The style icon and supermodel is transitioning into being an actress, with several features (and a new television series, South of Hell on WEtv airing spring/summer 2015) on the go – but also finds the time to support Operation Smile, a charity that provides free surgery to repair cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities in children around the globe.

Could you tell us about your commitment to Operation Smile?  
Working with Operation Smile has been a completely life-altering experience. It’s an organization I am truly passionate about and grateful to be a part of. I first became involved nearly ten years ago when I volunteered to help stuff envelopes for the Smile Gala. I have since been on a few volunteer missions with Operation Smile, and am working on arranging another one in the coming months.

How does your contribution to Operation Smile work in practice?
  I am always trying to help raise awareness for Operation Smile by speaking, writing and tweeting about the organization. Also, I have tried to raise awareness about how individuals can make a difference while they shop, through smile.amazon.com – I think it is brilliant that Amazon has created an automatic way to donate each and every time you shop, and at no cost to the spender!

Can you tell us what it is like to go on a volunteer mission with Operation Smile?
  I have been to Egypt and Peru. It is incredible and truly inspiring to be part of something with so many unique individuals who come together for the greater good of helping others and saving lives, one smile at a time. I never knew my heart could hold so much love before joining Operation Smile and spending so much time with these wonderful, beautiful children and families.

On your website you speak about the need for hands-on charity work?
  I love working with children and to volunteer with the medical teams, and do all that I can to be involved with Operation Smile. Each and every one of us has the ability to bring hope and give smiles.

Read more about Operation Smile here.

Full interview and MORE up on : hm.com

At the rate people are lounging around or hunching over their work desks, sitting is the new equivalent of smoking. Did you know that too much sitting can be hazardous for your health and decrease your life expectancy? Want some more depressing and upsetting news… even if you exercise for 30+ minutes each day, that does NOT counteract the negative effects of sitting. Studies have shown that the more you sit the more you run an increased risk of obesity, heart disease, diabetes and various forms of cancer – Just TWO HOURS of sitting in front of the television can increase lung cancer by 6%, colon cancer by 8% and endometrial cancer by 10%

Here are some ways to keep sitting from killing you:

1) Stand up and walk around for 5 minutes every 30 minutes

3) Walk to the farthest bathroom in your home and/or workplace when going to the restroom – this is of course IF multiple bathrooms are an option

4) Stand and/or walk around room when talking on the telephone

5) Consider getting a standing workstation that you can use as an alternative to a typical desk

6) Stretch and take a 10 minute walk during every coffee break

7) If you work in an office and need to communicate with someone, don’t email! Get up and to communicate with them

8) If you HAVE to sit at your desk… Get a THIGH MASTER. Yes, a thigh master!! I have one, I use it every day and I absolutely swear by it! Purchase yours HERE

9) If a thigh master isn’t for you, try sitting on a stability ball – But, don’t wobble around! Sit upright and still, engaging and strengthening your core

I honestly believe in healthy living and exercise. There is ALWAYS time to get your butt up out of bed or off the sofa and do something. My exercise of choice is BUTI Yoga (not just because one of my oldest and closest friends, Bizzie Gold, is the founder, but because it REALLY works), a movement practice that infuses yoga, tribal dance and plyometrics into a high intensity workout that transforms your body from the inside out…

Here is a simple 25 minute workout video to get you started…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX1gity685o

East vs West

GO KINGS GO!!!