Tyra Quotes

I always feel great when I don't have clothes on. ~ Tyra Banks

I don't have to have a child come from my womb to have a connection. Children that are already born are beautiful to me. I can definitely be a mother to them. ~ Tyra Banks

I became a victim of mean girls. I became the victim of myself. ~ Tyra Banks

Love is an excuse to be stupid ~ Tyra Banks

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself. ~ Tyra Banks

Journalists told me that a talk show wouldn't work. Some told me I was going to get canceled before my first season was up. ~ Tyra Banks

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. ~ Tyra Banks

I have a long list of different smiles that you can do, and every model should be equipped. Everybody can't handle the long list ... That's for, you know, advanced. ~ Tyra Banks

It was hard to get guys to notice me, period, because I was so skinny and all my friends were curvy. Plus, I used to be very nervous in front of guys. ~ Tyra Banks

But you know what else never happened to me?"
"Tell me," he ordered, still ... freaking ... grinning.
"Seeing him just a day later in a clinch with a brunette."
"You knew me, you'd know she didn't have staying power and you'd know you do."
"And how's that?" I snapped.
"She's dark, you're red. I'll fuck dark, I'll fuck sun but only red has staying power. Considered sun once. Lost her. Now it's you. ~ Kristen Ashley

A size 16 can be the best shape for you, and you can be healthy. ~ Tyra Banks

A smart model is a good model. ~ Tyra Banks

With the whole supermodel thing, even when you're not really modeling anymore, people still call me that. And I'm like ' ... retired.' ~ Tyra Banks

It's so important to understand your good attendance ups your chances of graduating. ~ Tyra Banks

I'm obsessed with making women look and feel more beautiful than they ever thought possible. ~ Tyra Banks

I don't think me walking away from modeling was scary for me. In hindsight, I think it was very risky, when you talk about risk. Because it paid the bills. ~ Tyra Banks

The president of Victoria's Secret promised me a lifetime supply of Victoria's Secret products, even after I decided to leave the company. But once I left, he only let me have it for a year. So I have a bone to pick. ~ 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

The one thing I like about being a celebrity more than anything is being able to get into any restaurant I want. ~ Tyra Banks

I've wanted to adopt since I was eight, nine years old. I really do think I will. ~ 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

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. ~ Tyra Banks

Sometimes you gotta leave when you're on top. ~ 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

Flaws are awesome - so, 'flawsome!' I love making up a word. ~ Tyra Banks

You don't know this, baby, but some men have dream women too
Tack-Motorcyle Man ~ Kristen Ashley

It was very hard to keep a straight face when I had seen a glimpse of her 'oh-so-propah' husband in pink women's underwear. There were few glimpses I'd ever regretted seeing, but that one was at the top of my list. ~ Tyra Lynn

You don't have to have a ring on your finger to say, 'I love you.' ~ Tyra Banks

I would not recommend a teen getting into modeling if they're not solid when it comes to their grades and school. That comes first. My mother always told me that came first. ~ Tyra Banks

I have worn fake hair since I was 17 years old. ~ Tyra Banks

Global warming will threaten our crops, so natural food will be scarce. Hourglass, curvy bodies will be the aspirational beauty standard, representing that those women have access to bounties of fulfilling yet healthy food, which means they are affluent. ~ Tyra Banks

It is important for women to feel beautiful when she looks in the mirror, and I tell women, 'If you don't feel beautiful, find one thing that you can look in that mirror and say, 'That is beautiful.' ~ Tyra Banks

There have been top supermodels in the past that weren't as tall as the industry demands, like fashion icon Kate Moss. ~ Tyra Banks

I'm a lover of fashion websites. ~ Tyra Banks

I went through an obsession with eyebrows. I used to paint my eyebrows really, really strong. I look back now, and some were a little bit strong. ~ Tyra Banks

My eyes narrowed and I snapped, "You're not allowed to do that shift."
His head jerked slightly and he asked, "Say again?"
"Be sweet and make me all melty and want to jump you when I 'm celebrating my heretofore unknown badassness with a bunch of bikers and their bitches. Not to mention, I'm hungry."
Tack grinned as his arm snaked around me and he yanked me close.
"You wanna jump me?" he asked.
"I always want to jump you," I answered.
"Good to know," he muttered. ~ Kristen Ashley

I wondered if that's what déjà vu was - being in step with a moment, a place, exactly where you were supposed to be at a given time. ~ Tyra Lynn

I love Boston; it's like Paris. ~ Tyra Banks

We've hit the hot guy motherlode. ~ Kristen Ashley

I did an episode on my talk show on cellulite, and I brought seven women into a dressing room at Nordstrom's in L.A., and we all sat and talked about our cellulite. ~ Tyra Banks

Years ago, when I first started wearing hair extensions, I would get mail from young girls, or young girls would come up to me and they would say, 'Tyra you have the most beautiful hair, like I could never grow hair like that!' And I would say 'Child, this is a weave!' ~ Tyra Banks

It isn't always love at first sight, or all sparks and fireworks and goo-goo gaa-gaa. Love grows, you know. They even write songs about it. ~ Tyra Lynn

Screw being a singer! I wanna be the voice of my generation with my talk show. ~ Tyra Banks

Hotness to me is scary. I don't want to be hot. I just want to be a staple. I want to be something that's trusted. ~ Tyra Banks

I created 'America's Next Top Model' one-hundred percent. I was in my kitchen making tea one morning, and I looked out the window, and the idea popped into my head. I wanted it to be 'American Idol' meets 'Ford Supermodel of the Year' meets 'The Real World.' ~ Tyra Banks

'Vogue' has the power to make and break - whether it's fashion trends, designers, models, and yes, even industry practices. ~ Tyra Banks

And in the end, any lie is a hurt that burns and sometimes that burn can kill."
-Tyra "Red" Masters ~ Kristen Ashley

Paris is one of the most beautiful places in all the world. Unfortunately, I was so homesick I couldn't appreciate its beauty. ~ Tyra Banks

I tend to hang out with my friends in Los Angeles from high school. We know each other from back in the day. They still see me as just dumb Tyra. We have a strong bond. ~ Tyra Banks

Don't save bold lashes and red lips for nighttime - do it in the day! ~ Tyra Banks

I am protective of my own personal life, but I must confess that I enjoy watching people that don't mind telling it all. ~ Tyra Banks

There's no excuse for rudeness. ~ Tyra Banks

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? ~ Tyra Banks

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. ~ Tyra Banks

I think people are way less judgmental about chunky guys. ~ Tyra Banks

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? ~ Tyra Banks

I don't like expensive things ... I just can't help looking in a magazine for the splurge and the save. ~ 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

I definitely aspire to be someone like Tyra Banks, who's created an empire for herself. ~ Lauren Conrad

I enjoyed being what I was in radio, which some thought of as a shock jock although, to this day, I still can't figure out what I've done that's so shocking. As to my favorite interviews, I loved having my mother and father on. I also enjoyed talking to Elmo, who's a puppet. I found T.I.'s trying to be extra-cool very endearing. Tyra Banks was not the diva I expected her to be. I loved talking to her. And Simon Cowell is a really nice guy. Yeah! He's my fave, and he's handsome. ~ Wendy Williams

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

As I look into the future, I see radical changes in both how people 'attain beauty,' and how the world perceives beauty. In general, I believe traditional beauty will be less valuable - and more uniqueness will be heralded. ~ Tyra Banks

There's always going to be dreams and goals I have, but I never really tell people what they are. ~ Tyra Banks

I have scars on the backs of my arms from dressers in Paris scraping me with pins as I was taking a shirt or gown off. ~ Tyra Banks

Life is like Tyra Bank's left breast. It's not right it's not fair & still people loves it for what it is. ~ Yatin Patel

I think every woman would want to do something about their cellulite! ~ Tyra Banks

I really, really love China. To be honest, the food is so amazing! When I first went to Beijing and Shanghai, I actually became obsessed with soup dumplings, and would stand in lines and get them on the street. It was something that I became obsessed with and when I came back to the States, I did all this research for the best soup dumplings in the Los Angeles area and in the New York area and it was amazing to find those Asian dishes that were authentic and I can enjoy them at home. ~ Tyra Banks

Believe it or not, I don't wake up looking like a supermodel. ~ Tyra Banks

I actually studied with The Groundlings. ~ Tyra Banks

Don't dwell on the unchangeable, do you to improve you. ~ Tyra Wilson

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

I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone. ~ Tyra Banks

I look up to Martha Stewart, and I love that she has product lines that are true extensions of her brand. ~ Tyra Banks

One thing my mom used to tell me was to look to the other side, and know that my present is not going to be everything. So if I'm having a bad day, she goes, 'Just imagine tomorrow. This is going to be over. This is going to be done with.' ~ Tyra Banks

I used to watch some of the reality shows about models, and then, weirdly, now I try to incorporate into my fashion shoots the skills I learnt from watching those shows. It's like, thanks Tyra, 'cause you've given me, like, all the cool tips. Like how to smile with your eyes. ~ Rebel Wilson

Silence then, "Are you smashed?"
"Completely and totally."
"What are you wearing?"
"Who cares?"
"I do."
"Why?"
"'Cause you're smashed, you been with your girls, you somehow got riled up about somethin' and once I settle you down about whatever's aggravating you, I'm gonna rile you up a different way. ~ Kristen Ashley

I have a big forehead, and I got made fun of all time. When I was a little girl, they used to call me 'five-head.' ~ Tyra Banks

You been asleep, baby."
My body went still at his words.
Tack kept talking.
"Green tea. Yoga. No TV. Placemats for your coffee table. Thursday night takeaway. You got a night for takeaway. Scheduled. A narrow, little world. Fuck me. Crazy. Fuckin' whacked. I woke you up, opened your eyes to a bigger world and scared you shitless. ~ Kristen Ashley

Beauty's easy. Modeling is not just about being pretty. ~ Tyra Banks

I'm a big fan of Lady Gaga. ~ Tyra Banks

My fingers used to hurt really bad when I played guitar. I stopped because of it. ~ Tyra Banks

I think the rise of Asian models is an absolutely beautiful thing. ~ Tyra Banks

Darlin' you're the greediest piece of ass I've had in my bed in a long fuckin' time. I got a taste for greedy, you think I'm not gonna take it? ~ Kristen Ashley

A smile is the most important thing you wear. ~ Tyra Banks

I've made mistakes before of doing different projects just based on my dreams, my hopes, my thing, and not really thinking about my customers. ~ Tyra Banks

I don't like looking at awards everyday because I feel like they can make you lazy. So, I give them to my Mom and let her look at it everyday. They are symbols of the hard work she put into me. Her sacrifices allowed me and my team to win those awards. But I don't look at any awards everyday. ~ Tyra Banks

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. ~ Tyra Banks

I'm very comfortable speaking to millions of people, but not comfortable in a small, intimate social setting. Like cocktail hour. I get very panicky. ~ Tyra Banks

I'm obsessed by Instagram. ~ Tyra Banks

I really want to leave something behind that means something when I'm no longer here. ~ Tyra Banks

I'm not led by money, because if that's the case, I can throw my name on everything and have a million-dollar company. ~ Tyra Banks

Don't contour with blush - that's so eighties. It was an amazing trend then, but it's not hot now. Instead, go for a neutral contour color that's one or two shades deeper than your skin tone. ~ Tyra Banks

I do consider myself a feminist, yeah. Totally. ~ Tyra Banks

I liked college guys but they could tell I was just a skinny girl. ~ Tyra Banks

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

Love me or hate me I promise that it will never make or break me ... <3 ~ Tyra Banks

I used to want to write commercials as a kid. ~ Tyra Banks

I get so much mail from young women saying that they are so insecure when they look at me, but they don't realize all of the flaws that I have. ~ Tyra Banks

I'm telling you what you should expect. You matter, Tyra, and that's what you should expect. ~ Kristen Ashley

The perfect I was looking for wasn't perfection. The perfect I was looking for was the one. And he was you. ~ Kristen Ashley