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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.

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Tyra Banks
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: December 4
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Inglewood
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Tyra Lynne Banks
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Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies.
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I don't want to have to put on that thing - I call it the thing when I have to do my hair, put on the lashes, get dressed up. When I go out for potato chips, I just want to go out looking like myself, which means you will see bad pictures of me. There probably are some out there right now, but it's just part of the life.
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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!
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The runway symbolizes something in society that's very intimidating to women.
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I liked college guys but they could tell I was just a skinny girl.
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I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.
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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.
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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.
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Modeling chose me, I didn't choose modeling.
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As my mom wiped the tears from my face, she said, 'Tyra, you know what we’re going to do about this? We’re going to go eat pizza.' We sat in a tiny pizzeria in Milan and strategized about how to turn my curves into a curveball. In a way, it was my decision not to starve myself that turned me into a supermodel, and later on, a businesswoman.
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I have so many goals.
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I won't say if I'm single or dating or married or divorced. There's boundaries.
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It was really hurtful to me. I get so much mail from young girls who say, 'I look up to you, you're not as skinny as everyone else, I think you're beautiful.' So when they say that my body is 'ugly' and 'disgusting,' what does that make those girls feel like?
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Girls of all kinds can be beautiful from the thin, plus-sized, short, very tall, ebony to porcelain-skinned
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I'm not sure exactly how gossiping about my life with my audience really helps them
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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.
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I close my eyes while driving and just sing along. I always open them again in time.
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I don't like the label 'plus-size' -- I call it 'fiercely real.' On 'Top Model,' we call it fiercely real. 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.
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