Tyra Banks Archives

Tyra Banks and her flash mob strip down to flesh-colored body suits and toss away their weaves in New York City’s Union Square on Monday morning (August 18).

The 35-year-old talk show host will trade in her trademark weave and debut her never before seen “natural hair” on the Season 5 premiere of The Tyra Banks Show on September 8 @ 4PM ET/PT on The CW.

Tyra said, “This season on The Tyra Show we’re taking it to the next level and getting more real than ever before by encouraging women everywhere to own and rock what they’ve got and be proud! For the Season 5 premiere, I will be doing just that - no fake hair, I’m rocking my REAL hair. This will all be going down on September 8, 2009, which we’re declaring National Real Hair Day! We welcome everyone to go natural with me!”

10+ pictures inside of Tyra Banks shooting her “real hair” promo… More Here! »

Tyra Banks strikes a fierce pose during a photo shoot in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City on Thursday (July 30).

The 35-year-old talk show host will soon be showing off her acting skills in episode 4 of Gossip Girl on Monday, October 5th.

According to EW, Tyra will play an actress co-starring in a film with Hilary Duff’s character, a movie star looking for a typical college experience.

The third season of Gossip Girl kicks off on Monday, Sept. 14.

Tyra Banks hits the red carpet at the 2009 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on Sunday (June 28) in Los Angeles.

The 35-year-old talk show host presented Lil’ Wayne with the award for Best Male Hip-Hop Artist. Tyra also awards LeBron James with the prize for Best Male Athlete.

During the ceremony, Ms. Banks sat front row next to Kanye West and his girl Amber Rose.

10+ pictures inside of Tyra Banks @ the 2009 BET Awards… More Here! »

Tyra Banks dons a crazy bun of hair at the “Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion” Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday (May 4).

The 35-year-old talk show host accompanied designers Mark Badgley and James Mischka to the swank event. Tyra wore a Badgley Mischka Couture metallic black strapless fishtail gown. She accessorized her look with BM jet chandelier earrings, BM glass stone, crystal cuff and BM Couture shoes. More Here! »

Levi Johnston, the ex-boyfriend of Bristol Palin, opens up about being a baby daddy on Monday, April 6th’s episode of The Tyra Banks Show.

The 18-year-old Alaska native, who was joined by his mother, Sherry and his sister, Mercede, sets the record straight with Tyra about being involved with Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s family, his relationship with Bristol Palin and the real reasons they are no longer together after having a child. He even shows off his “Bristol” tattoo on his ring finger!

Levi, who was sharing a room with Bristol at the Palin residence prior to their breakup, tells Tyra he believes Sarah Palin knew they were having sex and that they practiced safe sex, “most of the time.”

Levi shared,“I’m pretty sure she probably knew. Moms are pretty smart.”

A casting call for America’s Next Top Model turned ugly when chaos broke out leaving six people injured.

In midtown Manhattan on Saturday afternoon (March 14), an overheating car triggered a stampede after several people in the crowd started yelling, “There’s a bomb!”

Three Bronx residents were arrested and charged with starting the pandemonium that erupted. Host Tyra Banks and other show reps have yet to comment on the incident.

Watch the absolute craziness below!

Slumdog Millionaire stars Dev Patel and Freida Pinto (in Moschino, pictured below) stop by The Tyra Banks Show, airing tomrorow (February 20).

Dev, 18, admits was so in awe of Leonardo DiCaprio that he shook his hand twice: I went up to him, said‘Hello Leo’ and shook his hand. I was so content with that, I went back again and shook it again.”

Freida, 24, reveals she is a huge America’s Next Top Model fan and has an autographed photograph of Tyra hanging in her bedroom at home in India. She shared, “I was a big, big, big Tyra Banks admirer. So I had written an email to you [Tyra], to your website telling you how much I loved what you were doing and I would love to come out here and just get trained by you and then two weeks later I got a signed photograph of Tyra Banks! It was like the little kid who jumps in the cesspool [in Slumdog] and gets what he wants!”

Dev also reveals someone tried to sell him a bootleg copy of Slumdog: “Someone tried to sell me a pirate copy of my film when I was having my haircut. I was having a haircut and this little lady came in, Slumdog?…I was like, ‘No, I’ve seen it.’”

American Idol alum Clay Aiken will be a guest judge on America’s Next Top Model, reports Us Weekly.

A show rep confirms the 30-year-old singer will be featured on the show’s April 8 episode, working with the aspiring models in an acting challenge. (Clay played the role of Sir Robin for the Broadway musical Spamalot.)

America’s Next Top Model’s twelfth cycle premieres on Wed., Feb. 25.