Tyra Banks has admitted that she wishes she a harder person, as often people mistake her kindness as weakness.

Speaking to ABC’s Nightline in advance of the new series of ANTM, Tyra said:

“I wish I was more of a diva. I wish I was harder. I wish I didn’t care so much about being the nice girl all the time,” she said.

“Because a lot of the time people can take kindness for weakness… so I wish I had a little bit more ‘oomph’ in me.”

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America’s Next Top Model host Tyra Banks is to present a new a reality TV show which hopes to find a fashion magazine editor.

The show – which was derived from hit movie The Devil Wears Prada will air on U.S. network CW this spring.

Bosses are currently searching for a top magazine to participate with the show.

Producer Ken Mok says, “It is a competition show about aspiring assistants looking to become assistant editors at a fashion magazine.”