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

I think Tyra is gorgeous and seems to be so real. I usually could care less if the tabloids trash someone but I honestly feel bad for her. I think it is great that she is making an example out of it though. The majority of America is over weight and there has to be someone out there sticking up for the “normal” people. You go Tyra! :)

You go Girl!!!! And she’s going 100 mph!!!

I think she looks great either way. She is naturally curvy and I don’t mean chubby-curvy. She has hips and large breasts. I have the same problem. I will never be able to fit into a size zero just due to my bone structure, forget about skin, fat or muscle on top of them. I commend her for standing up and saying, it’s ok to be above a size 2 and you don’t have the right to say those things about me. Whatever happened to the days of real hollywood glamour and the great and curvy Marilyn Monroe body type. She was a size 10 or 12 and no one trashed her image. That was true beauty and Tyra fits right in with that. She encourages healthy self images not malnourished “model” weight goals.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Ms. Tyra Banks! I love her talk show, and I think it’s great of her to fight back about that “fat photo.” Yes, she is bigger than she used to be…so what? She is in no way “fat” and it’s disgusting for tabloids and blogs to refer to her that way. Its amazing that she can keep a positive attitude while enduring such harsh criticism. I think she was, is, and will continue to be GORGEOUS her entire life, regardless of how much she weighed/weighs. TEAM TYRA!

It’s interesting that Tyra chose a career in an industry that judges women almost solely on how they look and how thin they are. Now that she chooses not to maintain the model standard she is upset that they are still judging her. She doesn’t want to be judged but she is a host of America’s Top Model which judges other girls. It seems a bit hypocritical.

Tyra needs to set an example. If she is host of America’s Next Top Model, then she needs to look and maintain the part. Period.

Tyra, don’t GRACE them with your hurt. You are a more beautiful woman today than you ever were. Thanks for being natural!

I love tyra and her show but she let her self go that’s not cute i never thought she would look like that in a million years.

just leave the woman alone , all those people out there talking bout she fat , don’t have half or have not accomplished a half that she has in her entire life , they are all just haters thats all and need to step back , always having a critical eye on everything , god made us to be comfortable in our own skin, so if she is comfortable in hers , who are you and i to say different.

Just Leave tyra alone.

I cannot stand Tyra Banks. She has chosen a profession that (unfortunately or fortunately) praises people for being skinny. She CRITICIZES the models on her show if they do embody what a “model” is. And what is a model in our world today? A walking hanger. Tyra thrives on attention and seems to me the most self-involved celebrity on TV today. How does she not expect to be judged when she puts herself out there in some many media outlets? Is Tyra fat? That’s not a question I can answer. What I can say is-if anyone else had gained thirty pounds and looks like she does on TV, they would have been fired a long time ago. She needs to learn to take it if she can dish it out.

I think its great that she lashing back against her critics and proving that you don’t have to be a size 2 to be beautiful. However, the sad part is that after all is said and done – and after she tells the world its ok to have curves, she will go and lose the 30 lbs.

I really loved it when Tyra said she still felt hot at 161 lbs. I am close to that weight myself and when people say that I am obese or “porky”, it really hurts inside. It is so nice to have someone of her celebrity status defend girls of my wieght level! She is the kind of person that relaizes that innner beauty is what really matters. Tyra, YOU ROCK!!!

Tyra is not fat and looks good BUT TYRA SUCKS!!!!She thinks she knows everything!Her talk show is so bad! ANTM is good but that is because you don’t see her on the show the whole time

I think she looks great, as usual. She is a top model in every way!

I think Los Angeles is a ridiculous, shallow city full of ridiculous, silly people. It’s almost laughable to see how much Hollywood celebs care about maintaining a stick thin body image. It shows true insecurity on their parts. They are maintaining an unrealistic and in most cases an unhealthy body ideal. They overdo it at the gym and resort to eating one salad a day or some utterly ridiculous amount of food. Why do they think it’s so pretty to look like you are starving to death? The common American woman does not look at those magazines with the deathly skinny celebrity on the cover and think wow she’s beautiful. Tyra is setting a good example for other celebrities to just be themselves instead of being what everyone else expects them to be. She is truly a confident woman, confident in herself and secure with who she is as a person. She shouldn’t try and change her body because of the recent tabloid garbage she should be true to herself and where she is most comfortable in her own skin, that’s all that matters.

Hurray for Tyra!! I have struggled with weight issues most of my life. My mom says I am obese (she has no medical degree), but my doctor says I am a little overweight. My body type just won’t let me be a size 0 or 2 – I’ve tried. We need more role models like Tyra so more young women know it is okay to have curves! You go girl!!

A 162 lbs on a 5’10″ model is not fat by any means.

I personally think she looks a lot healthier where she is now. In the 2005 Victoria Secret Photo, I thought she looked unhealthy.

She looks great. It is ridiculous that there are so many people that think that anything over a size 4 is “fat”….get over it!

To all the people who are saying that Tyro chose a profession that judges women on the way they look and she needs to lose the weight – HELLO – did you not get that she RETIRED??? Please! I bet you are all just as big if not bigger than she is. It’s amazing how catty women can become. I think it’s a good thing that she isn’t afraid to admit she has gained weight, and that she also doesn’t think it’s a bad thing. Someone needs to show these aspiring models that it is okay to be “real” when it comes down to it…

People; a little perspective here, Please! I calculated Tyra’s BMI (National Institute of Health has a handy little calculator on-line) using her height of 5’10″ and with a weight of 131 lbs (18.8 BMI) and with a weight of 162 (23.5 BMI). Guess what? Both BMI’s fall into the “normal weight” range (18.5 to 25). So I guess it’s official: Tyra’s not fat – she’s normal weight. (And if I was her, I’d use those little facts to sue the tabloids and then “waddle” my way all the way to the bank to deposit the cash!)

I admire her for what she is doing, she seems genuinely happy and those tabloids reporters need to mind their own business and leave Ms.Banks alone!!!! It’s a pity that had to stoop so low!

I don’t think shes fat at all. I do think its interesting that she looks a lot thinner here than she does in that tabloid photo. If she is gonna be heavier and proud of it then she should of insisted on a picture that hasn’t been completely airbrushed.
Also I agree with what someone else said. Tara makes a career of judging other women and their flaws on ANTM, so she should be able to take it when the tables are turned.

I think she looks amazing! Forget her profession, its her body we are focussing on here and for people to call her fat, just makes every woman who weighs more feel awful. Im about this weight, but i could never do a bathing suit this well! Go Tyra!

I hear there is a war going on?????

I’m 5’9″ and am always looking for weight information on tall women and what they really weigh. She looks great. I’m sure based on the average American woman’s weight at 5’9″, she’s still much lighter. She gives me a REALISTIC vision of what women should look like. She has inspired me to keep going. I’ve already lost 20 and need another 20 to catch up to her. She’s beautiful and realistic proof that I’m almost there!

It’s refreshing to see a famous and beautiful woman embrace her buxom body with fearlessness. I’d be thrilled to see more women like Tyra and much less of the stick figures currently pursued by paparazzi (Posh, Angelina, Nicole, Keira) — pardon the pun.

She’s just out of shape. That’s not a bad weight for a lady 5’10″. But she needs to learn how to train. Muscle is better than flab

She looks great. She seems to be a wonderful person with a positive attitude. I am happy that she is sticking up for herself. Not everyone needs to weigh a certain weight to be considered beautiful.

Tyra is hot. I am more attracted to her now then when she was a skinny runway item.

Yeah for Tyra!!! And Beyonce and Kate Winslett…. I don’t want my daugther growing up trying to look like the Olson Twins or Natalie Portman. I want my daughter to be healthy and happy with herself no matter what her size is compared to other people. The most beautiful thing about a woman is how confident she is with herself – you go Tyra!!! Don’t listen to the negative – you are a good role “model” – keep it up!!!

Tyra looks amazing! YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!

Tyra Banks is a beautiful. Just because she isnt a size 2 anymore, doesn’t mean she isn’t beautiful. Who cares if she’s gained weight?? She is a host of the show and a RETIRED model..and MODELS do have expectations to meet. Have you ever seen the host to “The biggest Loser” She isn’t small by any means…just because she is a host to a modeling show, doesn’t mean she has to be skinny. She went through all those years probably not eating alot…and now she is living her life without any expectations. She is beautiful and someone to look up too!

I think Tyra is an inspiration to all women as well as teens. The critics/tabloids don’t care who they talk about, as long as they make the all mighty dollar. I’m super happy she is firing back!

Why is wieght such an issue for the tabloids?????
If your small – they accuse you of being anorexic. If you put on wieght or are curvy -they accuse you of being overwieght.
There is no escaping the criticism of the media. You can be damn near perfect and someone will find something to judge you about.
I feel sorry for people who fall into this trap. We are all human and built different! Power to all the ladies.

If Tyra really did have the high self-esteem she says she has she would not feel a need to “fight back” in public – neither would she feel ‘hurt’ by comments from critics. If she really wanted to be a role-model for young girls and women then she would show the good example of regular exercise (she’s not doing it – flabby) and healthy diet. 161 lbs For her height is not a healthy weight, especially at her age, if she doesn’t start getting a grip on doing regular exercise and proper diet she is going to have problems as she gets older. I am 5’11 too, and 36 years old, I know what I’m talking about. Bigger is not better or OK if you’re not sensible about it – it is unhealthy – as unhealthy as being too thin is. Tyra needs to get off her high-horse and start being pro-active by putting her money where her mouth is. Let’s see some exercise and good nutrition Tyra??

i think it is commendable that tyra has continued to show america what a REAL woman looks like. good for you tyra, keep up the good work.

tyra is lovely just as she is, so what the photo didn’t look perfect… it is her body and if she is happy to hell with everyone else .. i am fed up with skinny models we have today, pushing our young girls to think that because they have breasts or a butt they are ugly … come on people .. more of us look like tyra now than before

I will never understand why people feel you have to be deathly skinny to look good in clothes. Tyra, God bless you for standing up and being yourself. You are beautiful just the way God made you. Kudos to your mom for giving you great self-esteem. I am sure people’s comments hurt an awful lot. But please remember this, something my mother told me….people will talk about you when you’re dead and you can’t do anything about that. Just be the best you you can be and don’t worry about the rest.

Tyra has a beautiful body. The nerve of the media- saying she is fat. They have no idea what a hot beautiful woman she is. I rather see her at this weight then a twig. She is hot no matter what she looks like. I rather see a model look like an everyday woman then a stick figure who is starving her self to stay thin..

News flash – if Tyra Banks is 5’10″ tall and weighs 161 pounds, her BMI is 23.1, which puts her in the normal range. Just because someone is not skeletal, it does not mean they are fat.

It is neither immoral nor a crime to be overweight, and certainly not to be of a normal, healthy weight. Tyra looks gorgeous in almost all photos, and her misfortune in having a less than stellar shot taken of her is proof of nothing more than her being human.

What a sad commentary…..Tyra Banks gains 30 pounds….how sad we as humans judge each other based on a waist size versus a heart size. Tyra is not only beautiful she is her own woman. She is an advocate for woman everywhere. She is out there making a difference everyday…working hard, working with women from all walks of life. Teaching women to love, accept and care for themselves. There is something to be said for being comfortable in your own skin….even if you happen to excess.

I would much rather have the natural beauty and healthy glow that Tyra has then to look like Paris Hilton or Nicole Ritchie – yuk! You go girl and keep your chin up! We “normal” size girls are there for you and you ROCK!!! Loving you in Canada!

Judy

AT 161LBS TYRA IS SOOOOOO!!! MUCH HOTTER THAN EVER.. ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS IF THEY ARE REAL LIKE SHE SAYS THEY ARE, ARE THEY ALSO “SPECTACULAR”????? SHE IS THE BLACK VERSION OF SOPHIA LOREN.. WHAT A WOMAN!!!!!

A comment above about how Tyra is in the industry that judges women on how they look bugs me a little bit. Tyra doesn’t model like she used to, she’s done with that. She put in years of good modeling where she had to watch everything she ate to keep that model look. Now that she’s done who wouldnt want to eat a little more and enjoy food and her naturally beautiful body? Yeah, she is host of a modeling show, but she judges those girls on if they are model material all around, not on their size alone. She’s not stupid, she knows people judge and she knows thats what the industry is about, but just becuase she gained a little weight doesn’t mean she’s not fit to be a judge/host on ANTM. Besides, comments about your size, regardless of who you are, would upset you, no matter what you do or how much confidence you have in yourself. She’s doing a great thing for all women and girls, she’s being herself and letting everyone know that it bothers her how nasty some people can be, but it’s not going to stop her from being the great person she is. Who really believes tabloids anyways? Tyra is gorgeous and I hope none of this negative talk EVER gets her down because she is probably one of the biggest role models for so many people, it’s just sad that people can be so incredibly shallow and mean to other people over a few pounds. It’s ridiculous really. Tyra you’re awesome and beautiful!!!

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.

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.

I LOVE TYRA!! SHE IS AMAZING.

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.

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.

she’s right! it’s got to stop! women have to believe that they are FINE just the way they are. why is it so difficult for us to believe? she’s made that her mission… an important one and not an easy task. i applaud you tyra. dont stop now. fight this one for all the women out there!

1. Tyra is not fat, her weight is quite normal for her height.
2. If Tyra really cared about how girls view themselves and how they are affected by body image, she wouldn’t host a show like ANTM, which berates women for their appearance. Yes, they are trying to be models and the industry has standards, but everytime she criticizes someone for how they look, some girl at home is getting depressed because she looks the same or has the same feature. She is not thinking, “Well I can’t be a model” she is thinking “Models have to be pretty and I can’t be one, so I can’t be pretty.”

Tyra looks real – and beautiful – don’t change a thing.

If she is so happy with her body then why is she hiding her “porkchop arms” in that photo? I think it looks airbrushed too. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against her, I’m also 5’10″ and I weigh 160 pounds. I wouldn’t consider myself fat either, but the difference between the stalkarazzi photo and her own cover photo is astounding. Come on Tyra, if you are so proud of your body, then don’t hide behind make-up and airbrushing.

When you are up there is always someone trying to bring you down. Tyra is an amazing woman on the inside and the outside. She is a breathtaking beauty at 100lbs. or 200lbs. I am happy to see her loving life and being very successful at the same time. She inspires me with her confidence and generosity. People are mean and miserable and sometimes saying hurtful things is their only pleasure in life. It’s really very sad. Don’t be discouraged Tyra, just pray for those lost ones. Besides let’s see their picture in a bathing suit, I bet they couldn’t hold a candle to the “FIERCE” Ms.Tyra Banks. Keep your head up Tyra, your judge is not down here on earth.

Tyra, you look good then and fantastic now!

Ditto with SUMMER!! GO TEAM TYRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She looks good no matter what and I appreciate her representing normal women–what the majority of women are!!!

Tyra, I think that you are absolutely gorgeous! You are just being you and that what’s most important. You are one of the biggest role models for all people in general; not only for young women. Please, keep it up :)

For all YOU ignorant FOOLS out there who don’t understand the meaning of a MODEL, listen, i will take the time to explain to you the definition of a MODEL;”A model is a person who poses or displays for purposes of art, fashion, or other products and advertising. Fashion modeling is similar to acting, as the models have to express an emotion and feeling in their photographs.”
Now UNLESS i missed something here in the definition, at no time at all does it mentions anything regarding ones body weight in order to be a model. So for those of you who have taken it upon yourselves to criticize Tyra for the profession she chose and gone as far as implying she should always be skinny in order to be respected as a former model and model search host, you ought to re-think the whole word and what it really stands for.In no way or at any time a model is described as an underweight or anorexic person who should compromise their health. Since i have known TYRA not once have i heard her speak ill of any model being overweight and if YOU (the ones who are quick to critticize) paid attention to her model show, you will notice that she has women of all shapes and sizes in her competion and she actually try her best to help the models who feels overwhelm by their fullness and curves at times. It’s a shame what has become ACCEPTABLE, DESERVING and BEAUTIFUL in the eyes of some of you ARTIFICIAL, SHALLOW and SKIN DEEP freaks. Please be more responsible about your comments, it’s comments from people like you that cause these kids to be bulemic, anorexic and suffer from low self esteem at such tender ages…It’s high time for a change in attitude about what is considered beautiful these days, the madness just got to stop. It has and still is costing lives, how many more before it ends?

How can one person be so hypocritical? I do not think Tyra Banks is fat, but how can she get angry at critics when she herself is critical of the same thing on ANTM. On Top Model, Tyra criticizes girls for not having the right feature, height, body type or weight. She justifies this criticism by pointing out that the modeling industry has standards that these girls must meet. Well, last time I checked, so does television. People criticizing her weight are, by Tyra’s own logic, justified in doing so because the industry she’s in has standards. You can’t have it both ways – either the standards are appropriate and criticism is justifiable or it’s not. Tyra Banks is clearly COMPLETELY self-interested and has no problem lowering the self-esteem of girls around the world if she makes a lot of money out of the deal. It’s called karma!

Geez, leave Tyra alone. She’s such a role model. With all these tabloids going about, no wonder there’s so much aneroxia in the world today. Go Tyra!!!

Why is it that our society insists of focusing on women’s weight, regardless of how thin or how heavy? Would any famous man’s weight gain or loss made the cover of the tabloids?

Tyra cannot help but be beautiful, whether she weighs 160 lbs. or 100 lbs. Anyone who can’t see that is either envious or crazy. Case closed.

She looks so much better this size, healthy, glowing, goddess. Rock on Tyra!

I THINK SHE CAN BE WHATEVER SIZE SHE WANT. SHE IS TILL NOT FAT. I MEAN SHE HAS MADE ALL THE MONEY SHE NEED TO MAKE ANYWAY SO WHO CARES. SHE SHOULD HAVE A FEW KIDS TOO!

I think it is funny everybody talking smack about Trya saying she needs to leave up to standards, if people really understood it does not matter what you weight but your body fat% that matters and if she is in her healthy zone for woman than its fine. Maybe instead of worrying about her outside, people should reliaze that she is not even close to fat, and it is disgusting that we are soo vain!!!!! Know wonder why there is soo much depression, eating disorders and hate in this world.

My husband saw her photo on the cover of People and said that she looked sexy and hot- she does too!! Beauty comes from confidence and she has it in spades.

TYRA looks great! I wish I could be that healthy. Yes, these days, I think it should all be about health. People have forgot about that. You hear girls and women always say things like, ” I would die to be that thin”. Well, they might get their wish. The weight they are wanting to be will put them in the grave earlier than expected. The thing is, Maybe Tyra does not weigh what she did ten years ago, but she is probably the healthies she has ever been. And maybe the happiest.

I love Tyra Banks. She has such a great heart and she tries to look out for women and girls everywhere. Honestly, I much rather look at Tyra than Nicole Richie or Keira Knightly or the Olsen twins. Those pictures are scary because all you see is there bone structure and I feel like im at an anorexia clinic. Now Tyra is NORMAL … her BMI is well within what it should be for 5′ 10″ and 161 lbs. Why are so many women now so skinny and thin. I am 5′ 4″ and 121 lbs and I have several days where I feel BAD about my weight because of all the other crap out there so when I see women like Tyra it makes me feel good about myself. Personally, I think we should just go back to the days of Marilyn Monroe who was by the way a size 14 in our standards.

It is absolutely amazing to me that the media taunts Nicole Richie, the Olsens, Kate Bosworth, etc, for being anorexic and being ridiculously skinny, but they turn on Tyra with no problem for being a healthy weight and looking amazing. She is extremely tall and shouldn’t be 120 pounds. Talk about a conflicting message; how do you call Kate Bosworth “Clavicle Kate” ine one breath and deride a healthy woman in the other? Here is someone who can inspire young women and girls to look healthy and not idealize extreme thinness and they’re INSULTING her?

We as women need to get off this all encompassing weight bandwagon. We are just fuel for the media’s fire. Men would never spend this much energy obsessing over the weight issue, football, maybe, weight? Never. Is Tyra healthy? That’s the issue here, not what a mechanical scale says….come on people.

i think she looks great. for her height, 160 pounds is the healthy weight, 160 pounds is where she should be. she’s not fat, not at all. leave her alone. all you haters are just jealous you don’t look like that.

I think that she looks GREAT. There is alot of people out there that has a few more pounds on them, but they still look great. The world thinks that you need to be thin and that is not the way the world is. I think that she is saying something to the people that you still look good with some fat on them.

I am a mother of 3 pre teen girls and the fact that anyone would refer to Tyra as being fat concerns me. In this day and age the media has set standards that are hard to achieve for young girls. My oldest daughter is 12 5’3′ and weighs 80 lbs. She wants to be an actress but is terrified that because she is 80lbs that she will be considered to fat. The fact that she is a very thin young woman never seems to enter into the equation. Tyra and Selma Hayak are 2 of the people in the industry who are actually sending a positive message to our girls. What people should look at is the way they carry the weight not what the scale says Tyra is a very fit woman and if she has gained any muscle mass then she will see an increase in the number on the scale without necessarily getting “fat” people need to understand this and get the message out to our children. When I was 15 I weighed 95 lbs and was 5’4′ tall but believed I was fat because I was not a stick thin person instead I had curves which the media said made you fat. As a result I started the never ending diet game. Please spare our youth.

It’s really sad that more focus has been put on Tyra’s beautiful & healthy weight gain than there has been on her former fellow supermodels. Without naming names, why should weight be more of a prevalent topic that the likes of the heroin using and assault charges that were once uncovered by some of her fellow former supermodel. The media certainly has a skewed perception of what really matters. Thanks to “People” for supporting Tyra as she fights those awful unncessary criticisms.

Tyra Banks I only have one thing to say…You go girl! Tyra Banks is a gorgeous and strong woman who put up with a lot of pressure in modeling..pressure that can sometimes drive young girls to starve themselves to death. It’s a sad world that we live in that puts appearances before a healthy body. Young models and girls everywhere should be strong and feel good about themselves and not worry about being skinny, just about being healthy and happy with life. It’s a wonderful gift to be alive and people sometimes forget that. Feel good about yourself no matter what your body looks like and you will always come out ahead.

Firstly, airbrush. Secondly, she herself said in the article that when she’s skinner she sleeps better, and snores less. Clearly a sign that she isn’t at her optimal weight being 162lbs (which I think she’s lying, picture in the tabloids indicates closer to 200lbs). I realize a lot of women struggle with their weights, and they will defend her, but it doesn’t mean she’s healthy. There is a happy median.

the world needs reminding that most women are not a “size” but indeed beautiful as we are, whatever “Size”
i am tired of rail thin women, and want people to feel beautiful inside out

I personally think she looks good on the cover — but if you watch ANTM – and i know you do – you know the ins and outs of photo retouching… her thighs and arms look totally different from the “pic that got the people talking”. Second – I agree.. she is a hypocrite when it comes to weight and her statements – she constantly changes sides … how many times do we have to hear her say “it looks like she has gained weight” on ANTM. As far as everything else – i think she is an Oprah wanna be. I can’t stand her talk show – it is like watching the idiot pretty girl at school trying to be insightful. Tyra is all about Tyra. You know there are way more important things going on in this world and I can’t believe I just waisted 2 min of my life on this self absorbed woman.

She made a career change and her job is to select the best person to represent ANTM. If you watch the show she ALWAYS sticks up for the heavier girls (how horrible does heavier girls sound??). She judges the girls based on the photos, how they work the catwalk and how they handle the assignments. She’s not judging the girls, she’s judging the ability to be a model.

That being said, what right does anyone have to judge her. The opinions haven’t met the person. You dislike someone you have never met – how the hell do you know if you would like her or not. Be a fan, maybe not but not like her – please.

She can do whatever she wants but like the rest of our self absorbed society needs to realize she’s going to be judged. Unfortunately for her, she just has to be blasted internationally on tabloid mags. It’s a high price to be in the spotlight – glad I’m not there.

Tyra I love you. You are a wonderful person inside and outside. Just ignore those idiots! They are jealous, as they don’t have anything going on in their lives like you do, and they are no comparison of your beauty. Just keep your head up and continue being a wonderful and kind hearted lady. You ARE such a beautiful lady, even if you gain few pounds, like we all do. You have a beautiful face and a knock out body. The most important of all, is what kind of a person you are inside. Love you Tyra! I always looking forward to watch your show.

Miss. Tyra is very smart and beautiful. I have been on both sides of the track, when it comes to weight. She always looks wonderful. I would love to be her size. Society needs to focus on her goals that she has achieved and the confidence that she carries for herself.
THANK-YOU MISS. TYRA FOR STAYING FOCUS, FOR BEING SMART AND BEAUTIFUL. THANK-YOU FOR KEEPING IT REAL. YOU GO-GIRL!

You know I’m starting to think “Hollywood” is a big joke. They’re never satisfied. They’re on Nicole Richie for being to thin (which maybe she is a bit.) They’re on Tyra for being to fat (which she isn’t.) And oh yeah they never say a thing about some of these fat male actors (Jack Nicholson.)
They (Hollywood) can’t keep a marriage going for longer than a year. And the second they get seperated or divorced they’ve got a new love like THAT! It’s just getting to be very comical. Back to Tyra, well she’s NOT a model anymore therefore she doesn’t have to keep the model body anymore that most likely was hard to keep. Um maybe that’s why she retired?

I really think you’ve all missed the point here – suporters and attackers.
The whole story on Tyra’s new weight has NOTHING to do with her actual weight and hight. I think that whoever writes mean stuff about any one is just not right, but in some cases there is an obvious jaw dropping story that simply is a story BECAUSE the person is famous.
Tyra became famous as a model. A thin, tall example of what perfection should look like. She took a very admireing step by saying “OK, I’m getting older (not old, just older) while the new models are 14-15 years olds, I have a hard time trying to keep myself looking like this, and really, I’m no longer getting that many job offers anymore – so I’ll retire as I always wished anyway, and have my own tv show.” If you all ask me, or just look deep inside your hearts, you’ll find the same answer: Good for you Tyra!
However, retireing means not working in the model industry anymore. Having a talk show is one thing, but having a show about modeling is another thing. People still think of you as a formal model who has what it takes to tell others about it. You are getting bigger? That’s fine too. But you are famous and people know your body. Hello! If one of my frineds get this big with the cellulitis so clearly unshaping her butt I get the same reaction! Just because the difference is so obviously shocking. So why does she expects us not to talking about her, who craves to stay in the spot light? If she’d retire and NOT be on tv at all, I’d agree that we all should just take a note on her weight and let her be. But she IS on TV! She IS hosting a modeling show – not a talk show – a modeling show. That’s immige, that’s responsibility, that’s work. Do you whatch the show? Each time the girls have a day of shooting, Tyra shows us how well she did on the same subject – isn’t that modeling?
So what, you can’t get hired by some one else so you give yourself a job? OK, no porblem, but than gaining weight isn’t the right choice for you. And I don’t want to be mean, because I love the show and I think positively of Tyra herself. I’m just saying that the question isn’t if this new weight is unhealthy or too much for women her age. It is about her status and what she represents, and the lack of reponsibility she’s got for the role she chose to play herself. And please people, do not compare yourself to her! “I’m 52, a mother of two adults and the same hight and weight – HELLO, she isn’t 52, and has NO children!!!!!! Now that’s stupid.
If she is smart, she can turn all this into a positive thing. Because gaining weight isn’t abnormal and isn’t a crime. She does have one heavy girl each season who could become a plus size model on her show, but for some reason that girl never actually wins. How about having yet another show for only plus size models? How about doing some plus size modeling herself? Or maybe even a work out CD for healthy women? How about a new reality show where she can show to the whole world that she does eat healthy, still works out and lives a happy life the way God created her. Or why not starting your own magazine like Oprah did, so you can have articles on weight issues, healthy life style and such?
The question is : Does Tyra want to be that “bigger” person who is confortable with her shape and sets a real exaple OR did she just get lazy that lead to her extra weight?
Weight that she doesn’t realy like or proud of but just doesn’t care any more to work hard to take it off. Weight that puts her from the hot Tyra to Tyra who used to be hot. Because this weight is not her final weight if she goes on like this and we all know it. Can she just admit that she was careless and gaind weight she needs to take off?
I think that this picture isn’t what raises eye brows, but her reaction is. I think she is hurt because she is self centered and because she isn’t ready to take criticizm.
By the way – here is the man from her life….?

This is what we call the in thing! i mean the it thing! Thats what people has to realise, no skinny-bonny lifestyle BUT the curves and a little bit of flesh. You have to have the feminine look to be called a TRUE WOMAN. TYRA IS DEMONSTRATING THIS!

Tyra is absolutely beautiful and for anyone to think that she is heavy (hate the word fat) is out of their minds! She is what the “Normal” woman should look like – healthy, happy and beautiful! No matter what some people say – Not everyone wishes or even should be a size 0 and for our society to keep pushing that – it is such a horrible message to send to our children! Why do we not spend more time focusing on eating healthy, exercising and being happy with who we are??? There should be more amazing women like Tyra!

I think Tyra is just beautiful! She was beautiful when she was on the run way for VS and she is still beautiful now! I’m sorry but I just don’t see her as fat!

My philosophy? No matter what you do, SOMEONE will complain, make fun, criticize, and others will be happy for you. Bottom line? She WAS a model, had to be thin, and is probably relieved to not have to force her body into a mold anymore. Leave the girl alone. She was so young when she started in the industry and has never promoted anything but self love. I am just thrilled she has turned out so well and isnt like that crackhead Kate Moss. I see Tyra as a possible future Oprah. She is open, honest, and shares personal thoughts about herself and her body with viewers. GO TYRA!!!

The majority of WOMEN ARE INSECURE, HATEFUL AND DISLOYAL to one another. We compare ourselves with ourselves and put other woman down simply to raise ourselves up. We should be ashamed.

I fear for the daughters of some of you. I wonder if they will ever be able to break free of the disease (competing, contending, comparing, criticizing) in which you’ve birthed them.

I am a 35 year old mother of 5 daughters ranging in ages from 15 to 3. I want my daughters to grow up with a healthy outlook on body issues not the one being crammed down the throat of females in general, which is if you are not a size 2 you are overweight. I think the picture taken of Tyra should be made an example of how real women are as beautiful as those who are thinner. Tyra looks beautiful at any size and she is definitely NOT FAT! At 5′ 7″ i weigh 180 pounds and dont consider my self fat. I take my hat of to her for being an inspiration to all women.

BRAVO!!! Tyra is more beautiful than ever!! It is such a same that a woman in today’s society has to stick up for herself for being normal weight. Tyra is absolutely gorgeous, and applaud her for speaking out about how ridiculous this all is!

Now I don’t think she is fat by any mean but its funny how everyone here keeps saying how healthy she looks when Tyra herself said she doesn’t feel healthy at that weight.
And when did it become so wrong to judge a person about being overweight but you can totally trash a person if they are thin? Women should be allowed to feel good about themselves no matter what size they are. Some people are naturally petite, it doesn’t mean people have the right to call them “disgusting” or “sickly”. That is just as wrong as calling someone fat. You can’t win in this world when there are so many rude, catty people like you.

So what if she gained 30 pounds? I’m sure most of the women that watch her show and followed her modelling career do no maintain the same weight constantly. I know I don’t. She is a real woman with a real body. BUT she should look at her hypocritical comments and TV show – if she is hurt that people are calling her “fat” what does she think the contestants on her show feel when she criticizes them for not being “model perfect”? People in glass houses should not throw stones…..

Tyra is a model. You are not just a model b/c you have a winning runway walk , thin body frame, and a beatiful thin face. I was a NYC Model and you need pesonality. Just b/c she gained the weight does not mean it will stay on. Maybe she wanted that burger, who are they to say anything about her when they should just take a good hard look at themselves before they trash an icon in the industry.They want to be recognized for the storey and just want something to talk about. I say find something else!!!

I DO NOT FEEL THAT TYRA BANKS IS FAT! SHE LOOKS GREAT!! EVERYONE IS SO SET ON SKINNY, AND THEN COMPLAINS WHEN A PERSON SHOWS UP LOOKING LIKE WAKING DEATH. GIVE THIS FINE WOMAN A BREAK, SHE IS BEAUTIFUL, SHE LOOKS HEALTHY, AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HER SHAPE AND SIZE!

Tyra is a GODDESS! Good for her for not falling prey to the Hollywood stereotype that you have to look a certain way. Her body is FIERCE and beautiful – she is a beautiful person inside and out. She looks the way a real woman should look!! Since when is that a bad thing? The tabloids and/or reporters that would say such harsh and cruel things like that, ought to truly be ashamed of themselves. What kind of message is this sending young women about how they look? It really disgusts me. Get me in a room with the morons who printed such articles …. ( =

I have to agree with some of the points that “Zsuzsa” made in her comments. If Tyra is going to defend the way she looks, and advocates for a healthy lifestyle and not fall victim to the Hollywood stereotype of being bone-thin, then why not have “America’s Next Top Plus-Size Model!” We are beautiful people too!!! Don’t you find it hypocritical to preach one thing, yet host a show that is all about having to be super thin in order to make it in the business? Hmmm. Interesting…

You are as hott as you think you are, weight is only a number!

What is wrong with her weight? She looks beautiful. Everyone is not built to be thin. She kept her weight down all those years as a model. Now she is a businesswoman who is satisfied with her weight. If she is happy with her size, why should the rest of America critize.

Tyra is GOODNESS she is so beautiful and she is not fat at all she has a body and she know how to show it off if someone thinks that your fat they need to take a look at there self. there is nothing rong with her weight to me she is what a model should not like 50 lbs thats mest up she is beautiful and I think if she never lost the weight she still looks good

I am also a fan of ANTM and she has alot of different size women on her show. Oh yeah and by the way when she first started modeling she was told that she was too fat. She decided to go to Victoria Secrets and Sports Illustrated becausse she knew her curvy body would work for her with them. TYRA ALWAYS HAD CURVES.Please take note that she got her start by showing off her figure so for everyone posting messages that she needs to do a plus sized ANTM…yall really need to stop because you guys are starting to sound ignorant. I am 5’8″ and weigh 155 lbs and I am a curvy woman. I KNOW I look good. If someone called me fat, heck I would lash out against them too. Its called human nature.I agree with every word Axelle has posted. Besides their are many types of models out there in this world and she has modeled for over 20 + years so if she has a show about modeling and is giving aspiring models constructive criticsm on her show by all means she can do it. ITS HER SHOW. Half of the girls that went on her show are not runway models either, they all have said Tyra gave them great advise and they are doing ventures on their own with all that Tyra has taught them. GO GO GO TYRA. If you don’t understand what a model is please read Axelle post. She hit it right on the dot.

In regards to Tyra,

How dare the media to hate on her.
By far she Is one of the Boldest,
one of the most talented, beutiful figured,
and highly rated ICON in America right now.
Yes she has gained a little weight and weighs
160 lbs but yes she is almost 6 ft tall anyway.
I don’t think she is fat or overweight at all.
I like Tyra as a person in and out and think she
is an inspiration to ALL people ESPECIALLY women of Color.
So tell America, Don’t Hate; Congratulate!!!!

I can’t stand Tyra Banks. She is so incredibly fake. She went into the modeling business – a business that is incredibly degrading and disgusting to me – where people are judged 24/7. These women strive to be anorexic thin to keep their jobs. It’s appalling. Tyra doesn’t want to be judged b/c she gained some weight BUT she hosts America’s Next Top Model where SHE is the one doing the JUDGING. “You don’t walk correctly,” “You have no personality,” “You don’t have the look.” Shut up already. I can’t stand it when people preach. Who cares about her weight gain? It doesn’t effect any of us! What we need to care about are these models that feel that they have to starve themselves b/c god forbid you weight more than 100 lbs you’re labeled as fat! We’ve got models dying from being too skinny!

P.S. Isn’t it quite obvious that Tyra has been airbrushed in the cover photo? Holy crap! Her fake white teeth are blinding me! Why can’t people just be natural?? Oh, I forgot, b/c natural doesn’t sell.

Whatever…!!! Tyra is the real deal…..she love herself to much to be in a diet…..she is much real now….leave her alone….

Please don’t compare the picture of beautiful Tyra to that ugly Star Jones. Tyra is just beautiful and real, matter of fact Tyra is one of the most beautiful women in the world, even if she gains few pounds like we all do. So please don’t compare beautiful Tyra to that stupid ugly Star Jones, everything she has is all fake. Tyra is still beautiful, inside and outside. I love watching your show. You help so many people. I think you will be the next Oprah. Love you Tyra!

TYRA IS TYRA! She is a BEAUTIFUL successful former model and not to mention she’s got the personality and drive to go with it. Me, myself I’m a semi-thin girl and to be curvy is sexy for a woman, anybody judging her might as well talk to a wall because hey…maybe they have NO ROOM to talk at all. Tyra IS STILL IN MY EYES! the best role model and “model” lol I’ve ever seen. SHE DID THE RUNWAYS, SHE DID THE PHOTOSHOOTS, SHE DID THE HARD WORK OF WALKING IN 4 INCH HEELS AND MORE, SHE DID THE PHYSICAL TRAINING TO GET HER BEAUTIFUL BODY THE WAY IT IS. How about the critics do it and thenn maybe JUST MAYBE people should hear what you have to say. And another thing people judged Beyonce because of the 20 pounds she lost, but if you loved or admired or liked or whatever these people at one point shouldnt you like them no matter what? Makes no sense, tyra go gurl gecha men and ya money cuz u know u can lol !
Much love xoxo

Go girl!

First of all Tyra is gorgeous no matter what her weight is. Second of all, her body looks fine. And third of all, all of you guys who are being so rude about Tyra, you’re just fat and jealous. So shutup. Tyra may judge girl’s modeling potential on her show, but never their weight. Also, she is very inspirational and saying she is hypocritical and fat is obnoxious. If you think being extremely skinny is hot, then you need some help.

Tyra has never been a super skinny model and I think she’s always been beautiful. Her current weight is still a very healthy for her height. Most models are underweight and look terrible to me. I consider myself to be confident and healthy at 5’8″ and 145 lbs – I guess by these standards I’d be considered fat too – how sad.

chrissy, she never judges anyone’s weight. Before you judge Tyra Banks, get it right guys. seriously, its messed up, don’t call her fat.

She is doing well with getting back at the trash talkers. She’s an actual real person. She’s not hiding or dieting and it is a good way to show younger people how to be. Tyra is kind of annoying, in a loud arrogant way, but at least she is sticking to her guns and thats the way all celebrities should be.

Hurray for Tyra! Her response to the ridiculous comments made about her weight are so timely considering the controversary surrounding rail thin models. She is now a talk show host, not a runway model. She doesn’t need to eat rabbit food to survive! I think she is a wonderful, intelligent role model and I commend her for speaking out.

What a beautiful woman!!! Yes, she has gained some weight, but it looks absolutely fabulous on her — very gorgeous figure!

I too have suffered from anorexia, not just a diet, but, life threating anorexia. While recovring and becoming a healthy, rounder, beautiful woman, Tyra has always been a role model, she eats, she loves food, and she tells the truth. She is beautiful and more beautiful with the “extra weight”. Eating disorders will kill you, a fancy dress or the “perfect jeans” will not. Thanks Tyra keep telling it how it is!!

Tyra would be beautiful at 300lbs. I am so tired of seeing these too thin stars. It is about time someone actually looked healthy and happy.

I’ve always admired Tyra! So she’s put on a few pounds..she still looks beautiful, she’s healthy and best of all she doesn’t look like she needs a good feeding! This obsession with size 0 skinny minnies has just got to stop!

I think Tyra looks good, and she is setting an example for everyone. We all do not have to be unhealthy looking to be considered beautiful. We all do not have to be a single digit size to be beautiful. All this pressure that is placed on girls and women to be skinny not thin, but skinny is causing havic on our teens and young ladies. My daughter is 11 and 6 feet 1 inch tall. She has aspirations to become a model, but because she weighs more than 150 pounds she is overlooked. GO TRYA. We need to put more emphasis on being healthy instead of killing our selves to be skinny.

I think that it is wonderful that Tyra is speaking out about how she still feels sexy at the weight that she is. In a world where there is soooo much pressure on young girls and women to be so skinny that if you blink you miss them, that she is standing up and being proud of who she is. She is proof that you can be a larger sized woman and still be beautiful. In today’s society you can’t win for losing. If she all of a sudden lost all of the weight and became a size 2, then the press would be all over her for saying that she was anoeric and how can she be a role model for women. Looking at her now and knowing her success makes me proud to be a woman who would not fit Hollywoods glam style even at a 14/16. Keeping working it girl!!!

tyra YOU GO GIRL!

anyone think she’s fat? she’s curvy!!! not fat!!!
i love tyra, she always looks beautiful….

I think she looks healthy and happy. You go girl!

There’s a REASON why they don’t make clothes smaller than size 4 for women over 5’9″ (I am also 5’10″) – because a woman that tiny at that height is TRANSPARENT.

That, and if they’re considering a woman that can look that hot in that skimpy of a cover outfit is anything but healthy, in shape, and absolutely stunning, then they should be committed IMMEDIATELY.

bottom line is: she’s not fat. look at this person, this is not a fat person. she’s 5’10″ & 161lbs, that’s not fat. she’s beautiful & we don’t have to say good for her for being heavy & standing up for herself. just, good for her period. she simply isn’t fat!

First of all…I think Tyra looks beautiful. Second of all, I am just tired of hearing any stories about weight, whether it be overweight or underweight. Our society has this controversy over being too fat or being too skinny, but perhaps if we quit publishing stories focusing on a woman’s weight in the first place we might remove some of the pressures that we face. Tyra Banks has WAY more to her than the way she looks and her weight, and maybe tabloids might try focusing on her triumphs and sucesses in life to create a better impact for readers.

I got the issue yesterday, and I loved it. I think tyra is beautiful and I have always admired her she has always been my role my model when I am older I wish to be like her.

i think tyra looks great and she is setting a positive example. she does not have to be a size 0 to be beautiful and young girls today will start feeling better about themselves when they see this. keep up the good positive work tyra

I think she looks great…and much more healthier then the models who are so thin that you can see their bones. Curves are more attractive, and more realitic. The media should be applauding her not trashing her..lets be real who finds a woman attractive thats skin and bones, and what does it say to our teenagers that we applaud thinness and berate some who looks good

Tyra, as usual, is overreacting. She has been making millions for being skinny for years, while most normal size women were told they are not good enough. We got some self-esteem and GOT OVER IT! The tabloids didn’t lie…She did gain weight and by modeling standards, she is fat…so what. Welcome to the real world and GET OVER IT! By the way, I love America’s Next Top Model!.

i think it’s ridiculous that people are making her feel like this. She has always been beautiful in every way, and gaining a little bit of weight is healthy. Tyra, you still got it goin, WE all love u!!!

okay so she is the hottest girl i have ever seen. haha– no but seriously, she is and always will be the prettiest model no matter her weight. i love tyra!!

When I heard about the media mocking Tyra, I was shocked. She has established her beauty and place in the world. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, its not what is on the outside, its whats in the inside! You go gettem’ girl!

I think it is absolutely horrible and cruel the way we treat people based on their appearance. Tyra Banks is beautiful. She seems to genuinely care about people. According to the Body Mass Index(which is the number one tool used to identify healthy weights), the normal(healthy) weight range is = 18.5-24.9. Tyra Banks at 161 pounds and 5’10 has a BMI of 23.1. She is in the healthy range. The key word that really matters is; HEALTHY. I don’t think it’s the end of the world to say “hey I’m human I’ve gained a few pounds and I’m going to be working out and eating well to drop a few to feel a little more comfortable but NOT to please the image obsession”. It is notable that at 131 pounds her BMI was 18.8 which was still inside the healthy range. It is important to remember that some people are naturally slender and it is not fair to turn on them either. I feel that as long as a person is healthy they should try to be at the weight at which THEY are most comftorable regardless of what society thinks. Tyra Banks is NOT overweight by any means, she is as I keep saying healthy and beautiful. It really all depends on what weight SHE is most comftorable, within the healthy range and wether her doctors determine that her weight is not having any negative impact on her on either side of the spectrum. I did comment on this because weight is a very important issue in society, but I do think it is very shallow and cruel to pick on her or on anyone because their weight, healthy or not! This kind of superficial behaviour just adds negatively to the many weight related problems in society.

I love Tyra, love her, love her, love her… She looks just fine, thank God that someone like Tyra finally stand up to the establishment and their body standards

Tyra is a girl. Girls have curves. Period. A girl without curves has more testosterone that a boy who has curves. And a sexually-reverse society is to blame for every disease in existence. Knock it off. If you buy into this crap, you can plan on an early grave ’cause you pushed yourself there. Why do that? Because too many girls are born to develop without curves these days. And they want to be appreciated for who they are regardless of what actually makes a girl a girl. Passing out gratification to these girls just reinforces bad standards and increased rates of disease among the population.

Tyra Banks should be respected for all the hard work and dedication. So what if she’s gained a few pounds! The woman has two successful shows, one of which is going on its seventh season! She was a victoria secret model for years and did a pretty darn good job at it. She has accomplished so much in life that too pin point her out now for gaining a couple of pounds is ridiculous. If she weighed 110 pounds we’d being seeing tabloids about her being too skinny.

I think Tyra speaking out for herself is a good thing, as the average woman today is not a size zero or 2, however, it also is not good to defend careless eating just because you’re not in the business anymore and “don’t have to”. That does not send out a good healthy message. I say be whatever you want to be, weigh whatever you want to weigh, as long as you are healthy. Today’s society puts too much emphasis on being thin, but it is also beginning to accept as OK being overweight, which either one in extreme is not good. If people ate a balanced diet and got some form of moderate exercise, the body takes care of itself, MOST of the time. But Tyra should also think twice about being critical of hopeful models on her show if she can’t uphold the image herself.

My expression out loud in the Grocery store when I read the cover of People was “Oh My God I LOVE IT!
I think this opens up the opportunity for her to be a role model for healthy living. Heck I want to buy her cook book and work out DVD already.

I think that Tyra looks great!!! I have three daughters and when they grow up I don’t want them to think that you have to be “skinny” to be pretty I want them to know that what makes you pretty is how you treat yourslef and others, also that looks fade but how you fill about yourself inside and out is what lasts forever. I think it is great that Tyra put on weight now she looks like an “normal person” I think she is even more beautiful!!

Tyra looks good no matter what the critics say. At 161 lbs and 5’10 , she is actually the appropriate weight for her height. The media only values women that are skinny and that is sad. Tyra keep up the good work, you look amazing.

YOU ROCK GIRL! I’m from Estonia, and in here we just saw Americas next top modelthird season.
But in little Estonia, EVERYBODY LOVES YOU! Estonia is next to the Finland and Russia.

Tyra, you are the most beautiful woman on the world, really! Once I cryed, because I want so much that you be my mother.

I don’t even have to read the article. Tyra looks wonderful! There is too much emphasis on those other “stick women” and it’s not every day reality.

I’m so glad Tyra is speaking out about this and she’s happy with how she looks and it is hurtful that people are making fun of her.

Tyra has done her share by making millions of dollars on her body, now that she is retired she eats what she wants-unlike when she was a model she could not. So more power to her! She’s made money on her body for many years and make a tremendous name for herself..let the tabloids beat that!

In a world where we look at a person’s size and weight to determine they’re worth in society…We should all be ashamed. Why do we make a person’s dress size such an issue? Can’t we talk about things that are hurting our society such as: rapist, child molesters, pedophiles, etc… Tara Banks is my sistah and my queen no matter how much she weighs. I appreciate and love Tara no matter what her dress size is.

CHANDRA LEIGH BROWN

30 extra pounds is too much weight for her. She looked healthy where she was. She shouldn’t want to look like a pudge.

Yes, but the stick-figured women, and the men liking stick-figured women, are making a standard for women to look and behave like men. Then these same men who helped create the standard cry because these women are taller, smarter and faster than they are. So men have to date younger and younger to get someone who doesn’t excel beyond their own abilities. The age of the female they have to date for that to actually these days is absolutely frightful. It used to be that only men who were actually crazy were committing the crime of statutory rape. Now, because the learning speed of the males has slowed while the women’s has sped up, rape is becoming more prevelent. And the divorce rate is so high. So, you see, it is not just the look but the behavior that is disruptive. If we (the women) are the men now, and we don’t need the men, don’t you think he gets this hint and backs off and lets you do EVERYTHING. Well, personally, I don’t want to have to do everything. We have to get the men back up to the plate again. Because we do need him, even if we say we don’t. So we should stop saying we don’t need him, stop trying to be him and give him something to do.

The old Tyra Banks out side of her breasts you would be holding a bundle of bones. The new Tyra is perfect. Photo number 4of8 was taken in a down angle anyone would look shorter heaveir. See photo 6of8.

I don’t watch Tyra’s show, and I don’t follow her career. If the picture on the cover is even the slightest indication of what she really looks like, then someone should be slapped for calling her fat. She is out of the business, getting older…and probably getting pretty dang tired of weighing her food! So I think it would be nice if people would jump off her back when she gains a little weight. She is still smokin’, and I think she has paid enough dues in the anorexic world of modeling to earn her the right to popcorn and Junior Mints at the movies. I wish she hadn’t let them get to her. It would be nice to have another celeb say, “Bugger off! I am fabulous! Go eat some carbs, you sad little people!”

I though it was great as I read through everyone’s comments there’s so much support for Tyra. The world is a cruel place for someone even slightly overweight and fortunately there is someone out there like Tyra Banks defending and representing the majority of the public. Not everyone wants to be rail thin and sickly looking. She is a great role model and I totally support her.

Are they kidding??? She looks absolutely gorgeous! Besides real men love a curvy woman. I know my boyfriend loves my curves, and I’m a new yorker… a town where the skinny chicks are usually in. She looks beautiful and she should stay this way.

Why are people talking about obesety on here. Tyra is NOT obese.

And, Stacy, if you want to dicuss war instead of eating disorders, go to a war blog. Not a fashion blog.

.. idiot

I think Tyra looks even more beautiful now, than she did 5 years ago. She has a womanly, sexy figure that is healthy and looks good in clothing. Anyone who thinks she doesn’t look good is judgemental, and intolerant of the fact that women come in all sizes and change sizes throughout their lives. As the mother of a 13 year old daughter, I would rather her look up to Tyra as a role model, than a Paris, Lindsey or Britney. As for her judging Top Model, I cannot think of anyone better. She is there as an expert in the field, not someone who needs to set an example of how much a 21 year old model should weight! She has already been there, done that. She has paid her dues. She is now someone with years of experience, willing to give her advice, and share her wisdom as a mentor. I think Tyra looks stunning as always, and seems like a down to earth woman, that more young girls and women should pay attention to.

LOL, it always tickles me when people come on an online celeb-based mag (thus the name PEOPLE.com) and talk about the war like we would go on a war website (maybe you can try WAR.com?????) and talk about why Tyra is NOT fat. LMAOOO!!!

A model dies starving herself makes headlines, another who i don’t even have to name is a cokehead for years and makes more than most of us will see in a lifetime and now positivite and realistic and gorgeous tyra is being insulted for having more curves than the media can handle? Tyra is such a positive role model for young girls/women who struggle with trying to look like these bobble headed models and actresses.Marilyn Monroe people Raquel Welch, Sophia Loren gorgeous curvy women not stick figures.The media produces eating disorders and negative self esteem for young girls/women and hope it ends before my daughter and nieces are victims one day!

I thinks she looks great, but I am not so okay with the mixed message Tyra is sending. The fact that she is comfortable and happy with her body, but she is the producer of a show that has in the past shown body images amoung other things that aren’t so positive. If we can think back the the second seasons of ANTM where contestants weighted in and had fitness classes. Also on ANTM I have heard numerous times, them comment on how heavy a contestant was getting. If you feel your sexy, happy and healthy promote that on not one but both shows you Produce.

Note: The past two cycles of ANTM there hasn’t been a plus sized model featured, and a plus sized model has never won.

I truly think Tyra is a wonderful person, and no matter what weight she is, she is a role model to all young women. She is an extremely strong person, and I love her so much!! When I get older I want to be a role model just like her. YOU KEEP BEING YOU TYRA…WE ALL LOVE YOU AND WE ARE HERE FOR YOU!!!!!

I just cannot get over the fact that you all are commending her for being so “COMFORTABLE” with her body weight when that photo is so OBVIOUSLY airbrushed/photoshopped/retouched whatever you want to call it, IT IS NOT HER “REAL” BODY that she is showing us that she is so “proud” of.

Now I don’t think that she is fat, but if she feels so sexy then why can’t she show us what she really looks like?

Plus I really think the fact that she is hiding her “PORK CHOP ARMS” just goes to further prove the fact that SHE REALLY ISN’T AS COMFORTABLE WITH HER BODY AS SHE SAYS SHE IS.

when i read about what was going on with Tyra i was surprised and kinda upset. that is ridiculous! i think Tyra is healthy, curvy and beautiful. shame on the media! she looks fantastic and its just really sad that younger girls will read that and it will in turn bring there body image down. everyone is put together differently and we should all embrace what we’ve been given and love ourselves.

Tyra is anything but fat. I’ve been really small my whole life, and would give anything to have her curves. I think Tyra is wonderful!!

yea tyra has gained a little too much weight. she looks better at like 140…

Good God Tyra! You got some hooves to go with that cow body?

TYRA YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so tired of society thinking that you have to look like POSH to be considered beautiful. Women over the age of 30 who wear size 0′s look sick and and so not nornal. I am a 54 year old black women and a little overweight and while I need to lose a few pounds, I would never consider getting smaller than 160lbs, because I did that once and everyone thought I was ill. I love my big breast,thighs and hips and so does my man.
Before I turned 30 my weight was 147lbs, that would have been considered over weight by most standards, but it looked really good on me because I was very curvy and proud of it. LEAVE TYRA ALONE!

Tyra is a Phenomenal Black Woman

I think that Hollywood should just except the fact that not everyone can be a size 0 and stay a size 0. Bodies change or maybe they missed that dayt in health class. All i know is, it shouldn’t matter how much you weigh or whether you look a ugly, frail, pencil-thin, runway model. people shouldn’t be judged on their pants size or the flatness of their stomachs, but bythe size of their hearts. Anyway I could careless if Tyra weighed 361 lbs. as long as her outrageous personality doesn’t change.

I am a 53 year old woman who feels Tyra is an amazing woman. She projects herself so much a lady and a few extra pounds shouldn’t matter. She is gorgeous and she seems to be such a wonderful woman. I have seen her Mom on her show and I can see why Tyra has become who she is. Who ever wrote that story on Tyra should be fired. That was even close to being news worthy. How about writing something on all the girls Tyra has helped.

I’m glad that Tyra is letting the tabloids know that being beautiful doesn’t mean being super skinny.

Tyra do your thing. I wish everybody would stop hating on her. That does not look fat to me. Maybe because you dont like the way you look, you decide to go and bash on her. Either way she is still making money, more than you can count. Tyra is a role model for young girls who have low self esteem. They look at tyra and say she is not fat at 161, and neither am I. I dont have to be a size 1 to pursue my dreams and to be happy. Dont Hate, Congradulate. GO TYRA

The media places an unrealistic standard of beauty in front of us daily. If you look at most of the horribly thin models that walk the runways, the have bodies like 14 year old boys, which is an unrealistic representation of how woman really look. Thank God for diversity! Women are beautiful in all shapes and sizes. Tyra Banks respresnts a real American woman. Instead of looking at the scale, take a look at the Body Mass Index (BMI) Tyra is 5’10″, 161 lbs. Her BMI falls within the normal range. Enjoy your retirement from modeling Tyra, and thanks for being a responsible ROLE MODEL :)

I think Tyra is great… she’s intelligent, funny and a good role model for women. After years of modeling and having to be thin, she has a right to enjoy her food and be the size she wants. She looks healthy, attractive and happy which is what counts.

Speaking from a guy perspective, I LIKE Tyra better with a little weight on her. Skinny girls scare me – they just look sickly. Tyra, you look great the way you are, you’re a real woman!

I think anyones weight can change alot especially a womans and I think she looks great on hte cover but in the picture of her in that hidious bathing suit for one why chose that suit and for two if you have all that cellulite then wear a cute little tie around or something!!! But I definately think this picture was touched up around the leg area, because her stomach is puching and I also think its more around 175 in weight

Bebe | Jan 26, 2007 3:44:22 PM

Tyra is fat! This pic has been photoshoped and airbrushed so much it doesn’t even begin to hint at reality…her star is fading and it’s only a matter of time before this Oprah wannabe is all washed up. I’m so sick of Tyra and the mindless housewives and jobless losers who watch her show and praise her like a religion. Get over yourselves, she is just another idiot just like all of you-the only difference is she’s on TV. She’s a sham. How about all of you get back to your lives, if you have such, and quit living your lives for celebrities.

While I hate to feed the troll, I would just like to point out that the above comment about us idiots was posted on the same CELEBRITY website as said idiots. Many of us went out of our way to post something positive about someone we think is being unfairly judged. The troll took time out of the awesome LIFE they live to post something negative, not just about Tyra, but about anyone that thinks she looks fine. I am unclear on who precisely is the loser here?

Tyra is by no means fat! She is NORMAL now….get a clue America! When are people going to realize that being anorexic looking skinny is not pretty. Although Tyra has plenty of inner beauty, I don’t know why it matters. SHE IS NOT FAT in any way shape or form. She looks beautiful and happy. Anyone who says she is fat is miserable with the way they look. Maybe they need to look in the mirror or get some therapy for themselves.

Tyra is so beautiful she can be as big as she wants to be. You Look GOOD GIRL Keep on keepin on and forget the rest.

I think Tyra is more beautiful than ever. These tabloids that print headlines like that are to blame for every little girl who suffers from eatting disorders. I think it is very sad. Tyra looks healthy and happy :)

I think Tyra is just as beautiful as she’s ever been….more, actually, thank you! Why in God’s name does the Hollywood “Snakes” can’t they EVER say positive things about ppeople…..I mean EVERYONE has flaws,wieght problems,low self-esteem at times….SO WHAT? Negative begets negative….And the tabloids & magazines have contributed to many a girl/woman to feel low & unloveable, not to mention a second-clas citizen. I, for one…and I know there are many out there who feel as I do that ENOUGH is ENOUGH. If we all wouldn’t buy these “sleezy” sick peoples magazines…what would they do then…THINK ABOUT IT ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN HURT BY NEGATISM. I BELIEVE IT’S TIME TO LAY OFF. That’s all I have to say at the moment…Sincerly sick & tired of all “pop-er-otzie”!!!

Sorry Tyra but does the mass media call that fat. You bet your fat thighs they do. Welcome Tyra to my world and the world of millions of other women who battle daily with their weight….sucks Tyra doesnt it. Im sorry I feel nothing for this woman cause if I remember correctly it was women like her in the 80′s and 90′s that really pushed the whole size 2 anorexic phenomenon. So now we are all supposed to stand up and rejoice in the praises of Tyra because she stopped sticking her finger down her throat after every meal or snorting coke. We all know that after all this bruhaha is done she will lose all the weight like they all do (ie Anna Nicole Smith, Janet Jackson and the infamous Oprah Winfrey who has lost and gained a total of weight of probably 10 people).

what the hell is wrong with Bebe, Kristina, ‘get real’ and other pathetics. Tyra is definitley not fat, she looks beautiful, but if you’d rather believe trash magazines and web sites like the ones that are saying Tyra is fat, whatever. But seriously…GET REAL

thats what we call SEXY.. i dont know what’s with hollywood celebrities nowadays, they prefer to be stick thin while they dont even look good in any outfits they wore, they look like walking skeletons, or hangers for that matter

Tyra deserves kudos for her attitude in how she’s handling this. While she is a beautiful woman, I’m not a fan of hers (my gf made me watch ANTM with her. Once.), she earned my respect by how she’s responding to this. I find her attitude about her own self-image and concern for how young girls are going to see this to be both refreshing and quite admirable. It’s great to see a superstar in this business concerned for her youthful fans. Good for you, Tyra.

i think that tyra is absolutely gorgeous because she’s accomplished so much that it doesn’t even matter how big she is. one of her idols is oprah and i think she’s on the way to becoming as famous with her talk show. also, body isn’t the only thing that should count (even though Tyra has a beautiful body) her cheekbones and her face will ALWAYS be amazingly beautiful. the only thing that concerns me is that she says that you have to be skinny to be a model. it seems like she’s contradicting herself because she’s rebelling against the “stick figure” image and yet she supports it in the modeling industry. in the past more shapely figures were the “model look”!!

Tyra Banks has made her way her way to the top. She is a extraordinary lady. And people can’t stand it. She will out do Oprah any day. Tyra is a great lady and she cares about people. You can tell she isn’t fake. She is real and that is what scared people. Tyra is a good looking sexy lady. Leave her alone and go pick on Tom Cruise.

Tyra – You look healthy-mazing. Glad your speaking out — look how many people have already posted here. Thanks for acknowledging that you are in a position to make an impact. Women of shapes unite! Pears, hourglasses, apples, stringbeans, even if you aren’t sure what veggie or fruit du jour the shape experts say you are! There is only one thing that naturally comes in only one flavor, (and that everyone naturally has a taste for) and that’s water. BORING! Everyone in the real world is hip to the notion that beauty doesn’t fit into just one ideal cover shoot. It’s time for hollywood, designers, manufacturers, retailers and magazines (not you PEOPLE) to get up to speed. Or else, yep. Yawn! Those anorexic stories; really scary. P.S. Ms. Banks: Kudos on your shows, your success and your attitude on this one. Cha-cha-cha!

I love her attitude about the whole thing. I loved her when she was a model – I like her more now! It’s not just that she’s pretty, but so much of her confidence comes from within. People like that just glow. Some celebrities resent being considered role models. She takes that tittle seriously, and I respect her for that. If only Lindsey and Nicole would got to IHOP with her and eat something!

Tyra is a genuine individual who represents “beauty” in a way that all women can relate to. She is not only physically attractive but she radiates beauty from within through her positivism, frank discussions about how the media portrays and affects womens body image, and insight into how she really feels about her weight. Her ability to level with her captive audience, myself included, has earned her my admiration and respect. I hoipe she continues to be a positive influence to women and men around the world.

Tyra is beautiful, irregardless of her weight. She put in her time and now it’s time for her to relax and live life the way she wants to.

I’ve always thought Tyra to be a beautiful woman, but now she’s just has something that I can’t explain. She is so down to earth and seems to relate more with “normal” people. I don’t think I’ve seen Tyra as beautiful as she is now, she isn’t fat, not at all, she is a real woman with curves and I love it. Tyra isn’t out there getting tummy tucks and trying to hide who she is, she’s happy with her body and I think thats what makes her so beautiful. Now maybe girls will start being happy with their bodies, she’s a true role model. Go Tyra!

I think something is def. messed up w/ the fact that people are calling Tyra overweight… How tall is she again? She looks healthy to me…. If that is considered “over weight” we need to reconsider our standards for what overweight means. Oh my lord… It’s a pic that’s not touched up…. Hale freakin’ lujah…. Hollywood can and society for that matter can go to hell. People are who they are…. stop judgin’ by the way they look…. The only reason people think she’s overweight is b/c we’re told to… THINK FOR YOUR DAMN SELVES AMERICA!!!!!!!!
But, at the same time… She damn sure tells the girls on her modeling show when they could lose a few pounds…. I think modeling is wrong… The industry is disgusting… Put a beautiful bigger girl in those fashionable clothes… I bet they’ll sell better.. People would get a better idea of how they would look insted of chasing what they know is impossible……….. We’re killing the young girls of our generation…. Tyra is part of that and now experiences both sides…. Pretty ironic…….

there is nooo way tyra’s thighs are this thin!!! if she wants to set a good example then she should allow heavier girls on ANTM.

Tyra is so pretty, few pounds don’t change that fact.
If she wants to lose the extra weight she will because she can.
watch your own weight people and stay out of others business!

I can not stand Tyra Banks. She is so phony it’s ridiculous, and she is a HUGE hypocrite. There are many times on her talk show and ANTM that she has made girls feel stupid or talked down to them, but becuase she tries to make it look like she’s giving advice people fall for it. She is so condescending on her show sometimes. BUT the issue here is her weight and she is beyond normal, she is gorgeous, and anyone who criticizes her for that is only trying to cause controversy and make money.

i think that tyra is right and is perfect. she looks like anyother person, and she is NOT fat!!! love her!!!!

I think Tyra is the best example for everyone. She is open minded, brave, loving and caring person. I may not be close to her but it shows in her Tyra Show and America’s Next Top Model. Her concern for every finalist to reach their dreams, viewers that can relate in each chapter of her Tyra Banks show. Everything is full of her heart by this its just show how perfect Tyra is in what ever physical appearance she has right now.

I think Tyra is gorgeous! The majority of people are not size 0 and its nice to see that someone in the spotlight is healthy and also thinking about others which includes impressionable young girls and ladies. Those that profitted off mean and cruel tabloids shouldreally be ashamed of them selves.

What no one understand as that how ever she looks she is gorgeous. Atleast she isnt starving herself to look good. Look at all these artist now that are toothpick, they dont look nice they look horrible. Yeah she has some extra package but she looks good, she is a beautiful woman.

Tyra Banks looks absolutely amazing,she’s a real woman with a body that is voluptuous to go along with her, delightfully refreshing personality.In a world filled with uptight visions of what a woman must look like to be sexy.Tyra Banks expresses herself with a confidence that creates natural beauty inside and out.I find Tyra to be one of the most desirable attractive models alive.I’d be one very proud happy man to have Tyra Banks as my loving girlfriend or better yet as my wife.Tyra’s a goddess who looks better now heavier,than in her youthful yet very beautiful,too thin,stick figure days!

i think she’s a meatball.but she’s still cute.i think she should lose the weight but she was cute good luck…

Dont worry tyra…u look awesome. BUT u cud lose a FEW pounds! Only a few tho! Like 5… thats it tho!!!!

I absolutely LOVE Tyra im proud of her you go tyra!

I think that Tyra is stunning!

Actually KC, there was a plus size model on ANTM. Her name was Tocarra but you’re right,, she didnt win.

GORGEOUS! She looks stunning at the weight she is at…what a breath of fresh air to see someone in her position being “Real” and enjoying life in that beautiful body. Thanks for the encouragement to enjoy life no matter what Tyra!

You people never cease to amaze me! There is a WAR going on, and you all are discussing someone’s weight? God, what has this world come to? Be real, stop being so superfical. Leave the woman alone. GHEEEEEESSHHHHHH!

This was a great article on Tyra. Stanford University is very proud of the writer Amy Keith, an alum.

Please keep writing articles about women of all shapes, colors and perspective.
Keep up the good work.

In a time where fashion models are “supposedly” critcized for being too thin and their eating disorders, it is outrageous that a model and role model would be criticized for looking healthy and normal. I commend Tyra Banks for taking a stand on looking healthy. She is a strong beautiful woman, I respect her! You go Tyra!!!

I don’t think the photos of Tyra are unflattering; they’re real. She is the picture of a beautiful, real woman. Our young women should view these as healthy pictures, so that so many of our fellow parents don’t have to lose their daughters to anorexia or bullimia. This is the red carpet body I would prefer to see at awards shows.

Tyra is gorgeous! She is 5’10″!!!! SHE IS AT A COMPLETELY NORMAL BMI…23.1.
That is not even borderline overweight. Her weight is considered ‘normal’. In fact, at 131, her bmi (18.5) indicates she was close to being considered underweight!

You people criticizing her need a reality check. Tyra owes NO ONE to maintain her previous model figure. She doesn’t have to work as a model to make a living anymore. She is free from those boundaries. Let her live her life. She still looks amazing and more importantly, she is doing something with her life that she really enjoys.

Considering that 1/2 of America is overweight or obese, Tyra is much slimmer than the majority of Americans. Leave her alone. I bet if every one of you who are criticizing her were put on the cover of a magazine, you all wouldn’t be looking as hot as Tyra.

I think Tyra looks BETTER now than when she was modeling. Back then she looked really scrawny and her face didn’t look as pretty as it does now because it was all sunken in. She is definitely not fat now! She looks like a healthy, in shape woman who is beautiful and sexy. I’m sure if you saw her in person she would be stunning and would look trim and beautiful. At her height, what’s wrong with 160 pounds? I think the current Hollywood trend of size 0 is really bad and they don’t even look good. I think it is so mean spirited to say those things about her and hopefully she will have the confidence to not let it get her down. Tyra, you are gorgeous! Don’t change a thing.

I don’t believe her when she says that she did not diet -or at least watch her figure -when she was a top-model. She must have, there is so much pressure. But I believe her when she says she is not dieting now. The models must be so tired of it. (I am and I am not a model.) I do think she is very pretty, then and now…but she has fat girl potential and has to also watch her health. And just wait if she ever has a baby. That is the real test :-)

I am proud of Tyra and I would love to be her weight size. I am tired of being too skinny I want to gain weight but don’t know what foods to eat to get me there. Any advice Tyra

I am a big woman and proud of it, I can not belive they are even saying anything about your weight, 161 lb give me a break, what about all the good you have done for so many people and how smart,understanding and giving you are, that is what we should be taking about, not how much you weight. I am so sick of the weight issue, she is to skinny she is to fat, look how much weight she has lost or gained, we should be looking out for each other if the person is in danger of course, we need to love our selves for who we are not how fat or skinny we are. I think you look good and that is that and good for you for not letting them get to you, don’t ever think what they say is true you know who you are and that is all that matters!!!!!

Love ya Marni Colorado Springs, Colorado

Tyra B. knows what looks good on her body by now,wheater
shes a size 6 or 16 .It is a hit or miss for everybody.
We cant always look the same.

Dear Tyra,
I love your show SO SO SO SO SO mcuh. I try to watch it everynight when I can. Your are so so so pretty and help so many people I think you are so beautiful,I am not skinny but when I watch your show i am happy because i know that at least there are some people in the world that are descent that do not care about weight and only about personality and that is why i love to watch your show becasue you are so nice and hepful
Brooke

I think the media is ridiculous,cruel,and hugely contributes to all the anorexia, addiction and young stars burning out in Hollywood. I can’t beleive people prefered Tyra’s look at 120 lbs. She look so real now, I think thats great! I’m 13 years old, 5″1, I weigh 103 lbs and am constantly being told how skinny I am! I personally think people of all body types (including NATURAL size 0-4s)should be the “norm”. You are hot if you are happy, healthy, and comfortable. Rock on girls!

The tabloid took a cheap shot at Tyra. Anyone can be caught and photographed on a bad day. I’m disgusted with all of the pressure to be thin that is put on society indirectly and this is a perfect example of that.

It’s obvious this cover picture has been retouched or Tyra rushed and starved herself to lose some weight before this cover shot was taken. In response to Tyra’s claim that this body has her millions, she should be corrected by stating that “my former skinny 130 pound body made me millions. Clearly in the modeling world today, “This 161 pound body” would not make her millions. Tyra more than anyone else knows how crucial a skinny body is in order to maintain contracts in the entertainment industry today; therefore, she should take the necessary steps to lose weight and abide to that industry’s guidelines if she wants longevity in that industry. Yes 161 pounds is not fat if you’re real like the rest of us but if you’re competing with your Hollywood peers than yes we can call this body fat.

Tyra is a beautiful women. she does not seem to care what societ thinks of her. she is her true self, and is not pretneding to be somebody else. it does not matter whether she is fat or thin. what really matters is that she is a heart kinded person.

i think its about time we get some beautiful women in media who arent so skinny that they look like they could break in half. tyra is absolutely beautiful and her body is perfect. im so sick of all these models and actresses who all these young girls look up to who are all too skinny for their own good. tyra is setting the right kind of example! good for her!

I think she looks great me personally i am tired of being too skinny i would love to be her size any advice Tyra

The most stupid person on earth is someone who judges other people with how fat or skinny they are! It doesn’t matter wat u look like on da outside, as long as ur good in the inside! Tyra, you rock, we’re proud of ya!

tyra gorgeous beautiful inside and out God made her she is beautiful think how beautiful the angles are because of her beauty

Tyra,

LOOK AT YOURSELF, YOU ARE GORGEOUS!!! ACTUALLY YOU ARE MORE BEAUTIFUL NOW THEN BEFORE….

IGNORE THE IGNORANT PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOTHING NICE TO SAY ABOUT YOU!!!!! THEY ARE JEALOUS OF YOU!!! PLEASE FOR ALL OF US WOMEN, STAY LOOKING HEALTHY!!!!!!

I am 160lbs 5ft.9 . My husband always tells me how beatuiful I am and that I don’t need to be any thinner. I wear a size 8 or 10 depending on who makes it. I was over joyed to see this article. My husband said , See you look the same as a supermodel! For her height and weight she is perfect. Before she was a supermodel and now she is a beautiful everyday women. (Stay where you are). My husband says 140 lbs for a very tall height is TOO SKINNY !…we want curves… If your happy, be happy..the only problem Tyra has is she is a model. People don’t like change.

do your thing mama, and you know better anyways. in no way are u fat or ugly. people just have nothing better going on for themselves so they have to look for others to talk about. hey it might as well be you, a great role model for women of all ages and sizes!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love Tyra, and I beleive she is an insperation to all young women. As for the extra pounds, it only makes her look more sexy, and real.

What i have seen in person she looks verry good and by no means is she fat

WHERES THE FAT? She looks GREAT!

I just want to say as someone that has struggled with weight her whole life (and continues to do so) its very refreshing to see someone who looks real on a magazine cover. I think Tyra Banks is gorgeous and if she wears size 32 jeans and I’m down to a size 33 after losing 80 lbs then I must not actually look that bad!!! My point is sometimes our mind gives us a distorted view of what we actually look like. Thanks for putting it into perspective Tyra!!!!

you are still very beautiful

It is interesting that beautiful women like America Ferrara, Jennifer Hudson,Beyonce, Oprah and Tyra (since these photos, anyway) have to deal with the “omigosh, they’re curvy (code for fat/overweight in many people’s minds)AND still manage to be beautiful,” ad nauseum. Remember Beyonce’s recent “new look”? All the coverage she got for being more lean and toned? Then, all the weight gain to get the Dreamgirls part? Jennifer too? It is sad to me that multi-cultural standards of beauty are all being lost as the entertainment industry gets more obsessive about its rigid definitions of what is beautiful. Beautiful women like Jennifer Garner and Kate Hudson had barely given birth before we were consumed with the desire to see how quickly they would lose the baby weight. As for Tyra, I think she’s getting more criticism b/c she was in the fashion industry. I think her less than Spartan attitude about eating and exercising has something to do with it, too; Oprah has always had weight issues, but b/c she apparently works out 24-7 and always eats right (if you believe everything you read and see) – oh, and never did fashion – she gets more media respect. I appreciate Tyra’s honesty. I go from being thick and beautiful in my culture of birth to being “plus-sized” and fat in the larger culture, every day. Some days I work out, some days I don’t. Same with food – fried chicken and ice cream today, tofu and brown rice tomorrow. I wish more famous women – thick and thin – would speak out about this issue honestly. It’s a risk, tho, b/c once you’re no longer a media darling, you can lose ground fast…maybe it’s the entertainment industry that needs a makeover, and not Tyra.

Hey, if you’re fat then you’re fat. Stop trying to trick us into your bubbling beauty (literally) and drop a few pounds! sheesh

okay, you need to get a grip. i bet you aren’t great looking sweetie. sure it’s easy to attack someone online, where no one can judge you.

Secondly, Tyra is beautiful. Reading that article changed my life. I have always thought that my being a size 11/12 made me a cow, but no one even knew my size, and no one ever saw me as fat. I did that to myself, because everywhere I look, girls are being told that being rail- thin is the only way to be beautiful. the truth is, it’s not healthy, and it’s not a happy life style. The same thing goes for diet pills. they kill you. being curvy is natural for a woman.

Tyra we LOVE you fat or skinny, you always look good.

5’10″ and 161 lbs. is NOT fat. She is bigger than she was but she is still beautiful and smart. I am SO sick of hollywood labeling anyone who’s not a 0 -4 fat. It’s ridiculous. I have 2 friends who are that height and STARVE themselves to be tiny. Their bodies don’t look in proportion to their height and frame. It is stories like this that terrify women into starving. SHAME on those people who are attacking her.

I think Tyra is better now.So what if she isn’t skinny?!? It isn’t healthy and think about the example she’s giving.It doesn’t matter if she is skinny or not,she’s still HOT

I can’t believe some peoples nerve. She is beautiful and not fat. I know because I’ve been fat all my life and that is not fat. She should just ignore them and keep telling herself she is beautiful because she is.

Tyra your hot!! Why do people seem to always be worried about other people????? Keep it up the work your an awesome person!!!!

I am so glad that Tyra took a stand and said “I am not fat!” Hollywood is unrealistic in expecting women to starve and develop eating disorders to keep their jobs. I am 5’8 and 164 pounds. I am in a healthy range according to BMI charts. Tyra is within a “healthy” weight range if you look at the BMI charts! People, stop being envious of her natural beauty. It is unfortunate that the models on “America’s Next Top Model” must endure starvation. Wouldn’t it be nice if they could also be in the “healthy range” and still work as models?

I absolutely adore Tyra but I was little upset that she advocates eating veal for weight loss! For someone who is so up-to-date on the times, you would think she wouldn’t dare advertise such cruelty! Tyra – veal is NOT chic, girlfriend!

Here’s something to think about.. physicians and dieticians use Body Mass Index (or BMI) to determine whether or not a person’s weight is appropriate for their height (obviously 130lbs is going to sit a lot differently on someone who is 5’2″ as opposed to someone who is 5’10″). At 5’10″ and 161 lbs, Tyra’s BMI is 23.1; a healthy range is between 18.5-24.9 for adult women. This means that people who keep their BMI within this range least likely to develop health related problems; a BMI below 18.5 or higher than 24.9 puts people into a category where they are at higher risk of developing health problems related to weight. Instead of glorifying the thinness of celebrities, maybe we should be celebrating how healthy they are. Kudos to Tyra for standing up for herself!

Tyra Banks is a beautiful woman,,,she has the perfect body.. I would rather see her walking down the cat walk istead of those rake of bone model that look like the walking dead…we need more women the size of Trya with meat on them walking the cat walk.

I think the nickname Pork chop is unfair to Tyra banks After looking at the recent Pics They need to change it to Pork Roast

Tyra,
I am 5ft.7 and weigh 150 pounds. I have a body similar to yours and I’ve battled with my weight after having kids. I exercise 3 days a week just to keep me at that weight. Damn girl it’s hard and I too have a little cellulite on my legs. I saw the pictures of you and yeah maybe you are heavier than your modeling weight but girl your not modeling anymore so your critics need to shut up about it. Just make sure you don’t get any heavier and work out 3 days a week. I don’t diet, to me it’s not realistic but I do watch my sugar intake. Enjoy life, you have a good one!
LOVE YAH, ANDREA

I can’t believe people feel that Tyra is obligated to lose weight. So what if she’s the host of ANTM? Girls respect her because of her ability to model and her inner strength. Not because she used to be a size zero.

Tyra, I’m a 41 year old BF who’s mistaken for a 25 year old everyday.I’m very happy to express my opinion of you. In my opinion, you’re a beautiful person inside and out. People are quick to comment on the physical beauty of a person and bash what they think are the negative flaws. If you put on 80+ pounds and you’re comfortable and healthy with it, then so be it. I think you carry the few additional pounds very well and you’re still beautiful. So continue to put the negative comments aside, stay positive and strong. You’re as beautiful now as you were then.

You have got to be a complete idiot to think Mis Tyra (Drop Dead Gorgeous) Banks is fat. You would think after all the eating disorders out there, the media would finally take responsibility and ensure girls that being a rack of bones (unless you are naturally very slender) isn’t the way to go. Thanks to Tyra for not dropping weight just because someone tells her to. You look phenomenal!

I completely do not understand why they have to treat her like this. I would love to see the fat guy who took that picture of her and the fatso that wrote the article. I wish I could look as good as Tyra Banks. Here is a woman that is 5″11 and weights 160 pounds … how dare they say anything. This is exactly what is wrong with our society, we want people to be who they are and then crap like that gets written. Tyra, you are a beautiful woman and you are a role model to young women around the world.

I Think that Tyra looks beautiful like a real woman with shiny beautiful hair,healthy,silky skin,also she looks young for her age.not like other models that they’re young but they look old cause they’re under weight.

You are my favorite star. You’re powerful beautiful,and
you are the most realistic star there is. You aren’t fake.You are gorgeous and people are crazy if they think that you are “fat”. I’m am inspired how you are so comfortable in your own body.Thanks for keeping it real.

She has the BMI of over 23! that’s more than half way to over weight. (normal people should be 20-25)…so she is a bit fat according to the numbers, but as long as she is happy and healthy, who cares.

i hardly watch tv and i couldn’t care less about ‘celebrity gossip’, however i flipped on the tube and caught a glimpse of the tyra show last week.. and without knowing the hot topic, i thought before switching the channel.. “well tyra looks hot” There is something so powerful about a woman who takes control of her own life.. her body has never looked so phenominal. She is in true beauty state. Healthy. Happy. And it shows. It’s time for change in this world, and for people to gain a little percpective on what’s real, and what’s important. Stick to your guns lady.

Have you noticed she looks smaller on the cover than she does inside the magazine.

Tyra is gorgeous!!!! I am 5’10.5 and weigh 170 lbs. I am tall and I have no problems getting guys and people tell me I am beautiful all the time. I think it is about time Tyra came out looking curvy and gorgeous and working it!! She rocks

SKinny is out….Healthy is in..and She looks fantastic on the cover of people

WOOHOO!!

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I think Tyra is just as gorgeous now, as she was before. I’ve always and still do think she is tops.

Tyra is still as gorgeous as ever! Who cares that she has gained weight. Her appearance is a lot more refreshing than the stick thin celebrities that are plastered across magazines. Tyra is a wonderful person for young girls to look up to. The slight weight she has put on is just more Tyra to love!!!!

I’m a big fan of Tyra’s and I have been for a long time. It’s really wrong that people are writing all the negative comments about her weight on other sites. She is at a very healthly weight for her height her BMI is 23.1. I calculated this based on information in artical and it’s in the normal range. Most models are underweight which is not healthy.

She always looks very beautiful when she’s on TV and I will continue to be a fan of hers. I am about the same height (5’9″) and weight (165) as her and I don’t think I’m fat.

Why don’t People do more magazine covers with woman like my size on the cover (I’m volunteering..hello..my hand is up). We don’t need a BIG HEADLINE with word FAT in it cause someone is not under 115 pounds, it’s ridiculous (unless it helps catch readers to buy magazine). Tyra is so successful and all people care about is her weight.

Thanks for putting her on the cover. She looks fab.

People in Hollywood need to get a life. I for one could care less how much anyone weighs. Tyra looks like a normal healthy human being compared to the rest of skeletal hollywood!People who think a bag of bones is attractive are shallow and need to realize that people that look like that abuse their bodies and look in the mirror and still think they look fat. I find the whole thing to be quite comical and completely absurd. Maybe one of these days things will change, but I will not hold my breath! Tyra, just stick to who you are girl!

Tyra looks amazing as always! Sorry that she doesn’t give into all the gross Hollywood “dead” girls…seriously…its old…and we can eat a poptart now!

what tyra has is beauty.thin or a little less than thin, she is one of the most beautiful women in the world. she will always be beautiful.most people are ugly.beauty is rare. i,like tyra,am beautiful. i have been less than thin and thin. i got the same B.S. from family and friends.i had an X say i was discusting.i say “i can loose weight, but all the ugly people will always be ugly.” an unattractive person is that way fat or thin. a beautiful woman will always be beautiful fat or thin. yes i said it. like tyra i’m tall and less than thin,but i have a choice.ha,take that shallow world. I’m willing to loose my weight and show the world how pretty i am with no make-up.JUST LIKE TYRA. THIS IS MY REAL NAME AND EMAIL…………….TTFN TA TA FOR NOW.

i think that tyra looks really great and that doesnt mean she has to be skinny as a stick she is an inspiration for all young women today!

You’ve got to be kidding me calling this woman FAT! She looks good, and for those posters who say that Tyra gets onto the models on ANTM about their weight, look how many plus size models have been on that show and she always stuck up for them. Unlike the other judge “Twiggy” (I would have changed my name a long time ago). In Hollywood if you’ve gained weight something is terribly wrong w/ you, if you lose too much weight something is wrong. I don’t care about these celebrity’s weight or personal life. Leave it to tabloids to humilate another celebrity! Hey Tabby’s is she beating up an assistant? NO Is she in rehab for being drunk? drugs? racial slurs? NO, NO, NO. Leave the poor girl alone! Stop obsessing over these celebrities and their imperfections, they are people just like us, the only difference is they have money and fame, and I have my private life out of public view! Get a life tabbies! Go report on something that really matters, like young guys dying this the war….not someone’s weight!

Tyra I liked you before but I love you now! At 13 I’m 5’10 and 162lbs. Weight has always been an issue in my family so only being this big is a blessing, besides being big is awsome in basketball. Keep up the good work. I speek for all normal girls when I say thanks!:)

I LOVE TYRA! She’s beautiful inside and out. I think its sad and proves that American’s are still “skinny struck” and are focusing on what she weighs instead of WEIGHING HER focus and realizing what she’s done for young ladies, families, couples; all the people that make up this county. WHO THE HECK CARES if she gained 30 lbs or 60 lbs?I think its a shame and damaging to women all over America who just happen to be larger than the American Anorexic standard. Sad that she’s being called fat when she’s still smaller than 3/4 the women in the county. I thank God that he is not like man, that he looks at the heart and not on the “outer” appearance. God Bless u TyTy!!! U BE U. Love u forever,
Krissie (Huber Heights,Ohio)

When I got married in 1997, I weighed (for the first time in my LIFE) 155 lbs. At 5’9″, I finally looked like a normal human being! All my life, I had been underweight – called names like, “bean-pole,” and “stringbean.” Yes folks, people can be just as mean about being too skinny as they are about too fat.

It was awesome to hear Tyra declare that she felt “hot” at 161 lbs. She’s taller than I am & she most certainly has retained her hotness! :) One unflattering angle, and suddenly she’s lost all credibility in the modeling industry? This is not some has-been were talking about. This is TYRA BANKS. Revere her for the awesome person, business-woman, model & role-model that she is.

Tyra – two thumbs, WAY UP.

I think Tyra looks fabulous!! As she always does!! Her sparkle and beauty come from inside. When she was a model-which was her JOB, she had certain requirements in that job to be successful, mainly the ideal of a supermodel look at that time. Now Tyra has a different job, she’s changed occupations, so that job has different requirements. Who takes the requirements of their previous job and maintains those as well as the ones in their new one?!!! Nobody, so why is everyone expecting her to??? And the fact that she was hurt by comments made, just means she’s human like the rest of us.

You know I think everyone has totally took this out of control. People gain weight every day. The only reason why this is a big deal is because she’s a top model. But what everyone fails to realize is that she is a star but under that she is a real person. Thats going to happen. At least she’s not under weight and almost dying. She is no where near fat either. She is actually a better role model now then before because stars set examples of what young girls want to look like. Young girls dont need to think they have to weigh 120 or under to be consider perfect. Thats dangerous to their health. So Tyra is being a better role model then this 99 lbs. model that is on the verge of an eating disorder.

TYRA, YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL PERSON I SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE TELLING IT LIKE IT IS. I BECAUSE I THINK YOU ARE A AVE. SIZE PERSON. YOU LOOK EVER BETTER NOW THAT YOU HAVE PUT ON A LITTLE WEIGHT, BUT YOU STILL WILL LOOK GOOD NO MATTER HOW BIG YOU ARE.

Hi, the over all world is very judgemental and if people think Tyra Banks is over weight then I guess Nnicole Richie could lose a few pounds.. See that is how ridculous that statement is.. Tyra you are a very,very beautiful person both inside and out..you are an inspiration to all, thank you for your involvment in all you do and will continnue to do…

People are JEALOUS of Tyra’s incredible body, health, beauty and intelligence. Don’t listen to them, Tyra!!!! You’re beautiful!

I’ll be damned if Tyra only gained 30lbs. At 5’10″, there is no way is hell she would be as fat as she was on the beach in Australia. 161lbs, would stil be considered thin at that height. Tyra should have not addressed the media at all if she was going to lie. Apparently she is not comfortable with her weight gain, because if she was she would tell the truth and because anyone can see she’s at least 190lbs.

Tyra… You are so…. HOT! I am married and I love my wife, but I have to say that girl you simply just have it going on!!!
I would love to know if the people writing about you weigh less than 155lbs???
I bet you they don’t!!!
Anyway much love girl and please keep doin your thang!!! We are all depending on you!!!
I know I always look forward to seeing you on the TV… You’re that beautiful!!!

I think that if her body still looks THAT perfect after she put on that weight, then she was way to thin to begin with!

Tyra still looks gorgeous even though people say she’s fat. She’s a good person and that’s what makes her beautiful. At least she’s healthy and has no eating problems. Go, Gurl!

Tyra is a modern model who is sure of her self. She has self confidence and beauty, even if she is not a model she’ll still be in a position of encouragement to other peers. I am 57 years old and people can never guess my age, always guess am 35 years old. I do realy love Tyra, she is very natural and very sensitive to other people’s emotion. Be yourself Tyra and no one should change you, if you become too thin these are the same poeple that will condem you. This world is full of malicious people please ignore them and be happy.

As a male I feel Tyra looks Better at 160 and age 34. She looks more like a woman than a girl. There is another hidden message in all this. Some people are fascinated with women who look like young girls.

I pray for the Lord to would bless me to have my fat placed in the places that He put Tyra’s.
Don’t let them bring you down Tyra. You know pure jealousy when you see it.

Reeree

Tyra represents the average Amercian woman. Are the news reporters (and fashion insiders) saying that the average American woman is not attractive, beautiful or sexy because she’s size 10, 12, 14? At least Tyra didn’t abuse drugs, smoke and drink too much. Look at many of the older “super” models – the skin on their over-exposed faces and bodies resembles elephant skin. Tyra, enjoy the rest of your life. Just eat smart, drink lots of water and exercise.

I think Tyra looks absolutely wonderful. Who cares what she weighs. It is so nice to see someone in entertainment whose head isn’t bigger then their body.

Tyra is gorgeous. And thank God she is finally at a normal weight. What a great example for the young girls and women today. I just pray that she does not give in to the press and Hollywood pressure to lose this wieght. She is fabulous now- she was way too thin before.

I find it so refreshing and helpful to the whole American dialogue on weight for someone who is as inarguably gorgeous as Tyra Banks (the tabloids must be intentionally trying to be controversial for insinuating she was anything other than beautiful!) to share with such honesty about her weight. All we hear about these days are that average Americans are all too fat, and movie stars are all too thin. Someone needs to come out and say you CAN be healthy, exercise, eat vegetables and be a size 10! And that is HOT!! Be in shape and have curves!! I think Tyra is doing as much good in the world as many other stars combined by having the grace and confidence to be real and authentic before the world, while still not allowing herself to be controlled by anyone. She is awesome.

Tyra is undeniably a curvaceous beauty but I find it interesting that all the photos were very similar poses taken head on. She obviously knows what photographs best for her body. However, I would have loved to see Tyra really embrace her curves and show us some different poses. We love Tyra and we would love her more for showing off all of her curves!

Ms. Bank, I would like to say you are still the most talented and beautiful model tiday. I would challenge any of the tabloids to do what you have done and what you are doing. Remember you are now helping people and you do not have to answer to gossip. Please do us a favor do not go under the knife for Hollywood. Stay true to yourself and we will always love you.

I applaud Tyra for responding to the critics that have a problems with her weight. She is no longer a model, so to be consumed about her body image would only cause undue stress. As an African American woman, I feel Tyra is setting a good example that to be successful in the “business” you don’t have to be super skinny, just healthy. We (Black women)tend to be thicker than women of other ethnicities, and for years, were ostracized because of it. But oh no, not now, so-called mainstream celebs are getting praise for their curves (ala Ms. Lopez) and full lips (Ms. Jolie) when Black women have had both since the beginning of time. You go, Tyra…keep up the good work (also props to Beyonce & Jennifer Hudson for their full, curvy figures)!

I think people need to get over it. It is normal for us (women) to gain weight as we get older. We as black woment especially. Thin is just a bag of sticks and I personally like my round butt, thick thighs and curvy figure. Like tara I love myself and she should continue to love her self regardless of the comments or remarks of the world. YOU GO TARA YOU ARE PHAT PRETTY HOT AND TEMPTING. BOO TRASH BOO the the rest of the world who disagrees.

If Tyra is so comfortable with how she looks why is her picture airbrushed?. Why doesnt she put herself out there LOOKING like 161 pounds. I am about that weight and I know that theres alot more going on than what that picture shows.

I think she looks really great. She is still my role model because she love herself, especially when their are few changes with her body. She is not one of those weak superstar that go crazy and have fat reduction or starve herself. Tyra is a strong and beautiful woman. I still love her and enjoy watching her shows. The truth is no one is perfect, and beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. tyra have displayed two types of beauty : Inner beauty, where she is strong person to accept changes about herself comfortable, and outer beauty where she has a beautiful skin tone and beautiful curves and also a healthy body. You go girl i love you……even more these last days.

Tyra’s agent should be releived about her weight gain, as many women and (especially men) find wholesome female figures attractive. Such women are also more biologically normal and healthier as compared to the unhealthy and waifish yardstick by which we measure “attractive” women. Their unborn children are also better nourished and hence protected from birth-defects. Learn a biology lesson: at
5 10 and 160, Tyra Banks is a robust height-weight proportionate model.

Make your haters – your motivators! Folks don’t seem to understand do they? That sickly skinny muscular look is out! Curves and swirls and lush is beautiful… On the Latino shows the women look so much better because they’re thick,curvy, and colorful. American women look pale and washed out!
I like you from a distance, your shows and your effort to offer a fresh new approach to beauty. Brothers in the South love Big Girls of all nationalities!

Who cares what the critics think!!!!!!! Tyra Looks great! You wonder why women have issues with eating disorders.

Honestly, when I saw the picture of her in the one-piece at the beach I said ” Wow, look at her Thunderthighs!” Then, I felt really bad about it. She’s not a model anymore, she doesn’t have to be stick thin. I think it just says something about our society that we are so quick to judge about physical appearance.

no matter what people say, dis woman is still one of the most beautiful people alive. tyra aspire me to put on weight and i look great.being tone is the key not how much one weighs. when i was u.k sieze 6, i ve to dress less to impress, now dat am a 10/fuller i look great in everything. so there u go curvy all da way

Tyra is an amazing, inspirational, motivational, beautiful woman. The last person I thought the paparazzi would have anything to say about is Tyra!!! Being that she has come out into this hateful world accepting and helping amazing young women…it really does make me bitter how bad tabloids can be!!!! The last thing that Tyra is, is fat!!!! Not that I agree with paparazzi but their are so much more horendous celebs out there who don’t care about ANYONE or ANYTHING that the paparazzi can talk about.

I think Tyra has let her self go and really looks fat, i mean she is judging other models that are thin but she has let herself go.

first she doesn’t need to live by model standards anymore if she is “retired”.. so she put on weight big deal.. i think those saying negative things need to get a grip..

Guess what, If Tyra is fat…
I want to be fat too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok first of all shes a beautiful women she still deserves respect. so what if shes gained a few pound why should she be judged for being happy and satified with who she is and the way she looks. i dont here about the reports who go around judging other people being judged for the way they look; so why is Tyra any different. why because shes a talk show host, creater and producer of her own show, so my message for all of yall that are sitting back judging other people think about all of your mistakes and think how you would feel if the entire world knew what they were kinda sucks dosent it!!!! let her be and think about all the good she dose for people who knows you may need help one day and shes going to be right there to help you then how are you going to feel. Tyra i think your a beatiful women and if your happy with your self dont let these people judge you. just do what you do best you hold up your head and keep that smile on your face because the only one who can judge you is your self. just be encouraged.

Tyra is GORGEOUS!!! Yeah you are not supposed to care so much about what people think of you, but when it is as blatant as critism that she has received, how can you not be hurt by it. Everyone has there own opinion about things (hint:sometimes the fashion police are wrong!!) but I thrilled that she is standing her ground regardless of what anyone says. And that is why we love you TYRA!

It is a ridiculous notion that just because Tyra is not up to model standards that she cannot judge the show. She is not competing, she is judging what she knows. She knows how to be a model, and a good one at that. She has every right to be on that show! And, as a side note, she’s gorgeous. That body is perfect and anyone who says different is likely skeletal and has a warped body image anyway.

I just want to know, how tall is she and what is your BMI,and her fat mass? Also what’s up with the one piece,if you are going to show off-then show it all off! Power to her and those who are like her!

I think it’s great that Tyra did this cover. She looks awesome and I think it really helps women who do need to loose weight by giving them something reasonable to shoot for. It also helps hightlight how working out can change your body shape and make you look more attractive even if it doesn’t always change the numbers on the scale. Muscle weighs more that fat but looks 10x better!
You go Tyra!

CONGRATULATIONS…showing the world you are proud of who you are, and the gorgous woman you have become is a beautiful thing. You are a gorgous woman and I was so proud to see you on the covering of People showing off all your curves. Thank you for standing up for not only yourself but for all of us that would not have the courage to do so. YOU GO GIRL!!!

I dont like Tyra. Shes so superficial and criticizes people on her TV show because they are to big to be a model and she tries to copy Oprah with the Tyra Banks show but the difference between these two women is that Oprah is classy and she actually does something to help the world.

Hi
My name is michelle rush
ANd I would like to meat tyra some day.
She is very pretty,How does she do it?
tyra is not married and she has no kids.
I would like to know how she keep’s up on her work.
michelle rush

Kudos to her! Enough of thes aneorexic lookin models/actresess. Seriously, thes people kill themselves. And hey look at Tyra maybe she’s not 95 lbs. but she’s no too bad either

i think she looks real good for her age and with her height the weight isnt killing her. so, people should let her be and dont know want bones.

hypothetically speaking; what if Tyra put a little weight on INTENTIONALLY,( as we know she likes to experiment with costumes, remember when she dressed as a man, remember when she wore the 300lb suit ect., ect.,) to show america and the world how people treat you different depending on you weight and looks.If this is the case,TYRA could be the first woman to sacrafice HERSELF, for all EATING DISORDERED girls, women, men around the world. Tyra thinks big, i see her being the next opera maybe better. I, like tyra, can feel people out,and have an uncanny way of knowing what is or what will become “HOT” as does Tyra-her mom is so real also -sheeran NY

I think Tyra is very PRETTY. Models don’t have to be 90 pounds and 6 feet tall to be beautiful she is eating what she wants and not starving herself to death like those other models

I think she looks great, no matter what her weight she is beautiful and is real with everyone, she is just awesome…

I think TRYA BANKs is one of the most respectful and caring people who are famous and rich. She pretty, shes is real and i look up to her. Tyra you Perfect i wish i look more like you.. Stay up

I think she looks beautiful. Yay for normal!

As the mother of two girls I have to say that I am so sick and tired of all this focus on weight. Tyra looks beautiful! I wish more women in Hollywood had her guts to say I am comfortable in my body. As far as I know Tyra’s body size represents what “regular” women look like. I am tired of all these anorexic girls making my children think that they need to be that size. Tyra keep up the good work. You should be proud and continue to stand up to Hollywood. 161 punds is not overweight it is HEALTHY!!! Hollywood needs to get a grip.

Tyra –

AMAZING! I love the way you are standing up for women. You have every right to be confident in everything you do and hopefully your strength will spread to girls across America feeling pressure to be anything but themselves.

Thanks for speaking your mind!

kfrye

Who really cares? I was so dissapointed that Larry King spent an hour on someone as shallow as Tyra Banks. What a waste. She is an egotistic woman. Star Jones had the ultimate make over but I still don’t care for her, but she could easily do the job of Tyra.Of course Oprah is much higher ranking and would never stoop so low to be as stupid as Tyra is about weight.Oprah just lets ya know she’s had a little weight gain..so what. Let’s put Joan Rivers in place of Tyra!!!! Her mouth works just as well!

I’m from Mexico and today I just found out about the all the gossip about Tyra. I think she’s a great woman not only because of her career but because of the fact that she’s been able to face all the things the media, fashion and society impose. It’s terrible that she received all the mean comments, Can’t people see that girls are dying because of their stup*d skinny fashion? I hope everyone looks closer at Tyre not to see her “extra fat” but to find the huge message she’s sending us.

Tyra is da BOMB…how refreshing to see a supermodel talk sensibly about weight…she is doing so much for all women in her realistic portrayal of healthy body size.
Tyra, I’m putting it out there, that you find all the love, success, and happiness that you so richly deserve.

I just wanted to thank Tyra for showing young women that looking anorexic is NOT healthy.Magazines show women so extremely thin, that they look sick. There are too many female children that look at these models and say, “Hey, I want to be like her.” I have known a couple of young girls (5 & 8) that won’t eat because they want to look like this person. We need to be concerned and work on our children’s self esteem and get them to understand the modeling companies expectations and that those expectations are not normal. We need to keep openly expressing how beautiful every shape of every person is. Keep it up Tyra!!!!

I like Tyra just the way she is. Keep in mind Tyra is a beautiful black woman who’s got just the right curves. It’s ashamed that the public does not appreciate the fact that she loves her body the way it is. God created us all different for a reason. What a boring world it would be if everybody was anorexic like Nicole Richie, or had huge lips like Angelina Jolie, or was as artificial as Pamela Anderson, or big like Monique. All these people I mentioned are all beautiful in their own way, be it personality, or physical appearance. So long as we are all comfortable in our own skin that’s all that matters. if the public doesn’t like it then tough!!! Get a life and get out of Tyra’s!!

Keep fighting back Tyra. I’d rather see headlines that you’re to fat rather than anorexic. Hollywood needs to make up their mind. Every black woman is not going to fit into that same old lame white girl sterotype……fake boobs, flat stomach, bleached hair, and padded behinds. All this comes natural to a black woman. Now what Hollywood….top that! Don’t worry Tyra, obviously somebody out there is doing some serious hatin’. Haters are a part of life. If people can’t be like you, they just hate. Hate on Hollywood, Hate on!!!

I think that Tyra is very pretty at ALL her sizes. What is wrong with this society??? She is almost 6 feet tall!

hmm well i think she does look pretty the way she is…and of course ppl are goin to talk trash b/c weight is like the number one thing on the list for celebs. and plus ppl are getting paid to do it and when it comes to money ppl can be very shallow and hurt ppls feelings….also tyra has paid her dues and dosent need to be super skinny she is great!! i like her tV show and i love ANTM…

Tyra, DO NOT listen to those who are so quick to judge. Life is hard enough living by our own standards, never mind those of others… these are other people’s opinions therefore you/we do not have to agree nor accept. And, as for those who say that, as a judge for ANTM, you should set the example, last time I checked, you weren’t the one being judged/interviewed as a potential candidate. You’ve had your experience (whether it’s over or not) and you know what you’re talking about. I compare this to AmericanIdol… Simon, for example, he can’t sing BUT he knows his stuff. It’s his business. He didn’t choose to get up onto that platform and sing to be judged. HE’S the judge… just like you are. So, YOU GO GIRL! You come across as an exceptional person inside and out… keep it up! Love you. M from Montreal.

This resonated with me strongly. I was in a relationship fro three years with a man I really loved who was critical of my weight- I always felt I was a work in progress and not worthy yet of a lifetime committment. I met my now husband because the same day my boyfriend said, ” great, you’re really improving” after I told him I had lost some weight.. my now husband said, ” you were the most beautiful woman in the room and I couldn’t take my eyes off you”.
story finished- we all want to be loved and appreciated NOW for who we are. Tyra Banks is gorgeous, exciting, and compassionate. That’s beautiful!

Shame on you America. Praises to you Ms. Tyra Banks! I had always admired and just down right respected you for your plain honesty and just being YOU, which I must say is FABULOUS! You are such a great voice for women period, I LOVE your attitude and all i can say is DO YOUR THING! You look amazing at ANY size, simply beautiful on the outside, but more importantly, on the inside.

Just in case anyone or everyone missed it – she retired from modeling in 2005. On her Next Top Model show, when one of the girls was bulemic to be thin – she sat down & talked with her & told her it was NOT ok. She wound up sending that girl packing to “seek the help she needed” to deal with her issues. She believes if you can’t be skinny naturally, then don’t model – pick something else.

She has every right to judge that show – she already earned her stripes in modeling over a DECADE ago – she’s retired & older now, she can do whatever she wants.

I think that the people that are saying this just have nothing better to do. Tyra looks great no matter what. even if she was “fat” there is nothing wrong with that.. I think that tyre is the idol model becuase she is confident and sticks up for what she believes. YOU GO TYRA.

I think she looks great, but what a hypocrite, she dismisses girls all the time on her show for being not “model type.” Give me a break! She is now singing a different tune because she is on the receiving end of the unflattering comments. Larger girls, smaller girls, who cares just be comfortable with your self and others will see it too, if they don’t why would you care about them anyways.

I think Tyra is one of the most beautiful women in the world and she looks great!!! I hate the fact that she is being offended by the mags! This is an issue that should upset all women. Why don’t they talk about all her accomplishments instead of criticizing her perfectly normal female body! We love you Tyra!!!!!!

Tyra is beautiful. These celebrities that weigh 80 to 100 pounds with their toothpick legs and bones sticking out everywhere are in truth not pretty at all, but Hollywood/Designers/and Society are telling us that that is what everyone should look like. I imagine they would have told Marilyn Monroe that she was a huge cow. Ladies don’t fall for this. Trya Banks looks great. People like Teri Hatcher, Nicole Richie, Alegra Vesace, and Mischa Barton look unhealthy.

Tyra looks beautiful. She has an awesome and Real figure. It is the top Models, 5″10 plus and 110 pounds that are the outrageous ones. It is about time people start talking about the anorexic models and stars in a realistic light and stop labeling women who weigh more than the charts say we should alone. I am a size 8, I weigh 145 pounds. I am solid muscle and have beautiful curves. According to the doctors charts I should weigh 115. I would look sick, be a size 1 or 0 at that weight. That is not real! That is not beautiful and that is not what the girls in high school and women of today should aspire to be.
Thank you Tyra, you go girl!

hi. im a jewelry designer and just entered the world of fashion this year — though the industry has certain standards which should be upheld, the thin model was originally chosen to be a clothing hanger — nonsexual . today, that objectification has become the epitome of beauty to us. tyra is gorgeous and her body looks like a woman’s. her face is beautiful. shes not doing runway anymore so she can afford to gain her curves back, leave her be — it’s life!

As much as I think Tyra is a bit of a nutter, I have to say “Bravo” to her for standing up to the modeling world and Hollywood which creates low self esteem for not only models and actresses (can anyone say Olsen) but for all the women around the globe.

It’s not like she’s obesce at the weight she’s at and setting a bad example as a person more at risk for diabetes, heart disease and all that.

Plus, after a career as a super model and making sacrifices, it’s time she got to enjoy life a little bit without counting every micron of fat in each bite of food.

Whatever tyra’s weight is, she’s always going to be gorgeous and perfect, so it doesn’t matter at all.

Tyra looks great with the 30 extra pounds that she gained over the years. As long, as she is comfortable with herself that is all that matters. You go tyra.

We should all be so “fat”. Tyra is such a beautiful person inside and out. We wonder why so very many people have body image problems and illnesses in our society. If anything she probably was too thin at times in her career and she deserves to live a healthy, happy life. I am so thrilled for the fact she is strong and fights back. For all of us who don’t fit the exact image of the fashion or entertainment industries it is high time to see people that are normal and gorgeous. Take a cue from our award winners this year too that you can not be the definition that Hollywood puts out, you can be better! America, Jennifer…you go girls!

Tyra,, you are a BEAUTIFUL, INSPIRATIONAL, SEXY BLACK WOMEN. Keep up the good work.

the current standard for judging weight needs to change. the extremes (obese, and bone thin) are unattractive, unhealthy & dangerous both physically and spiritually.

tyra’s curves are feminine, confident and appealing. ladies like tyra, selma hayek, beyonce, kate winslet should get more exposure so everyone can get used to the idea of looking at that image!

I think Tyra looks HEALTHY. Life is too short to judge people on their outer appearance, when we leave this earth we will be remembered for what is inside not how we look outside. How incredibly shallow.I can see why she would be hurt. She is smart and beautiful. Our worth is not measured by our size. Tyra is a real woman.

I think Tyra looks great, very natural!! Wish More woman looked like her

I dont think Tyra banks looks good at all! Yeah she is beautiful but I wouldnt like to see her running along the beach naked!!! She was fine before she went and gained heaps of weight. 30 pounds is alot of weight to gain and still look good!

I think it’s great that she gained a little bit of weight. She looks healthy. Have you soon the latest award shows? Super skinny is out! After all those devoted years to Victoria’s Secret its about time she treated herself to things other than vegetables and fruit. She worked hard for it! Go her.

To Tyra: I love you and I really mean that. You have been such an inspiration for me to keep living life. It’s not all about the beauty, because we all know you’re beautiful, but every word that comes out of your mouth helps me keep my life on track. I still hear certain things you have said from your shows that pop into my head from time to time, and those words have helped me through some VERY VERY VERY rough times. You are my idol and I pray to God to be able to tell you all of this to your face one day. You inspire me, and billions of other women and girls out there. You keep your head up (I know you are) and keep giving the world all of your love, because I know it’s REAL! I love you Tyra!
Love,
Sarah McLaughlin

To all of the readers and dumb-founded believers:
Tyra is still Tyra. She is still so AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL-inside & OUT! ALL of these crude people really need to stop butting into Tyra’s business. She’s not all up in yours. Get your own life. Have a great day worrying about YOUR life!
Best Regards,
Sarah McLaughlin

Tyra still looks great at 161! I am also 5′ 10′ and I weigh about 175. I feel a little porky sometimes (I get the “muffin top” she referred to) and I remember how I felt at 160 – THIN! LOL! When you are TALL, even at that weight you can pull it off. Better to see her enjoying life and looking healthy than to see her stick thin (like she was as a teen and picked on TERRIBLY!) and looking sickly. I say you go girl! And for those criticizing her about “knowing everything” well… she DOES know modelling, and hell – she knows what the look is and how to help those girls find that look. She’s doing her JOB and trying to HELP those girls! Tyra, I watch ALL of your shows and I think you kick booty girl! :-)

A previous comment said that she’s being a bit hypocritical, and I think that’s right. Not only that, but I’m sick of hearing how “beautiful” she is. Whatever. Nobody wants to admit that we wouldn’t watch nearly as much TV or be so obsessed with the celebrity culture if there were chunky chicks like Tyra all over, so I’ll say it for everybody. Tyra’s days are pretty much over. She’s old, and she shouldn’t be surprised at the reaction she’s getting. I hope she gets left alone so she can be allowed to get fat in peace.

Hey Tyra I think that you are a great person and the work you have did and are doing, is what really counts. You should not have to defend or explain the weight you have gained, you have serve your time as a model and to hell with what the people think of you now as long as you know in your heart that you are okay. I think you still look great and keep up the positive energy that you have. You are
truly one of God’s angels

For the past 10 years I have been obsessed with feeling fat. I’m 5’10″ and 150lbs. Tyra Banks just lifted a huge weight off my shoulders (no pun intended). Thank you Tyra!

Typical situation. Whenever a celebrity reaches a certain level of success and fame the media is ready to smack them down. Print lies! Print made up stories. It’s a sick game they play with celebrities. The photographers and the magazine companies are laughing all the way to the BANK too. Stop buying all those magazines. I’m not talking about PEOPLE magazine because I feel they are one of the only magazines with integridy. The tabloids trash on celebrities when they are looking average. It’s like a love hate game. Celebrities are rich and famous because of us. We make them rich. We buy into the hype. The photographers just make their lives a living hell on earth to get the money shot. It’s all about the MONEY.
Trya is still a beautiful women thinner or average size. Come on she looks great. Trya is retired from Victoria Secrets leave her alone. Stop hatin’ on her because she looks average, like the rest of the population but hotter and prettier.

hey I’m from germany and i must say that this “fat foto” isn’t FAT !!! she’s sooo beautiful .. ya i hate all of her haters !!!

Tyra Banks’ job as a model has definitely changed, for the better. She is now the type of model every woman, young and old, should strive to be- a ROLE model. She is beautiful in every sense of the word and I think that she wears the extra pounds well. We should all be so lucky!

Tyra is beautiful. Period. End of discussion. In this country we focus so much on weight and we tend to judge people initially by this factor if we do not know them personally. If 161 pounds is fat for a person who is over 5’8″, then 99% of Americans are severely obese. There are millions of people that diet and exercise everyday to look like Tyra even after she gained the 30 pounds. She is a black woman, which could mean that her genetics are responsible for curvaceous hipps and thighs. Personally, I prefer to be curvy compared to being thin and “buttless”. I am 5’2″ 125 pounds with lots of “rear” and I get more complements regarding my figure than most of my severly thin friends. The real question is what is beauty???? Tyra is a millionaire. Do you think she cares about how the public feels about her weight? If she did, she has more than enough available funds to have surgery or higher a trainer without us knowing. Before we questions Tyra’s weight, we should reevaluate our own habits.

Tyra is a beautiful young woman. So what if she has gained any weight, she is still gorgeous. How many of us would like to look like her after we gain weight? She has class, she is funny, she has alot going on for her. I would rather see a model with some skin than the flat ones that come out on the runways and look sick.

You go Tyra! Don’t let anyone get you down.

Tyra is gorgeous, always has been, always will be. I dont know why anyone is even making a big deal out of this, shes not even fat whats so ever. She has a hot body, and Im sick of everyone obsessing over celebrities and models bodies which are completely unrealistic and most of them are way too skinny and have no shape. I think Trya is an amazing role model and is one of the only celebrities that is real, do you see any others telling us their weight, lol, they all think they’re 110lbs is fat haha….Go Trya, your beautiful.

I think that Tyra looks great. She is one of the best models there is. She is like my role model. People just have no lives and try to mind someone else’s problems. Everyone gains weight…loses it. and so on. why should she be any different. Shes just enjoying life. Its her life, her body, she should be able to do what she wants with it. So she gained weight. so what? there is nothing wrong with being fat. Its unhealthy, but there is nothing wrong with it.

to many teenagers try to look like models. Media has a great effect on people.

Tyra looks beautiful. No one has the right to judge how someone else looks, everyone has body issues. Whose to say the way she looks now is not pretty?! I think she looks healthy, happy and gorgeous. She is always the judge on ANTM that is rooting on the so called “plus size” models. I believe in eating healthy and taking care of yourself but I also think if you dont eat a little cake or nachos every once in awhile your going to be a very sad person. If Tyra wants to be the weight she is and she is happy with that, who the hell cares! I think the media should be more worried about those celebrities that are 5 foot tall and weight 95 lbs. that’s unhealthy, not Tyra.

Tyra is great! There is a serious problem in our country when a size 0 is the ideal. By today’s standards, Marilyn Monroe was fat and should have been a plus-size model. Thanks Tyra for standing up for yourself, a healthy body image, and beautiful girls everywhere.

I think she looks great. At least she is healthy looking, skinny models are not natural looking. How many of them eat properly and enjoy food?

I’ve loved Tyra since I first saw her on “Fresh Prince” years ago. She is still beautiful to this day and one of the most admirable people I’ve ever watch grow. She’s not self absorbed like Oprah Winfrey and gives so much to the world. She’ll always be my inspiration.

Tyra, to me you look great you are such a beautiful woman. Your weigth is good for your height. People out there should really get a life and get of your case.

I think the woman has always looked amazing! Women all over the world rejoiced when they saw that bad photo of her; not because she was “fat”, but because she was not ashamed to show the world how she naturally looks! Her image of herself is very positive, and it showed women and young girls that they too should not be afraid to show the world the “real” them. Shame on People magazine for perpetuating a false sense of low self-esteem and self loathing in young girls everywhere. Maybe we should all band together and sue the magazine, and get them to pay the therapy bills for women for the rest of the year!

Tyra looks amazing! Women are basically not skinny. A huge population of us like to eat!

I love this women, she is for real. People are right about most of america is overweight. NOT all people are 100 lbs! I am happy to see she is speaking up. AND she is still HOT as ever!

GET OVER IT!!!! TYRA IS BEAUTIFUL!!! SHE DOESNT HAVE TO LIVE UP TO “BEING A SKINNY MODEL” ANYMORE….SHE LOOKS GREAT…FABULOUS…ITS ALL ABOUT THE BOOTY AND HIPS!!!

You know, Tyra Banks is a beautiful woman. Shame on the people who dare to say she is fat. I would love to see who those who took that picture and the people who ran the article. I’m sure they, their wives, daughters or mothers don’t look 1/10 as good as she does. You go girl!!! This woman has your back!!!

tyra looks absolutley gorgeous she has no reason to feel like she is fat
–brooke*
she is perty and if she is fat then i am hugeongous
–nicki*

I think Tyra’s weight is Tyra’s business, but I bet that most of the people applauding her for her stance are fat themselves. That appears that defending Tyra is like defendeing themselves. I don’t think skinny is good but being fat is not healthy either.

Even though Tyra might have gained some weight it doesn’t matter. She is a woman powerhouse who is successful in everything she does and a role model to many people in this world. I will love Tyra if she weight 500 pound or if she is back to her normal weight. TYRA ROCKS!!!

personnnally i am under the age of 18 and i think tyra looookkkss AMAZING what is with all of these other stars(aka nicole richie) who think being 50 pounds is beatiful tyra youre amazing and i absolutle love ANTM go girl!!:)

Tyra you look great it’s good to see a black woman stand for something. We are society that criticize women for there size based on what we see on TV (white-peoples images of what’s beautiful). Most men love women with meat on there bones. You dont have to be fat or over weight to be FINE. You look PHAT girl, DO YOU!!!

I think she looks great and she looks HEALTHY. I think thats the most important thing people in the public eye should be. Its unbelievable how many people, mostly women, compare themselves to models and actors and are constantly crash dieting, starving themselves and having surgery to make themselves look like “the standard”. I used to model and it made me insane. All I did was obesess about the way I looked and it kept me from enjoying a lot of things. Women who feel like they have to be a size 2 to be happy should evaluate their lives and the reasons they feel they need to be that size. Its just a number in your jeans, nobody sees it.

I think that trya looks great! Healthy is good. We are so use to thinking that if we don’t weigh 60 lbs that we are not good enough. There is too much talk and spot lites on the anexoric, big is not bad.

I think Tyra looks absolutly gorgeous. I think her body image now is more realistic for today’s woman. She is not fat at all she look’s healthy and radiant. Keep it up Tyra, you are an inspiration to us all

Tyra – I saw a comment on cnn.com and figured your comments on model weight would be that you felt it all was a small thing, blown up by the media, but to see that its actually the opposite, well.. makes me feel as if there is hope for our young women having good role models. I have five daughters, and I once fell into that ‘be thin, be beautiful’ trap… and I know, its wrong. How it made me feel about myself… was wrong…. Life is about living, doing, and being… being for yourself, not for others… I feel models should mirror the common person, after all, they market, and sell merchandise for us, why not moreso emulate us so we feel more comfortable making the purchase? (I know I would be more inclined to purchase an outfit I saw on a model closer to my sizes – its a more realistic reprentation). Anywho.. Kudos to you.

This issue encompasses much more than body size alone: I see this as an issue of character. It’s also an issue of internal vs. external values; the media; and the fashion industry’s control of feminine society.

Americans, as a society, allow their opinions to be formed by media & fashion. Don’t believe it? Rubenesque figures were all the rage at one point. Waifish flappers. Hourglass Marilyn and pin-up girls. The curvy-sporty-fit icons of the supermodels era. Then heroin chic moved in and destroyed all reason. Those who don’t “fit the mold” of the time are left out in the cold: a flapper figure in the Marilyn era likely felt ashamed. Marilyn Monroe would likely be undergoing liposuction or gastric bypass if she were 25 today.

I believe that we, as a society, would be well-served to disengage from media & fashion influences enough to form our OWN ideas of what is attractive and what is acceptable, and to broaden both our minds and the range. And, perhaps most importantly, to reject paths that require us to make unhealthy choices to achieve them. Are we AFRAID to decide for ourselves what we find attractive? Ironically, “fashion” tends to seek out anomalies, in order to shock; yet we, the public, seek to copy it en masse.

To my mind, Jean Paul Gautier’s inclusion of a sole plus-size model in his show did not bolster support for “the cause”; her bodacious “Bride of Frankenstein” appearance was yet another contrivance for the sake of shock value. He used a woman who did not look healthy/fit; she was as unfit-large as the others were unfit-thin. He seemed to miss the point.

As a creative myself, I posit that the designers who say that clothing “hangs” better on the rail thin are simply not challenging themselves creatively. They have charged themselves with a single, no-brainer dilemma: how to drape a pole. This is ironic, considering the financial matrix of our country.

Many of those who are most financially capable of purchasing their goods are NOT size 0, because they are age 40+. (Besides, it’s about as interesting as if they decided that every designer were going to churn out nothing but black shift dresses every season. Yawn. They’ve gotten lazy in a terribly dangerous area.)

Many designers see themselves as “artists”, and may see their “average” consumer as something that gets in the way of their art, rather than as something to be embraced. To my mind, the most creative artists are those that can demonstrate their creativity while solving the problems of their end users (and not just their easy-to-solve or most interesting end users).

I can also attest, having ranged size 0-14 myself over the years, that designers are indeed inferior at interpreting designs for figures above size 8, particularly for the mass market. That may be why they don’t go there: perhaps they are simply not up to the challenge of flattering the bodies of larger women. Do they fear breasts and hips?

Like advertising, fashion is a psychological morass; it is NOT designed to make one feel better about oneself. The modeling industry is proof of that fact. It is designed to make one feel WORSE about oneself, so one will feel compelled to purchase to compensate for their perceived inadequacies. The industry sets up an illusion of perfection, causing consumers to feel like the rest of the world is living this “beautiful dream”, of which they are the only one excluded, and they must become a part in order to be worthy.

I believe that the fashion world would make MUCH more sense and would suddenly become SO much more INTERESTING if designers were to utilize models of all different sizes and shapes. Progress has been made, in terms of colors and ethnic backgrounds. Why do we continue to discriminate on regard to size? The designers can no longer argue that the models are this size because THIS kind of thin is healthy. (And, mind you, I am not averse to thin. Some women are naturally thin, even waifish, and they should not be discriminated against, either. I simply want to see it as part of a range, an ensemble cast of characters, just as it is in the REAL world.)

Women can be healthy and fit at many different sizes–it’s different for each individual. IF we are eating healthy (NOT dime-sized) portions of healthful foods, exercising at a sensible pace for a sensible period of time each week (NOT obsessively), and not taking diet pills, then we should not be rejected for what our bodies are. (If a size-zero body is achieved through starvation and eight-hour-a-day exercise sessions, or if buxom figure is achieved by gorging and inactivity, neither is desirable or “God-given”; it, too, is a manipulation.) Embracing our unique figures–achieved through a HEALTHY, balanced lifestyle–should be the goal.

And why must society’s current “ideal” fit a man’s engineered concept of beauty? We have bought into the hype. Men can be balding and paunchy and speckled, apparently, yet women must starve and slice and inject and then be ridiculed for doing precisely what is apparently required to make them acceptable to the unachievable “standard”. I love to be feminine and to wear pretty things and to try new things, but I believe that we must return to our senses–a sense of dignity, a sense of respect for that with which we were born, a sense of respect for our differences.

We may “look great” on the outside, but what is it doing to the psyches of so many women, young and old, when even supermodel are being ripped apart? We, as women, should not be okay with this. “Regular women” are likely to compare and question themselves when even those who meet the “standard” are harshly judged. Why does the public take such pleasure in the hope that someone like Tyra will fall, when they so eager to raise them to that lofty standard in the first place?

Tyra looked good then and she looks good now–there should be room for a woman to change and age over time without repercussion. Besides, these “candid” shots are purposely NOT retouched, in order to portray the celebrities in a negative light. We are accustomed to seeing them made up, taped up, and airbrushed to the n-th degree: the unattainable pinnacle we are futilely encouraged to emulate–and we find ourselves disappointed when they themselves don’t look like the fairytale illusion that’s been created around them.

Why have Hollywood & the fshion industry set up this impossible standard, why have we accepted it, and why MUST we scrutinize to such a degree? Tyra is not a swimsuit model now. But she is still lovely, and–more importantly–she is not simply the sum of her body parts and facial features. She has a mind, a personality, and a soul. These matter far more. What have these armchair critics accomplished with their own lives? (And, to level the playing field, what do THEY look like? Perhaps Tyra should have the opportunity to evaluate their physiques, in regard to how they are comparatively caring for themselves in regard to nutrition and exercise.)

America risks becoming a country that is all style, no substance. Our teens are idolizing Paris & Lindsay, who are dubious role models at best. “Celebrity” is all these people are known for. What about scholars? Environmentalists? Theologists? Teachers? Scientists? Doctors? How many viewers can name any? (Other than Dr. Phil or the ones from Dr. 90210? Unless, of course, they are “hot” and have been “packaged” for celebrity.)

This disturbing phenomenon has reached a fever pitch. What about diversity? What about individuality that’s not exploited into freakishness? What about learning to be okay with what we are, wherever we are along the spectrum?

Had the fashion industry NOT bought into its own fear (thank you, Ugly Betty, for articulating this)–that women would not buy unless they felt a need to do so in order to compensate for a deep-seated sense of inadequacy and competitiveness–I believe the industry could completely transform itself into something incredibly powerful and positive for women, instead of the weak, desperate illusion it is.

We, as consumers, have TREMENDOUS power to influence this trend. We simply need to reclaim our inherent strength and our inherent worth. We can show the design community that we are not vacuous sheep waiting to be told what we should look like and what we should feel like and what we should be. We are no longer living in the 1950s!

WE can–and should–help guide this vision. I believe America is full of vital, dynamic women who simply want the opportunity to express that excitement (or gentleness or intelligence or sportiness, etc.) and individuality through our wardrobes. And we can firmly remind designers that many of the most intelligent, compassionate, inventive women in this country are 4s and 6s and 8s and 10s and 12s and 14 and 16s and 18s and 20s and up. And each of those sizes is a different PROPORTION–not just a wider size zero!

she is the most gorgous women that knows what she wants. everyone thinks that “oh,she’s a jugde for America’s Next Top Model and should be skinny to be a role model for contestants.” that is so not true. What is true is that she i showing this

I think that it is great that Trya is speaking out. On tv and in mag they paint this pic that everone have to look a certin way to be on this plan earth and it is not ture . Trya you go girl and by the way no man want a bone on a DOG. Ps and for the people that a haters get a life….

i have been reading other peoples comments and i just want to comment something myself. So maybe she is hosting a show with skinny models, but she didn’t always chose the skinniest ones for her show. And, you have to remember that none of them are her age either. There should be no comparison between her and those girls. But Tyra doesn’t need us to stand up for her. I think she has been responing great, maybe a little over the top; but isn’t that how the media responded to her new body image?

I think Tyra Bank is very Beautiful. In reading the article in People’s mag. All through her life people had a problem about how she looked,So that goes to show you that people will never be happy what body image you have,whether you are a size 2,12 or 22, especially if you are in the public eye. I think it was mean what the tabloid publish. Come on she is a retired model so what difference does it make that she gain 30lbs. She is still one of the most beautiful and influential women in World. I would trade places with her in a minute.

I just think that it is amusing that on America’s Next Top model, she would tell girls to lose weight. Now that she has gained a few extra lbs she seems to think it’s beautiful now

I am so proud of Tyra for standing up for herself, she doesn’t look fat at all, I think she is a wonderful person inside and out!!! Keep it up Tyra!!!

Tyra’s story has great “legs”, because it is the story of everywoman (or MOST everywoman, whose metabolism stops functioning 90 to nothing after a certain age, whatever that may be for each woman).

I think the point is that if she were honest with herself, which weight would she really rather be? Granted she has gained weight due to a normal slowdown of metabolism and that is nothing to be ashamed of, or personally responsible for necessarily. But if she were told that by eating and exercising a certain way she could achieve her earlier size, would she choose that? Or is it just too much trouble because she is making a gozillion bucks by promoting self-confidence in who you are are (no matter how you got there) and is otherwise “fat and happy” (pardon the pun).

It doesn’t matter how successful you are, how much money you have, how influential you are, whether you are a public, or private citizen, EVERYONE has SOMETHING that catches up to them eventually, and one just hopes that it isn’t blazenly displayed to the public, for all to see and critique.

That said, Tyra is beautiful, and real, and all the adjectives about her being Rubanesque are an insulting way to criticize her for the extra weight and put her in her place for being the supermodel who once did not have that issue on her plate. Clearly, Heidi Klum’s body has been thru the ringer with childbirth and age, and being a little heftier herself, she is certainly not one to pass along any comment on Tyra, whether seemingly in her defense, or not.

I rather think that it is like a star admitting a drug addiction and going to rehab for it. Tyra has admitted the extra weight (or that picture admitted it for her) but does not perceive it as a problem for her (other than the underlying nastiness of the comments), or her audience, so should we? Not that she is out of control on the lbs., but again we hold our supermodels to higher standards (Cindy is looking GOOD on the Rooms To Go, for instance).

It is nevertheless controversial because, to some degree, it is “everywoman’s” story, fear, struggle and sometimes, obsession.

I am so proud of Tyra and the difference she is making in real lives. It’s a wonderful thing when someone who has the public’s attention they can help educate them about the disfunction n our society.

Tyra is the best looking woman i have ever seen in my life…. Beauty & brain in one package is hard to get by and i think she has it all. Shame on you tabloids!!!

Tyra is beautiful however her weight. It’s all about karisma and she got it. You go girl and enjoy life! We need this kind of ideal to feel good. I’m tired of all this too skinny models who’s killing themsealf. We need to have a more healthy and happy look.

She is a beautiful person inside and out. I love what she did with going on TV to tell it like it is. My Lord….I wish I looked that good! LOVE YA TYRA!

Tyra I think you look GREAT. Your looking more radiant today than you ever did. I would be honored to have your arm in mine to go anywhere. REMEMBER: “The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have.”
Joseph

she never told girls on america’s top model to lose weight. she always uplifted them. you guys need to get your facts straight before commenting. i think she looks really good. she is very pretty and NOT FAT! you know most of the people who write that stuff are fat old men!

TYRA SHOULD NOT WORRY SO MUCH WHAT THE TABLOIDS SAY, JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING, YOUR ON YOUR WAY TO BEING THE NEXT OPRA.

she my rollmodel and i dont care if she gets hudge im stil going to love her! she loos pretty in the cover!

I think Tyra is an amzing person to stand up to the tabloids the way she has!! I think she looks absolutely amazing no matter what weight she is and i think the message she is sending to people about embracing your body is excellent!! Give me Tyra over this little size zero freaks anyday!! At least she is happy!!

I am so happy for tyra. my boyfriend used to talk bad about the former model but I am broke down in tears when she stood up for herself. I have been fighting my weight for years. I have hated probelm areas like me stomach. She has been a God sent to me. I yo-yo dieted for a while. I would stopped eating for a while (a week of fruits)to look good in a bathing suit. I am a black women and I know I would never be model thin but to be a hourglass. I wanted to be perfect. Tyra has shown me that having a tummy is ok.

I have struggled with a negative body image most of my life, and when I was 18 I developed an eating disorder that dropped me down to Tyra’s current weight. I don’t look bad at 175, but at the time I was unsatisfied with 160. I am a muscular 5’9″, and the little curve that is afforded to me due to my weight, I make the most of. If I were to listen to the tabloids critique of Tyra I would want to kill myself. I’ve worked hard to get to the place where I can tell people where to go. I say GO TYRA!! You’ve got my support one hundred percent. If you can help to change people’s attitudes through example, I would be most grateful. You look amazing as you are.
Kudos

I think that this country is getting way to judgemental.
And I think Tyra did a great job standing up for herself.In fact I wish I had a body like hers.Before my aunt died she always said,”If they don’t like it,they can kiss our butts”.
I never forgot those words,so Tyra,don’t let anyone walk all
over you.

I think she is a nice and beatiful woman and it doesn’t matter how much her weight is. She is more beatiful than others thin models and she is more human

YOU GO TYRA. Thin maybe in, but it gets to be a sin. A sin against your body, your mind and soul. Weak up America and smell the roses.

I really think it’s great that all curvy women that don’t meet society’s standards, have someone to stand up for them. I am very proud that tyra can be that person to do so, because she is one of those people out there that can make people realize that being stick thin isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. thanks Tyra.

Tyra is the new Oprah for young woman like me. I’m very proud of her for standing up to these critics that try very hard to put her in a bad light. She’s a true inspiration to woman. She’s real and honest, and I love her for being that way. Keep up the great work, Tyra and People magzine for interviewing her on this, not many magazines would do that.

i love trya. i think she’s gorgeous. people that trash her in magazines are just stupid.

Someone….please explain to me where Tyra Banks is fat??!! It’s no wonder there’s an epidemic of eating disorders on this Continent…..

I love Tyra! She’s absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I realize that she is now retired, but I would LOVE to see her make it back into the modeling world as a plus size model! She would really stir things up and maybe make other aspiring models think twice about starving themselves and killing themsleves for a modeling career – and maybe wise up the general public that ALL WOMEN ARE NOT A SIZE 0 AND TO NOT FEEL BAD ABOUT IT!!!!

Whilst Tyra has gained a few pounds (in her own words), I am much more impressed with her intellect. The Tyra Banks Show reveals how quick her mind is and how unaffected she is about her own appearance. Very healthy self esteem and I am sure if she felt the need to lose a few pounds she would do so. I still think she is beautiful.
Wendy.

Tyra, You look like a real woman now. I am someone that has struggled to be thin my whole life and I am still heavier than the world would like. Maybe you will NOW help make a difference in the modeling world , which will transfer to us the normal people.

Thank you Tyra!! You were gorgeous at 125 pounds and you’re even more gorgeous at 160. Thank you for standing up for us regular women!! Keep it up girl!! You look great!!

I think Tyra looks absolutely gorgeous and I’m so glad that she is standing up for women “who sometimes or always look like this”. I am one of those women and her “speech” has made me feel so much better about my body! I just want to say THANK YOU Tyra!!

You go girlfriend!!! It’s about time someone stood up for the normal people around here. It’s get to see her so proud of herself. Women and young girls could learn alot from this, and her. Go Tyra

I think it was great of her to stand up and make the comments that she made. Weight does not make the woman. Her attitude and outlook on life does.

I think that Tyra is a very beautiful person and she is not fat at all. She look good. People who critize are not happy people, where as if you’re a happy person, there is no way that they would say that Tyra is fat. I like her at the weight she is now, and she prefers the weight she is at also. People, there is a war going on!!!! You need to be more worried about that than talking about Tyra. There are jealous people who hate the fact that she is a very successful black women who is comfortable in her own skin. I admire her and I think her talk show is great, I have learned alot from her shows and I love watching her America’s Top Model. She has all of the experience and she is telling the girls exactly what the modeling world is looking for, so if she tells them that they have to lose weight, then she is only helping them. She is trying to get them in model shape so that they can get a contract with a modeling agency and we all know how the people there can be. Tyra, you go girl, keep on keeping on and don’t let what ignorant people say about you get to you. They don’t have anything else to do but sit back and talk about people. They need to get a life and think about what is going on over in Irac, that is very important to everyone. Support the soldiers who are over there protecting us and are losing there lives trying to protect us. Talk about that and leave Tyra alone.

There has to be a time, a point, a place in everyone’s life when they are satisfied with who they are and what they have accomplished. This kind of satisfaction prevents them from being discouraged by the world’s perception and misconception about them. This kind of satisfaction within oneself produces peace within oneself. When one is completely satisfied, they never have to strive with another, covet another, be envious or jealous of another, or try to live up to someone else’s expectations of them. For they have set their own standards in life and live so governed accordingly by their own standards. Thank God for the wonderful parenting of Tara’s mom.

Tara is for once probably the happiest she has ever been. And those that don’t understand that kind of joy, resort to hating those that have found it. Where I’m from, the old folks used to sing a song that said: “This joy that I have, the world didn’t give it and the world can’t take it away.”

Be comfortable in the skin you are in, no matter what color or what size.

i think tyra looks good in anything and no one should give a damn what she weighs its her life and sometimes people look fat in some pictures so layoff and leave tyra alone we all love her

I think that tyra did the right thing and i am really proud of her! it takes a lot of guts to do that in front of millions! .. did any one see her show today? 9feb. 1st) … AMAZING! couldnt believe how she could be so right! .. even though i dont have an eating disorder, and am happy about my body, i still felt so touched by what she said! i just think that she is one of the most positive role models on the planet! .. and another woman on her talk show today.. who was curvy also was amazing! .. coudos to both of them!.. we love youu!!!
-michelle

man giver her a break
she is drop deak gorgeous
one of the most beautiful women i ‘ve ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE TYRA !!! SHE IS TO BE APPLAUDED FOR HER COMMONSENSE AND FOR SAYING THINGS THAT NEED TO BE SAID. I HOPE ALL GIRLS/WOMEN TAKE NOTE AND KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL

I will kiss your fat ass any day of the week!! Girl – you a spectacular! fantastic! beautiful! and I could go on for days and days. Thank you from the bottom of my heart ( and my fat bottom too.) You are an inspiration and an amazing woman. I hope I can be half as wonderful as you during my life. If I haven’t said you are wonderful yet, than let me again. YOU ARE THE BOMB MS. TYRA!!!

My comments are addressed to the men and women who have left negative remarks on this site – SEEK THERAPUTIC/PSYCHIATRIC HELP IMMEDIATELY!! If who you are is wrapped up in how much you weigh or what size you wear and you direct hateful looks and comments at people who are not as thin as you – YOU’VE GOT ISSUES WITH FOOD!! I wish Miss Banks all the luck in the world. She has chosen to “buck the system” and I for one am proud of her for it. I am surprised though that she would be hurt by negative comments. Tyra should know better than most the fashion industry is full of sharks and that they eat their own. I watched an interesting program on Discovery Health Channel the other night. It stated that people who are too thin not only age faster but shorten their lives significantly.

I don’t think its even humanly possible for Tyra to look bad !

What people don’t realize is that Tyra is a very tall women so 40 pounds on her still looks good. Tyra likes to eat and she wears it well – so get off her back!!!!

I think that Tyra is a real roll model for all gilrs and women today. She is beautiful on the inside and out. She has a wonderful body and self respect!! Who wants to look like a skeleton anyway!!!!!!!!
YOU GO GIRL!

I am thankful that Tyra addressed what she did. I work at a University as a Resident Director to Upperclass women, I see too many cases of girls with eating disorders and low self esteem. I too struggled and still fight battles in my mind about the way I feel about me. God made us who we are the way He wanted us to be…we need to love ourselves more and stop comparing to each other.

i think that tyra is gorgeus. i mean just because shes not a size double zero and 100 pounds doesnt mean that she not pretty. in fact it makes her even better because shes healthy and doesnt starv herself for days to loose weight.

Tyra’s right
or
I looked like hell at 17.1 BMI

I recently suffered from a 3 month intestinal illness that caused me to drop from a health 123 on my 40 year old 5 foot 4.5 inch frame to a very scary 103 in 5 weeks time. I was shocked and appalled at the number of people how gave me compliments on “looking great” or “losing the baby weight”.

I WAS WALKING DEATH at that weight – bones sticking out and everything. I’ve always been thin but this was ridiculous. I was so darn weak I couldn’t enjoy playing with my kids they way I wanted to. Even a “gentle yoga” class was too much for me.

The truly shocking thing was that all of the compliments came from WOMEN – the few men that said anything were all concerned with my health. I am not talking about a group of metro twenty-somethings working in fashion – I am talking about my fellow 40-ish moms in middle-class suburbia, my 50ish neighbor who is a retired rocket scientist with a list of degrees and accolades as long as Tyra’s legs and my own mother who has co-authored a book on healthy living a body image for young girls. There is something truly wrong with society and our image of what looks good. I applaud Tyra for fighting a good fight.

There are those who might argue that “thin is healthy” by citing the dangers of obesity from a heath perspective. I want to comment as someone with a family history of CVD and diabetes.

Please know that I am wearing red today as part of “wear red day” to highlight the issue of women’s heart disease. I have many family member with CVD who have had thier lives comprised by the disease. I truly believe that we should all watch what we eat in terms of avoiding saturated and trans fat, empty calories and too much sugar and salt. We should know our blood pressure numbers (free readings at many pharmacies and food stores- including Wal Mart) and get blood sugar and lipid level checks (LDL and HDL) when we can (curse my insurance provider) and know our BMIs. We should strive to maintain a healthy weight – not too high not too low. The CDC recommendations for my height is a weight of 110 to 148 pounds. That is a huge range!!

BUT – a “healthy” weight does not mean rail thin!!! Rail this is not heathy!!!

Keep up the good work Tyra.

PS> After 2 months of health I am back up to 113 and looking forward to putting on some more pounds – I am better looking size 6 then a size 2.

I think Tyra looks great. And I’m glad that she’s spoken out about her thoughts on the tabloid trash. She’s owned the whole situation which is commendable. She stated that she was hurt (normal reaction to negative comments). She also stated that she is happy with herself which is a great thing. Tabloids & media make weight gain sound as if the world is coming to an end and I’m glad that Tyra approached this situation and shared her side. Kudos to you Tyra.

Beautiful Tyra, you have a great deal of influence on females around the world. The rule of thumb is that you can always extract something positive even at the event of some negativism. You gaining 30 lb did probably happen for a good reason:) PLEASE take this opportunity and tell the whole world that the beauty comes from within. Gaining or losing weight doesn’t add charisma or confidence. Your statements can change the philosophy of many unsatisfied women. Thank you in advance!

P.S.I am putting together an article that I’ll publish in am.NY about that same issue.

she’s gorgeous. Enough said.

I think Tyra looks great! The media makes me so angry, saying she is fat and has let herself go. I’m also glad that Tyra stuck up for herself and is fighting back. I hope she doesn’t feel the media pressure and lose weight. Stay strong Tyra!

I think Tyra is a wonderful person and will always look amazing!!! She will always be a beautiful and caring and intelligent person no matter how much she weighs as long as she has a great self esteem it will show threw thick and thin!!!! Your my girl for life tyra!!!!Don’t listen to haters and you look great in that bathing suit even without makeup unlike some skinny stars who wear lots of makeup and still will never look as good as you without makeup!!! I luvs ya and keep making amazing shows and inspiring people!!! Your #1 fan Sarah!!!!

Tyra, Tyra what were you thinking “kiss my fat ass” you tried to stand up but won’t really work… me and my girls were actually laughing our ass off with your message… what you really should do is get your lard ass in some work out and then show us to shut up cs right now there’s nothing you can do we all know that truth hurts but… still you’re FAT!

Tyra looks fantastic, better now than she has ever, and most of that has do with her inner strength. She was brave enough to come out and share her feelings and be honest. She has a real woman’s body, not some skinny, flat chested thing that seems to come out of Hollywood and the fashion runways these days. Bravo Tyra you have done all us “real women” a great service.

Tyra is NOT FAT! She is 5’10 and weights 161 pounds. It is natural for her to weight this muhc because of her height.Tyra do not let the media get to you! They just want to write stories about you. They are so obsessed with celeb’s losing and gaining weight. They may be even jealous of your body. Tyra you are GORGEOUS! NO one can doubt that.Even if you are retied from modeling I still think you are beautiful. You are beautiful person in the inside and out. It only matters in the inside. But I know that you are very caring and loving.What I love about you is the you had the guts to come national television to confront your “Fat Tabloids”. You are so honest. It was very brave of you. I was watching two days ago and you cried at the end when you said”KISS MY FAT ASS” . I know how much the media really hurt you.It was a very emoctional show for you and the audience because I saw people crying. It I was there I would have balled my eyes out for you. Remember Tyra there are lots of people out their who love you and will help you get through this hard time. I will always be one of your biggest fans no matter what happens. Much Love xoxo

Brittany(Canada)

I’m so proud of Tyra for standing up for herself. The media’s obssesion with weight is insane! And then they wonder why young girls such as Mary Kate Olsen, Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Ritchie and many others are starving themselves. If Tyra Banks is fat, all I have to say is, please God, please let me be fat!

Tyra is amazing. Stunning and in my opinion, perfect! Go Tyra x

I love Tyra she makes young girls feel good about who they are. You go girl!

Tyra is beautiful inside in out. She is still a super model and insperation for rest us. We are really proud of what she has accomplished so far. Love you Tyra………I am your big fan…Always will be

I think that it’s ridiculous for the general public to think that a woman who is 5’10″ 160 lbs. is disgusting. That is what is normal. It’s articles like these that lead to women having eating disorders because the magazine says that healthy weight is gross. It is a bad example and I think Tyra looks fabulous! She’s a real woman.

Are you seriously kidding me, I think Tara is just what we need instead of all the phony images we see that is so unrealistic I can’t believe they are actually talking about how fat she is even with all the talk about skin models and how unhealthy they are this is real sicken. I say Tara keep up the good work and girl you look good!!!!!!

Tyra looks wonderful! All the people that dissed her on this blog should take a good hard look at themselves in the mirror and get a life! Who are you to judge? If you don’t like her talk show, don’t watch it! I think there are alot of bored & jealous people out there. Shame, shame!! Tyra, we all love you!

It’s true that Tyra Banks has gained some weight but the question is what do you think attractiveness is. A few more pounds and Tyra would be center stage in a “Look, Who’s Fat Now” article somewhere. If she were to lose weight, then we’d know that she felt unattractive and thought she needed to lose the weight. She’s tactfully redefining her image in respects to her new duties as a svengali and talk show host. With more control, she is poised to improve the image of women within fashion.
And yes, Tyra is a mild hypocrite but only because she is a successful model who’s moved to another level within the fashion game. She’s still part of this industry where the majority of employees are women whose image and self concept are managed by men (many of which are FAT by the way). But why do men control an industry that is about women? Why do we think they are so great?
Women’s bodies change over time. The idea that men manage this industry means that it’s not required to relate to women on a human level. It’s obvious that a number of fashion designers are pushing a look that emphasizes the look of clothing (and how a girl’s body should look in the clothing) over the various things womens bodies actually do (menstruating, birthing babies, breastfeeding, storing fat) and the various roles women play in society (as workers, mothers, politicians, thinkers).
I once read a model guide written by the mother of a model who used her earnings to get through medical school. I seriously doubt that the model turned doctor wears a size 0.
Tyra’s claim to fame was as a model; she’s built her popularity on it. She knows that she’s in two industries (fashion and television) that value people on the most superficial of objects. She will always keep herself up being the public eye but secretly we’ll jump on her if she doesn’t.

I say “you go girl, Tyra”. You are beautiful and I see nothing wrong with you then or now. The Paris, etc. models are horrible looking. To me, there is nothing sexy about anyone that is so small you can see her bones. I saw you on Extra and loved it (you sure told the tabloids). I have a modeling troupe and I have models from size 3 to size 22 and they are ALL beautiful. We love you!

Tyra looks absolutley amazing, and anybody that is willing to criticize her for her beautiful body has some serious issues. God made each of us unique, and I’m proud of Tyra for realizing that and standing up for women. Women were not created to look like sticks! Where’s sexy in that? Tyra is as sexy and beautiful as it gets! YOU GO GIRL!

Tyra is so incredible for doing this. There are so many girls out there that look up to her. She wants to make people realize that it’s ok to have curves and be shaped differently. It doesn’t make you ugly because you are. So much pressure is put on people to be a certain size and look like everyone else. There are so many people that suffer from eating disorders. People are dying because of this. It needs to be stopped. Tyra has made a big step in standing up for herself because there are other girls out there that feel the same way and now they know that everything will be alright and they’re beautiful.

Miss Tyra, you have no idea. I live on a small island off the coast of British Colombia, Canada. There are about 900 of us year round. A little more than half are women from fourteen to seventy. Your cover created a reaction at the check out at the cortes market. Women were laughing and checking each other out and going( how do you spell the sound of hot?)
Personally I already knew I was hot at a pound less than you baby girl and proud, like you it’s about walking the walk. I work, hard, nobody wants my job, but ai love it. It keeps me healthy and fit and outside in all weathers. Not unlike a super model.
You go baby girl

I am glad that this happened so that Tyra has an opportunity to speak out for those women in the world who are not rail thin. I think that she looks absolutly amazing!! Plus, when you consider how tall she is, can 160 lbs be considered “heavy”? Give me a break critics. She is a woman, and a woman should be curvy. If we were meant to starve ourselves almost out of existance, would our bodies be programed to love starches and fat? I don’t think so. It’s science folks, look it up.

I think it’s weird that people are criticizing Tyra’s weight gain. Twiggy Larson has gained considerable weight since her modeling days and no one is criticizing her and she used to be stick thin. :/ They’re both on the same show promoting the same “thin model” thing and neither one are thin anymore. I don’t think it’s fair to judge, especially since we don’t know what is personally going on in her life to make her gain weight.

tyra banks criticizes ppl on the top model show because they don’t have “the body”.
im not saying she’s fat…i mean come on…she IS getting older and i guess thats what happens.
but watch. shes being all IM FINE WITH MY WEIGHT..but give her a month and she’ll go ger liposuction or on a diet.

i am almost POSITIVE she’ll get rid of the weight

just wait and watch.

I think she looks great, and she is a great person. I like how she is a “regular” ordinary woman, and a good role model for young girls . how she is just a good person. you go girl

i think tyra is right, so what if she has gained weight? so what? i think that she has the right to stand up for herself, and yah..
ANGEL

Ya know, I think tyra looks GREAT! shyt half these ppl out there wished they looked that good. Ya know REALITY CHECK, models need to be sizes like tyra an a lil bigger cause in reality thats what most of us are, most of us are not 5’3 102lbs, beautiful women come in all sizes. And these tabloids should be the last ppl to jude anyone. YOU GO TYRA!
show them and tell them what a beautiful curvey women looks like!

I think Tyra is a beautiful woman and very positive so who cares if she did gained weight. She still looks great!

Fat? No, Tyra–I call that perfect!

I love Tyra. She talks about topics on her show that no other talk host (but montel)like to talk about, important topics like teen porn stars or shows about selfestem and loving yourself.. I love to watch her show with my daughter. Shame on all you tabloids for the coments you posted about Tyra, no one is perfect and not everyone is suppose to be skinny anyway.If God wanted everyone to be the same he would hve made us all the same ; but what do you say he didn’t make us all the same and he sure all HELL did not make us perfect.. Oh and for the record not even skinny pepole are perfect and as for me I like being in the middle…Tyra you are a great host, model, and I personaliy think those reporters can kiss all of our FAT ASS.. thank you Gina G..

As long as her wallet gets fat along with, it doesn’t matter…It’s her bank account, oh I mean body.

I think that people should just stay out of her personal life. If she wants to gain weight (which I think is not much)let her do it. Most people were jealous of her when she was 30 pounds lighter and now they are even more jealous because she is what I consider to be healthy thick. Which is a good thing. Tyra don’t let them people get in your way, you were sexy then and you still are now.

tyra,u keep doing wat u do!!ur done with modeling right now……..hek!!….eat wat u wanna eat.u aint walking on the runway no more!!lol
look,i watch u on ur show sometimes in the morning,i’m from jamaica and from wat i’m seeing ur quite fine with wat u r ,so don’t mind those foolish papparatzzis(is that the right spelling?) neways bye girl

I think she looks GREAT!!! Much better than the skin and bones that is seen so often in fashion magazines and the fashion industry as a whole.

I think that Tyra is more beautiful now. I know personally I can relate more to her- then to those anorexic looking models out there who have no shape, curves or figure. I mean really-unless you are starving yourself and in a state of malnutrition how can you be so thin and still be healthy, it certainly is not beauty that these models should be known for.

What kind of standard is society setting when they plaster magazine covers with these girls who you can nearly see through just to sell clothes-knowing full well nothing looks like that on a normal person. Why is it important to make people feel so small and ugly in comparison to someone who is thin..how is this good MEDIA????And SOCIETY wonders why girls are sticking their fingers down their throats!

I would think that anyone with young girls today would appreciate how fresh and real it is to have Tyra on covers of magazines more now then ever. It is a wonderful eye opener for anyone to see that being paper thin is not sexy, that looking like a teenage boy when you are in fact a grown woman is very sad!

I thank Tyra for breathing a little life into this weight obsessed society. I think it is awesome!!!! Bravo Tyra!You are an inspiration! It’s fine to look after yourself and be who it is you are….without letting society dictate your image of beauty! Being a size 10 or 12 is not fat-it’s realistic….being a minus 2 that’s just freak worthy!

Beauty comes from the inside out and Tyra has shown that she is overall beautiful. She is talented, successful, and she is also a role model for young girls. It is very important to teach our children that criticizing others for any reason is hurtful and should not be tolerated. Tyra has proved that you can do anything with hard work, family support, and overall confidence in onesself. I also think that she is more beautiful now.

I always thought that Tyra is a great person with a great personality. It is because she is not too perfect what makes her so beautiful. She has shown her strength to the world. I’m sure it was still hard for her, like it would be for all women beeing treated like that.
Tyra keep on doing your thing. You’ve always been beautiful from the inside and from the outside.
Gudrun- Austria
5,11 and 190 (hot as hell :-))

Congratulations Tyra. You have nothing to be ashamed of. Women are built with curves and they are nothing to be ashamed of. Maybe if magazines printed articles like this one there wouldn’t be so many girls with eating problems or body issues.

Tyra is not only an inspiration to me but to the other millions of women who look up to her. Forget any other celebrity right now, she is on top of her game! Better yet she is in a league all her own. I love Tyra! I am her #1 fan! Thank you People Mag. for this issue!!! You also rock!:)

Hey….This is shloe and I just wanted to let you know that I’ve been trying to gain weight and it never works I’m 15 years old and I’m 5’2 and I weigh about 106 pounds and I need some edvice on….Shoot I just need to see you I want to be a model I want to make my mom proud I look and act like a model I have a beautiful face you woudn’t believe please let me be on your show

Her legs still look like ball bats

Wow, Tyra everything you do is amazing, but this really hit the spot! I can’t beleive how anyone could think someone with such a beautiful body like you could be fat. Although I don’t know what it feels like to be over weight, I do undertand what it feels like to be under weight. And I feel you deffinitly made a satement with this article. You’ve made thousands of women and teens all over the world, realize you don’t have to have a perfect body to be beautiful. We are all perfect the way we are. Great job Tyra. =)

I think she is a great person.

About two weeks ago i was reading an article in 24 hrs about how size zero run way models may be banned. I was on the bus at the time and it was all i could do to not yell you “yes!” After that i heard about the tyra photos and it really made me angry because i myself am 5’10 and 175 lbs, and i do not feel as if im fat or disgusting. Im so greatful for all the work tyra is doing and the criticism that she doesnt take. She is deffinately a huge role model to women of all sizes and ages. It makes me proud to tell me weight.! :) GO TYRA!

i think that tyra has an amazing body and im glad that she is embracing her curves im glad she is doing this because it has inspired me so much to lose weight the healthy way not the anorexic way!!!!!! im am so proud of her!!! she is so much more of a role model now then she ever was!!!!! she rox!!!!
GO TYRA!!!!!!

When I heard about what the tabloids were saying about Tyra I couldn’t believe it. The tabloids have to write dirt on everyone. Just look at the young stars in Hollywood. First all the tabloids will write is that stars are too fat. Then when the celebs starve them selves into scary thin (and I do mean starve sorry Nicole Ritchie you can’t get that skinny by just from exercise) they gripe that they are too thin. Why don’t they just leave them alone. I am 5’6″ and 147lbs. And I don’t care what you think. I love my curves, because I am a real woman.

I may be the only guy commenting here, but I think Tyra still looks great. My wife has a little more weight on her since we first got married in 1983, but I still think she looks good. I know alot of guys look for the skinny girls with artificial parts, but I’m sorry, all natural is the way to go. I’m not saying Fat is where it’s at, either. I’m talking healthy. If you have a little extra weight, but still have good yearly checkups, you should be proud of yourself.

Frank

I DO NOT THING TYRA IS FAT BECAUSE SHE SEEM THE SAME SIZE TO AND SHE LOOK GOOD I WISH I WAS LIKE HER

tyra is so pretty i dont know any woman who would not want to look like her just jealous people so sad ! i would like to know if tyra would ever have a show on body morphic disorder it is something i never hear much about and i have been living with for years

I think Tyra is such a beautiful person in the inside and out.She weights 161 pounds and 5″10 it it looks perfectly natural.Tyra is NOT fat at all.She is such a wonderful inspeartion to me and so many other young teens.She is my role model and I look up to her so much. I bet everyone else does to.Tyra is now retired from modeling and it is okay to gain a pounds.I think that the media is soo obsessed with celebs gaining and losing weight! SO they have to wrtie something about that…Then people believe it is true then it falls back on Tyra…Tyra is such a strong beautiful person ..Love you so much xoxo

Brittany(Canada)

hi again tara,dont even trip honey if i listened to what people said about me i wouldnt be who i am today, you look good honey little or big who is them to judge. god likes all kinds and colors.do your thing honey with your head high and this comes from my heart to yours. hope to see you soon on americas next top model.yea baby i did go to the open call in niagara falls new york wish me luck .love chastity houston of buffalo new york.

Tyra is amazing!!! She isn’t afraid to stand up for herself. And i’m glad she did. I don’t think it makes a diffrants if you’re fat or not. I’ve been thinking I was over weight, but she has shown me that you don’t need to look great to be skinny. Tyra is my Hero! Tyra, you rock!!!

Good afternoon Tyra,
I don’t know if you will respond but I wanted to tell you that your show is something to be proud of. I started watching and will admitt that I was not sure of the content and if I would enjoy it. I saw in your past blogs many coments about your beauty. True but beauty comes from with in. Yours is there. I can see that you spend much time researching a subject matter prior to airing. This is a good thing. judging from the blog responces you have many young people watching and using you as a role model. Your guest speakers, and I am refering to the Dr.’s are a major factor in the understanding of your guests. Because of the young audence I would love to see a motivator speaker on your show. Someone who was maybe going off in the wrong direction but brought them selfs back and now can freely speak about it. I have a 14 year old son that is doing well but as all young kids has the peer presures of young adulthood. Let me know if you do this. I would not be able to travel out to you but surely would enjoy watching on your daily. Warm wishes to you and thank you.
Jackie

first off tyra is the most beautiful woman i’ve ever seen she was beautiful at 115 and she is beautiful at 161 me personally i prefer the 161.people will always pass judgement but look at most of the people who had somthing to say are they model material? i love the show i respect tyras strength and her ability to handle haters in a classy manner yet be herself.to all you tyra haters stop it look at her!!! IF I HAD ONE WISH

tyra is a hypocrit. I watched america’s top model one time. I watched how she made her money off of all of these young girls pain. She exploits them and their personal trails. She has them come on her talk show and talk about america top model things, as though they owe her something.You don’t make your living off of someone else’s pain. I liked tyra’s show until she let one of her employees from top model, that man Mr. Jay disrespect mariah carey on her show. I am not convinced that she was not aware that he had plans of doing that. What’s worse is that she let Mariah defend herself in stead of her handling her friend/coworker/employee. She did not take care of her guest (Mariah). I think that Tyra was hating a little on Mariah. Anyway I don’t like the way that Tyra’s show is going. I don’t think that she should be using her platform for people with racial, and hate issues to get free publicity. I think I will turn her off for a little while. I’m sure I will return though.

tyra thinks she is all that. when in fact, she’s not. she’s trying soo hard to be Oprah. her show is just a poor second to Oprah’s. i hate her. i loved her at first. but after a few weeks of watching her show, i realized that she’s not a good host at all. she intimidates her guests and instead of listening to them., she scolds them and gives ‘em a piece of her mind. who wants to know what she thinks anyway?she’s just a model. that’s all she ever will be. she doesn’t have a college degree,unlike Oprah. she is so accusing and thinks she knows everything. hell, she’s just doing this just because she is getting fat and nobody wants her to be a model anymore. even victoria’s secret,which she constantly boasts about. and oh yeah, i thinks she’s arrogant and self-absorbed. she thinks her achievements are so wonderful. yeah,yeah. it’s nice being a model and all but it’s practically a profession for people who want to flaunt what they’ve got and make people feel sorry about themselves coz they’re not a size zero.

well tyra,sorry.

i don’t like you and i never will.

i hope your show gets cancelled. it sucks!

from: Francisca Pilapil,17 years old

Cebu, Philippines

I don’t think its fair to pressure celebs to have this perfect image. Tyra is not fat and people are just stupid to even think that.

I love Tyra and I admire her for what she is , and what she does. She is a true inperations to every women in the world. When Tyra revealed her feeling on her show i was so touched because i gained weigth after i had my baby and it was hard on me. To hear Tyra saying all the things that she said really inpired me and gave me the strength to move on withought being self conscious about myself. I am really proud of Tyre there are very few if any superstars, models ect…. that stand up for what they believe, withought worring about what other people are going to say. I just want to say that i love Tyra and that i’m fat “so what”

Wow, way to go Tyra. You look amazing with the added weight. Everyone who have made negative comments on this blog are just jealous. You are a beautiful, self-confident, smart and sexy woman. I am so glad that someone like you has finally made a stand against the media, who put down everyone who gains a few pounds. My daughter is 5’11′ tall and weighs 148 pounds, has legs up to her neck , beautiful body, but thinks shes fat. I told her to google The Tyra Banks show today.

Tyra you are the greatest. Don’t listen to the haters. You are so beautiful no matter what size you are. You are such an inspiration and such a great role model. You have taught so many young girls to love themselves. Keep doing what you’re doing.

omg i love your show!!!!!!!i would do any thing to see ur show and i love the way you stand up for girls ur my hero i no im only 11 but i would give up all my stuf to see your show live!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think Tyra is an amazingly, beautifull, talented and sharp woman. My daughter’s role model. NOT a bad choice if you ask me. I think it is awful what the tabloids do to these young people.It is not like you can get away from them as they are all staring at you at the grocery counter. Discusting..
Go Tyra and laugh all the way to the bank….

helo im a fan of tyra from Africa.i dont fine anything wrong with her size be it the false one or her real self.she is just ok.i thing magazines should stop encouraging too skinny mdels some of them look frightful.this also affects their health.were i come from you are considered out of shape when too skinny.i am 30 yrs old and a size five naturaly. people admire me that way and even call me a model but i dont like it.i realy want to put on weight.keep up tyra you are more beautiful with that size than when you were skinier and a model.

I have been watching the Tyra Banks show for sometime now. today I witnessed a very bizzare incident. Tyra flared up and used soem indecent language on national television. In as much as she was mad at the press for saying she has gained more weight, I think she went too far by saying ” you can kiss my fat ass”. That is very unacceptable for someone who want to be a role model for ladies. Am totally disappointed. We need an explanation and if possible an apology for that unpleasant comment on TV.

Tyra that is great that you feel good about you body. But what do I do about my 13 year old daughter who feels that small is beautiful. I do my best to tell that God do make any mistakes and the way she look is the way that He wants her the look. But no matter how much I tell her, if she don’t feel it in the inside her outer appearance will continue to bring her saddness. Please help! The pain in my daughter tears.

Ms. Trya Banks is a role model for many girls who are dreaming to become a model. When I saw Tyra screaming and how she was so disappointed on one of the episodes on Americas Next Top Model I was like wow!Tyra really cares about these girls…oh and by the way she looks great!

i think tyra banks is a very beautifull,intelligent,and loving person. no one has the right to sit back and pass judgment on anyone! i feel that most models in the industry are way to skinny and the just look sick. there is nothing wrong with tyra’s body. she does so much to try to inspire young girls to be happy with themselves as they should and mabye all the critics should listen to her advice as well. SO WHAT to all you out there that believe that only a girl size 0-6 can be beautifull so can women size 12 and up. ROCK ON TYRA!!

Tyra i think that you are a beautiful woman and i have much respect for you. when they were taking about your weight i just want to hurt all of them, because i want to be a full-sized model i love modeling. one day i would like to meet you in person or be a guest on one of your show. well tyra i have to go back to class now so when i can i will write you again love you.

i love your show you are so pretty and i love the other show americas next top model and i love how you help people and i wishi could see you and person so bad but we don’t have money to see you your drive there ether im 12 years old i hope you can back it would make me happy so much thanks for haveing some good shows seem but the missing kids that was so so sad and i like how you get to talk and hang out with famous people and tyra banks i look up to you and you are a good model and i git love it thanks for making me happy thank again i hope you have a good two show life but i hope i could go to your show byb byb tyra from deven beal byb again

who cares if 161lbs. ! ! ! the cellulite ? who cares ! ! ! She is still one of the most beautiful and most attractive woman i’ve seen on t.v.

It doesn’t matter what size you are because Your beautiful no matter what. I think people should stop trying to make other people look bad. Tyra is my hero and she should feel good about herself. Anyways, men like a lillte meat and booty on a women because its sexy to them so I
wouldn’t care what others thought.

She doesn’t look overweight to me. That sounds HEALTHY for a girl her height (I’m about her height, weigh 10 lbs less, but feel HUGE!). I think it’s these 5 foot 1″ girls who are 100 lbs or less and live in HOLLYWOOD, not reality.
People should be able to go to the beach and wear a bikini and not feel self conscious or “fat” because they don’t look like Nicole Ritchie a year ago. I admire her self confidence, and they can “kiss my fat a**, TOO!”

i just want to say how much i enjoy watching u on tv,my biggest dream is to meet u one day i just love u tyra.

Hi tyra, l love you, l try to watch your show every day. l am shame of myself l weight 226 pound l hate the way l look my back hurts, my legs hurts becaus of my weight. most of the time when l eat l make my self sick. I have tried L.A weight lose it did nothing for me i have tried every diet pill there is l have spend so much money on diet pills it not funny. l am over 30. I NEED HELp!!!!!

hiya… tyra you r de boom…!!! i love watching americas next top model!!!:):)
keep doing wat ya doin chic….
ha tell twiggy she is awsome 2 hahaha!!!!
xxxx

i realy love the new Tyra(i mean her curvy body)! who cares about what people say. nobody is ugly. everybody is beautiful inside out & outside in. it’s how you express your beauty that counts. ;-)

I think it’s unanimous, Tyra is gorgeous! It makes me wonder what the person looks like who wrote those rediculous insults about her. They must just be jealous because those kinds of curves are sublime.

Tyra is amazing and i think she is beautiful. Tyra is my Idol and I look up to her she is an amazing role model for young women and girls. You rock Tyra

I think that what people are trying to tell her is to loose weight and that in order for her to be as admirable as before that she needs to be as thin as she was before. I also think that people are taking under consideration what she says about the models on ANTM, that little girls want to look up to someone who is beautiful and who has certain looks and has that star physique. But I think that even if a celebrity gains a couple of pounds that they should still be recognized for the effort that they have put into building up who they are today. when Tyra being the person that she is when she says that a model has to take the criticism some people would think that oh she can take it she’s a big girl but actually she’s been through it all before and there is no need for her to go through it all over again because she gained 30 lbs.

for a Saggitarius girl, Tyra is only coming into her natural fulfillment of her birthright, which is to be kind of “hippy”, and very candid in her approach to the world in relation to herself as well as others. most “Sagg” gals that i know also have ample breast size. so the bottom line (no pun intended) is, so long as Ms. B is comfortable in her own skin then what right does anyone have to try to knock her down to their obvious level?

Tyra Banks,
Wouldn’t have stood up for plus size women if she didn’t gain that weight. She stood up for them, because her feelings was hurt.When I watch the Tyra Banks show she nothing nice. She want too know if other women shower or take a bath when they’re at home on there off day of work.Tyra Banks down fall her self on the show talking about how her breat sags and she has dimples in her butt. So I don’t blame nobody but Tyra.

IT’S A TRAP!!!

I watch Americas next top model every season. I see all of these tiny models that strut there stuff and think there so hot. Which yes they are beautiful but when i look at tyra i see a more confident and curvier women.And it brings hope to me. I know i can never be a size 4 and i dont want to be. I have always been a bigger girl and have been ashammed of my curves. but when i look at tyra who is not a twig but has curves and glows with confidence it gives me hope. Tyra is my biggest role model and i love watching her. Just to see how much confindence she has makes me think that even though i am bigger and curvier than all the gilrs in my school that i can still be beautiful. So thankyou tyra so much! and please never change beacuse of all the stereotypes in the world telling you your not skinny enough. You beautiful and an inspiration to me! Tahnks <3

I love Tyra as an overall successful woman, it does’nt matter how skinny or fat she is. I love her.

I think Tyra is fat! She looked a lot better back in the day! and her show is annoying how be she for once shut up and let other people talk. Didn’t someone ever tell her its rude to interrupt…?

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