Tyra Banks: “My decision not to starve myself turned me into a supermodel” » Celebrity Gossip

Tyra Banks

On today’s skinnier models:

‘Today you are expected to be a size zero. When I started out, I didn’t know such a size even existed.’

On what she did when agencies told her she was ‘too curvy’ at the beginning of her career:

‘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.’

… says Tyra.

Pictured: Tyra during 1998-2002. See more next!

Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks

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