After doing a photo shoot for a clothing company, I boarded a train home from New York City. Exhausted from the 9 hours of bright lights and excessive lip-gloss, I was just settling down to the celebratory cheese Danish I'd been saving when I got a phone call. It was the company I'd just shot with, asking for a quote to run with my photos. The clothing company's ads were specifically hoping to target young teens, and they told me they wanted a statement that conveyed how their clothing drew attention to my curves. I almost dropped the phone.

Rating: 5.0/5

When I first arrived at the University of Virginia, there were a few things my school told me that weren't quite true. The dining hall's cornbread tastes just like grandma's. [False.] Our football team is the greatest. [False] Your dormitory isn't air conditioned but don't worry ... it'll get cooler by September. [Extremely false.] But there was one statement that was particularly off-base: "At the University, we encourage independent thought, and welcome all forms of diverse opinion."

Rating: 4.7/5