When I was attending Brigham Young University, I learned what it truly means to be a queen.

I was given a unique opportunity to meet the prophet, President David O. McKay. As I went forward, he held out his hand and held mine. And as I told him about my life and my family, he looked deeply into my eyes. After we had finished, he reached for his wife's hand and said, "I would like you to meet my queen." There seated next to him was his wife, Emma Ray McKay. Although she did not wear a crown of sparkling diamonds, nor was she seated on a throne, I knew she was a true queen. Her white hair was her crown, and her pure eyes sparkled like jewels. Hers was a beauty that cannot be purchased. It came from years of seeking the best gifts, becoming well educated, seeking knowledge "by study and also by faith." It came from years of hard work, of faithfully enduring trials with optimism, trust, strength, and courage. On that day in Huntsville, Utah, I was reminded of my divine identity, and I learned about what I now call "deep beauty": the kind of beauty that shines from the inside out. It is the kind of beauty that cannot be painted on, surgically created, or purchased. It is the kind of beauty that doesn't wash off. When you are virtuous, chaste, and morally clean, your inner beauty glows in your eyes and in your face. Deep beauty springs from virtue. It is spiritual attractiveness.

Young women, look into the mirror of eternity. Remember who you are. See yourself as our Heavenly Father sees you. You are elect. You are of noble birth. Don't compromise your divine inheritance. You were born to be a queen.