Meagan Tandy

“I can watch 'Mission: Impossible' all day every day. Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt is so hot.”

“I was writing, directing, and editing my own films as a young kid with my parents' video camera.”

“As silly as it sounds, I want to do some sort of superhero type of role. That's always been something I'm interested in.”

“I would absolutely love to do something with Viola Davis or Meryl Streep. I just think both of those women fall so deep into their characters that you are no longer looking at the actresses, you are looking at the characters they embraced.”

“Yes, my pageant career was incredibly short. I started at 19 and was done at 21. I started by competing for Miss California Teen, which I wound up winning, and I literally just entered the contest on a whim!”

“Modeling is fun, but unless it's runway, it's just not my thing.”

“I feel like I'd be a really good teacher. I would go for middle school... those high schoolers would be difficult to deal with.”

“If a guy is tall, that's a plus, and he has to have a great personality. He needs to keep up with me because I can be an off-the-wall, aloof chatterbox sometimes! But if he's got some height on him... God bless.”

“Try your hardest to be confident in who you are. You are enough - you are beautiful.”

“When I was a kid, I'd create my own movies at home. I'd record myself doing a scene, then stop the camera, change my clothes, and do a scene as another character. It sounds silly, but I just loved to tell stories.”

“I caught the mentorship bug when I was Miss California U.S.A. and volunteered to mentor for a brand new program called 'Who's Your Hero.' I literally fell in love with the impact it all has, not only on the girls but on myself - giving back is such a powerful thing.”