

Left to my own devices, I guarantee you no matter how much I love life, my family, if I take a drink or any of my drugs of choice, I’ll be dead. She continued, “Only by being sober do I have any chance of survival. “So why would I be ashamed of being clean and saying: I have a disease that I can’t control?” “I didn’t have a problem when I was out using, if you saw me high or drunk,” said Valletta, who is also an actress (on TV’s Revenge as well as in films including Hitch and What Lies Beneath), of the years during which she was using. In an interview with Porter magazine, Valletta talked about going public with her addiction at a 2014 MindBodyGreen event, admitting of the speech she gave at the invite-only event, “I didn’t think anyone would see.” However, her powerful story - in which the Vogue cover star revealed she would show up at photo shoots drunk and high - went viral. She says if she wasn’t, she wouldn’t be alive. The 45-year-old supermodel, who soared to fame in the ‘90s alongside Kate Moss and Shalom Harlow, has been drug- and alcohol-free for 20-plus years. (Photo: Daniele Venturelli/Daniele Venturelli/WireImage )Īmber Valletta is speaking out about her addiction.

The largest majors are business management, communication, nursing, criminal justice and education.Model Amber Valletta, at the Fashion Awards in December, believes that if she didn't get sober 25 years ago, she wouldn't be alive. More than 1,400 of its students reside on the Curry campus. The student body consists of approximately 2,000 traditional undergraduate students, 1,650 continuing education and 500 graduate students. Curry offers 20 undergraduate degrees as well as graduate degrees in business, education, criminal justice and nursing, with a combined enrollment of approximately 4,150 students. Curry extends its educational programs to a continuing education branch campus in Plymouth, MA.

Tickets are $10 and may be reserved at 61 (Option 2).įounded in 1879, Curry College is a private, four-year, liberal arts institution located on 135 acres in Milton, MA. Keith Auditorium at the Academic and Performance Center on the Milton Campus, 1071 Blue Hill Avenue, Milton, MA. The Sixth Annual New Plays Festival, showcasing original student 5-10 minute one act plays, will run Saturday, Nov. Watch for her on the Curry College stage in December, in Alan Ayckbourn's comedy, Woman in Mind!

This past summer, Valletta was chosen for a triple internship in Marketing, Children's Theatre and Scenic Painting, at the renowned Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine. Samantha currently serves on the Curry Theatre Supervisory Board as Assistant General Manager/ Publicity Director. Currently a junior majoring in Communication, she has been seen on the Curry Theatre Stage in New Plays 2011, Batboy The Musical, Almost, Maine, and Twisted Tales. Valletta is a 2010 graduate of Holy Name Junior/ Senior High School. MILTON, MA ()(readMedia)- Curry College is pleased to announce that Worcester, MA resident, Samantha Valletta, daughter of Amy and Steve Valletta, will be appearing in the premiere of Samuel Kielty's The Elephant in the Room as part of the college's Sixth Annual New Plays Festival.
