Mon, 17 November 2008 at 12:45 pm

Tyra Banks Pays For Sex Change Operation?

According to Us Weekly, Tyra Banks will be paying for the $20,000 to $35,000 sex reassignment surgery for Isis King, the first transgender contestant on America’s Next Top Model.

Here’s what 22-year-old Isis, who was born Darrell Walls, says on The Tyra Banks Show: “[I feel] like I’m about to wake up. It’s hard. I try not to think about it because it is something I’m really passionate about. I feel like I really was born in the wrong body, and it’s just the one thing that makes me feel uncomfortable.”

UPDATE: Tyra isn’t paying for the sex change, a rep for the Tyra Banks Show tells JustJared.com. Dr. Marci Bowers, who will be performing the surgery is.

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# 26

kristan @ 11/17/2008 at 8:52 pm

LMFAO #19.
idk what i think about sex changing operations but i never liked isis much… she wasnt anything special…

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yeah @ 11/17/2008 at 9:29 pm

cannot stand tyra. she looks like a transgender herself!

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sarah @ 11/17/2008 at 9:40 pm

#8 is the truth.
Transgender is sick!

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Danny @ 11/17/2008 at 11:09 pm

I love Isis! I really had hoped she’d make it far in the competition to win it.. I hope Isis will come back and win ANTM! woot!

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# 30

Tracey @ 11/18/2008 at 6:00 am

I am sick and tired of people making judgments about something they have no real knowledge about. Your ignorance and bigotry shines so bright you will never see the truth.

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Lovewhoyouare @ 11/19/2008 at 1:12 pm

ISIS IS A MAN. PERIOD. HOW FOOLISH CAN PEOPLE BE TO BELIEVE THAT A MAN CAN BE BORN IN THE WRONG BODY?? The Devil dances to such foolishness in this world while his angels continue to succeed in fooling lost souls and weak minds. GOD FIRST OF ALL DOES NOT MAKE ANY MISTAKES….WHO IS ANY MAN ON THIS EARTH TO SAY GOD WAS WRONG FOR PLACING ONE ON THIS PLANET AS A MAN OR A WOMAN?? NO…that is simply being selfish ungrateful and unsatisfied with the way God created you to be. I dont care how many surgeries that lil boy gets…or if he walks like a girl and dresses like one the fact will always remain to the truth of it all that GOD MADE HIM A MAN….AND ITS WRONG TO FOOL THOSE THAT ARE HETEROSEXUAL INTO BELIEVING OTHERWISE. Thats the devils work……and its truly sad SOME ppl support such filth. Im not a perfect human bein but I know GOD and thats why I dont judge but I will never tell Gods ppl that you can live any way you want to even if its against Gods will. PPL do not realize the The DEVIL is the greatest lieyer…deciever…hypocrite and manipulator of this world. Dont believe if you want, in the END all truth will surface…and for those that chose not to believe will be sorry and unfortunately it will then be too late.
Dont be of this world be above it. Know God and he open your eyes to such a foolish world. The Truth will never be hidden as long as you know God.

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jene' @ 11/19/2008 at 3:41 pm

I I thought this episode was so weird. I felt like Tyra was advocating for the transsexual guy and she was downing the girl. I don’t think the girl really new how to adequately formulate a legitimate concern about transgender. I wish she would have had a psychiatrist there to help explain both perspectives rather than taking a side. I have to say Tyra lost me on this one. I no longer practice in the lesbian lifestyle and I think that some things are just too over board. Does Tyra have any since of morality and values? I just felt weird about Tyra after this show. I felt a bias or perhaps Tyra has questioned her sexuality. I hope she’s not doing this just for ratings and she realizes there is a higher power to answer to and that is not worldly.

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# 33

NY @ 11/19/2008 at 4:56 pm

I DONT AGREE WITH THIS TRANSGENDER ****! THESE PPL NEED A PSYCHOANALYST PRONTO! YOU WERE BORN A BOY AND I DONT CARE WHAT OP YOU GET YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A BOY! PROP 8 SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT!

I AGREE WITH YOU akunamatata !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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# 34

ASHLEY @ 12/21/2008 at 7:46 am

This goes out to that comment bout god makeing a mistake…. Grow up and stop beliveing in fairy tales, god doesnt exist. Man created god to control fellow man. And I have to say it was a very successful endevor…
And if you still belive “your god” exists and cant make a mistake take a hard look in the mirror….
You would sicken god!

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Jessica @ 12/21/2008 at 7:54 am

#33 I hope a male born transgender goes with what you said and dates someone close to you, and in haste F**ks the s**t out of her and kills her out of rage that the world of F**ks like you instilled apon him…. F**k off C**t

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# 36

Meghan @ 12/21/2008 at 7:59 am

I think half the people posting on this site need a therapist… The most non compassionate group of individuals Ive ever seen.