What is beautiful to you?

A plant called night-blooming cereus.  It grows in Jamaica, and it takes several years to reach a certain height.  It only blooms at midnight and has the most magnificent flower -- the perfume is extraordinary -- and by morning, itcloses up.  When I was a little girl growing up in Jamaica, my parents would promise to wake me up at midnight so I could see it.

What feature do people most often compliment you on?

I suppose people say it's my eyes because they change color.  They change from gray to blue to green, and not always at the same time.

When do you feel most beautiful?

When [my husband] John is making love to me.  I know he just loves me, and I feel real good about myself.

If you were stranded on a desert island, what three items would you need to have?

John, Captain Morgan's spicedrum -- which I only have about twice a year -- and a bucket of ice!

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I would love to experience what it would be like to be this drop-dead knockout [that people would say], "Wow, you can do the centerfold of Playboy!"

Is there a specific diet and/or exercise regime that you try to follow?

If you want to talk about beauty, you've got to start with health -- eating and drinking the right things.  I believe in drinking a lot of water and taking a multivitamin.  I also stay away from processed foods and white flour.  White rice and potatoes really slow your whole system down.  I also do yoga and walk.

What about your appearance gives you character?

At the moment, my hair!

Would you ever consider having plastic surgery?

I would like to think that I'm going to grow old gracefully... but considering the industry that we're in, I'd have to give it some serious thought if my job depended on it -- which I'm hoping it wouldn't.

Who, to you, is the most beautiful celebrity?

Penelope Cruz is magnificent and very sexy.  Gwyneth Paltrow is quite interesting to look at -- she's very mercurial.

Who is the most beautiful real-life person you know?

My mother, Judy, who died in 1991.  I wish she was still here for you to see for yourself.  She was a very good listener, and that's the one thing I want to inherit as I get older.

What is the best beauty secret you ever learned?

When I have to be on-camera very early, I stick my face in a bucket of ice.  It immediately closes all the blood vessels.  Otherwise, you're too puffy in the morning to put make-up on. It makes your face fresh.  But I don't do it on a regular basis.