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

I don't like expensive things... I just can't help looking in a magazine for the splurge and the save.

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.

As my mom wiped the tears from my face, she said, 'Tyra, you know what we’re going to do about this? We’re going to go eat pizza.' We sat in a tiny pizzeria in Milan and strategized about how to turn my curves into a curveball. In a way, it was my decision not to starve myself that turned me into a supermodel, and later on, a businesswoman.

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

Love every part of yourself. Even the things that frustrate you. They make you who you are!

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