and then stick it to, perfect.

- [Tyra] Sheray, I might have some holes

in my hair 'cause of the light background.

We can check.

Alana, you're the time police.

- [Publicist] I'm the time police.

- These shoes are in my size

and I get to take them home, correct?

- [Interviewer] Yes, that's correct.

[laughs]

- I can stuff my foot in that six.

[tense music]

[static]

- [Woman Off Camera] Tyra Banks answers

increasingly personal questions

as the camera moves closer to her face.

[clapperboard clapping]

- Oh, that's...

I don't know what it is.

- Keeps saying a line.

- This?

Or here? - Side.

- Yeah, that's because the light is on the side.

- Oh. - Yeah.

[beep]

- [Woman Off Camera] Family.

[clapperboard clapping]

- [Interviewer] Tyra, how's your mom doing?

- Oh, my momma.

She's doing so, so good.

Finally doing things for herself.

- [Interviewer] And how's your son, York?

- He's great and just strong and

wonderful personality and speaks his mind.

- [Interviewer] How do you and York

spend quality time together?

- Oh, he loves to jump in momma's bed.

It's the most comfortable place in the world for him.

- [Interviewer] What parts of your mother

do you see most in York?

- Sense of humor, craziness, crazy faces.

I guess that's me too, not just my mom.

[laughs]

- [Interviewer] Where did the concept of

"smize" come from originally?

- Well I wanted to tighten

the words smile with your eyes,

I would say it all the time.

And I was like, smile your eyes, smile with your eyes.

After a while it was like, I need a bit more.

So I shortened it to "smize".

But the first person to ever tell me

to smile with my eyes was Julie Campbell,

the editor of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.

- [Interviewer] Your mother once

described you as unstoppable.

What's one word you would use to describe her?

- Just one?

- [Interviewer] Just one.

- I don't think that's possible.

- [Interviewer] Two words.

- I hate being generic,

and two words is generally wonderful,

loving, uh uh.

I'm not that type of interviewer

so I just feel like one word is boring.

Two words is a little less boring but still boring.

My momma is crazy.

My momma's got so much personality

she is the fun grandmomma.

My momma tells me about the Drake song

before the Drake song is on the radio.

That's not one word.

- [Interviewer] What's the most

important thing you learned from her?

- Oh...

To cry in the bathroom, not at work.

- [Interviewer] How did being a child of divorce

affect your view of romance?

- It made me realize that, not realize, wrong word.

You want me to do it again or?

[beep]

I think being a child of divorce and

having a mom that had to be independent

showed me that love is want, and desire,

shared interests, and not need.

- [Interviewer] What never fails to make you emotional?

- When my son tells me he loves me

and I didn't say it first.

- [Interviewer] What does looking to

the other side mean to you?

- It means when you are in the middle

of something so awful and

you cannot see through it,

it's just so bad,

imagine yourself in the future.

A day later, a month later, a year later.

'Cause it's not gonna be as bad as it is today.

- [Interviewer] What do you see

as the most effective use of tough love?

- Tough love is effective and necessary

when someone's future is in danger

of stopping them from their greatness.

[beep]

How are we doing on time, Alana?

- [Alana] Sorry, we have time.

- Time to get to the next thing on time?

- [Alana] We're trying.

And if we don't, we won't.

It's good though, it's good.

- I needed that.

[beep]

- [Woman Off Camera] Business.

[clapperboard clapping]

- [Interviewer] You've been wearing

a lot of hats in your career, how's that going?

- I have been wearing a lot of hats.

Talk-show hat, model hat,

teacher hat, entrepreneur hat.

And right now, the entrepreneur hat is the largest.

It's covering all the other ones,

you can't see the other ones 'cause

they're hidden behind that

business owner and operator hat.

- [Interviewer] What's the most important thing

to keep in mind when making a new investment?

- When making a new investment,

you have to analyze risk.

However, the bigger the risk,

the bigger the reward.

- [Interviewer] What advice would you give

someone who's embarking on a completely new career path?

- I would say, you study it.

You know it upside down, inside out, backwards and forwards.

When you walk into that room and ask for that job,

or when you start that whole new plan,

you better be the person that

knows it better than anybody else.

- [Interviewer] How do you combat feeling out of place?

- I combat feeling out of place with humor.

Hahaha, I'm uncomfortable but people don't know.

They just think I'm laughing but

probably really uncomfortable too.

- [Interviewer] How did the selfie change the world?

- The selfie changed the world by

sometimes having a dinner with friends and

they're not even looking at you,

they're so concerned with the 25 selfies

that they have taken and which one

are they gonna post to social media.

Oh, but they forgot what we were talking about.

- [Interviewer] What is Modelland?

- Modelland is a place where everyone,

families, dads, moms, friends, cousins,

kids, teenagers can come and

live the ultimate fashion fantasy

where we break down beauty barriers

and give you the most amazing photos

that you've ever seen in your life.

The best shopping,

and the best immersive theater

where you are the star.

- [Interviewer] What's one of the

biggest lessons you've learned from teaching?

- One of the biggest lessons I've learned from teaching

is I didn't realize that I had so much to share.

First year I did it, I was like,

what do I have to offer?

And after the end of the first class

I taught I said, a hell of a lot.

- [Interviewer] What's a piece of advice

you've given that you regret?

- He's a good guy, you should stay with him.

No, trust me.

He's really great.

[beep]

[zipper opening]

Ah! - I'll get it, I'll get it.

[beep]

- [Woman Off Camera] Modeling.

[clapperboard clapping]

- [Interviewer] You recently came out of retirement.

How's that going?

- It's going hard.

I get offered a modeling job and I'm like,

do I take that or do I stay on site

at Modelland and make sure things are getting done

to the way that I want them to get done?

So, it's not easy.

- [Interviewer] What is your number one fashion rule?

- My number one fashion rule is when I have heels,

I have to make sure that

there are some flats in my purse.

- [Interviewer] What's the biggest difference

between the modeling industry when

you were coming up as opposed to now?

- When I was a model, you could look like crap,

go to work, do the job, go home, go to bed.

Today, we have to go to work looking amazing

as if the photo shoot is already happening

then transform at the photo shoot

and capture yourself for social media

and the professional photography.

Then on your way home you have to selfie

and talk about how the shoot was amazing,

and then you have to have your dinner

and share that with the world,

and then you have to tell the world goodnight.

And then the world has to say how crappy you look

with a washed face as you go to bed.

- [Interviewer] What is the hardest thing

about standing your ground in the modeling industry?

- In my day, retaliation.

- [Interviewer] What do you mean by that?

- Retaliation in the workplace meaning

you say something, you speak out,

you whistle-blow or you say some things wrong

and they don't book you anymore.

- [Interviewer] When in your career

did you feel most vulnerable?

- I felt the most vulnerable when

my modeling agent told me that

if I did not lose 25 pounds,

I was pretty much done.

- [Interviewer] What's the most important thing

to remember when being judged by others?

- There's different types of judgment.

There's judgment that's there to make you better

and there's judgment to make you feel like crap.

The first thing you gotta do is decide which is which.

- [Interviewer] When are you least

comfortable in your own skin?

- In that cocktail party.

- [Interviewer] Why's that?

- Because I'm not comfortable with small talk.

I like deep talk, I like cameras pushing into my face

and asking me very uncomfortable questions.

[beep]

This is super duper clever by the way.

Who came up with it?

[beep]

- [Woman Off Camera] Identity.

[clapperboard clapping]

- [Interviewer] Where is your happy place?

- Oh, my happy place is in the movie theater

with a bucket full of popcorn

that has so much butter on it

the butter's dripping down my arm.

- [Interviewer] Who would you cast to play you in a biopic?

- In a biopic I would cast the world.

I would take it out to everybody and say,

who looks like me, who can act like me?

And if that doesn't work, hi Rihanna.

- [Interviewer] What keeps you up at night?

- What keeps me up at night...

So much.

Work, Modelland, making sure it's amazing.

Making sure it's successful,

making sure people are wowed when they come.

- [Interviewer] What's the biggest difference

between how people see you versus

how you see yourself?

- People think that I am fashion obsessed

and that I judge people that walk in rooms

even for job interviews by their clothing and their style.

I could care less.

Do you demand excellence?