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Super Model Tyra Banks has taken the fashion world by storm ever since she stepped onto the scene. From her modeling to her hit show America’s Next Top Model Banks continues to break the mold. This time she’s written a book with her mother called Perfect Is Boring: 10 Things My Crazy, Fierce Mama Taught Me About Beauty, Booty, and Being a Boss.

Banks mother was real with her from the beginning. When she was 13 her mother gave her some tips about high school.

“8 words that a man will whisper in your ear to get you to do the down and dirty with him,” said Banks. “You got to read the book and when you see those 8 words you’re going to be like, ‘I can’t believe her mama said that.'”

Her mother was there for her during the hardest times of her career. “I don’t know what I would have been without my mom.”

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