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As a celebrity, you get a certain number of free passes. You're actually in a better position if you're a celebrity because people care.


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RACHEL JOYCE Buy a book in brown paper
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To see Annie Liffey trip, tumble and caper. JAMES JOYCE Pageants were a platform for me, and they helped me get to where I am today. You suddenly stop being...
JOYCE GIRAUD Oh, I am such a little piggy. Everyone is always mad at me because I eat so much. They're like, ...
JOYCE GIRAUD I'm petrified of bees because I have an anaphylactic reaction to bees.
JOYCE GIRAUD My one main secret I did right after my pageants days, is I only wash my hair once a week. I tell ev...
JOYCE GIRAUD I wash my hair once a week. You can do that. I swear. My sister-in-law and all of my friends were li...
JOYCE GIRAUD I'm working with UNESCO on a project called 'Thirst,' which educates children all over C...
JOYCE GIRAUD Pageants were an amazing platform that gave a little girl like me from the mountains of my beautiful...
JOYCE GIRAUD In the entirety of my life, I have never had an eating disorder.
JOYCE GIRAUD I admire the Shabbat tradition, and no matter which faith you are of, there is nothing more wonderfu...
JOYCE GIRAUD I do an international beauty pageant called Queen of the Universe for UNESCO, and what we do is we b...
JOYCE GIRAUD I was very skinny and very lanky and kind of awkward. In Puerto Rico, everybody is a little more vol...
JOYCE GIRAUD In Puerto Rico, we have a lot of traditions. We eat a very typical thing that's called 'past...
JOYCE GIRAUD My husband and I are in preproduction of three movies, a Latin show, and a children's animation....
JOYCE GIRAUD 'Housewives' are a million times cattier than pageant girls! I know pageant girls have a rep...
JOYCE GIRAUD I wasn't the typical pageant girl - I was a little more nerdy, and they gave me a voice. I creat...
JOYCE GIRAUD I always believe that if you feel good and look happy, you're always going to be beautiful. My o...
JOYCE GIRAUD Especially as a title-holder, you can do great things with charities, because people suddenly care a...
JOYCE GIRAUD I'm a happily declared chocoholic. I keep it everywhere, even my nightstand.
JOYCE GIRAUD I am an actress, a producer, a philanthropist, a wife, and above all a mommy to my beautiful babies,...
JOYCE GIRAUD I honestly eat chocolate all day long. I do realize how blessed I am to be able to eat what I want a...
JOYCE GIRAUD I must be very clear in one thing... Being a pageant girl is not who I am or what defines me.
JOYCE GIRAUD I never thought anything was strange in Puerto Rico other than the big mosquitos; because I was born...
JOYCE GIRAUD I think yoga builds strength, flexibility, and calming of the mind - which is never a bad thing.
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