Her mom then handed her a pen, directing her to write a list on the paper tablecloth of “all the modeling clients who like ass, because your ass is getting bigger and I’ll be damned if my baby starves for this damned industry.” Victoria’s Secret, Sports Illustrated and Pepsi made the list, which she took to her agency, finally persuading them to contact the lingerie company she later became one of the first Victoria’s Secret Angels, landed a 10-year contract and was the first African-American woman to be featured on the catalog’s cover. When Banks, in tears, tried to figure out a plan to eat less and work out more, her mother firmly said, “No, we’re going to eat pizza” and led her to a nearby pizzeria. Gen Z Stars Willow Smith and Yara Shahidi Weigh in on National Tensionsīanks recalled modeling in Milan at age 21, when her mother was called in by her agency, told that her daughter had gained too much weight in her rear end and was handed a list of eight fashion designers who no longer wanted to work with her. It’s so important to look past that and acknowledge that they’re tripping and they have their pain, but we’re not gonna let that keep us down.” Whatever kind of ass you have, you tell them to kiss it. I am here to tell you to tell them to kiss your big fat ass! Or your flat ass or your cellulite-and-stretch-marked ass. “Somebody telling you that you are not good enough, you can’t do it, it’s not gonna happen, it’s impossible, sit down, shut up, step aside, and move over for somebody else.

“I want to talk to you about adversity and obstacles and haters and things in life that get in the way of whatever the hell that we want!” declared the 43-year-old supermodel-entrepreneur-television personality. Turns out it was a theme in her talk that touched on body image, being a successful business woman and the racial tensions in the nation. Multihyphenate Tyra Banks exclaimed that she was “very, very hungry” for a big cheesy slice of pizza by the time she hit the Fonda Theatre stage in Hollywood late Sunday night for the keynote talk at Galore Media’s first annual female empowerment-focused Girl Cult festival.

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