America’s Next Top Model judges Tyra Banks and Paulina Porizkova attended the Costume Institute Gala event last night in New York City. The event celebrated the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s newest exhibit, “The Model as Muse” which looks at the role of models throughout the history of fashion. The exhibit looks stunning, nearly as stunning as the stars who walked the red carpet last night.

Nearly every model of importance from both past and present stepped out last night. Tyra took a risk with a daring hairpiece, do you think it paid off?

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Paulina opted for a more casual look in a floaty orange dress. I’m not loving it, but Paulina is working the hell out of it. What do you think?

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FabSugar put together a great slideshow showcasing all the models who attended last night. It’s beautiful and you can check it out here.

The first round of the GLAAD Media Awards were celebrated last night at the Marriott Marquis Hotel’s Grand Ballroom in New York. The GLAAD Media Awards honor those in the media that portray fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community.

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Tyra was awarded a special Excellence in Media Award for her continuous support of and representations of gay, lesbian and transgendered people n both America’s Next Top Model and her talk show The Tyra Banks Show. The award was presented by her close friend and soon-to-be Top Model guest judge, Clay Aiken.

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Tyra wore a classy, understated pant suit to the event. I think it’s one of her best red carpet looks yet, she looks amazing!

Suze Orman was the other major honoree of the night. She was presented with the Vito Russo Award, which annually honors an openly LGBT person in the media who have actively advocated for LGBT issues.

Tyra Banks has been dating businessman John Utendahl for quite a while now, but has yet to admit it to the public. However, they’ve been seen out together quite a bit, including last night at the BLT Market in Midtown Manhattan.

The two look quite smitten with each other, walking close together and holding hands. Tyra’s given several interviews in the past about how hard it is for her to find a boyfriend and to keep a healthy, stable, long-term relationship, so I’m glad to see this one is working out.

I think Tyra looks great here, but do you really need a bag that large when you’re on a date?

The stars of Twilight stopped by The Tyra Banks Show last week to talk about their new film and sudden fame. Tyra spent the episode talking in a British accent and even got Robert, who plays Edward the vampire, to bite her neck.

The episode airs November 28, but you can see the biting clip here.

Tyra and Robert also filmed a few scenes on the streets of New York. I’m not exactly sure what they are doing, but they seem to be having a lot of fun. I guess I’ll have to tune in on the 28 to find out.

I haven’t seen Twilight yet, but I want to! Have any of you seen it? What do you think?

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Tyra Banks attended the Keep a Child Alive organization’s 5th annual Black Ball at The Hammerstein Ballroom in New York last. I think she looks great, opting for a simple and glamorous red dress and simple hair. This dress really shows off her curves and I think it looks great.

What do you think of Tyra’s red bombshell look?

Tyra Banks was honored at Cosmopolitan’s Fun Fearless Phenom Awards last night in New York City. This outfit is a big improvement over the few she wore last week. I like the more natural hair and make-up on her a lot.

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I don’t know much about these awards, or who else was honored, but congrats to Tyra! She works reallt hard and deserves to celebrate now and again!

Tyra Banks sat front row center with tennis star Serena Williams at the Spring 2009 Calvin Klein Fashion Show during New York Fashion Week. I love the make-up and hair, but the dress is poorly fit, don’t you think?

What do you think of Tyra’s fashion week look? Yay or nay?

Tyra Banks hosted US Weekly’s party for the 25 Most Stylish New Yorkers at the Hudson Terrace in New York last night.

I’m really not a fan of this look. The two-toned hair and bohemian dress fall flat for me. What do you think?

The stylish list was an eclectic mix of NYC professionals. Stacy London, Stephen Colbert, Michael Bloomberg, Kimora Lee Simmons, Aerin Lauder and Shoshanna Lonstein all made the list. You can see the full list of 25 here.

While most of the other ANTMers were at the Samsung Electronics launch on September 3, Tyra Banks was celebrating her cover of Harper’s Bazaar–it’s the issue with the photo shoot of Tyra posing as Michelle Obama.

I love the soft hair and strapless black dress. This is a much better fashion choice than the vampy red dress Tyra wore to Fashion Rocks the next day.

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Tyra Banks attended the Conde Nast Media Group’s Fifth Annual Fashion Rocks at Radio City Music Hall yesterday. Daytime Talk thinks she looks a bit vampire-esque. I like the dress, but I’m not the biggest fan of the color.

Is Tyra doing the robot in the above photo?

What do you think of Tyra’s look? Yay or nay?