A smart model is a good model.
Tyra Banks

Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies. Black men love big butts.
Tyra Banks

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?
Tyra Banks

Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next.
Tyra Banks

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.
Tyra Banks

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.
Tyra Banks

I enjoy doing fashion shows and transforming myself into different looks for photo shoots.
Tyra Banks

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.
Tyra Banks

I have so many goals.
Tyra Banks

I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care.
Tyra Banks


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.
Tyra Banks

I love all kinds of bread. Whenever I crave junk food, I want salty things like peanuts or potato chips.
Tyra Banks

I love food and feel that it is something that should be enjoyed. I eat whatever I want. I just don't overeat.
Tyra Banks

I love the confidence that makeup gives me.
Tyra Banks

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.
Tyra Banks

I talked about adopting a baby when I was 20 years old, before it became 'hip.'
Tyra Banks

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.
Tyra Banks

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.
Tyra Banks

I'm competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders.
Tyra Banks

I'm not sure exactly how gossiping about my life with my audience really helps them.
Tyra Banks