k. lee graham -- she's miss teen usa 2014. welcome. >> thank you.nks for having me >> you were a straight-a student in high school as well as class valedictorian. and of course, you became miss teen usa. so, i guess lack of confidence hasn't been a problem for you... >> i actually suffered from very low confidence throughout middle school and high school. i, you know, was very upset because i didn't look like people in magazines or even the popular kids in my class. i wasn't very popular, and, um, i just let it really get to me. but i had this little change in high school, and, um, a little later on that helped me develop good self confidence and self esteem. >> how did you become aware that other teens were having issues with self esteem? >> i just -- i really noticed among my friends, i thought at first that i was the only one struggling with this, and i started talking to some of my best friends and also my sister -- i have an older sister who's a year older than me -- and my mom, and i realize that this is a struggle that everyone has no matter

k. lee graham is cooking royalty. after all, she is miss teen usa 2014 and has the official sash to prove it. so, what are we making today? >> today we are making some healthy, low-carb pasta that can be made in a microwave, in your dorm room, and for anyone that's on the go. >> sounds great! let's get started. >> all right. we're gonna start with our zucchini. this is our pasta base. for me. >> all right. >> today our pasta's gonna come from this tool, called a actually makes pasta noodles out of different vegetables. so now that that's washed, i'm just gonna cut the ends off. >> okay. >> and you can see here we've actually already done some. i'm using this knife, so, kids, make sure you have permission from your parent to use a knife. so, we've got our ends cut off of our zucchini, and if you will just take this and spiralize it right into this bowl... >> wow. i love that word "spiralize." >> yeah. so, just like this -- you just twist it, and it creates the awesome noodles. >> wow! it's so easy. >> isn't it great? a