Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks Hurt Over Mock 'Fat' Photos

Tyra Banks, who has gained weight since her days strutting the catwalk, said that she was upset when unflattering photos of her in a one-piece bathing suit were mocked on the Internet.

The 33-year-old talk-show host said in an interview with People magazine that "it was such a strange meanness and rejoicing that people had when thinking that was what my body looked like. It was really hurtful to me."

The photos show Banks on a beach during a recent trip to Sydney, Australia. They had popped up earlier this month on a celebrity gossip Web site with the headline: "Tyra Banks is Fat."

Banks, who hosts the syndicated "The Tyra Banks Show" and the CW network's "America's Next Top Model," told the magazine that she's 5-feet 10-inches tall, weighs 161 pounds and her weight has fluctuated from 148 pounds to 162 pounds, since retiring from modeling in 2005.

Tyra Banks Fights Fat Reports

Former supermodel Tyra Banks is set to disrobe again on her hit talk show in a bid to quell reports she's getting fat. Tabloids poked fun at the retired catwalk stunner after unflattering holiday photographs taken of Banks in Sydney, Australia, last month appeared in style magazines. The former Victoria's Secret model, who stripped to her underwear for a "reveal" show last year, now plans to wear the same striped bathing suit she wears in the holiday snapshots on her show next week -to prove that sometimes the camera does lie. Banks admits she was horrified when tabloids started suggesting she was fat, insisting she has put on 30 pounds since her modeling career began and now weighs a healthy 161 pounds.

Tyra Banks Fights Fat Stories

Former supermodel Tyra Banks is set to disrobe again on her hit US talk show in a bid to quell reports she's getting fat. Tabloids poked fun at the retired catwalk stunner after unflattering holiday photographs taken of Banks in Sydney, Australia last month (Dec06) appeared in style magazines.

The former Victoria's Secret model, who stripped to her underwear for a "reveal" show last year (06), now plans to wear the same striped bathing suit she wears in the holiday snapshots on her show next week (01Feb07) - to prove that sometimes the camera does lie. Banks admits she was horrified when tabloids started suggesting she was fat, insisting she has put on 30 pounds (13.6 kilograms) since her modelling career began and now weighs a healthy 161 pounds (73 kilograms).

Tyra Banks says she doesn't have to 'live up to that model standard anymore'

Tyra Banks, who has gained weight since her days strutting the catwalk, says she was upset when unflattering photos showing her in a one-piece bathing suit were mocked on the Internet. "It was such a strange meanness and rejoicing that people had when thinking that was what my body looked like. It was really hurtful to me," the 33-year-old talk-show host says in an interview in the Feb. 5 issue of People magazine. The photos show Banks on a beach during a recent trip to Sydney, Australia. They had popped up earlier this month on a celebrity gossip website with the not-so-nice headline: "Tyra Banks is Fat." Banks, who hosts the syndicated "The Tyra Banks Show" and the CW network's "America's Next Top Model," tells the magazine she weighs 161 pounds and has fluctuated from 148 pounds to 162 pounds, depending on how well she's taking care of herself, since retiring from modelling in 2005. "I don't want to sit in front of you and be soap-boxy and fake and say, 'I love myself, I'm beautiful, it's great,"' says Banks, who stands five-foot-10. "I still feel hot, but every day is different. It's when I put on the jeans that used to fit a year ago and don't fit now and give me the muffin top, that's when I say, 'Damn!"' In other words, yes, she has put on weight, though not nearly as much as recent tabloid stories have suggested.

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