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"Let them eat cake! Tyra Banks says models -- herself included -- have better things to do than obsess over their weight, despite all the apparent pressures to stay a certain size. Speaking with Us Weekly at a private screening and fashion show for the new cycle of America&amp;apos;s Next Top Model on Wednesday, Aug. 7, the mogul dismissed the idea of &amp;quot;dieting&amp;quot; and said she actually prefers her body to be a little curvier.\r\n&amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t believe in diets,&amp;quot; the supermodel told Us, alluding to juice cleanses and that &amp;quot;liquid s--t,&amp;quot; which she has dubbed the &amp;quot;Class Reunion diet.&amp;quot; Detoxing might work for a red carpet or a wedding, she explained, &amp;quot;but the minute you bite one piece of real food, you&amp;apos;re going to gain [the weight] right back.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;To me, it&amp;apos;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,&amp;quot; she continued. &amp;quot;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&amp;apos;t look good. I didn&amp;apos;t realize I was too thin until I started seeing pictures and I thought, &amp;apos;Oh, I don&amp;apos;t like that. That doesn&amp;apos;t look good.&amp;apos; I need some ass.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;I was at the height of my success when I was at my biggest,&amp;quot; she added. &amp;quot;So then I go, &amp;apos;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&amp;apos;s top influential people two times in a row -- all with a big ass!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nBanks, 39, doesn&amp;apos;t encourage the models on her show to diet, either. &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t do a good job of helping [my girls] lose weight, even if they might need to,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;We stock the house really bad, and then they complain, like, &amp;apos;We&amp;apos;re eating all this crap!&amp;apos; For me, I don&amp;apos;t want them to feel all crazy like models in my day felt. I don&amp;apos;t care -- gain some weight, whatever. I know how to choose a shot that&amp;apos;s the most flattering.&amp;quot;\r\nShe also knows the power of Photoshop. &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t think cellulite is great -- that&amp;apos;s not a flaw that I want in a photo, by any means! I retouch that crap out,&amp;quot; she quipped. &amp;quot;But I tell women that I&amp;apos;m retouching it out.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I have too much cellulite right now,&amp;quot; the ANTM host noted. &amp;quot;The shape is fine, but, honey, I have on stockings! I can&amp;apos;t do short skirts without stockings anymore, so I don&amp;apos;t like that.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;I did an episode on my talk show on cellulite, and I brought seven women into a dressing room at Nordstrom&amp;apos;s in L.A., and we all sat and talked about our cellulite,&amp;quot; she continued. &amp;quot;We had on little things; no one could really see anyone&amp;apos;s cellulite. Then we all got up and stripped and we stood in the mirror, and we weren&amp;apos;t supposed to turn around to look to see...[but] I had to peek! Mine was the worst of all! I have a lot, I have a lot. It is what it is. I can&amp;apos;t really do much about it.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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