There're so many adjectives you can use on Kimora Lee Simmons. She's gorgeous, smart, confident, driven and of course, fabulous. At the same time, she's sweet, bubbly, funny, inspiring and at times, delightfully self-depreciating - certainly not a trait you would expect from a woman who was called "the face of the future" by Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld at the age of 12.

In other words, Simmons is everything you've watched in her docudrama Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane - but there's more. On TV, it seems that there's no stopping this self-professed high-heeled warrior from blazing her own trail in the fashion world, not when she had to leave Baby Phat last year. At 36, she is the mind behind multiple fashion enterprises - a couture line KLS, a skincare line Shinto Clinical and a newly formed shopping website JustFabulous. Divorced from business magnate Russell Simmons in 2009, the mother of three is now happily married to Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou.

In person, the fiery fashionista oozed unmistakable - in her own words - fabulousity, with her 1.83m frame accentuated in a gorgeous white leopard print mini dress and a pair of red booties from JustFab (it costs US$39, which is RM123, by the way). The dark-haired beauty topped off her look with something Asian - a jade bracelet.

Although she arrived fashionably late, all was forgiven when she took the stage and immediately won everyone over with her enthusiasm, warmth and sense of humour. If you aren't already her fan, you might be one after reading her earlier tweets in Bahasa Malaysia, like "Saya amat teruja untuk datang ke Malaysia dan tak sabar nak jumpa peminat saya di M'sia!! (I'm so excited to come to Malaysia and can't wait to meet my fans there) and "Kamu Menakjubkan" (You are amazing). What's more, she expressed her fascination with tudung (headscarves). Asking what it is called in Bahasa Malaysia, she gushed: "Can I wear that? I want one. It's fabulous!"

Speaking at bullet speed and giving every question serious thought, the fashion mogul further endeared herself to the media when she fought the host and took the press conference past the allocated time of 30 minutes.

"No! We are not done!" she said fiercely. At one point, when he tried to limit the press to ask just one question per person, she said: "It's my press conference!" to a round of cheers and applause.

Hence, it was turned into a 50-minute chat that saw Simmons fielding questions ranging from fabulousity, reality TV, to her preferred footwear. Here are excerpts from it:

What would you say to women who try to reject their Asian traits?

I've always wanted people to know, the whole concept of fabulousity is to be beautiful inside out and outside in. I grew up in St Loius, Missouri, a little city (in the U.S.) and no one looked liked you all (Asian), only me. Everyone else was either white or black. Certainly to be mixed like me - part-American and half-Asian - I was (treated) like garbage. I had to go through that. Kids are very cruel in school. I used that to make myself stronger and better. I kind of gave myself a thicker skin and so I like to take what I have - that's the one good thing about having a little bit of fame or being a celebrity, you have a platform and you can give a message. So I choose in my life to perpetuate this message of positivity and beauty of all colours and races. I want everyone to know that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. I have three kids. I have been super fat as a mum and super skinny as a model. What's important is to feel comfortable in your own skin. You won't always find acceptance in the world, so you have to have it first within yourself.

Is fabulousity the same for you today as it was for you ten years ago?

It's a concept, an idea of beauty and power coming from inside. That has not changed but it has evolved for me to extend it to my family, my career and the things I want to do. I've grown up a little bit. I'm not eighteen. I'm not running around in the clubs. Sometimes, I look at these other girls and I'm like, 'Gosh, you're so skinny and you're so naked and I wanna go to the clubs but I'm tired and I can't and I'm with my husband…' So the definition has changed but the meaning and intent is always there, which is to always to embrace your beauty and your individuality and go for what you want.

Do you have a personal style rule?

I think you should do what you want. You should embrace yourself. Look around us here. We all look alike, but in terms of style, we are different. My rule would be to have no rules. Do whatever that would make you feel great. But I always tell people, 'Don't take off your clothes. Don't be naked everywhere you go because it will come back to haunt you.'

How much do you usually spend on shopping?

I don't think that fashion and great style has anything to do with how much money that you spend, even though there was a time I had been told by Louis Vuitton that I was the number one customer in the world. Someone said to me, 'You have the second largest Loius Vuitton collection in the world'. And I said 'Really? Who has the first?' And he said, 'Louis Vuitton'. I did that many years ago when I was a young girl who was a little depressed inside and was finding my way. So I ended up getting every pretty thing to make me feel pretty, but you are who you are. (Now) I don't spend that much of money, believe it or not. My shoes are US$40, but I also have other shoes that are US$2,000. It just depends.

If you could only have a type of footwear, what would you choose and why?

It would have to be a stiletto for me because (wearing that) I feel tall; I feel thin; I feel like I can conquer the world. And no matter what weight you're carrying, it looks better when you're lifted up. If you want to be comfortable, you might want to go for ballerina flats or flip-flops and that's not going to be me. I'm kind of a high-heeled warrior, I guess.

You seem the type of personality perfect for a talk show. Are you going to have one?

I've just been speaking to a few cables and hopefully we will have that. Years ago, I started my show and I call it the docu-drama which documented my life. And then it turned into this crazy thing called reality TV which to me is obscene at times. I'm shifting from that and I want to go into my heart and passion, which is empowerment, speaking to people and connecting our lives. Hopefully there'll be more empowerment platform and we can talk about other things, maybe a little politics, lifestyle.

What do you think about reality TV today?

I really feel like the state of reality TV is going down the tubes and I'm not proud of it. I'm not proud of how women are depicted and I'm not proud of turning on the TV and find you (the reality stars) fighting and scratching and cursing at your mom and you're all naked. My show is none of that. And it's the number one show (in Malaysia). So it shows that you can be number one and have a little dignity and respect and you don't have to be naked.