Brown Sista

Is the writing already on the wall? Is Michelle Obama destined to be the next First Lady of the United States? Well Harper’s Bazaar may think so as they have photographed model Tyra Banks portraying Michelle as just that. The images above, as well as those on the next page, show Tyra in several scenes made famous by another former First Lady, the late Jacqueline Kennedy.
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Model Tyra Banks is bringing her hit reality show, America’s Next Top Model, back for it’s eleventh season. The two hour season premiere will kick off on Wednesday, September 3rd, with weekly encore airings every Friday night at 9pm. And beginning October 29th ANTM episodes will serve as the lead in for Tyra’s newest reality show, Stylista. To your right is the first promo shot to surface for the new season, and it’s kinda funky… in a good way. It’s definitely one of the more interesting concepts they have used. The poster reminds me of the movie The Love Guru, with it’s 1960’s psychedelic imagery. And though Tyra’s face looks strangely odd, it’s not really her face that stands out- but rather those amazing gladiator boots she is wearing.
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Model, actress, and talk show hostess, Tyra Banks, has been immortalized in wax. Madame Tussands in Washington D.C unveiled their wax figure of the fashion icon and as per all Madame Tussands’ figures, the likeness is astonishing. The figure of Tyra is posed with her hands on her hips and is shown wearing a black wrap dress, beige patent leather peep-toe pumps and gold and black bangle bracelets. As many of you already know, Tyra recently won her first Daytime Emmy for her work on her talk show. The model is also bringing back America’s Next Top Model for an eleventh season and has finished principle shooting on her latest reality venture, Stylista.
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Daytime chat queen Tyra Banks has a lot to be happy about tonight as her talk show, The Tyra Banks Show, earned it’s first Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show. The model turned actress, turned talk show hostess beat out some stiff competition to take home the honor, as both The Dr. Phil Show and A Place Of Our Own, were nominated as well. “I’m shaking,” Tyra, the show’s host and executive producer, said as she took the stage to collect her prize. “I have such a strong history with daytime television. My mama… Where’s my mama? My mama’s crying like a baby! Hi Mama,” Banks said, explaining how she spent many days when she was growing up, watching soap operas and talk shows with her grandmother while her mother worked two jobs.
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Model and budding mogul, Tyra Banks, has scored a major coup by landing the June 1st. cover of The New York Times Magazine. The talk show host describes herself in the feature as a mixture of Oprah Winfrey with a side of Martha Stewart thrown in. NYT staff writer says of Tyra: “Her brand, like her trademark ‘tough but still smiling’ smile, is consistent in all her shows: serious about the frivolous; empathetic and empowering, and always, always aimed at young women, across all races. It’s girly TV with a punch”.
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Model and entrepreneur, Tyra Banks, who is pictured to your right attending the CW Network’s annual Upfront event, has had her new reality show, Stylista, picked up for the fall season by the network. The new series will be a “Devil Wears Prada”-esque competition show that allows 11 ambitious assistants to taste what it’s like to have heavy responsibilities at Elle magazine by helping its fashion news director Anne Slowey. The winner will get the editorial position at Elle, a paid lease on a Manhattan apartment and a clothing allowance at H&M for a year. Look for Stylista to debut this fall as part of the CW’s Wednesday night line-up.
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Talk show hostess Tyra Banks took advantage of the mild New York weather yesterday and taped her show live on the street in Union Square. Tyra and her audience were celebrating the 500th episode of The Tyra Banks Show, which you have to admit, is a pretty amazing feat. I remember the first time I saw this show and I surely did not think it would work. However, after a bit of tweaking and an emphasis on celebrity interviews, The Tyra Show has bounced back in the ratings and even garnered Tyra her first Emmy nomination. Kudos to Tyra and her Bankable Productions.