The Tyra Banks Show partnered with Aerostaple to give away 100,000 coats for charity this past week in Grand Rapids. The coat drive was organized through the non-profit One Warm Coat, an organization whose mission is to ensure all children have coats to keep them warm through the winter.

Several Top Model alumni came out to help give away the coats, including Toccara Jones, Lauren Utter and Aminat Ayinde. The girls took some time to sign autographs for a few star-struck kids receiving the coats! Tyra didn’t make an appearance, but it’s still a great cause for her to support!

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Yesterday was the finale of Modelville, Tyra Banks’s show-within-the-show for former contestants from America’s Next Top Model. Fatima Siad, Bianca Golden, Renee Alway, Lauren Utter and Dominique Reighard were living together and competing for a Carol’s Daughter contract-very much like ANTM.
The winner was crown yesterday and I won’t spoil it for you! Videos are below!

Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

What did you think of Modelville? Do you think it’s a project Tyra should try again? What do you think of Carol’s choice of the winner?

The third episode of

The second episode of Modelville, Tyra Banks’ show within-a-show on The Tyra Banks Show aired yesterday. The models started work on their commercial for the Carol’s Daughter contract.
I’m excited to see their commercials–I think it’s hilarious they are expected to write, shoot, produce and star in their own commercial. This is Modelville, not Project Greenlight!
The girls have only lived in the house for a short while, but the drama is already sky high and some of the girls do some really dumb things that could affect their careers.
The entire episode is available on Youtube. Here’s the first part:

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This Wednesday marked the premiere of Modelville on The Tyra Banks Show.
Cycle 10’sFatima Siad, Lauren Utter and Dominique Reighard, Cycle 8’s Renee Alway, and Cycle 9’s Bianca Golden are competing for a $50,000 modeling contract. Tyra claims these girls were chosen specially because they “touched her in a very special way.”
Each model has to keep a blog while they are in the Modelville house. You can read each of their blogs here: Bianca, Fatima, Lauren, Dominique, and Renee.
In this video, Tyra introduces each contestant and the show itself. Lauren looks really polished. Bianca talks about her airport fight. It …read more