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Tyra BanksTyra´s our favorite part of the Victoria´s Secret catalogue (not that there are any bad parts). |
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Where you’ve seen her: Performing her supermodel duties on catwalks and in magazines worldwide. She made the leap to acting with appearances on TV´s The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, which led to roles in the movies Higher Learning, Love Stinks, Love & Basketball, and Coyote Ugly. Her triumphant return to television came in the form of the UPN reality series America´s Next Top Model. She now hosts The Tyra Banks Show.
No lookalike contest: “Sometimes it´s a mob and sometimes it´s 10 people asking for an autograph. And if I´m wearing a baseball cap, people are, like, ´You look like Tyra Banks, but she´s cuter than you.´ And I say, ´She sure is.´”
Fast food nation: “I´m so simple. If I don´t have groceries I eat popcorn and Tang for dinner. I´m like, I think I make enough money to hire a chef.”
Reign of Tyra: “I want an empire like Oprah´s. I may do it with a little more cleavage, but I plan to get there.”
Model citizen: Stuff´s 2003 interview with Tyra
August 2000 (#32) |
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