In this stylish and uplifting guide to living, now in paperback, Daisy Fuentes reveals how to tap into your unique and unforgettable “star quality!” Everybody wants to be noticed and admired, they want to be unforgettable. The concept of what makes a person more desirable and appealing has always fascinated and intrigued TV star, model, and fashion designer Daisy Fuentes. Early on in her career, Daisy became intrigued by the “it” factor that made certain people more attractive, billable, and bankable than others. Unforgettable You teaches you how to create beauty, style, health, and irresistibility by being honest with yourself and getting to know the real you. With Daisy’s personal stories, observations, and the advice that she has learned along the way from celebrities, experts, and fabulous friends, Unforgettable You offers an encouraging, “friend to friend” field guide. "Daisy calls it as she sees it. This book is a must read for anyone who thinks they have all the answers." --Ricky Martin "Daisy has written a fun, inspiring and insightful guide for the new MTV generation. Underwear girls, never underestimate the importance of underwear." -Nina Garcia, Bestselling author of "The Little Black Book of Style" Daisy Fuentes has been redefining health, fashion, beauty and fitness for almost 20 years. From MTV to network television, a slew of cable series and specials, she has the ability to move seamlessly between music, fashion, fitness and style, and to own these categories as a host, expert and guide. Unforgettable You Master the Elements of Style, Spirituality, and True Beauty By Daisy Fuentes Atria Copyright © 2011 Daisy Fuentes All right reserved. ISBN: 9781416563037 Chapter One Who Are You? Baby, Who Are You? Knowing Who You Are “You have come here to find what you already have.” —Buddhist aphorism I ’M FROM JERSEY. And when I was seventeen, I thought that I could not ask for more out of life than big hair, bright nails, Camaros, shopping malls, attitudes, and accents. And then one day, my world shifted slightly and forever. My next-door neighbor worked for Piero Dimitri, a couture Italian designer. They needed someone to fill in last-minute at a photo shoot. Without realizing what I was getting myself into, I headed into the city with my neighbor. I thought it was a one-shot deal, but it became a regular gig, and then I became Piero’s “fit model.” (The fit model is used to fit the samples on as they are being made. Back in the eighties, fit models were taller and curvier, but later Kate Moss became everyone’s fit model, and I was no longer easily fitting into sample sizes. Fortunately for me the TV world came calling before that became a problem. After I’d been working for Piero for a few months, he suggested that I take on more jobs and get an agent. This is when I started to really see the world outside of Jersey. I would take the PATH train into the city, and in ten minutes I was ten miles away and ten years ahead of anything comfortable or familiar. All of the other girls came from other countries. They had their own apartments. They flat-ironed their hair. Their nails were short and barely polished. Their clothes were black and boring and could have used some kick-ass accessories. But mostly, their hair was in dire, dire need of some serious back-combing and hairspray. And then there was me. One day, Piero asked me to stand in front of a fulllength mirror in his studio. “Daisy, look. Look at yourself.” I had my big Jersey hair, my fluorescent painted nails, a wider-than-wide white belt over my dress, chunky accessories. I thought I looked pretty damn fabulous. “What is the first thing you notice?” Piero asked me. “Well, my belt, I guess.” “Exactly. And what’s the next thing?” “My nails? My hair?” “Exactly. Exactly.” I stared at him. Was he trying to make a point? “Darling, why would you want people to notice your belt, your hair, your nails, before they notice your face?” —Gandhi “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” —Gandhi This was the first of many valuable pieces of advice that I would respectfully ignore. When I was seventeen, I thought I knew it all. In fact, I thought I knew it all until I was about twenty-five. Until I was about thirty. OK, until about right now. The truth is, I’ll never know it all. I will always be on a journey of rediscovery. Once I realized this, my path to discovery truly began. Note Unforgettable Tip: Only a fool knows everything. Unforgettable You The purpose of this book is to help you become a more aware, enhanced, happier version of yourself. I have spent the last twenty years of my life learning about myself (mostly the hard way), and I still have the nerve to continue to evolve and change. When I was younger, I was so stubbornly trying to “be myself” that I never stopped to find out who I really was and who I really wanted to be. I hope that this book inspires you to take