Hi tyra, I am only 14 years old but august I will be 15. I have been overweight all my life and almost 2 years ago my parents got a divorce. I have been through alot of verbal abuse, and have always felt sort of out of place. My mother and I have always been close until the divorce happened, and also me turning into a teenager, I feel like she's always been sort of embaressed of me being overweight, since she isn't, and never really has been. I love my mom and she has had the same feathery hair style since she was 13 herself. I might have a pretty face but the rest of me isn't so pretty. I would think me and her going through a makeover together would make our relationship stronger, she has to pay the bills, and raise me by herself, my dad doesn't really pitch in. I hope to hear from you, I know another person might deserve it more, but I just need a little push in the right direction. Since I am going to be going to college and become a history teacher. I just want my mom and I to feel beautiful, together.

-Bri

Hey What's Up Tyra I still think your show is the number one talk show that's on daytime television. You keep me laughing and saying Tyra so crazy and you keep me interested. I love the topics you have for all your shows I wonder she comes up with them. I am still a big fan of TOP MODEL I watch all the new shows and the reruns of the old ones me and my 8 year old daughter and everytime the old shows come on my husband saids to me did'nt see this already and I say yeah so what he's not a fan but I am it's women thang right Tyra. I LOVE YOU and what your doing KEEP ME LAUGHING GIRL Dashona BKA Muffin 27yrs old Columbus Ohio originally from Newark NJ HOLLA.

Tyra, I love all of your shows and I have been a fan of ANTM since the beginning. My daughters love to watch it also! I have been reading all of the posts from these lovely ladies and see that I am not the only one that would benefit from a makeover. It is sad that in this day and age, there is such a demand for dental work that nobody can afford. The teeth are one of the most important parts of your body that you need healthy and should not be the most expensive thing to fix. I was raised in a family that did not go to dental or doctor visists unless there was a real problem. My parents have both let their teeth go and now have dentures. I do not want this to happen to me but fear that it is inevitable due to the fact the I cannot afford to go to the dentist. I currently live with mouth and jaw pain and suffer from headaches daily. I also have cellulite and stretch marks I would love to get rid of but teeth are first! I know I may not be missing many teeth but my overall health is deteriorating and I want to be there for my girls without pain and with a beautiful healthy smile. I am trying to move up in the corporate world and feel very uncomfortable with my appearance to do this.
Tyra, as always, thanks for doing what you do :)

Hey Tyra!

My daughters and I love your shows. I know there are so many people out there that need a makeover of one kind or the other. These people are all very deserving after reading all of the posts. Well, I am another person that would love a makeover to better myself and raise my self esteem. I grew up in a house of emotional stress due to the way I looked. My father was not kind to my mother or me and my sisters. We were overweight and not beautiful people in his eyes. I have grown to deal with a lot of my issues but after having my daughters, I do not want to be the women that has let herself go. Between cellulite and stretch marks to bad teeth, I do not feel very good about myself anymore. The problem is that the money is just not there to fix the problems I have and I do not have dental insurance to cover the cost of fixing my teeth. I have been suffering from mouth and jaw pain for the past 3 years and have headaches every day. I am afraid it is going to get worse and all I want to do is have a healty body so I can really enjoy my daughters and make sure they take care of themselves. I grew up not having this education and was not taken to the doctor or dentist when I should have. Now that I am older it is unfortunate that I do not have the finances available. I run an office and deal with many people and I am working on moving up in the company and I am afraid that my physical and dental appearance will hurt this. My skin has also suffered due to my dental problems. Anything you can do to help would be very appreciated.

Thank you for your time and understanding.
Tamara

Hello Tyra!My name is Teresa. I live in Anniston AL. I had a total hysterctomy in '04. I love my husband but my sex drive went way down. I also have a little extra baggage and am trying to lose weight. I also have a self image problem because I have hardly teeth in my mouth. I also have a lazy eye. I love my husband but sometimes I just want to look good for him no matter how many times he tells me I look beautiful.HELP ME TYRA!!!!!love ya tyra!!!

Hello Tyra. I'm a recent show watcher. I love your outfits.Where do you get those fab-u-lus shoes? Do they come in a size 12b?

DEAR TYRA.
I AM WRITTING YOU TO DAY SO YOU COULD TAKE CONCERATION ON MY GODMOTHER.SHE IS A BEAUTIFUL LADY INSIDE AND OUT EVEN THOUGH SHE HADS BIG STRUGGLES IN HER AND HER LITTLE GIRLS LIFE.SHE STILL HADS A HUGE HEART.AND SHE WILL HELP ANYONE SHE CAN. AND WILL EVEN TAKE IN TEEN WHO NEED HELP OR A PLACE TO STAY.SO WE WOULD LOVE TO SHOW HER THAT EVERYTHING SHE DOES FOR US AND EVERYONE ELSE IS APPERCIATED AND THAT SHE MEANS ALOT TO US AND IS WORTH MORE THEN SHE THINKS OF HERSELF. WE HAVE FOUND LETTERS SHE HADS WRITEN TO HERSELF OR TO GOD WISHING HER LIFE WOULD END BECAUSE SHE FEELS WORTHLESS AND UGLY. BUT SHE IS WORTH MORE THEN GOLD AND A BEAUTIFUL PERSON IN AND OUT.
LOVE ALWAYS YOUR FAN
LISA

hello tyra i love your show about the make overs that you do i have a very low self esteam problem iv had the same look since i was 2 years old and i need a new one iv never cut or dyied my hair i have no sense of fasion if you could help please do i need it i love you and hope to hear from you soon

Dear Tyra,
My name is Margaux, I'm 21 years old and I live in Cleveland, Ohio with my mom(Cindy) and my sister and her two daughters. I want you to know I think you are an amazing woman who has the biggest heart...and I also know another woman who is just like that and she is my mom! My mom does anything and everything for me and my siblings. She is 50 years old still working and single. My mom is always putting us kids before herself 24/7. I try to make her buy herself something but its like pulling teeth! One of the biggest problems she has is her addiction to the clearance racks...you should see some of the clothes this chick picks out its insane! She slso bought all of us kids scotch tape gift despensers for Christmas Haha! Back to her clothes problem she has this horrible outfit that she loves to wear, its hard to explain but its pretty bright and none of us kids dare to be seen when she wears it! I think a lot of the problem is she has very low self-confidence and motivation. She has had one boyfriend, one love her whole life. She married that man who gave her three children but decided 25yrs later to leave her for someone younger and thinnner. Its been about 4years that she has been divorced and since then she put on a little more weight and hasn't been the same...well no one really has.
I have been trying to help her out, by taking her shopping, trying to have her keep up with her singles club(which she no longer goes to) and make sure she hangs out with her friends. Buts its a lot harder then I thought, Girl I swear I try but I don't think anything sticks in her head. I don't know what to do Tyra. And Im not sure what else to say...trust me you can make a show based on what she has in her closet! Haha Well I hope you can help her out...I want her to be happy she's been through a lot...I also want her to hopefully not have such a negetive out look on guys anymore too because she is a BIG downer when it comes to anything especially guys! Everytime me and my sister says something about being happy with a guy...she goes and tells us we need to get off of cloud nine and step back into reality! She needs a man in her life Tyra! Please, please help her!
Thanks for just reading this!
Love Margaux

Dear Tyra,
My name is Margaux, I'm 21 years old and I live in Cleveland, Ohio with my mom(Cindy) and my sister and her two daughters. I want you to know I think you are an amazing woman who has the biggest heart...and I also know another woman who is just like that and she is my mom! My mom does anything and everything for me and my siblings. She is 50 years old still working and single. My mom is always putting us kids before herself 24/7. I try to make her buy herself something but its like pulling teeth! One of the biggest problems she has is her addiction to the clearance racks...you should see some of the clothes this chick picks out its insane! She slso bought all of us kids scotch tape gift despensers for Christmas Haha! Back to her clothes problem she has this horrible outfit that she loves to wear, its hard to explain but its pretty bright and none of us kids dare to be seen when she wears it! I think a lot of the problem is she has very low self-confidence and motivation. She has had one boyfriend, one love her whole life. She married that man who gave her three children but decided 25yrs later to leave her for someone younger and thinnner. Its been about 4years that she has been divorced and since then she put on a little more weight and hasn't been the same...well no one really has.
I have been trying to help her out, by taking her shopping, trying to have her keep up with her singles club(which she no longer goes to) and make sure she hangs out with her friends. Buts its a lot harder then I thought, Girl I swear I try but I don't think anything sticks in her head. I don't know what to do Tyra. And Im not sure what else to say...trust me you can make a show based on what she has in her closet! Haha Well I hope you can help her out...I want her to be happy she's been through a lot...I also want her to hopefully not have such a negetive out look on guys anymore too because she is a BIG downer when it comes to anything especially guys! Everytime me and my sister says something about being happy with a guy...she goes and tells us we need to get off of cloud nine and step back into reality! She needs a man in her life Tyra! Please, please help her!
Thanks for just reading this!
Love Margaux

Hello Tyra I am a 20 year old monther of 1 and since she has been born I try my best to keep up my apperance up before I had her I weighed 120 lbs now I weigh between 135 lbs to 140 lbs which doesn't seem like a lot but my body doesn't look like a 20 year old should. My husband always says I am beautiful which makes me feel good for a while then when I look at my self I dont feel as confident. I really need some help. What can I do to help with my apperance when I dont have alot of money to do it with?

hi tyra i am from trinidad and tobago and can really use some style tips cause my style is so different from everyone its like when i go out and see how other people dress i be like damn how did they put that together, and when i try it on myself it just looks crazy so can i have some help or tips.

Dear Tyra,

My name is Christa Bala. I am 15, and am currently living in Carmel, In. I attend Carmel high school, and i am in the 10th grade. i have been living here in carmel indiana for a little over a year this is my third move throughout my life, and by far was and still is the hardest one. i am originally from MI. i was born in Detriot, and lived in two different cities, Redford and Livionia. I was 12 when my dad excepted a job transfer to columbus, OH. We lived there for 2 and a 1/2 years. this move has been by far the hardest on me, and i am still struggling to make new friends. the stress of being the new girl throughout my life has lead me to become in the past and present an emotional train wreck. back when i lived in Ohio before i had any true friends i got involed in a few of the wrong kinds of groups. i was never pressured into doing drugs,
i made a promise never do that to myself. but as a few months went by i
fell into a deep
depression and was obessed with looking a certain way. at the time i was 14 years old and was 5'9 and a 160 pounds, and was mostly solid muscle, but at the time i thought i was fat and that i would never be liked by anyone if i did not drop a few pounds. so on and off i starved myself, and worked out on the weekends
sometimes for a full day, but most of the time all i did was lay around b/c i never had any energy, b/c on somedays i would not eat anything. after only losing 5 pounds it was not enough for me at the time. i hated myself for not being able to lose twenty. i then started to cut my self. it was always my legs they were the only part of my body that i hated. i did that for about a year when it hit me one day that i was never going to make a difference by hurting myself and it was way to hard to keep it a secret from my parents. i had to wear long pants all the time and it really was not fun when it came to summer. the day i promised to stop hurting myself was
the day i wondered why i hated myself so much in the first place i should have been thankful that i was given a body w/ every thing that's needed to really live a full live. some people where born without legs, and others have lost them. even though there not the best legs in the world they will do. at this point in my life i was finally feeling good about myself i stared to make friends and i finally felt loved again, but it did not last very long. after 2 1/2 years of living in ohio my dad excepted another job transfer to indiana. when i first moved to carmel things were going okay for a while but not to long after living here i fell into another depression, one i am still managing on my own to get out of. since i moved to indiana i have put on 15 pounds, and have been diagnosed w/ anxiety.
since the move i still have not been able to get it off so i have made a pledge that i will never go back to my old ways, but am going to need some help. i hope the help will be coming from Tyra. i will going on a family vacation this june and there is no reason why i should not wair that little itsy bitsy yellow poke a dot bikini.

love christa:)

Hey Tyra...Not writing for me to receive a makeover (although who couldn't use one!!) I am just writing to you about my brother. He is the most amazing guy ever...really! The problem is...he has terrible terrible teeth. He talks about not being able to get a girlfriend and that his dating consists of one night dates which lead to the girls just wanting to be friends. He always says I don't know what I do wrong, why don't girls like me? We have spent some late nights talking about it. Personally, as a girl, one of the first things I look at on a guy are his teeth. I don't think that girls can see past the whole teeth thing. I mean they are pretty bad. Problem is, how do you tell him this. I have talked to my dad about it and he says he, like me, doesn't have the heart to do it and also because he is already too hard on him. I can't talk to my mom about it because honestly she has the same problem and she gets very very upset about it. He is truly a great guy, has a good job, but can't understand why girls are not interested. He is not by any means unattractive or mean, he has a great personality, but then he smiles. I know it is terrible to say, but he truly needs something done with his teeth. Please help me help him...even if it is just advice on how to approach him about it. Thanks!!

what

I'm seventeen and attend highschool in New York City (upper west side manhattan/ an alternative high school) And... my birthday is May 9th and next month I will be eighteen years old. Crazy part about is that its the same day as my prom. I will also be graduating this june and I never thought that I was ever going to graduate. My childhood was traumatic experience, and alot of other females who have been in my sitaution havent turned out like me. Also mentor a little girl to help her aim high and never let anyone taint her individuality, I also strive to not let her allow sex or anything else be detrimental to her sucess. I was recently accepted into a Black University and I will be starting a whole new life. My major will be English, and I will minor in Business Marketing. See, because I am not only going to be the next Toni Morrison, but I will also establish my own publishing company for women of all colors. Yes I am young but extreamly passionet and determined. It would be an honor to not only "look" Beautiful, but more so feel beatiful.
-ps I'd love to get a Halley Berry hair cut!
Thank you for taking you time out to read this thank you love
-Naa-Ayanna-
Kisses!
(girl power)

Tyra,
I know you get these requests everyday and I really hope you will listen to mine. I would really like a mother daughter makeover for me and my mom. My mom and I have been through a lot together and she is truly my best friend. She has helped me through the birth of my two childchredn, ( both cesareans), and recently my hip surgery. Yes, my husband was there for my too but there is nothing like a mothers love and I would love to do something with my mom that shows her how much I love her and appreciate her. Thank you Tyra, you are the best!

Well, I really want to say thank you for expressing a need for beauty to be redefined with ANTM, and The Tyra Show. Fashion is how a person's character emerges through what's taught to be "in" or stylish,trendy. Thank you for echoing the fact that big women can be beautiful and bold in more ways than one. I won't sit here and talk about how I "need" a drastic makeover instead observe qualities that already exist within. When the makeup and the weave is off, then what, we'll be asking for another beauty makeover, under, upside-down, inside-out. My point, we are always going to see something that needs a fixing...

Hi Tyra,
My name is Kalisha and I am 20 years old. I have an one year old son and will be getting married on July 5, 2008. I am a full time student and a stay at home mom. Thats not the biggest dilemma. The biggest dilemma is that every where I go people treat me like I am 16. I try to do things that you have to be 18 to do and every one tells me that they are sorry that I cant do it because I have to be 18 to do it. After I tell them my age they look at me surprised and tell me that I look 16. People tell me that I am too young to be a mother and to be getting married. People think that I am my fiance's little sister. At first I thought it was cute for people to look at me as being 16 but now that I am getting married I want to look my age. I feel that I dress like I am 16 but I dont really know how to dress like I am a 20 year old mom thats getting married. I need a makeover because I want to do something different for myself and for my fiance.
Please Tyra Help

Hi Tyra I love you an all ways. You are confident, strong. Everything I want to be. I am a mother of two. ages (2&4). I am an Identical triplet. But I have issues with trying to figure out who I am! I know I am a daughter, a mother a triplet. But I need to know who I am. I don't show much for myself. I give everything to my family first. Doing that gives me comfort. I do that because I need to have that acceptement from someone. I feel my life is going in circles. I feel that if I get a makeover that will be the begining of finding MYSELF! I have a need to feel strong not only for myself but also for my family.

Dear Tyra, I have read a few of these young women's storys. And dont we all wish we can wake up every morning looking as beautiful as the greatest talk show host Ms Tyra. For real. I have had a long run so far. I have had 5 children. They are up and out of the house now. So the Grandma stage is here, I am too young but I do love them so. And now the rest of the story,... I am 40 yrs. this year and it has been a ruff one so far. My occupation is a Haul Truck Driver at a coal mine. Lots of women are doing this now. Some thing about a power trip, I dont know? Any way, so much to say about this job, like it being a mans jobs, wrong. But I still have to wear the protective clothing. Mans stuff, Overall bibbs, Hard hats, exc. Any way I loved this job so much but I had two acctidents at the job. The first one was at shift change I was getting out the mine buss, (the last one out) and I was struck from the front by the next shifts crew and it put me out of work for a few days and I was back to work and no more than two weeks gone by I was in my 797, 850,000 pnd truck that holds 400 tons of dirt we call overburden, my dump truck, it had lost the back two dual tires and I rolled over fully loaded. Was tossed like a boomerang 66+ft. in the air. I got hurt, to end the story of the rest of my life,... I am getting surg. on my neck, 3 vertebra,s are getting fuzed by a piece of my own hip bone. That will hurt the most. It is a big surg. And then after that one they are going into my lower spine to fuze some herniated disks. The worst thing is that I have lost some of my hair. My dr. says I will loose some more of it. I have very fine hair but was always able to make it look full. Delt with this since a child but it was great in the summertime. I have a bald patch on my calic as big as two silver dollers and growing. And I have been cleaning my shower drain every day as well as my brush. I am down on my self. Can not do my cleaning because of the pain i am in. I feel worthless! I have not gotten pretty for a long while now. I do not want any one to see me so I dont go out of my house! I wear a ball cap and baggy gym pants with a over sized shirt to hide me from any question people might have, this is a very small town and they all now about the accident. Im always in tears now because of my hair! My Dr. tells me I have Post Troumatic Stress Dissorder from a near death situation that may last some time? I have great pictures of the truck up in the air with me still in it. If you do a close up on it you can see the white,s of my eyes. Tyra, I believe you can help me recover from alot of this and than I can grow old gracefully like a sexy young grandma. What am I to do? Between the surg. and the hair loss and all the time I spend hiding at home. I do not think my fiance would mind if I looked better, differant, maybe some long wigg or hair like you Tyra! Tyra, I dont need meds for this stress dissorder, I need surgery and one of Tyra,s professional make overs so I can think about getting married to my guy again. Thank You Tyra for even reading this one. It is a duzy. Oh-no, there goes some more hair! Gotta go.

♥Hey Tyra this is jenny your biggest fan....
Im not really riting to talk to you about me if not about my mom.
Tyra my mom is my life and every time i hear her telling me that she is ugly it makes me feel bad.
Im riting to tell you that i want my mom to have a makeover because i dont want to hear her telling me that she is ugly it breaks my heart.......♥yours truly jenny♥

p.s.
♥love you♥

Mabuhay! From Philippines! Im a local filipino-chinese root residing here in the Philippines, and i must say you happen to have a cosmo girl fan here! Who else, but me! Eversince, i always rave about what's up with Tyra, what's the new show, and yes, i do love all of them!!! Specially America's Next Top Model ;) Now, that im 25, young driven entrepreneur, all i want is to get rich fast, and fly to America, to meet you and come to your Tyra bank show, ooh..i really dream of getting upclose and really meet you..my idol.. my one and only idol.. My fiance knows how much Tyra means to me, and he too would love me to go there and visit you, he knows next to him, is you.. i love you ms. tyra!!!! hope one day, my dream would really come true,and that is to really see you in the eye, and hug you. God Speed to you!! ingat! (take care in translation)

TYRA, GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS AND FOREVER, GOD HAS GIVEN YOU A TALENT SO BEAUTIFULL, HE HAS ALSO MADE IT SO THAT YOU ARE GREAT AT WHAT YOU DO, MAY HE BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS...BLESS OUR TROOPS!!
LOVE YA LADY..MWAAAAAZ!!*

Hi tyra my name is mariya and im from pittsburg ca, and me and my sister inlaw watches your show everyday because you are so real about everything and we love it just wnted u to know u are amazing and mabe someday we will make it to your show ,but my brother and my husband always complaine about our clothing and we try to make them understand tht we have young children and we really dnt have time to get all sexy and stuff were tryin but we need a little help pls help us tyra love yah girl