In an interview to Jamie Foster Brown, in the latest issue of “Sister 2 Sister” magazine, the full-figured UPN’s ‘America’s Next Top Model’ host admits that weight was a problem during the first few month of her stay in Europe, reports Eurweb.

“My agency sat me and my mom down in Italy and said that it’s a problem that I can’t work as many fashion shows because I’m gaining weight,” Tyra told the magazine’s Jamie Foster Brown. “So I was like, ‘Mama, I’m not going to be all unhealthy like these other girls that I see. I’m gonna do it healthy. So I’m gonna go to the gym and I’m gonna eat these salads and this chicken.’ But I couldn’t do it but for three days. And she was like ‘Baby, you know what? Let’s go.’ And she took my hand and we got on the trolley car in Italy, and she got off at our favorite pizza spot. We ordered a whole pizza and ate it. She was like, ‘My baby isn’t going to be a victim of this crazy industry.’”

Tyra noticed the commercial success of Cindy Crawford and foresaw her own future recognition. She embraced her “big butt and breasts” and laughed all the way to the bank,” writes Foster Brown.