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" The creation of my cosmetics experience has been years in the making. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think one of the biggest things that affects young women is when they hear their mothers using fat talk. "

" I'm all about zagging when everyone else is zigging. "

" 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. "

" I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone. "

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

" Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door? "

" When modeling agencies were saying that I was too big and gaining weight, my mom said, 'OK, we're going to discuss what they're saying over pizza, and we're going to plan the future of your career which doesn't involve you having to be skinny.' "

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

" Homelessness is an issue close to my heart. "

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

" If I tried to start modeling right now, I wouldn't be a supermodel because it's all about celebrity. "

" I've had my heart broken one too many times. "

" I used to really panic about finals. I didn't understand the concept of how you could have one test that encompasses the entire semester. "

" 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!' "

" I want to be like the athletes who seem stuck in time. When you see them at 50, you say they probably can still run like a champ. "

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

" 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. "

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

" My mom was a medical photographer, but on the side, she did a before-and-after glam photography business in the house. She would do makeup and hair - and I was her assistant. "

" I know I'm an overachiever, and I'm not apologetic about it. "

" You can't model for the rest of your life, so it is important to diversify your career. "

" I used to say in interviews that I don't necessarily want to be the first black woman or first model to do certain things; I just want to see it done. "

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

" Sephora is fantastic. I go in there. I get lost. There are so many great things in there. "

" A smart model is a good model. "

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