Mariacarla Boscono

People like me, like Karen Elson and Soo Joo, we're a very specific woman with a very specific look. I think that's also why we last longer. There's no one else like us.

I'm never nervous around anyone, which I think is a real key to my success. I was never nervous around anyone!

I will eat everything. Cheese. Mac and cheese. Anything and cheese. I love that stuff.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

But before looking to the future, let's glance back at the road we've traveled these past two years because that is the source of much of the optimism we are all feeling about the future.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.