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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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Tyra Banks
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 4
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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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My mother always told me that came first. I started modeling in 11th grade and it was something that I did after school and on the weekends. School is so important and modeling should be treated as an extracurricular activity as opposed to a career until you graduate high school.
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I'm not just retiring from the runway, I'm retiring from all modeling. God, I love saying that! When I was 18, my mom said I have to have a plan. I decided I'd leave on top. 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'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.
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I know how to dress for my body to give off illusions, and I like to teach women about it - it's important for women to have that power and that arsenal... tricks that make you feel good when you walk outside.
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I talked about adopting a baby when I was 20 years old, before it became 'hip.'
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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.
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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.
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I wanted to be a film and television writer and producer.
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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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Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?
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Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next.
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I don't know what to do with my arms. It just makes me feel weird and I feel like people are looking at me and that makes me nervous.
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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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Modeling chose me, I didn't choose modeling.
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[You] have what it takes to be a victorious, independent, fearless woman.
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I think one of the biggest things that affects young women is when they hear their mothers using fat talk.
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I try to keep my private life kind of private.
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You can have all the potential in world, but unless you have confidence, you have nothing.
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My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.
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