The Tyra Banks Show

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Tyra Banks’ Weight: You, Too, Should Tell The Media To Kiss It…

There isn’t a woman on earth who doesn’t sneak a peak at celebrity photos every now and then. And more often than not, the ones that really get your attention, whether in the supermarket checkout line or in the doctor’s office, are the photos of your favorite female stars looking absolutely AWFUL. Well, maybe not awful, but overweight.

Why is that?

Does it make you feel better about yourself?

You may snicker on the inside knowing that they deal with normal issues like you, but rarely, if ever, do you consider how the stars, themselves, feel about the photos. Celebrity privacy rights aside, we’re talking about women who would probably rather die than have an unflattering picture of themselves splashed across the pages of a popular tabloid.

Tyra Banks, a classic beauty and the first African-American model to don the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, was photographed at the beach in a bathing suit—looking significantly heftier than she did on that ’97 S.I. cover. Tyra was outraged. And unlike stars that keep mum, waiting for the pictures to fade away, she spoke out.

She used her popular talk show as a forum to vent her anger. She showed the unflattering picture to the audience, and stood next to it while wearing the same bathing suit, looking gorgeous. She spoke her mind to those who, "…Have something nasty to say about women who are built like me ... women who have been picked on, women whose husbands put them down, women at work or girls at school – I have one thing to say to you: Kiss my fat a--."

The audience and women everywhere, cheered like mad. But why? What makes women care so much about Tyra Banks’ weight?

For so many of women, Tyra Banks represents is the real woman’s model. Sure, she’s got a body that most women dream of but, in the modeling world, it’s not even considered to be the "ideal" body shape. Most models are built like boys—super skinny and lacking the feminine curves—and Tyra Banks has a large bust, with the hips to match, and she flaunts it well.

She’s also goofy and funny. She’s not afraid to make fun of herself, she can sometimes be a bit clumsy, and she always seems to be having the time of her life. Women can relate to her better than other models because Tyra gives more of her personality, with her show, she tackles the issues that women care most about.

She’s also brutally honest about her weight—a huge relief after years of hearing famous beauties act like it’s the most natural thing in the world to be stick thin. She talks about hating when her favorite jeans give her a muffin top, or how the producers of her television show prefer her to weight more than 145 pounds, but less than 155 pounds. She is also honest about being 30 pounds heavier, today, than she was on that famous swimsuit cover.

Women take an interest in Tyra Banks’ weight because they believe she cares. Women respect her. Tyra is a beautiful woman who simply won’t starve herself to fit into society’s definition of beauty.

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