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 go to the cool, trendy restaurants. I go to either the holes in the wall or the super-fancy restaurants where there are no cool people.

I was backstage in Paris and saw Cindy Crawford doing House Of Style. I thought, I would love to to be in control of my career.

You can't model for the rest of your life, so it is important to diversify your career.

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.

I'm competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders.

From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside.

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

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.

A smart model is a good model.

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.

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 love food and feel that it is something that should be enjoyed. I eat whatever I want. I just don't overeat.

I have so many goals.

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

I loved planning 'The Tyra Show' more than actually having to do it. I loved coming up with show ideas, honing each program and crafting it. I'm more excited being in a meeting than being on TV.

I love the confidence that makeup gives me.

I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone.

Paris is one of the most beautiful places in all the world. Unfortunately, I was so homesick I couldn't appreciate its beauty.

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

People always ask me if I'm going to stop modeling because I have started an acting career. I hope to continue to model for years to come.

My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.

I enjoy doing fashion shows and transforming myself into different looks for photo shoots.

I'm not sure exactly how gossiping about my life with my audience really helps them.

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

There's always going to be dreams and goals I have, but I never really tell people what they are.

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

When I am full, I stop eating.

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

I'm trying to build a strong business. I want to create new stars, new shows and new products for my audience and create a legacy that outlives me. There are so many other ways I want to reach women besides doing a talk show.

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

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.

'America's Next Top Model' is not a bunch of Barbies - it's a lot of girls that are atypically beautiful.

'Modelland' has always been a part of my mind and my heart. I'm excited that you'll be able to read about this magical world that's been living in my dreams for so many years.

'Vogue' has the power to make and break - whether it's fashion trends, designers, models, and yes, even industry practices.

A while ago I said that, 'You know, I like a guy - he doesn't have to be all rich and famous - he can be normal.' And I remember I was walking in the mall, and this guy was like, 'Tyra, I'm normal. I live with my mama. I ain't got a car and I ain't got a job! I'm real normal.' And I'm like, 'That's not normal - that's a loser!'

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.

Because beauty will be so readily accessible, and skin color and features will be similar, prejudices based on physical features will be nearly eradicated. Prejudice will be socioeconomically based.

Believe it or not, I don't wake up looking like a supermodel.

Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies.

Blue and green eyes will be so common that dark brown will become the rare and newly desired eye color.

By no means am I trying to change the modeling industry.

Dab - don't rub - cream formulas onto your skin. Rubbing washes out the color, so do that only if you've put on too much.

Don't contour with blush - that's so eighties. It was an amazing trend then, but it's not hot now. Instead, go for a neutral contour color that's one or two shades deeper than your skin tone.

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

Even when I was a teen model, I didn't think it was fair that I had to enter the acting world to get insurance.

Every woman has... self doubt.

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

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.