Tyra Banks

“Every woman has... self doubt.”

“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?”

“By no means am I trying to change the modeling industry.”

“I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.”

“I know some women are intimidated by makeup.”

“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.”

“Working women, moms, students, they don't have a lot of time to spend on their faces.”

“I would love for models to be protected by a guild.”

“I actually studied with The Groundlings.”

“I just think, as a model, it's taught me to be a master of deception and illusion.”

“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.”

“When I am full, I stop eating.”

“My most difficult class at Harvard Business School would have to be finance.”

“You don't have to have a ring on your finger to say, 'I love you.'”

“I think I'm too young to be a mogul. I think I'm too young for that.”

“My natural hair texture is very kinky.”

“I love the confidence that makeup gives me.”

“I have a poverty demon. I'll ask my accountant if I can afford something, and he'll say, 'What are you talking about?'”

“מצד אחד אני מקבלת מכתבים רבים מנשים שכותבות לי שהן מעריצות אותי שאני לא רזה כמו אחרות וחושבות שאני יפהפייה כמו שאני נראית, אבל מצד שני הן קוראות שאומרים עליי בתקשורת שהגוף שלי מכוער ודוחה. אז איך אותן צעירות אמורות להרגיש?”

“אני מרגישה שלא משנה מה קורה למישהו – נשים בעיקר – זה לא חייב להיות הגורל שלהן. אתה יכול, ואתה חייב, להתקדם הלאה. זה משהו שאני מנסה להחדיר בכל יום בתוכנית האירוח. אתה חייב לתבוע את חייך בחזרה.”