Tyra Banks is an actress, supermodel, author, and singer. She was born December 4, 1973 in Los Angeles, California.

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




• "I wanted to be more of a business woman. I wanted to take this name I had made for myself and take to the next level."




• "There has never been a lot of money for black models in that world, because all the money was in advertising, in the campaigns and black models rarely got those so my wages would be... I’d be getting so much less than the other girls and I thought that was just so wrong"




• "Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself. You've got to learn to accept the fool in you as well as the part that's got it goin' on."




• "I love the confidence that makeup gives me"




• "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?"




• "A smart model is a good model."




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

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