Tyra Banks Says She Doesnt Believe In Diets: ‘I Need An A**’ + Flix Of Her ANTM 20 Party

Yes, Tyra Banks has curves and she’s no longer the rail thin model that use to walk Paris Runway shows. And guess what? She’s okay with that. In an interview with US Weekly, the 39-year-old spoke candidly about why she’s not a fan of dieting and prefers to have more meat on her bones (my words, not hers).

I don’t believe in diets. Detoxing might work for a red carpet or a wedding, but the minute you bite one piece of real food, you’re going to gain [the weight] right back. To me, it’s like, I lost weight a couple of years ago and that just changed the way I ate, it changed the way I thought. I actually got too thin because I have tunnel vision. So when they said this is what you have to do, I was too strict, and I realized I needed to cheat way more because it didn’t look good. I didn’t realize I was too thin until I started seeing pictures and I thought, ‘Oh, I don’t like that. That doesn’t look good.’ I need some *ss.

She added,

I was at the height of my success when I was at my biggest. So then I go, ‘Why am I shedding weight for press when, like, I told the world to kiss my fat ass and had Emmys and Top Model was at its peak and I was on Time magazine’s top influential people two times in a row — all with a big *ss!

In more Tyra news, this week she celebrated the 20th cycle of American’s Next Top Model. It’s the 10th anniversary of the show and Ms. Banks, models and party-goers celebrated with a big bash at Los Angeles’ Supperclub. We spotted folk like The Game, Luenell, Omarosa and some other fancy folk. Peep the pix.