Isn't a secret for nobody: TYRA BANKS is my number ONE icon celebrity model. So love her-- Every day of my life -- I'm working to be more like her. She's represent the BEST woman to become for me. My archievement to become -- LOVE her !!!
So this is my favorite quotes of her... !!!
1- A smart model is a good model.
2- Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies. Black men love big butts.
3- Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?
4- I had had an extroverted personality with a lot of friends, but when I lost the weight and grew so tall, I withdrew within myself.
5-Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next.
6- I have so many goals.
7- I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care.
8- I love food and feel that it is something that should be enjoyed. I eat whatever I want. I just don't overeat.
9- I love the confidence that makeup gives me.
10- I'm competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders.
11- I'm so simple. If I don't have groceries, I eat popcorn and Tang for dinner.
12- My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.
13- Paris is one of the most beautiful places in all the world. Unfortunately, I was so homesick I couldn't appreciate its beauty.
14- The runway symbolizes something in society that's very intimidating to women.
15- There's always going to be dreams and goals I have, but I never really tell people what they are.
16- When I am full, I stop eating.
17- You can't model for the rest of your life, so it is important to diversify your career.
18- 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.
19- I`m a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it`s OK if there are flaws here and there.
20- Believe it or not, I just really know how to pose well. It took me five years to learn what my best angles are.
21- I`m competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders.
22- 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.
23- 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.
24- I enjoy doing fashion shows and transforming myself into different looks for photo shoots.
25- A smart model is a good model.
