Tyra Banks quotes First African American model to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrateds swimsuit edition Born: 12/04/1973 Country: usa

• “Every woman has a story,” (Tyra Banks)
• “take responsibility for yourself because no one's going to take responsibility for you” (Tyra Banks) [responsibility/take/responsibility]
• “As a model, you're so used to taking your clothes off that you just don't care.” (Tyra Banks) [clothes]
• “I love the confidence that makeup gives me.” (Tyra Banks) [love/confidence]
• “I am prepared to share my life with people,” (Tyra Banks) [share/life]
• “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) [women/soul & body/women/men]
• “Is this a church meeting or is this a bar? Make some noise!” (Tyra Banks) [church/meeting]
• “I am totally against plastic surgery. A lot of people think I have breast implants because I have the biggest boobs in the business. But I was a 34C when I was 17...They stay up when I wear a push-up bra. But if people could see me when I come home and take off my bra, how could they think these are fake?” (Tyra Banks) [people/think/business/bra]
• “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) [women/erotic/women]
• “I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care.” (Tyra Banks)
• “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.” (Tyra Banks) [weird/people]
• “I liked college guys but they could tell I was just a skinny girl.” (Tyra Banks)
• “Because my hands are rough and wrinkley, they are my least favourite feature. An ex-boyfriend used to call them 'Freddy Kreuger' fingers.” (Tyra Banks)
• “[As a model,] I've always been what people might call approachable. On the street, people are like, 'You know, you're cool and you weigh 20 pounds (more) than those other girls in the Victoria's Secret catalogue and that makes me feel good. And you're funny and crazy,' ... I want to hear that. That makes me feel good.” (Tyra Banks) [people/people/more/girls]
• “I'm a Target girl,” (Tyra Banks) [target]
• “When I announced that I wanted to do a talk show, a lot of people were very skeptical, which, of course, I understand, ... I think I'm very good at stepping outside of myself and seeing what I think other people perceive and they perceive a girl that has modeled half of her life and that's pretty much it.” (Tyra Banks) [people/think/think/people]
• “It seemed like the last form of open discrimination that's OK, and I decided to put on a 350-pound suit myself and live that life for a day and see what happens. And it was one of the most heartbreaking days of my life.” (Tyra Banks) [form/life/day]
• “When it comes to my celebrity interviews, I'm going to do a lot deeper research and ask them things that people haven't asked before, ... I've been on the other side so much, I have a leg up on a person that has only just interviewed people.” (Tyra Banks) [celebrity/people]
• “[While anyone who saw] America's Next Top Model ... Every day she will speak to real women — and sometimes men, too — providing insight into topics that affect their lives. From relationship, family, self-esteem and lifestyle issues to topical news, celebrities and pop culture ... ” (Tyra Banks) [top/day/willpower/speak]
• “I'm tired of this rumor. It's something that's followed me forever,” (Tyra Banks)
• “By no means am I against plastic surgery, by no means am I saying that breast implants are a bad thing, but it's just not a choice that I made ... it's something that a lot of people think I have and that is so frustrating to me.” (Tyra Banks) [bad/thing/choice/people]
• “By no means am I saying a breast implant is a bad thing, but it's not a choice that I made.” (Tyra Banks) [bad/thing/choice]
• “I had no idea people were that blatant.” (Tyra Banks) [people]
• “The judges felt the need to save you from this crazy cutthroat world of modeling, that would make a sad girl extremely depressed.” (Tyra Banks) [crazy]
• “It was one of the most heartbreaking days of my life,” (Tyra Banks)
• “I wanted to take something that's very intimidating and make it accessible, make it something every woman can relate to and be a part of, ... One of the reasons why I got very known as a model was because I used to work the runway with a lot of movement. I didn't just walk up and down unless the designer asked for that. So that's what you're going to see, women working the runway with a lot of oomph.” (Tyra Banks) [take/women]
• “What I love about this new group is that no one looks like anyone else. They're all so different, and they all photograph strikingly.” (Tyra Banks) [love/group]
• “Why am I so damn skinny and you know, is it ever gonna change.” (Tyra Banks)
• “The judges see a model in person, but for two weeks in a row they have been less than impressed with your photos. So what the judges see now is a lot of potential, but they haven't seen that potential put into your photos.” (Tyra Banks)
• “A girl like you that is not necessarily super tall or has a model proportion has to be almost perfect and you nearly fell off this runway.” (Tyra Banks) [perfect]

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