Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next.

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

Beauty's easy. Modeling is not just about being pretty.

I am totally against plastic surgery. A lot of people think I have breast implants because I have the biggest boobs in the business.

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.

My mother always told me that came first. I started modeling in 11th grade and it was something that I did after school and on the weekends. School is so important and modeling should be treated as an extracurricular activity as opposed to a career until you graduate high school.

Don't make excuses - make improvements!