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Tyra Banks [1973-0] American

Rank: 101
Model, Television Personality

Tyra Lynne Banks is an American television personality, producer, businesswoman, actress, author, former model and occasional singer.

Beauty, Food, Positive, Famous, Mom, Smile, Teen, Women, Amazing, Business, Cool, Design, Dreams, Family, Finance, Future, Learning, Medical, Sad, Society

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I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care.		101
I love the confidence that makeup gives me.		102
The runway symbolizes something in society that's very intimidating to women.	Society, Women	103
I love all kinds of bread. Whenever I crave junk food, I want salty things like peanuts or potato chips.	Food	104
It's not like I want to hop on a bandwagon, because I said it 15 years ago - bringing a child into your life who is not genetically yours is one of the most beautiful things you can do. But I'm also interested in having my own baby, too.		105
Models now need to promote themselves, think like businesswomen and diversify their careers by doing other things. Chances are very slim that a mere model will become a household name today.		106
I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.	Famous	107
Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself.		108
I've had my heart broken one too many times.		109
I don't have the best self esteem; mine wavers month to month, but I know how to pick myself up.		110
As I look into the future, I see radical changes in both how people 'attain beauty,' and how the world perceives beauty. In general, I believe traditional beauty will be less valuable - and more uniqueness will be heralded.	Beauty, Future	111
Global warming will threaten our crops, so natural food will be scarce. Hourglass, curvy bodies will be the aspirational beauty standard, representing that those women have access to bounties of fulfilling yet healthy food, which means they are affluent.	Beauty, Food, Women	112
I used to really panic about finals. I didn't understand the concept of how you could have one test that encompasses the entire semester.		113
One thing my mom used to tell me was to look to the other side, and know that my present is not going to be everything. So if I'm having a bad day, she goes, 'Just imagine tomorrow. This is going to be over. This is going to be done with.'	Mom	114
It's so important to understand your good attendance ups your chances of graduating.		115
I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone.		116
I'm competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders.		117
You've got to learn to accept the fool in you as well as the part that's got it goin' on.		118
I've helped some of my classmates on how to strategize to get to the next level of their businesses. And it's interesting, because here I am sitting there from the entertainment industry and the fashion industry, and I'm giving a billionaire that has a business that's been in his family for 300 years - I'm giving him advice about strategy!	Business, Family	119
When I was a young girl, I lost a lot of weight over one summer - involuntarily - and was just really depressed and sad. There was nothing I could do to gain weight. I would look in the mirror and call myself disgusting every day.	Sad	120
I wish I was harder; I wish I didn't care so much about being the nice girl all the time because a lot of the time people can take kindness for weakness, so I wish I had a little bit more 'oomph' in me.		121
Flaws are awesome - so, 'flawsome!' I love making up a word.		122
Whenever someone says I'm the next Oprah, I always respond, 'Child, there's only one Mahogany, and only one Oprah.' There are no others.		123
You don't have to have a ring on your finger to say, 'I love you.'		124
Because beauty will be so readily accessible, and skin color and features will be similar, prejudices based on physical features will be nearly eradicated. Prejudice will be socioeconomically based.	Beauty	125
Don't save bold lashes and red lips for nighttime - do it in the day!		126
I don't think me walking away from modeling was scary for me. In hindsight, I think it was very risky, when you talk about risk. Because it paid the bills.		201
I just think, as a model, it's taught me to be a master of deception and illusion.		202
I used to have this joke: 'Every hallway is a runway.'		203
I love food and feel that it is something that should be enjoyed. I eat whatever I want. I just don't overeat.	Food	204
Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that's positive and celebrate that!	Positive	205
If I tried to start modeling right now, I wouldn't be a supermodel because it's all about celebrity.		206
I am a businesswoman who goes to work every single day.		207
On 'America's Top Model,' I've always told my girls to smile with their eyes. We call it 'smizing.' Over the years, it's actually become part of pop culture. I would be walking down the street, and girls would say, 'Smize!'	Smile	208
Don't contour with blush - that's so eighties. It was an amazing trend then, but it's not hot now. Instead, go for a neutral contour color that's one or two shades deeper than your skin tone.	Amazing	209
Paris is one of the most beautiful places in all the world. Unfortunately, I was so homesick I couldn't appreciate its beauty.	Beauty	210
I am intimidated by that eyeliner in a pot. You have to take a brush and wet it and then dip it in and get it straight. It's just a mess.		211
I don't go to the cool, trendy restaurants. I go to either the holes in the wall or the super-fancy restaurants where there are no cool people.	Cool	212
It was hard to get guys to notice me, period, because I was so skinny and all my friends were curvy. Plus, I used to be very nervous in front of guys.		213
I don't have to have a child come from my womb to have a connection. Children that are already born are beautiful to me. I can definitely be a mother to them.		214
'Vogue' has the power to make and break - whether it's fashion trends, designers, models, and yes, even industry practices.		215
I know I'm an overachiever, and I'm not apologetic about it.		216
I don't know how to be sexy on a date. Put up a camera and a wind machine, and I'll give you sexy. Put me at a dinner table with some candlelight and the moon shining in and, oh, I will give you dork.		217
I don't wake up with naturally sculpted cheekbones - I paint them on!		218
The president of Victoria's Secret promised me a lifetime supply of Victoria's Secret products, even after I decided to leave the company. But once I left, he only let me have it for a year. So I have a bone to pick.		219
Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies.		220
Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next.	Design	221
Smiles come naturally to me, but I started thinking of them as an art form at my command. I studied all the time. I looked at magazines, I'd practice in front of the mirror and I'd ask photographers about the best angles. I can now pull out a smile at will.	Smile	222
I've been singing for six years. I've been in and out of the studios with top producers, but it wasn't something I was ready to express to the public or to the press. I wasn't ready to come out. I wanted to perfect my voice and be 100 percent positive that I could come out right.	Positive	223
Believe it or not, I don't wake up looking like a supermodel.		224
I grew up wearing a uniform to school, and now I have my stylist come to my apartment and create outfits for me to wear. Otherwise, I'd never get dressed.		225
The fire to inspire women and help them to blaze new paths fiercely burns inside of me.		226
I don't believe in diets.		301
Sometimes you gotta leave when you're on top.		302
Just because you don't know if other people are experiencing the same thing as you are, it doesn't mean that it's not happening. Everybody doesn't necessarily share everything. Just know that what you're going through, other people are going through it, too.		303
I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there.		304
I was always a good student. I wasn't the A-plus student, but I studied really hard, and I probably had a 3.2. I always wished that I had the capacity to get straight A's, but I didn't. I didn't beat myself up about it, but I really studied hard for my grades.		305
I have a lot of bad days.		306
I don't want to use the term 'plus-size,' because, to me, what the hell is that? It just doesn't have a positive connotation to it. I tend to not use it.	Positive	307
My most difficult class at Harvard Business School would have to be finance.	Finance	308
Let's have fun at work.		309
Being first lady is not just about being the wife but really taking command and having true vision.		310
On 'America's Next Top Model,' I mentor girls on television. When that TV goes off, I actually mentor other girls in the modeling industry - girls that have not been on 'Top Model,' but who appear in 'Vogue' worldwide.		311
I am learning how to delegate and how to empower people.	Learning	312
Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?		313
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.		314
I have so many goals.		315
My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.	Mom	316
I talked about adopting a baby when I was 20 years old, before it became 'hip.'		317
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.		318
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.		319
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.		320
I enjoy doing fashion shows and transforming myself into different looks for photo shoots.		321
There's always going to be dreams and goals I have, but I never really tell people what they are.	Dreams	322
A smart model is a good model.		323
I'm trying to build a strong business. I want to create new stars, new shows and new products for my audience and create a legacy that outlives me. There are so many other ways I want to reach women besides doing a talk show.		324
I think I'm too young to be a mogul. I think I'm too young for that.		325
I feel more comfortable when I'm lighter - I sleep better, I snore less, I have more endurance when I work out, my arms look better.		326
I've made millions of dollars with the body I have, so where's the pain in that?		401
I think every woman would want to do something about their cellulite!		402
In high school I definitely had a clique of friends. And what I loved about it was that we were healthy and good girls.		403
My aunt used to call me light bulb head because my head is small at the bottom and bigger at the top. But it was a term of endearment.		404
Tyra the businesswoman is very close to - and I hate third person, but you said it, oh, chiiild, you said it - but me the businessperson and me the person: very similar. I can be in a business meeting and be all 'Wooo!' and 'Oh, child!' and still be talking revenues and profits and cash flows.		405
I didn't have a job because nobody would hire me. My friends were getting hired, and I couldn't even get a job interview. That really rocked my self-esteem because I didn't understand what I did wrong on those job applications.		406
I wanted to be a film and television writer and producer.		407
I went from being very popular and the head of the clique in the sixth grade to having, like, kid depression in the seventh grade. Not leaving the house. Not looking people in the eye... My body made me feel bad at everything.		408
I try to keep my private life kind of private.		409
I always feel great when I don't have clothes on.		410
My freshman year, I ran for student class president and lost. The next year, I ran for student class vice president, and I won.		411
I look up to Martha Stewart, and I love that she has product lines that are true extensions of her brand.		412
Blue and green eyes will be so common that dark brown will become the rare and newly desired eye color.		413
We are often told we can't have brains and beauty, and I really hope that my message is that you can put on that red lip and curl your hair and put on that power dress - you don't have to sacrifice one for the other.		414
There's no excuse for rudeness.		415
I think people are way less judgmental about chunky guys.		416
I was embarrassed when a businessman friend asked, 'What's the yearly budget of your talk show? What's the per-episode budget?' And I looked at him with these blank, typical-model eyes and said, 'I don't know.' I call myself a businesswoman, and I don't know that?		417
I don't think cellulite is great - that's not a flaw that I want in a photo by any means! I retouch that crap out. But I tell women that I'm retouching it out.		418
I am protective of my own personal life, but I must confess that I enjoy watching people that don't mind telling it all.		419
I'm not in a position to tell heavy people anything.		420
Sometimes I'll use four or five different photo apps on one photo just to get it where I want it to be.		421
My mom was a medical photographer, but on the side, she did a before-and-after glam photography business in the house. She would do makeup and hair - and I was her assistant.	Medical	422
I gave myself a year to be a supermodel. And I said, 'If it doesn't happen, I'm going back to school.'		423
Not wearing make-up? I can do it, and don't think twice.		424
I do consider myself a feminist, yeah. Totally.		425
When I was a model, they called me 'Tyra;' now it's 'Ms. Banks.'		426
I became a victim of mean girls. I became the victim of myself.		501
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.		502
I'm not sure exactly how gossiping about my life with my audience really helps them.		503
When I am full, I stop eating.		504
You can't model for the rest of your life, so it is important to diversify your career.		505
From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside.		506
I loved planning 'The Tyra Show' more than actually having to do it. I loved coming up with show ideas, honing each program and crafting it. I'm more excited being in a meeting than being on TV.		507
Journalists told me that a talk show wouldn't work. Some told me I was going to get canceled before my first season was up.		508
My fingers used to hurt really bad when I played guitar. I stopped because of it.		509
I don't like expensive things... I just can't help looking in a magazine for the splurge and the save.		510
I love being able to go to a store, let's say... a store like Topshop or Zara or maybe even Macy's, depends on what department, and not have to look at the price tag.		511
I used to love writing in my journal.		512
I think one of the biggest things that affects young women is when they hear their mothers using fat talk.		513
I don't have that 'OMG, I gotta get married' thing! If it happens, it happens, but it's never been like, 'Oooo, I need to do that!'		514
I have a lot of success and make a good living, but after while, you start going 'Why? Why are you doing all this?'		515
One of the big, most underlying messages for me is celebrating beauty that is not typical.		516
'America's Next Top Model' is not a bunch of Barbies - it's a lot of girls that are atypically beautiful.		517
Years ago, when I first started wearing hair extensions, I would get mail from young girls, or young girls would come up to me and they would say, 'Tyra you have the most beautiful hair, like I could never grow hair like that!' And I would say 'Child, this is a weave!'		518
It is important for women to feel beautiful when she looks in the mirror, and I tell women, 'If you don't feel beautiful, find one thing that you can look in that mirror and say, 'That is beautiful.'		519
Who would have thought that the girl who was forced to go to the hospital because she's so skinny would one day be called too fat?		520
I know the pain of somebody who's too thin and the pain of somebody that people say is too big.		521
I have worn fake hair since I was 17 years old.		522
My natural hair texture is very kinky.		523
The one thing I like about being a celebrity more than anything is being able to get into any restaurant I want.		524
I'm not led by money, because if that's the case, I can throw my name on everything and have a million-dollar company.		525
What keeps me up at night? Sometimes it's day-to-day work stuff. And a lot of the times, it's, 'Am I making the wrong decisions in terms of reaching young women?'		526
I wear my age with pride.		601
When I was not connected with someone, I didn't get asked out that often.		602
Now I know that I should take better care of myself when I'm under an intense deadline, or else my body is gonna act in certain ways that are not good.		603
I think the rise of Asian models is an absolutely beautiful thing.		604
What I don't like to see is when models of different races come in and out of fashion.		605
I created 'America's Next Top Model' one-hundred percent. I was in my kitchen making tea one morning, and I looked out the window, and the idea popped into my head. I wanted it to be 'American Idol' meets 'Ford Supermodel of the Year' meets 'The Real World.'		606
There have been top supermodels in the past that weren't as tall as the industry demands, like fashion icon Kate Moss.		607
I'm very human.		608
When modeling agencies were saying that I was too big and gaining weight, my mom said, 'OK, we're going to discuss what they're saying over pizza, and we're going to plan the future of your career which doesn't involve you having to be skinny.'		609
With 'America's Next Top Model,' I've always cast girls who the industry might call 'plus size' but I like to call 'fiercely real.' That was always important to me.		610
I've wanted to adopt since I was eight, nine years old. I really do think I will.		611
Moms, you are the first and most influential role model in your girl's life. Use that power.		612
Even when I was a teen model, I didn't think it was fair that I had to enter the acting world to get insurance.	Teen	613
I would love for models to be protected by a guild.		614
I think we should be unapologetic that we excel - and look beautiful while doing it.		615
A while ago I said that, 'You know, I like a guy - he doesn't have to be all rich and famous - he can be normal.' And I remember I was walking in the mall, and this guy was like, 'Tyra, I'm normal. I live with my mama. I ain't got a car and I ain't got a job! I'm real normal.' And I'm like, 'That's not normal - that's a loser!'	Famous	616
I have a poverty demon. I'll ask my accountant if I can afford something, and he'll say, 'What are you talking about?'		617
Us brown-skinned girls get ashy if we don't moisturize.		618
When I'm coming offstage after my show, I'm thinking about what's on my TiVo.		619
I'm frugal. I've always been this way. When I was young, my mom would give me my allowance, and I'd peel off a little each week and have some to spare.		620
'Modelland' has always been a part of my mind and my heart. I'm excited that you'll be able to read about this magical world that's been living in my dreams for so many years.		621
I look up to Walt Disney and what he has done.		622
Screw being a singer! I wanna be the voice of my generation with my talk show.		623
Rihanna told me her parents used to argue so intensely, she used to get these headaches, these migraines that were almost not even treatable with medicine. The moment her parents separated, her migraines went away.		624
I do look at 'Modelland' as a franchise.		625
I always had a passion to write as a young girl.		626
Every woman has... self doubt.		701
I love daytime television.		702
I learned my ABCs, 1-2-3 from 'Sesame Street.'		703
Homelessness is an issue close to my heart.		704
Kate Upton is curvy and nervy.		705
I did an episode on my talk show on cellulite, and I brought seven women into a dressing room at Nordstrom's in L.A., and we all sat and talked about our cellulite.		706
I ain't no cougar.		707
With the whole supermodel thing, even when you're not really modeling anymore, people still call me that. And I'm like '... retired.'		708
I went to school for me - I didn't do it to make any sort of statement. So the very first year I was in school, I wasn't there under my own name. It was very incognito.		709
I'm very comfortable speaking to millions of people, but not comfortable in a small, intimate social setting. Like cocktail hour. I get very panicky.		710
I have a big forehead, and I got made fun of all time. When I was a little girl, they used to call me 'five-head.'		711
I think of dystopian as 'Mad Max,' as 'Book of Eli,' as the world is ending.		712
I love Roald Dahl.		713
I love Boston; it's like Paris.		714
I'm a lover of fashion websites.		715
When I went to Paris after graduating high school, I saw a model who was 12 years old without any supervision. That wouldn't happen in the acting world.		716
I really want to leave something behind that means something when I'm no longer here.		717
I've made mistakes before of doing different projects just based on my dreams, my hopes, my thing, and not really thinking about my customers.		718
If you can think psychographically and not demographically, you can really target a lot more audiences.		719
Sephora is fantastic. I go in there. I get lost. There are so many great things in there.		720
I would love to do Rihanna's makeup. I love her cupid's bow!		721
The future is in photos for social media. More and more people are not reading, so I try to attach a photo to most Tweets.		722
I'm obsessed by Instagram.		723
I have scars on the backs of my arms from dressers in Paris scraping me with pins as I was taking a shirt or gown off.		724
I tend to hang out with my friends in Los Angeles from high school. We know each other from back in the day. They still see me as just dumb Tyra. We have a strong bond.		725
By no means am I trying to change the modeling industry.		726
I have a long list of different smiles that you can do, and every model should be equipped. Everybody can't handle the long list... That's for, you know, advanced.		801
The creation of my cosmetics experience has been years in the making.		802
I went through an obsession with eyebrows. I used to paint my eyebrows really, really strong. I look back now, and some were a little bit strong.		803
I know some women are intimidated by makeup.		804
Dab - don't rub - cream formulas onto your skin. Rubbing washes out the color, so do that only if you've put on too much.		805
A size 16 can be the best shape for you, and you can be healthy.		806
I used to want to write commercials as a kid.		807
I'm always looking at how I can be atypical.		808
I don't think I'll always be on television.		809
I'm not afraid of wanting money at all. Money will give me more power to do things that are truer to my spirit than what I'm already doing.		810
I'm all about zagging when everyone else is zigging.		811
Working women, moms, students, they don't have a lot of time to spend on their faces.		812
I'm obsessed with making women look and feel more beautiful than they ever thought possible.		813
I used to say in interviews that I don't necessarily want to be the first black woman or first model to do certain things; I just want to see it done.		814
I actually studied with The Groundlings.		815
I would not recommend a teen getting into modeling if they're not solid when it comes to their grades and school. That comes first. My mother always told me that came first.	Teen	816
I'm obsessed with the theme parks and themed restaurants, I love it!		817
I'm a big fan of Lady Gaga.		818
Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner have the exact same eyes.		819
It's kind of embarrassing, but in my early 20s, I used to want to be a princess. But I didn't want to have to marry somebody in order to do it!		820
Michelle Obama, you're one hot mama.		821
I volunteer a lot of my time with an organization in New York called The Center for Children and Families.		822
I get so much mail from young women saying that they are so insecure when they look at me, but they don't realize all of the flaws that I have.		823
When I think about moguls, I think like Donald Trump who... owns NYC practically. That's a mogul. I feel like I'm on my way to a lot more, but mogul is a really serious thing. I think it's a word that gets thrown around easily.		824

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