Mariah's 10 Questions
What goals have you set for your future?
My sister and I have extremely big plans. We want to open a store in Venice, Calif., called L.A. Pitt. It would offer doggy day care and training and sell some things designed for dogs or inspired by dogs. Also, one week each month, we want to travel to New Orleans to do seminars about pit bulls. We want to start a magazine called Play Pit, a pit bull and dog magazine. My sister also wants to sell pit bull food. Pit bulls get allergies and need specific food. I want to design my own line of jeans, because I love design and it's my favorite thing to design …
You said that you're interested in fashion design. What inspires your fashion sense?
I grew up in such a small town. It was a typical small town where everyone is the same. Everyone wears the same clothes and looks the same. Individuality is a part of my family. I guess this is my way of expressing my own individuality. I think it's important for young girls to have their own individuality and not be afraid to express it.
What is your favorite fashion look?
I'm really into the pin-up look, but jeans are my favorite thing to design.
How would you describe your experiences doing beauty pageants?
Well, with my tattoos and piercings, I obviously can't do it now. My first pageant was when I was 11. It was a community pageant. Then I went to national pageants where you don't speak; it's just about the beauty. I loved dressing up and the hair and makeup and all of it. I talked to my mom about an idea to start a pageant for girls with tattoos.
Tia Torres. Friend? Mother? Both?
Me and my mom and my sister have an interesting relationship — some take it as a bad thing, some people love it. We don't run up and hug each other and tell each other "I love you," but we have an extremely strong bond, one that most mothers and daughters don't have. Of course, she scares me because she's such a strong person; she scares everyone. But I know that I can tell her anything and she will never judge me or get mad at the decisions I make. Me and my mom and my sister are best friends, but every day we yell at each other.
What have you learned from her?
Everything. She's made me who I am. I know everyone says "My mom's my hero," but outside of being my mom, she's still my hero. She's a single mom — she's gone through hell and back. But she doesn't care if it's her last dollar; she will give it to make sure someone's OK. She is the most compassionate person, and she never judges. She taught me to be extremely strong and not to let anyone tell me who I am and what I'm going to be. Most people think they need a man to provide for them, but we don't.
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