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I talked about adopting a baby when I was 20 years old, before it became 'hip.'
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Tyra Banks
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 4
Actor
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Inglewood
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Tyra Lynne Banks
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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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Perfect is boring, human is beautiful
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You can have all the potential in world, but unless you have confidence, you have nothing.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there.
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I liked college guys but they could tell I was just a skinny girl.
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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 won't say if I'm single or dating or married or divorced. There's boundaries.
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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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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.
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My nutritionist says, 'If you bite it, write it.' Writing down everything that you put in your mouth really helps. I don’t count a damn calorie. But when I’m really trying to eat healthy, I write everything down. It really holds me accountable and puts me on a healthier path.
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I hate when models say 'Oh, plastic surgery is just a wrong thing. What are you talking about? You won the genetic lottery. You look like this specimen that's making people everywhere feel insecure and you're going to ridicule someone for getting plastic surgery?
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I kind of like the wind in my face. If it wasn’t there, I don’t know if I would push as hard.
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A smart model is a good model.
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I've made millions of dollars with the body I have, so where's the pain in that? If I was in pain, I would have dieted. The pain is not there - the pain is someone printing a picture of me and saying those horrible things.
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