I have a big forehead, and I got made fun of all time. When I was a little girl, they used to call me 'five-head.'
I'm not afraid of wanting money at all. Money will give me more power to do things that are truer to my spirit than what I'm already doing.
There's no excuse for rudeness.
When I went to Paris after graduating high school, I saw a model who was 12 years old without any supervision. That wouldn't happen in the acting world.
Paris is one of the most beautiful places in all the world. Unfortunately, I was so homesick I couldn't appreciate its beauty.
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.
I was embarrassed when a businessman friend asked, 'What's the yearly budget of your talk show? What's the per-episode budget?' And I looked at him with these blank, typical-model eyes and said, 'I don't know.' I call myself a businesswoman, and I don't know that?
I love all kinds of bread. Whenever I crave junk food, I want salty things like peanuts or potato chips.
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.
On 'America's Top Model,' I've always told my girls to smile with their eyes. We call it 'smizing.' Over the years, it's actually become part of pop culture. I would be walking down the street, and girls would say, 'Smize!'
You can't model for the rest of your life, so it is important to diversify your career.
I don't think I'll always be on television.
'America's Next Top Model' is not a bunch of Barbies - it's a lot of girls that are atypically beautiful.
I am learning how to delegate and how to empower people.
I really want to leave something behind that means something when I'm no longer here.
Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?
I think every woman would want to do something about their cellulite!
I'm obsessed by Instagram.
My aunt used to call me light bulb head because my head is small at the bottom and bigger at the top. But it was a term of endearment.
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.
I love food and feel that it is something that should be enjoyed. I eat whatever I want. I just don't overeat.
A smart model is a good model.
I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care.
With 'America's Next Top Model,' I've always cast girls who the industry might call 'plus size' but I like to call 'fiercely real.' That was always important to me.
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 was always a good student. I wasn't the A-plus student, but I studied really hard, and I probably had a 3.2. I always wished that I had the capacity to get straight A's, but I didn't. I didn't beat myself up about it, but I really studied hard for my grades.
'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.
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.
When I am full, I stop eating.
I don't have to have a child come from my womb to have a connection. Children that are already born are beautiful to me. I can definitely be a mother to them.
I became a victim of mean girls. I became the victim of myself.
I'm frugal. I've always been this way. When I was young, my mom would give me my allowance, and I'd peel off a little each week and have some to spare.
I'm always looking at how I can be atypical.
I wear my age with pride.
By no means am I trying to change the modeling industry.
I think we should be unapologetic that we excel - and look beautiful while doing it.