America’s Next Top Model winner Jaslene Gonzalez is dishing  on her tumultous abusive relationship in the July 2007 issue of  Seventeen Magazine.

“Before I got into that relationship, I had a good head on my shoulders and walked with my head up high,” the twenty-one year old tells the mag.
“But during that relationship, things went down little by little. It was such a dark moment in my life. It was horrible!”

Because of her situation, “I wasn’t having my rest or eating the food I wanted to eat. So I mentally gave up, but I still did what I had to do. I think perseverance is the key to success. There were so many roadblocks for me, but I overcame them all.”