we think also fragile. But I think you can be feminine and very strong. I think make-up goes with that femininity. I think it's a natural gesture for women and one they do more for themselves than for others.

I just want to be real and who I am. That's something I'd feel comfortable with any little girl looking up to, so that's who I try to be.

I think what makes a woman naturally more beautiful is when she starts believing in herself and starts getting more confident because you can have the most expensive makeup, you can get a lot of services done, but if deep inside you're still not happy and confident, that's going to show.

Beauty is the lowest common denominator: I don't care what they say - every girl, every woman, wants to feel pretty and empowered and beautiful, within their own definition of beautiful. I love fashion, I love shopping, but I love beauty more because I love the science of it.

Kids will tell me 'oh I want to be like you when I grow up,' you know. I just thought 'nah, don't be like me, be like you,' because first of all they don't really know me but second of all I understand what they're trying to say but I just let them know - be like you.