Quotes from Tyra Banks


Sorted by Popularity


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.


When I think about moguls, I think like Donald Trump who... owns NYC practically. That's a mogul. I feel like I'm on my way to a lot more, but mogul is a really serious thing. I think it's a word that gets thrown around easily.


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


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.


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


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've always seen modeling as a stepping stone.


I love the confidence that makeup gives me.


I love all kinds of bread. Whenever I crave junk food, I want salty things like peanuts or potato chips.


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


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.'


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


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.


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


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.


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.


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


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


It's not like I want to hop on a bandwagon, because I said it 15 years ago - bringing a child into your life who is not genetically yours is one of the most beautiful things you can do. But I'm also interested in having my own baby, too.


I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.