Major Highlights From Tyra Banks’ Paper Magazine Cover

Tyra Banks is on the cover of Paper Magazine‘s latest issue serving fierce and dishing some ANTM secrets.

See below photos from her “Fierce As A Tyger” themed cover shoot and 5 takeaways from her interview with the magazine.

On the people’s reaction when she left American Next Top Model: “I stepped away, but social media was calling my name in my sleep, screaming they were pissed off at me that I deserted [the show],” Banks says of fan reactions to her departure. “I needed to bring my butt back, so I did.”

What the next cycle of ANTM will entail: “The battle between the generations is on,” she says. “Who says 40 is too old to get your model game on? Not me, boo.”

On juggling her career with being a mom: “There are some mornings where I am sleepy,” describing the feeling as a certain kind of tired that she had never understood until now. But, she says, “My son is just like, ‘Mama, wake up. We are playing. We are going to have a party. We’re going to do the happy dance.'” She adds, “You just have to keep going.”