Share Your Thoughts on Tyra Banks and This Week’s Cover Story

CtyGyrl January 25th, 2007

Who cares whether Tyra is fat or not (though I don’t think she is). She is young, successful,and yes beautiful, which means she will be criticized no matter how much she weighs. The fact that she can take a negative experience and use it to broaden her appeal is a credit to her resourcefulness. (Would we even be talking about those photos if she hadn’t made it a point to “address them” publicly.) No matter what you think of her, she has established herself as an entertainment powerhouse and has done so on her own terms. I say good for her.

Karen January 25th, 2007

I love Tyra Banks and what she has done for young women. She has been and continues to be an inspiration to many. So now she looks normal instead of model-skinny. She’s earned the right to!

Michelle January 25th, 2007

Newsflash!! With a BMI of 24 Tyra is at right at the tipping point of unhealthy weight for her height. People with BMIs between 19 and 22 live longest. Death rates are noticeably higher for people with indexes 25 and above. The U.S. government recently changed these ranges to a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 24. Great example to young girls and women huh? Wake-up people.

Drea January 25th, 2007

Tyra has always known what it’s felt like to be considered pretty and thin but now that the tabloids are calling her fat and ugly of course she’s going to stick up for her self. That’s great. She will soon be feeling the pressures of Hollywood to loose weight because they are going to capture horrible pictures of her and she’s not going to like it. I find nothing wrong with being 160 lbs. What’s wrong with the world today and since when weighing in at 160 file you as being ugly?

Courtney77 January 25th, 2007

I LOVE TYRA!! SHE IS AMAZING.

Jessica January 25th, 2007

I commend Tyra for being such an amazing role model and wish others were more like her! In hollywood you can’t win either way you go. You can be super skinny or just right and someone would have something nasty to say. As long as she is happy with herself then who are we to judge. In my opinion 161 isn’t big, especially for her height. People need to stop being so shallow. There is far more to a person than their weight!

gloria January 25th, 2007

personally, i think that if someone isn’t 5′10 100 lbs, then we consider them fat and if someone is 5′10 90lbs then we think they are to skinny. enough is enough, we as a society should accept people for who they are and their appearence, and stop pressuring people to be a certain way. and magazines should stop attacking every single celebrity because no matter what they do, magazines and tv find someone to criticize them, is anyone ever good enough? I think tyra is a role model to so many girls, and for people to say she is fat should go and well… use your imagination.

Michele January 25th, 2007

I think Tyra looks great! people need to wake up and realize that the average woman wears a size 12, and there is NOTHING wrong with that. Tyra keep up the good work:)

LynDee January 25th, 2007

No, I wouldn’t call that fat. At 5′10 and 161 pounds, Tyra has a perfectly healthy body mass index of 23 and probably wears a size 8 dress. She’s gorgeous! Why is it that our media can, in the same issues of some publications, call this beautiful woman “fat” and then bemoan the loss of models like Ana Carolina Reston? That’s the distorted view of reality that causes rampant eating disorders in young girls. Thank you, People, for adressing this issue on your cover. It would be nice if more publications that focus on celebrities would follow suit.

Paula January 25th, 2007

While I applaud Michelle’s (above post) attempt to add reason and science by discussing BMI, the average public needs to understand the nuances of such information. If you actually look at empirical medical literature in peer-reviewed journals, the BMI is not a reliable index of health when tested in research. This especially holds true for athletic people whose weight may be higher, but carry more muscle and are capable of much more endurance. Take a linebacker, for instance. While obesity is a growing problem, the media is drowning the public with misguided quick-fix facts and advice.