Tyra will also address the controversial biracial photo shoot, wherein each girl portrayed two different cultures coming together.

Cast your vote here! I picked Nicole! I think her look is amazing and her awkwardness is endearing. How did you pick?

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Paulina Porizkova and J Alexander will be there, along with former ANTMers Analeigh Tipton (Cycle 11), Joslyn Pennywell (Cycle 11), Bre Scullark (Cycle 5), Renee DeWitt (Cycle and more will come celebrate with Tyra and her audience. There will also be a sneak peek at all the drama that will go down in the first episode that very night.

Casting directors from ANTM are also going to randomly choose 5 girls from the audience to come to round two of the Cycle 13 auditions, complete with VIP access to the New York semifinals.

Tyra is also making “the biggest announcement in ANTM history” that day! My guess? She’s announcing that Cycle 13 will be the search for the short model!

You can watch the video preview here. Check your local listings for then The Tyra Banks Show airs near you!

Image: Newscom

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Here’s the video of the contestants appearing on The Tyra Banks Show, which was part of their makeover prizes. The video is a bit low quality (can you hear the instant messaging beeps in the background?) but it’s not too bad.

You can find the rest of the Tyra episode on Youtube. I think this is pretty smart cross-promotion on Tyra’s part. She’s all about self-esteem and confidence and being healthy and that’s what the contestants on The Biggest Loser go on the show for.

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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?

More photos below the jump!

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The episode will air on November 28. I wonder if Tya did the whole show in that accent!

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Tomorrow on The Tyra Banks Show, Isis talks about her issues as a transgendered person and as a model. Dr. Marci Bowers makes an appearance, according to Just Jared, and offers to pay for Isis’s surgey. Rumors are flying that it is Tyra who offered, but according to a rep from the show, that information is false.

Throughout her stint on ANTM, Isis was very open and honest about her situation and frankly admitted the only thing holding her back from the surgery was the cost. Gender reassignment surgery can cost upwards of $300,000.

If you want to see this big revelation, or just to see Isis on Tyra’s show, be sure to tune in tomorrow! You can see the preview here.

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The video quickly glosses over every non-Whitney aspect. I really wish I could have seen the whole thing, but this is better than nothing!

Whitney talks about how awesome it is to be a role model and to help people improve their body image. She also talks about her new dog and how she went about adopting him.

The little girl Tyra is holding is Claire’s daughter. So cute!

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Tyra sits in with Today and chats about how Tyra felt when interviewing the boys who get bleached daily, how she tried–and failed–to connect with their mother, how she first discovered this phenomenon and why she decided to put it on her show.

I have to give major kudos to Tyra for recognizing that she is what is socially accepted to be beautiful and that she is lighter skinned. This seems to be a topic she’s researched thoroughly and seems to care quite a bit about.

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neo made a really interesting comment earlier, in that if Tyra truly wanted to celebrate the girls, the categories for prizes would have been more positive. Instead, they come across as mean-spirited and really undermine the “model” aspect of the show.

What do you think? Were these categories fun and light-hearted? Or just further proof at what a parody of modeling ANTM has become?

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Top Model winners like CariDee English, Saleisha Stowers, Jaslene Gonzalez and Nicole Linkletter will present awards to the cast members for categories like “Ugliest Cry,” “Makeover Meltdown,” “Craziest Phone Call,” “Worst Walks and Wipeouts” and “Most Dramatic Exit.” They will also present a lifetime achievement award for the “fiercest” contestant ever.

My question is how they will turn this into an annual thing? Honor each cycle individually? That seems silly.

EDIT: Nominees below the jump!

Biggest Makeover Meltdown
Jaeda Cycle 7
Bianca Cycle 9
Jade Cycle 6

Craziest Phone Call
Shandi Cycle 2
Natasha Cycle 8

Worst Walks & Wipeouts
Rebecca Cycle 4
Norelle Cycle 3
Jael Cycle 8

Most Dramatic Exit
Ebony Cycle 9
Kimberly Cycle 10
Jade Cycle 6

Ugliest Cry
Joanie Cycle 6
Shandi Cycle 2
Jael Cycle 8

Do you find that the nominees are fairly later-cycle heavy? And why so few categories? What categories would you have added? And how does Kim of this cycle even get a nomination? She was on the show for a single episode and the entire episode foreshadowed the fact she wanted to leave! Why isn’t Cassandra (Cycle 5) in biggest makeover meltdown? She left the show because of her makeover!

Other possible nominees: Catie for ugliest cry (cycle 2), Tiffany for most dramatic exit (if only because Tyra went insane) and Sarah (Cycle 5) for worst wipe-out (the girl fell every time!). Who would you add?

I think that Tyra probably stipulated the girls had to attend the show in order to be nominated. That would explain some oversights in nominees as well as the heavy representation of cycles 6-9.

Image via the Tyra Banks Show

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