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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" In high school I definitely had a clique of friends. And what I loved about it was that we were healthy and good girls. "

" 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. "

" I went from being very popular and the head of the clique in the sixth grade to having, like, kid depression in the seventh grade. Not leaving the house. Not looking people in the eye... My body made me feel bad at everything. "

" I used to have this joke: 'Every hallway is a runway.' "

" 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. "

" The runway symbolizes something in society that's very intimidating to women. "

" I have a lot of bad days. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Dab - don't rub - cream formulas onto your skin. Rubbing washes out the color, so do that only if you've put on too much. "

" 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. "

" I love daytime television. "

" I've helped some of my classmates on how to strategize to get to the next level of their businesses. And it's interesting, because here I am sitting there from the entertainment industry and the fashion industry, and I'm giving a billionaire that has a business that's been in his family for 300 years - I'm giving him advice about strategy! "

" I ain't no cougar. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" People always ask me if I'm going to stop modeling because I have started an acting career. I hope to continue to model for years to come. "

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

" I have worn fake hair since I was 17 years old. "

" There's no excuse for rudeness. "

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

" I went to school for me - I didn't do it to make any sort of statement. So the very first year I was in school, I wasn't there under my own name. It was very incognito. "

" My freshman year, I ran for student class president and lost. The next year, I ran for student class vice president, and I won. "

" Us brown-skinned girls get ashy if we don't moisturize. "

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

" 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. "

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

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