Tyra Banks Quotes
A smart model is a good model
I want the shows to provide social commentary, I feel like it`s my responsibility to do something about it because I was in fashion for so long projecting an image that`s so hard to live up to. An image that is manipulated and tweaked
I`m competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own bolders.
I am prepared to share my life with people
When I announced that I wanted to do a talk show, a lot of people were very skeptical, which, of course, I understand, ... I think I`m very good at stepping outside of myself and seeing what I think other people perceive and they perceive a girl that has modeled half of her life and that`s pretty much it
By no means am I against plastic surgery, by no means am I saying that breast implants are a bad thing, but it`s just not a choice that I made ... it`s something that a lot of people think I have and that is so frustrating to me
Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It`s about accepting all of yourself. You`ve got to learn to accept the fool in you as well as the part that`s got it goin` on.
You can`t model for the rest of your life, so it is important to diversify your career.
There has never been a lot of money for black models in that world, because all the money was in advertising, in the campaigns and black models rarely got those so my wages would be... I’d be getting so much less than the other girls and I thought that was just so wrong.
I wanted to be more of a business woman. I wanted to take this name I had made for myself and take to the next level.
When I am full, I stop eating.
(On Adrianne Curry`s complaints that she did not receive what was promised her as the winner of "America`s Next Top Model" (2003).) I have an invested interest in all the girls. I take Adrianne`s struggles to bed with me at night. Adrianne`s problem was that she went to Europe to try to make it and nobody knew who she was there. So it was like starting over. But after a girl leaves the show it`s really up to her to be aggressive and try to succeed.
I`m competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders.
I haven`t seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven`t seen anything. I don`t really care.
There`s always going to be dreams and goals I have, but I never really tell people what they are.
My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.
I look at myself and pick out the things I don`t like. No matter how much I work out, I never get muscle tone in my butt and hip area.
Paris is one of the most beautiful places in all the world. Unfortunately, I was so homesick I couldn`t appreciate its beauty.
I enjoy doing fashion shows and transforming myself into different looks for photo shoots.
I was backstage in Paris and saw Cindy Crawford doing House Of Style. I thought, I would love to to be in control of my career.
I`m so simple. If I don`t have groceries, I eat popcorn and Tang for dinner.
I love food and feel that it is something that should be enjoyed. I eat whatever I want. I just don`t overeat.
The runway symbolizes something in society that`s very intimidating to women.
I`m a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it`s OK if there are flaws here and there.
Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You`re in one minute, out the next.
Believe it or not, I just really know how to pose well. It took me five years to learn what my best angles are.
I close my eyes while driving and just sing along. I always open them again in time.
I have so many goals.
I love the confidence that makeup gives me.
I want to be like the athletes who seem stuck in time. When you see them at 50, you say they probably can still run like a champ.
A smart model is a good model.
Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can`t we just be the sexy American girl next door?
People always ask me if I`m going to stop modeling because I have started an acting career. I hope to continue to model for years to come.
I`ve always seen modeling as a stepping stone.
Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic, erotic women. Why can`t we be the sexy All-American girl next door?
I love all kinds of bread. Whenever I crave junk food, I want salty things like peanuts or potato chips.
I had had an extroverted personality with a lot of friends, but when I lost the weight and grew so tall, I withdrew within myself.
Black women don`t have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies. Black men love big butts.
A smart model is a good model
take responsibility for your self because no one will take responsibility for you.
i love the confidence give me
i am prepare to share my life with people
is this a church meeting or is this a bar? some body make a noise
by no mean am saying that breast implants is a bad thing, but its not a choice i made
the judges felt the need to save you from this crazy cutthroat world of modeling. that would make a sad girl extremly depressed.
it was one of the heartbroken days of my life
i just want you to be yourself, a bigger you
i use my success to help other women on their journey in life
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