Tyra Banks to graduate from Harvard Business School next month

Whoever said supermodels are stupid obviously never met Tyra Banks.

The Victoria's Secret model and host of the CW's America's Next Top Model has been taking classes at Harvard's business school and is enrolled in Harvard's Owner/President Management program, and plans to graduate from the program next month.

According to Perez Hilton, Banks sat down with Youngme Moon, the Harvard Business School's associate dean, and had a long conversation about her reasons for enrolling in the program and what she learned from her time there. Harvard's independent student newspaper, The Harbus, reported on the meeting between the two, in which Banks said that she made the decision to take classes at Harvard because she wanted to be taken seriously as a businesswoman.

"There's a difference between a career and a business. I'm not looking to build a company based on fans," Banks said. "Don't chase the money, even if you want to be a banker. Chase the passion. Chase the dream."

Banks, who will soon be able to add the degree to her many other accomplishments, including author, TV producer, singer and entrepreneur, said that in the future, her goal is to run a strategic operation in which she can promote her beliefs while still turning out a profit. According to E! Online, Banks also admitted during the meeting that the person people see on her reality show and her public persona isn't who she is in real life.

"I would love to have her in the boardroom," Banks said about the persona she puts on during Top Model. "I wish I was hard…I have armor, but a strategic knife can still get in those creases."

Banks said that her time at Harvard has also taught her to strive to be at the top of her game, and that the key to success is "not about being the biggest, but being the best."