Journalist

Sexual harassment can really affect you for a long time, and I want more women to come forward.

Holding true to what you believe - even in a big city - is so important.

Men need to hire more women and put them in higher positions of power within organizations.

I am particularly distressed when people in the public eye who influence our culture perpetuate sexism.

I've reinvented myself many times in my life. I thought I'd become a concert violinist but burned out at 17. I thought I'd go to law school but became Miss America.

I might even pursue a career in politics. If I do, I will have had great practice dealing with the avalanche of daily criticism from working at Fox News and being a former Miss America. I'm ready for anything!

I wanted to play the piano.

All women deserve a dignified and respectful workplace in which talent, hard work and loyalty are recognized, revered, and rewarded.

I actually always say that I have a son and a daughter, but I work more for my son, because I want him to respect women when he gets into the real world like he respects his mom right now.

Be brave and be fearless, and for God's sake, stand up for yourself.

We all remember growing up with mean girls, right?

One of the most important things to do is to raise our kids in a respectful way with both genders.

I'm ready to move on to the next chapter of my life in which I will redouble my efforts to empower women in the workplace.

I never expected to be the face of sexual harassment. But I never give up on anything. So when placed in a new, challenging situation, it's like, 'I'm going to give this 110% because that's what I've done my entire life.'

I've always been an incredibly strong person, and I've also been underestimated.

Even though we have laws against it and HR departments to handle it, a woman - especially if she is young and just starting out - can never be sure that reporting harassment won't hurt her career.

I think one of the things I've learned is that the tone of an organization is set from the top down. And if you have men running an organization that want to honor women, that's a whole different experience than if they don't.

I didn't win Class President in tenth grade. I was too chubby to win a role in the school play 'Oklahoma!' and I didn't make it into a singing and dancing group in high school for the same reason - too fat.

I respond to every email. I sign every autograph for every person.

Once I turned 40, I stopped giving a rip about my detractors, the people who say nasty things. It's more candid and honest than it would have been. I share my failures, which is important.