Remember all the chicks who kept “quote boards” in college — like when you and all your inebriated friends said something so incredibly witty you simply had to write it down it down for all posterity? (Um, guilty.) You just know Tyra, J. and J. keep a quote board. (We’re envisioning an entire notebook, filled with the word “fierce.”) Well, after last night’s Cycle 11 premiere, we did, too. Here are the Top 10 Fiercest Quotes from the America’s Next Top Model premiere… We only wish someone would have wondered aloud what the hell happened to Jay Manuel’s hair.
10. "I'm the moose, and I want you to run from me, fiercely." — Tyra to Hannah, from Fairbanks, Alaska
9. Tyra: “So, were you sold?”
Analeigh: “Yeah, what happens is, they have recruits in American. And so these men go to the recruits and pay a certain amount of money for a girl."
(Awkward editing, cutting from concerned Tyra face to happy Tyra face.)
Tyra: “I’m glad you got out of it and you’re safe.”
Analeigh: “Yeees! Thank you so much!”
8. ""I'm gonna show you America! You ain't ready for this yellow fever! One time for the Asians!" — Sheena
7. "Hell yeah! You walk around like that in a small town you'll get shot! And it's not so much close-mindedness, it's just more traditional. …Growing up in the south, you don't exactly run into a he-she every day." — Clark, upon discovering contestant Isis is a pre-op transgender person
6. "I know cellulite very well. It's one of my close, personal friends." — Tyra
5. "I love bringing girls over to my side. It's my sport. It really is." — Elina
4. Commenting on her photo shoot theme of “nuclear weapons”:
"My topic was nuclear weapons. Obviously, I understand that they have damaging effects. I just don't know what I feel about them." — Hannah
3. Commenting on her photo shoot theme of “unemployment”:
"I'm actually, really unemployed. And I still feel sexy!” — Jocelyn
2. "To me, you look like a black widow, waiting to trap a man in your red web, which is not really the point." — Paulina Porizkova to Clark
1. And the best, judging room banter goes to:
Paulina to Hannah: "Is that a headband?"
Hannah: "Yes."
Tyra: "Take it off. It's a little too Gossip Girl."
Hannah: (Squealing with glee.) "Oh my God! That's one of my favorite shows!"
And, finally, an actual piece of honest modeling advice, from Tyra:
"The tip I will give you: model the opposite of what you have on. You have on a sparkly dress and it's sexy and it's like come to me boy. So you need to model like you have on jeans and a T-shirt and some Timberland boots. Playing the opposite of what you have on makes the picture so much more interesting. It takes the obvious away."
Somehow, we feel like we might be able to apply this to our own lives, the next time we dress up in skinny jeans and only-slightly-painful heels on a Friday night. As always, Tyra, words to live by!