Tyra-Isms: Straight From the Model's Mouth Cycle 12

Source: By CHRIS JANCELEWICZ

Posted: 02/18/09 3:26PM

Filed Under: Top Model

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During ANTM, there's nothing better than host Tyra Banks' random quotes and theories. Keep on coming to see an episode-by-episode breakdown of the most outrageous (and sometimes confusing) things that she, the contestants, or the other judges have to say.

Episode 11

-- Tyra: "You should have been saying, 'That is like this. And this is like that.' That's how human beings talk."

-- Miss J. (to Teyona): "Why all the tear droplets?"

-- Paulina (on Allison): "She used to look like a stiff weirdo robot."

Episode 10

-- Teyona: "At first I felt like a silent threat, but now I'm just a threat."

-- Paulina (on Allison's samba): "She looks like a tiny-little-wind-up doll, she looks like her mechanism needs oiling."

-- Allison (on hair and make-up waking her up in the morning): "I was super surprised because you don't expect to be jumped on by those two in the morning."

-- Tyra: “You are a birdie, owl, pterodactyl protecting your babies.”

-- Tyra: "Crouching tiger, hidden Aminat."

-- Nigel: "It's always daring to put your armpit straight to camera."

Episode 9

-- Fo: "I'm not quite high enough for a beachwear line." [Meaning she's not tall]

-- Fo: "I have so many go-sees to go see."

-- Paulina: "Modelling is like quicksand sometimes. The more you try, the more you sink."

-- Miss J. (on Fo): "Your face is all munch and scrunch."

Episode 8

-- Tyra (on Aminat): "She's the noun, not the verb. She's a model, not 'modelly'."

-- Tyra (to Aminat): "Your fierceness is stuck up in your head."

-- Jay Manuel (to Fo): "You're like Carmen Miranda on crack as a drag queen."

Episode 7

-- Celia: "I have to think of sex to get a good picture."

-- Alison: "Jay comes into the house, and I look like a woodland creature!"

-- Tyra: "You need to be more present in your face."

-- Tyra: "Did you rock your fierce ferociousness?"

Episode 6

-- Paulina (on Tahlia): "It's like trying to jog through mud with you."

-- Miss J. (on Tahlia): "You looked like when Moses parted the Red Sea, you were on the other side fishing."

-- Thalia: "The confidence is there, it's just hidden."

-- Natalie: "I'm sorry I come from a nice community and you don't."

Episode 5

-- Jay Manuel: "Give me face! Give me face!"

-- Miss Jay (to Teyona): "You look like you're selling denture cream."

-- Tyra: "Work! Work! Major."

-- Tyra: "You need to learn how to give bones to your face."

Episode 4

-- Toccara: "I got all this because of my personality."

-- Tyra: "It's like you're all THERE [pointing to Kortnie], and then you're in THERE [pointing to her own chest]."

-- Tyra: "Hey, I learned how to un-knockify my legs."

-- Miss J. (on Sandra): "She's as boring as homemade soup."

Episode 3

-- Aminat: "Don't check yourself out until Tyra checks you out."

-- Aminat: "Just have fun and look good."

-- Paulina (to Allison): "You look like a hungover Olsen twin."

Episode 2

-- Tyra: "In order to succeed, you need to have sound effects inside yourself."

-- Nole: "You need to get off the novella, and onto the runway."

-- Tyra: "When beauty is reflected, it is perfected."

-- Aminat to Sandra: "Keep it cute or put it on mute."

-- Miss J. to Celia: "Your hair was as dry as old sandals."

-- Tahlia: "I can't believe how much I go to Wal-Mart."

Episode 1

-- Tyra: "I'm looking for someone to light my chariot on fire."

-- Miss J.: "Do you have any other talents besides posing with a scowl?"

-- Kortnie: "My body is a temple, and my temple wants cheesecake."

-- Miss J. (on Celia): "She has two cups of crazy in the eyes."

-- Tyra (to Sandra): "Get rid of that scarf. You're hiding your lusciousness."

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