Tyra wants all women to have a healthy body image, including herself. Even though she’s lost a lot of weight in the past year, she’s done her best to always feel good about her body, no matter what size she is.

No, unless the lighting is bad in the dressing room. But, no. I always feel good. But sometimes certain clothes, when I put them on and they don’t fit the way that I would like them to, that’s when I tend to get self-conscious.

Here’s a video of part of the interview:

Did you watch Tyra on CNN? What did you think?

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The press release promises:

The model turned mogul traces her steps through 680 buzzworthy shows, noted for their groundbreaking social experiments, undercover investigations, and interviews with celebrities and newsmakers. The special will also revisit the show’s signature take on compelling social issues relevant to the audience and the takeaway information it helps viewers use in their everyday lives.

I’m very excited for this, 680 episodes has given us a lot of unforgettable Tyra moments. I think she’s going to go for more serious moments, but I do hope this makes the list:

The special will air Sunday, August 30th at 6:00 PM and again on Tuesday, September 1st at 4:00 PM.

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Tyra’s character is somehow connected to Hilary Duff’s character. Hilary is doing a multiepisode guest spot as a famous actress who wants a normal college experience and becomes Vanessa’s roommate at NYU.

My guess? Tyra plays Hilary’s overbearing manager or agent or similar.

Tyra has appeared as herself in a few films recently, including Hannah Montana: The Movie and Tropic Thunder. Her last real acting gig was a guest role in 2004 on American Dreams.

However, nothing will ever top the 2000 ABC Family classic Life-Size, which also starred Lindsay Lohan. How could you forget an instant classic like “Be a Star?” Let me refresh your memory…

Tyra will make her GG debut in the 4th episode of the season. If this is true, it’s a smart move. Cycle 13 of America’s Next Top Model will premiere on September 9th. Gossip Girl premieres on September 14th.

Tyra isn’t the first ANTMer to appear on Gossip Girl. Cycle 7 winner CariDee English appeared in an episode briefly as one of Bart Bass’s many model girlfriend and Ann Markley was in an episode, as one of Chuck Bass’s girlfriends.

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Tyra is trying very hard to inject the same personality she presents on her talk show into these posts. I personally find the writing style a bit annoying, but Tyra’s new to this so I’ll cut her some slack. And I have to give her kudos trying this out.

Ae you going to read Tyra’s blog?

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This year is the 20th annual GLAAD Media Awards. The ceremonies will be helf New York on March 28, 2009 at the Marriott Marquis; in Los Angeles on April 18 at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE; and in San Francisco on May 9 at the Hilton San Francisco.

Tyra Banks will be receiving a special award in addition to her nominations. At the New York awards show, Tyra will receive the Excellence in Media Award for her impact on the media and her tireless work at exploring the lives and people in the GLAAD community.

Tyra, along with Suze Orman, who is also being honored, have “used their positions of power within the media to become strong advocates on behalf of the LGBT community,” GLAAD president Neil G. Giuliano said. “They are changing hearts and minds, opening people’s eyes to our common humanity, and it is our privilege to honor them.”

As for her nominations, Tyra has three episodes of her talk show up for “Outstanding Talk Show Episode.” The episodes honored are “Don’t Ruin My Gay Wedding,” “Gays in the Ghetto,” and “Transgender Triumphs.” Tyra will be competing against Ellen DeGeneres’ episode titled “Ellen & Portia’s Wedding Day” and Oprah’s episode “The Pregnant Man.”

America’s Next Top Model is in the running for “Outstanding Reality Program.” Also nominated are I Want to Work for Diddy, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Shirts & Skins, and TransAmerican Love Story.

You can see a complete list of categories and nominees here.

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I wonder how Tyra will celebrate the big day. Will she have a big party or a small gathering for family and friends? Maybe she;ll just have a romantic dinner for two with her boyfriend. How do you think Tyra should celebrate her birthday?

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Tyra Banks came in on the list at #5. They cited her many television projects and modeling gigs, such as her appearance in Harper’s Bazaar as Michelle Obama as proof of Tyra’s versatility and longevity.

Beating Tyra on the list were Curtis Jackson, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, and Kanye West. Rounding out the rest of the list were Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Avril Lavigne, Pete Wentz and Jessica Simpson.

The list was chosen based on how strong the celebrities’ brand is, how many streams of income they have and their potential for growth. I think Tyra is already a mogul–why isn’t she at the top of this list yet?

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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 sounds pretty bad, but Nikki has come out publicly saying Bianca is lying.

The Modelville videos continue below the jump!

In this video, Tyra asks the girls how their modeling careers are going. Bianca says she’s been working constantly, but the fight did slow her career down. Bianca has been getting pretty steady work since ANTM, and even appeared in this year’s New York Fashion Week. Renee moved to a dangerous part of LA before moving back to Maui. She’s using Modelville to restart her career.

After ANTM, Dominique found out her boyfriend had gotten another girl pregnant! That’s crazy! So she’s been dealing with that instead of focusing on her modeling career.

Lauren was living with her mom and trying to pursue her modeling career before joining Modelville. Fatima’s career has been growing steadily since ANTM, but she hasn’t been making any money and it’s been a struggle. Tyra also reveals the exciting Modelville prize.

So, what do you think? Are you going to tune in for the next episode? I think it might be a lot of fun, as long as it doesn’t become an exact replica of ANTM.

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Miley’s birthday isn’t until November. I wonder what she’ll do on her real birthday!

I think it’s a bit odd that Tyra was invited to a sweet sixteen party. Also odd was Tyra’s gift to Miley–a picture of Tyra as a sixteen year old! Thanks to Matthew, below is a video with Tyra talking about her gift.

What do you think? Is such a present super-sweet? Or super-lame?

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Modelville will follow former America’s Next Top Model contestants Fatima Siad, Renee Alway, Lauren Utter, Bianca Golden and Dominique Reighard as they continue to pursue their modeling dreams.

Al the girls will live in a house together and complete a series of challenges. The winner will receive a $50,000 modeling contract.

You can see a preview video here. It looks like the drama heats up quickly!

While I think this is going to be fun to watch, do the contestants really think that participating in another Tyra-creating modeling competition is what it will take to make their modeling dreams come true?

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