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"When THE model-of-the-moment Ali Stephens isn't walking the runways, she can be seen trotting around Paris with our favorite travel accessory--her mom! We sat down with the ladies to get the scoop on their...\n\nfacebook dialogPinterest\n\nWhen THE model-of-the-moment Ali Stephens isn't walking the runways, she can be seen trotting around Paris with our favorite travel accessory--her mom! We sat down with the ladies to get the scoop on their experience here.\n\nCOACD: Ali, how do you think your instant success has affected you?\n\nAli: I am much more grown up now! I have learned so much about how to be professional but at the same time to be yourself and not take it too seriously.\n\nCOACD: What's it like having your mom with you at Fashion Week?\n\nAli: She really helps me when I feel sad and homesick. Sometimes I miss Utah very much but she helps me put everything in perspective and focus on how lucky I am to have these opportunities. She is helping me prepare also for when I have to do it on my own--like making sure I will get groceries and do laundry!\n\nCOACD: Mrs. Stephens, what are you're tricks to keeping Ali sane during the craziness?\n\nMrs. Stephens: I try to make sure that she gets the rest she needs. She has a favorite candy called Dragibus that we buy in Paris. Sounds crazy but it puts a smile on her face! We try to communicate through email and special phone calls to her Dad and big sister Maddie and her four big brothers at home.\n\nCOACD: What is your morning regime with Ali?\n\nMrs. Stephens: In our family our children all practice TM or transcendental meditation. She does that first thing when I wake her up for twenty minutes and then she jumps into the shower and has a bowl of her favorite chocolate cereal and a piece of fruit and out the door we run!\n\n[\n\n](http://blog.teenvogue.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/04/ali_mom.jpg)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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