Tyra Banks: Still Fat
January 25th 2007 05:51
Fat Tyra Banks
On her hit show America's Next Top Model, Tyra Banks has always stressed the importance of body confidence – but it still hurt when tabloids ran an unflattering photo of her in a bathing suit under headlines that screamed, "America's Next Top Waddle" and "Tyra Porkchop."
Now, for the first time in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, Banks, 33, is publicly discussing her much-buzzed-about weight gain. "I get so much mail from young girls who say, 'I look up to you, you're not as skinny as everyone else, I think you're beautiful,' " she says. "So when they say that my body is 'ugly' and 'disgusting,' what does that make those girls feel like?"
As for how Banks feels about her own 5'10" body – which she says is at 161 lbs. these days, about 30 lbs. heavier than when she landed on the cover of Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue in 1997 – she says: "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!' "
I would say daaaamn if I saw a former model sportin' a muffin top, too. Seriously, 30 lbs? Have you called Jenny yet?
I'm not saying she has to be a stick...but that much weight gain can't be healthy.
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Sure looks fab on the cover .... Bootilicious even!
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I'm not saying she has to be a stick...but that much weight gain can't be healthy."
thats so mean you should not be a reporter how can u say that on the internet when thousands of girls who feel uncomfortable about their bodies is reading this
that very rude
tyra is very skinny
hello she's FIVE FEET TEN and weighs ONE SIXTY
tats THIN
say ur 5'6 you way 120 who's thinner if you do the math? TYRA BANKS IS so stop making fun of people who isn't skinny as heck
Comment by Anonymous
161 on a five foot ten body is absolutely gorgeous.
You should never judge anyone by weight either.
BMI really tells you if you are overweight or not.
Your BMI is your weight in proportion to your height.
Tyra's BMI at this weight is 23.1.
Anything between 18.5 and 24.9 is perfectly normal!
Tyra is beautiful.
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161 on a five foot ten body is absolutely gorgeous.
You should never judge anyone by weight either.
BMI really tells you if you are overweight or not.
Your BMI is your weight in proportion to your height.
Tyra's BMI at this weight is 23.1.
Anything between 18.5 and 24.9 is perfectly normal!
Tyra is beautiful.