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" It's kind of embarrassing, but in my early 20s, I used to want to be a princess. But I didn't want to have to marry somebody in order to do it! "

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" 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.' "

" Whenever someone says I'm the next Oprah, I always respond, 'Child, there's only one Mahogany, and only one Oprah.' There are no others. "

" Models now need to promote themselves, think like businesswomen and diversify their careers by doing other things. Chances are very slim that a mere model will become a household name today. "

" I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there. "

" A while ago I said that, 'You know, I like a guy - he doesn't have to be all rich and famous - he can be normal.' And I remember I was walking in the mall, and this guy was like, 'Tyra, I'm normal. I live with my mama. I ain't got a car and I ain't got a job! I'm real normal.' And I'm like, 'That's not normal - that's a loser!' "

" 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!' "

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

" I'm a big fan of Lady Gaga. "

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

" A smart model is a good model. "

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

" Sometimes I'll use four or five different photo apps on one photo just to get it where I want it to be. "

" My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet. "

" 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. "

" Even when I was a teen model, I didn't think it was fair that I had to enter the acting world to get insurance. "

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

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

" I was always a good student. I wasn't the A-plus student, but I studied really hard, and I probably had a 3.2. I always wished that I had the capacity to get straight A's, but I didn't. I didn't beat myself up about it, but I really studied hard for my grades. "

" 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. "

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

" I grew up wearing a uniform to school, and now I have my stylist come to my apartment and create outfits for me to wear. Otherwise, I'd never get dressed. "

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

" I'm always looking at how I can be atypical. "

" Being first lady is not just about being the wife but really taking command and having true vision. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I've made millions of dollars with the body I have, so where's the pain in that? "