“My eating philosophy is the 80-20 rule: 80 percent of the time I’m super healthy, and 20 percent of the time I indulge. I love to bake, and I love to cook. So typically when I indulge, it’s not by going out somewhere. Today we’re making pizza since my mom just mailed me a pizza pan that’s been in our family for four generations. The other part of the 20 percent is having a cocktail or a glass of champagne. I love champagne. I always have.”
"Makeup is like cooking. If you like it and enjoy it, you will become good at it. It’s something that I constantly learn about and research — finding new products, new ways to apply, new looks to try. Many people have commented, ‘I can’t believe you did this makeup yourself,’ so I started doing makeup YouTube videos.
As for skin care, there are lots of steps. I go to bed with a mask, then I wake up and put on another one to take off the first. I put on a second mask in the morning that’s an exfoliant. After that, I use a salicylic acid to remove dead skin. Then I do my moisturizers.”
"I love Pilates — the Lagree method with Megaformers and traditional Pilates. My grandmother went to Juilliard with Joseph Pilates. She’s almost 90, and she still teaches ballet. She actually owns her own studio. Maybe that’s where I got my love of Pilates.
I also found high-intensity interval training to be the most fun and also the most effective for my body. I love the competitive angle of it too, making it a group situation with friends at classes like SoulCycle, where you can take in the energy of everyone else.”
"I journal every day — getting out all my thoughts, ambitions, goals. That escalated into vision boards. I really enjoy having a visual component for goals I want to achieve, things I have in my head that I can’t quite articulate yet. In my room, I have a vision board that I made the day before the Shape cover shoot. I went to bed staring at it and getting myself into the mood of the shoot.
I’m also a big believer in meditation. I implemented Transcendental Meditation into my pageant training. I did it daily as I was preparing. It was not about winning, but more soul searching that meditation definitely helped with. These days, it’s about closing my eyes and visualizing what I want to see even in the day that’s ahead.”
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