Camila Mendes

I was really obsessed with dieting. ”

I love bossa nova. It's the most beautiful genre of music in the world. ”

It was tragic every single time my mom told me we were moving. I would always envy my friends who had grown up in the same house their entire life, and they had markings on the wall of 'me at five years old' and all that. It made me so sad. I wished I'd had that. ”

It took living alone for me to really get to know myself. ”

My sister would write plays, and I would act in them and perform them for my parents. They were on the comedy side, very much inspired by 'The Amanda Show.' ”

In high school, I always had boyfriends - it wasn't healthy! I was so used to having someone around that when I was finally on my own, it felt scary. ”

I'm American; I was born and raised in America, and I don't want to fake who I am to fit a stereotype. ”

It's easy to think you have to fit some kind of mold. ”

It's fine to eat dessert when I want to eat dessert because that will give me the peace of mind I need. I'll know that if I ate chocolate cake, maybe I won't the next day. ”

I've learned to trust myself that I'm going to make healthy choices because I care about my health. ”