Tyra Banks Guesses How 1,449 Fans Responded to a Survey About Her

I hear fierce all the time.

I'll be walking down the street and people are like,

Tyra, fierce!

Even when I look like crap! [laughs]

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Hello there, I am Tyra Banks.

1,449 of you took a survey about me.

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I think they know me really well.

Maybe better than I know myself.

Inside Tyra's mind.

Who is Tyra's doppelganger?

Beyonce and Rihanna's baby,

if that was humanly possible.

Jasmine Tookes?

Nine of you said that.

I don't think we look alike.

But thank you, Jasmine.

I mean, she's a super model today.

Zoe Saldana?

Hola, Zoe.

Do we look alike?

I don't think we look alike at all,

but she is gorgeous.

Rihanna, 162 of you said that.

I can see that.

I think Rihanna does look like a younger version of me.

I see it myself.

We got the forehead.

Mine's covered up,

but oh, sisters here.

405 said Beyonce.

I get it.

It's a secret,

Beyonce and I are the same person.

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The Zoe thing, I don't see that at all, at all.

She's so gorgeous, and I wanna be Avatar.

But Zoe, do you think we look alike?

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Who is Tyra's favorite America's Next Top Model winner?

Okay, they're all my children.

So I can't say there's favorites.

I think a lot of people might say Eva Marcille,

who was Eva Pigford when she won.

They might say Nyle DiMarco.

He was a guy that won.

Oh, yes!

99 of you say Whitney Thompson.

Whitney won, and she was the first curve girl

with some booty and curves

that won America's Next Top Model.

99 of you.

I love me some Whitney.

369 of you said Eva.

Okay, so I knew that there was a lot of you

that would think that.

Only 45 said Nyle DiMarco?

CariDee English, 117 of you said that.

Oh my gosh, hola!

I say that because she won in Barcelona.

All of them, oh, that is so sweet.

And 252 of you said that

because you know they're all mama's babies.

But the most of you said Eva!

Isn't that crazy?

I knew they were going to say that.

There is something about Eva that has resonated

so much of people to this day.

I literally was with her two days ago.

But I'm not playing favorites.

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A few surprised me,

but I'm not gonna say their names, darling.

What is Tyra's favorite Top Model moment?

Ah, just the first season.

Crazy Janice Dickinson.

As over the top as she was

and it was just enjoyable to watch her,

I have to be honest.

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432 of you said, We were all rooting for you!

243 said makeovers or Ty-overs.

117 of you said Thailand photo shoot.

And 81 of you said music video.

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I think the 242 is right.

I think it's the makeovers, the Ty-overs.

I love looking at somebody,

and not just models,

and saying what should we do with your look?

[Woman] Do any of the Tyra makeovers stick out to you?

Oh, so many.

Cycle five, Cassandra.

Beauty queen girl,

beautiful girl, petite girl.

She had long brown hair,

and we cut it off like a pixie.

And then I saw it and I was like,

this is not right.

It needs to be a little shorter.

And she said, Oh no, if you cut my hair anymore

I am going home.

This is not happening.

If Tyra could spend a day at a theme park

with anyone, dead or alive,

who would she choose and why?

I'm obsessed with theme parks.

I love them, they make me so happy.

I'm obsessed.

I am opening ModelLand.

Disneyland meets America's Next Top Model

in a whole new world.

90 of you said that I would want to go

to a theme park with Beyonce.

She would be fun because our hair

would be like blowing in the rides

of all of the roller coasters.

Oh, my grandma!

Oh, she's no longer with us.

She passed when she was 95 years old.

And she had the most beautiful Texas accent

and she called me Ty.

Ty, lemme kiss ya head!

Michelle Obama?

Oh my gosh, I would never think this.

Oh, she would turn it up!

She would be crunk.

You know what she would be doin' on the rides?

And my mama!

No, I don't wanna go to an amusement park with my mama.

She gonna be complaining the whole time.

She's gonna be like, What is this?

My feet hurt.

I love you mama,

but I'd much prefer to go to an amusement park

with Michelle Obama.

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I threw Oprah?

There was one more left and I didn't.

Oh god, Oprah.

Now I got lipstick all over her face.

45 of you said Oprah,

and I threw Oprah on the floor

because I didn't know that she was in there.

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Sorry, Oprah.

Hashtag sorry.

Michelle Obama really surprised me.

And my grandmom.

I thought that was so beautiful of fans to choose that.

That is really special.

I would have never thought of that.

What is Tyra's favorite catch phrase?

You know, I wasn't trying to make catch phrases.

Like being on my talk show,

or being on America's Next Top Model,

or just in life.

I just kinda talk.

It is interesting,

particularly when I'm seeing them made into jifs,

or is it a gif, is it a gife?

Those things.

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The chart says, but make it fashion is 22.4%

so much that I made sweatshirts and T-shirts

that are but make it fashion

that you an get at ModelLand, crazy!

Floss 'em, 14.9%.

Floss 'em means your flaws are awesome.

So I'm so happy that a lot of you guys chose that.

Smi--

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What is happening right now?

Smize for me, it's a command.

Do it. Are you doin' it right now?

Smize for me.

Tooch and booch.

Oh, gosh, we love the tooch.

The tooch is for the girl to go pop.

Pop that booty.

And the booch is for a boy to

pop his booty.

Only 8.1% of you guys said Tyra-Mail?

Come on, you guys!

That shoulda gotten more.

Shame on you.

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My favorite is, But make it fashion,

'cause you can fill that in with anything.

Snap, but make it fashion.

Yawn, but make it fashion.

You get it?

It's mundane things in life taken to the fashion extreme.

Model break.

Who would you like to see Tyra pose with on a photo shoot?

Oh, that's a good question.

They're gonna say Barack Obama,

Heidi Klum, Millie Bobby Brown,

I don't know.

I'm just making up stuff.

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Oh, Kendall Jenner.

That is a good one you guys.

I would love to pose with Kendall.

Kendall actually came on America's Next Top Model

a long time ago.

Zendaya, I feel like Zendaya is a model

even though she's not a professional model

'cause she knows how to work clothes.

She looks fantastic, and she's not even posing.

Gigi Hadid, actually I did a mosquito campaign

with Gigi Hadid recently.

So 180 of you said I'd like to pose with her

because I kinda did a little bit.

Oh, Ariana Grande.

99 of you said that.

I would've never thought that,

but I'm obsessed with her ponytail.

I'm all about personal branding,

what makes you different.

When you think ponytail,

what do you think?

Grande, Ariana that is.

I would love to pose with you one day, boo.

Halima, 63 of you said Halima.

Halima is the sweetest girl in the world.

She's got so much energy and perk

and life like makes her so happy.

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Who would I choose to pose with?

I'm not saying.

Transmutations?

If Tyra was a ghost, where would she haunt and why?

The DMV, because of all those bad pictures

that get taken there.

Is that on the list?

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Where would I haunt as a ghost?

Bergdorf Goodman, because why not?

Hollywood, so I'd what?

Haunt the stars on the ground in Hollywood?

What do you mean?

New York Fashion Week.

Oh my god, that would be so good.

Like me haunting like models are walking down the runway

and being like [laughs maniacally]

and they like feel something happen

and they're scared

and it gets cold on the runway all of a sudden.

And they're like Oh my god, what's going on!

Milan, so she can enjoy the premier fashion

and freak out fellow models, yes.

Vogue, so she can be on every cover.

That would be monotonous and boring, right?

She would haunt the hair salon

and haunt you when you get a bad perm.

Now we're talking.

Now we're talking, except I wouldn't haunt you.

I would haunt that janky hairdresser

that gave you that bad perm.

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Smizing means to smile with one's eyes

to give a certain intensity that penetrates the camera

and delights the person looking at your photo.

Okay, this is fun actually.

This is a smize-off on the table.

Number one, who's this?

Number two.

Number three, that's a smize at an angle.

And number four.

That's almost like they're smiling with their mouth,

so I would say that this is disqualified as a smize.

You don't use your mouth at all when you smize.

Oh, Zendaya was number one.

And that's my number one.

Oh my gosh, this is fun.

Hailey Baldwin was two, but she was my three.

Ariana, oh my god.

I thought she was smiling with her lips and she wasn't.

That's crazy, she's got some Jedi mind trick eyes.

Three, and she's my four.

Gosh, I'm so off.

Oh that's Yara.

Why the hell did I think that was Gabriel Union?

That doesn't even look like Gabriel Union at all.

What is wrong with me?

I didn't know if this or this was Ariana Grande.

To be honest I thought both of these were.

But this is Hailey.

And yeah, I just was like that's not a smize at all

because there's a big grin at the bottom of that.

But there's no grin.

Like she is giving sexy face.

So how can she smile with her eyes

without smizing but not smile with her lips?

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Describe Tyra in one word.

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Fierce is the biggest one

which means the most people said that.

You know how these clouds work,

these word clouds.

The bigger the word, the more big something is

in terms of number.

Oh, the second one was inspiring.

That's so sweet you guys.

Third is beautiful, that's nice.

And then we have amazing, awesome, fabulous,

honest, gorgeous, boss,

smart, baddie.

Oh, these are so sweet.

Classy, really? You sure?

Influencer, model, bubbly.

Oh I like bubbly, that makes me happy.

Icon, powerful.

Oh, this is so sweet you guys.

I wanna frame this.

I just know how to act classy, but I'm not classy.

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I hear fierce all the time.

I'll be walking down the street and people are like,

Tyra, fierce.

even when I look like crap.

[laughing]

They just wanna say it.

What does Tyra mean to you?

It's so interesting even calling them fans.

Sometimes I say fam.

She gives me hope to know that a black woman made it.

She conquered, she persevered.

Yes, thank you so much.

Tyra and America's Next Top Model defined my childhood.

I grew up watching every season with my mom and sister.

Tyra reminds me of the time spent

with the powerful women in my life.

That's so beautiful.

I love that this is not about the show

and the show was fun and stuff.

But about the bond that happened with your family

because of my show.

So it takes it like to the next level.

It's bigger than the show.

Tyra taught me to love myself.

Her talk show impacted my life in a tremendous way

and really shaped the way I view myself.

She helped me build my confidence.

Why am I crying?

Because of her consistent dialogue of true beauty.

See what you guys do to me?

Tyra is an incredibly talented and beautiful black woman

that has helped me in times of trouble

just through her authenticity

when I needed healing the most.

Tyra has taught me through her posts on social media

and interviews as well as her talk show

that beauty is in the smize of the beholder.

She taught me to love myself more

and love my selfie too.

You guys, what are you doing to me?

To me she is a dream come true

that reminds me that anything is possible.

Don't be shy, be a star,

Life-Size,

I love you Tyra Banks.

Thank you so much.

You're the best role model I could ever ask for.

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I'm trying to get through this.

That I can be confident and fierce all the time,

not just some of the time.

There isn't a limit to beauty,

whether size, race or age.

She makes you feel that even if people

aren't accepting of you

it doesn't matter because someone out there is.

That's me and the other people that love you.

I thought I was here to have fun, not cry.

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I'm surprised that me and Jasmine Tookes are sisters.

I'm surprised that

you all said that

I would love to go to an amusement park with my grandmom.

I never thought that.

My dead grandmom.

And I would love to do that.

And I'm surprised by the beautiful things

that you guys said in those letters.

And that you're so raw.

Sometimes you wake up in the morning

and you're just stressed and tired,

but you show me that it's worth it.

Thank you.

Sorry.

I don't know if anybody ever asked me

a lot of these questions.

And I've been asked a lot of questions throughout my life,

throughout my career.

And I really enjoyed this.

Thank you guys for answering them

and I'm gonna keep keepin' on.

And I want you guys to come to ModelLand

where all those things that you said are at ModelLand.

All of those things that make you feel beautiful

and all these people in the world telling you

that you're not good enough,

I've created a place that you can come

and feel yourself filled up

and take the most amazing pictures

and get that selfie esteem...

there.

I'm here for you and I love you guys so much.

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