Reluctant as I am to regard myself as a style icon, I would love to think I could inspire older women to make the most of themselves.
Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the board, from swimming to gymnastics to softball to basketball. It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come.
I think women should inspire. It is our duty to inspire young girls to play a sport, whether it's just for enjoyment and keeping fit or to actually go on and try and make a career out of it.
Madonna is my role model shes such a powerful woman. I love Gwenyth Paltrow, shes an actress I aspire to be like. And, of course, my mom. She drove me from New Jersey to New York every day for commercials so I could get where I am today.
I was making stickers for guys' bands. I was in the front row photographing bands, booking bands, doing all of the kind of backstage stuff, and I didn't even think for a second I could do it, and then I saw Babes in Toyland, and all that changed.
I'm passionate about cooking. I'm passionate about healthy eating. I'm passionate about inspiring other women.
I found through my fan mail that women... really wanted a role model.
I feel it is now my duty to speak to young women, to encourage them to have careers and, particularly, careers in science.
I've always had so much admiration for my mom. She's so inspiring as a woman and as an artist.
The first time I ever saw women wrestling, I immediately felt connected. I thought, 'This is what I'm supposed to do.'
I think Miss Universe is wonderful platform that we promote diversity and women empowerment. Why? Because we are achieved women who have stories, who have passions, who have careers.
A lot of young girls look up to me and it's amazing.
The big takeaway I got from 'Thelma & Louise' was the reaction of women who had seen the movie being so profound, so different. It was overwhelming, and it made me realise how few opportunities we give women to feel excited and empowered by female characters, to come out of a movie pumped.
I remember being in Japan when Destiny's Child put out 'Independent Women,' and women there were saying how proud they were to have their own jobs, their own independent thinking, their own goals. It made me feel so good, and I realized that one of my responsibilities was to inspire women in a deeper way.
I think that we need women role models everywhere. I think that it's really hard to imagine yourself as something that you don't see.
I want to be a good role model for girls and show them they can do whatever they feel passionate about and still live a healthy life.
I would love to do really great work and for women who are marginalised to see me as an inspiration.
I am inspired by many young women, not only in my industry but across others.
I love to design for women, it's really open and very free. I always think of my friends. I think of both fictitious characters, real people from the past and the present. I am not a woman, but I find women so beautiful and so fascinating.
There are great female role models out there, and I just feel very proud to be able to represent them in my work.
I remember when I was that girl crying because I was so excited to finally meet Lita. To have girls crying over me is surreal.
Girls are our biggest fans, I tell you. I mean women; I mean even the big ones. They say things like, 'You inspired me!'
Ladies are honest. They're my motivation. They know what's funny, and the dudes just follow.
I always support anyone who I think is dope, female-wise. Whereas a lot of females are scared of other females.
I've been dying to do something with Ms. Patti LaBelle because she is so iconic. I grew up listening to her with my mom in the house. She is such a big inspiration to me.
