Q: Why does outer beauty seem to be so important here?

A: Beauty is a competitive business. If you're the one woman standing, you look good to every guy. Once there are two, your odds go down. Once you get into a community like Miami, it is vicious. Travel & Leisure just voted us the No. 1 city for attractiveness. In all the major cities, where the competition is fierce, beauty is a currency. You're going to have more beautiful people in your big cities, particularly your cities that are visual. You've got Miami, you've got Los Angeles, because of Hollywood. You've got New York, which is very international. In Boston, they compete more intellectually, so beauty is not as important a commodity in that that city. I also think that people here inspire each other. You walk around and you see all these beautiful women and you say, ``Oh, my god, I've got to go to the gym.''

Q: What happens when you reach a certain age, and things don't stay where you want them to anymore?

A: As we leave those fertile years, we cannot do [nothing] and still look beautiful. So what we have to do is we have to trick people into thinking, hey we're still strong, we're still vital, we're still fertile. So if you look at women that are older that are considered beautiful, these are powerful strong, vibrant women.

That starts with health. You MUST eat properly, you MUST sleep properly, you MUST exercise if you want to be beautiful as you get older. Women who stay healthy can look sexy, beautiful and hot for a long time.

Q: Why don't young women think they're beautiful?

A: It's very hard to have that inner beauty. And when you talked about women getting older and outer beauty frays, here's the good news: inner beauty soars. Women who are older, who've done more, who have confidence, who know who they are, they are the most beautiful women because their inner beauty is soaring.

Health Q&A runs every other week.

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