hi tyra!
am juz 12 years old and fat
smtyms my frends and best frends tease me...
bcoz i'm da fattest!!!
i weight ________ pounds!
i dont know wat to do
or how to become thi lyk dem..
am rily rily sad...

Tyra....

i'm only a 11 but i think i'm fat..everyone in my school are skinny....I feel like I don't belong...bc i'm a 130 pounds..I dunno what to do..i don't wanna tell my mommy...people tell me I'm fat...I do lots of stuff that I shouldn't do like cut myself...hurt myself in anyway....i have been thourgh really hard times...I just don't know what to do:( please help help I need help really I do need help:(

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Dear Tyra,My name is Danielle i'm 13 years old,My Grandma Terry is about 57 and is over weight She is very beautifal and if she could loose some weight she would be a great model just like you.She is amazing and does so much and asks for nothing in Return she is the Best!!

i would really appriciate your help Tyra

there is some one who cursed under my comment who was that..................

Dear Tyra,there has been alot of things on my mind because i dont beleive im beatiful.im thirteen yaers old and i need to worry about my health so how do you stay fit,trim,and healthy?

whats up with all them writings ya know thats just fuked up

tyra,
i am very disappointed to see your current installment of "America's Next Top Model".
You have always made me feel so confident and beautiful; having a public role model such as yourself has been an absolute savior at points. But I have noticed that with each passing year Top Model premiers, the contestants gradually shrink in size. Last year's season was bad enough, but i am almost sick to my stomach at the horrid site of these poor petite girls. the whole show, all I do is wait for a cracking thigh bone or a displaced hip. Some of these girls don't even have muscle mass; just skin and bones. With all of your outspoken uprise of the "thick girl", i am very confused that you would promote such "models". I really wish that you would e-mail me back in the decision for this major change in your show. I would appreciate it to the maximum.
thanks.

why is there so many skinny modles around the world and why arent fashion designers hiring cubby people?thats my saying-rosa lozada 2/27/08

Tyra,
your such a great role model for so many people, and as a teen myself, i look up to you, I was always a chubby kid growing up, and I always let it get me down becuase people called me chubby girl, but ever since your "So what campagne" I have been able to love myself, and not care what other people thought of my weight I just look at them and say " So what if im a little bit chubby," " so what if my thighs rub together" im proud to be who i am. Im SO proud of you & the way you handled the pictures, your such a beautiful girl, and you dont need a magazine to tell you if your fat or not, so any magazine who calls tyra fat is lieing becase trya girl, your NOT fat!!!

Hey baby gal

just wana say fat in africa is rocking,,,,,,,,who cares as long as you are healthy..

Tyra,
You’re doing a great job. I think your wonderful inside and out. I’m trying my best everyday since I was very young. I had a very hard childhood growing up and I still do. I had problems when I was a child to people not liking me cause I was Native American Indian, fat, shy, my mother was alcoholic/ drugs/ mental abusive/ never at home, having affair and causing me not to talk to people. I never drank or did any thing bad to others or my self. I finally knew how to deal with it at the age of 18 and my mother stop around that time. My mother did stop everything except drinking sometimes, but not over doing it. I didn’t have many friends and I’m not trying to blame my mother. In the end I became a good person and my mother said sorry for the pain she cause everyone. Still my mother and I are not close or talk
that much. Thanks to my father trying his best working and trying to take care of three kids.
Life has been very hard and I almost gave up last year at 21 years old.I was mad at myself for letting others make me sad and I hated myself.I learned how I deal with whatever comes my way and do my best. I thank you for helping me and not to give up. I must learn how to be stronger and not let life pull me down again. Take care and thanks Lucy

Tyra,

I can't even tell you how happy I was when I saw what you said to all the moral degenerate people who called you fat. I'm glad you told them off and encouraged so many girls and women to stand up for themselves. Just last year on the last day on school I was hanging out with my friend Greg. I thought he was my friend and a good person until he told my other friend that I was overweight and needed exercise. I'm 5'9 and 130lbs. I play softball, basketball, and soccer. I'm the only tall girl in my grade which now apparently makes me fat. I don't think people should get away with things like that. I just wanted you to know that sometimes it's you who makes me get up in the morning and face school. I wish every girl and woman in this country who is being harrassed about their weight should stand up and say that if they were probably skinnier they would be considered malnurished. My oldest sister who was my leading roll model and in perfect shape gave in to others and became anorexic. At that time in my life I felt as if there was nobody who understood me or supported me and I started starving myself so that I wouldn't have to be different. About a month after I started starving myself I saw your reaction to what the tabloids said about you. I realized what you were saying was true and that if Greg had a problem with me he could kiss my fat a**

I practically know that speech off by heart now, after watching it so many times! I showed it to some of my friends the other day they got all teary eyed.

I really really admire Tyra, I must say. She's not only beautiful on the outside, but she just seems like someone you could easily be best friends with! :D

Tyra should clearly do a few episodes over here in UK and like do some sorta comparison between how the UK view differnt issues copared with the US. That'd be pretty awesome tbh! :D

SAM SAM SAM!!!!what about MANDELA and TUTU and GHANA...hahahahaha aish opportunists...hei Ty u beautiful gal...fat or not fat...and luvd tha clip u did 4 em tabloids...

Dear Tyra,
I admire you so much. I'm a teen && i plane on following your foot steps. I've been lookin up to you since i was a diva in diepers lol. You are a postive role model for all the kids around the world. Expecially me. I consider you as a seconed mama. One thing I would love to share with you is that i've always wanted to be a model my whole life. I tryed out for Barbizion Modeling Agentcies. But I couldnt qualify for there school becuase i wasnt so good on my interview. They din't even give me a second chance. I was only 11 or so. But my sister (Aneisha) got chosen to go to their school becuase she had poetenial. Sometimes I think shw stole my dream away. Since i've been here on earth i've always seen my sister as a artist. I never even gotten a chance to fafill my dream to be a model. Iw ould go on different websites all the time. hopeing they would get my application. But no one ever did. I guess thats how the real world is "you have to fight for what you want". But it was very nice sharing my thoughts and how i feel. One day i hope to meet you. Hopefully soon.
love, Tashauna.

Hello Tyra,
My name is Sam from Arizona and originally from Ghana,west Africa , that was where i first heard about you but most interestingly enough for the past year or so my wife and I have been addent viewers of your show .All i want to tell you Tyra is you are beautiful and to tell you the truth where i come from a woman does not have to be soo thin but must have "some cushion " i can imagine you know what i mean since you travel alot and have been to Africa.
Tyra when are you going to GHANA, you know that is the true motherland you need to go see all the castles and forts that were instrumental in the shipping of ninety percent of all slaves from Africa to the Americas.Also most importantly world renowned figures like Nelson Mandela, bishop TUTU etc had a close knit connection with with GHANA.
If you wanna research about Tyra , which i know you are busy most of the time ,but find some time off your busy schedule to go to WWW.GHANAWEB.COM .
I hope you read this Tyra .
May the lord God in his own way continue to bless and propel you with your dreams and aspirations,

Yours Sincerely
Sam

Tyra,

I love your show America's Next Top Model that is my favorite show. I am only 12 but OMG you are 1 of my idols!

Your friend,
Hailey

Tyra,

With the new season of your talk show coming up and the new season of Top Model coming on I cant help but question your comments. You say on your show that you shouldnt care about your weight and to 'flaunt your flaws' and 'so what'. Then on one of your shows when you went to a rehab for girls with eating disorders, one of the girls called you out on being a cause of the weight issue by having your Top Model show. You retorted by saying the you have started to put plus size models on your show. So, your saying that you can only be too thin to be a model or have large curves to be a plus size model. The people who have the most issues are those who are in the middle-normal people. They arent on the Top Model show. So to be a model I need to drop 20 lbs or gain 20 lbs.? That is what is so ridiculous about the modeling industry! And that is what is so ridiculous about your shows. You are contridicting yourself.

ERYONE LISTEN THE TYRA BANKS SHOW IS SCRIPTED!!! HOLLY CRAPP!

THERE WAS A GIRL ABOUT RACISIM. THEY WERE JUDGING PEOPLE. SHE MADE A VIDEO ON YOUTUBE.!

SHE CONFRONTS THAT THE TYRA SHOW IS FAKE AND SCIPTED!!!! THEY WOULD GIVE THEM LINES TO SAY AND TELL THEM TO BE THE MEANEST SHE SAID.I HAVE PROOF GO TO THIS VIDEO BELOW.... TYRA IS SOO DISSAPOINTING. THE GIRL SAID SHE IS NOT AS NICE OR WARM AS SHE SEEMS.THIS SI PROOF BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS ON THE T.B SHOW.. THEY CAN TELL YOU WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.

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HI TYRA MY NAME IS GAELLE BUT YOU CAN CALL ME GAIL. IM ELEVEN YEARS OLD AND I'M ALSO YOUR #1 FAN. I THINK THOSE PEOPLE WHO TALK BAD ABOUT YOU ARE JUST HATERS. THERE PROBABLY JUST JELOUS THET DONT AS GREAT AS TOU DO.YOUR MY IDOL AND MY DREAM IS TO ONE DAY FINALLY MEAT YOU. I LOVE YOU GIRL STAY TYRA.

You know, being a bigger person isn't always fun, it's bad enough you constantly remind yourself of all your imperfections... after all we are our biggest critics and don't need to hear it from anyone else. but seriously, i just saw you live in NY w/ Star Jones and I have to say....the legs were not fat! shoot i wish i could be as tall as you!

It was so awesome to be a part of your show and being in the front row within arms reach of you. it was the best experience I have yet to have and felt so natural. I would definately come be a part of your audience any time! You were a very down to earth person and pretty!!

people who hate on us are just jealous because they are unable to do certain things themselves. I go through it a lot at work with people being jealous that i'm attending college and working full time.

P.S. for some great sticky ribs, try BBQ's on 72nd st. I don't get to go there often but it's my favorite place for ribs and chicken (with some good corn bread)! ALSO for moisturizing skin try oil of olay body quench. I put it on while in the shower and then when I get out I rub it off with a towel. then put my jergins body lotion afterwords. I have some dry skin myself and that seems to do the trick with feet and legs!

You're gorgeous.
So is your heart and spirit :)

Hi Tyra,

I saw your show today on the “fat” tabloid photos and how the media promotes eating disorders, and I so admire your strength. I am 33 and have hated my body for about as long as I can remember. I think it started when I was around 12 and hit puberty. By 15, I was diagnosed with anorexia, and I have been struggling with every form of eating disorder since. Even when I’m “well” according to my weight, I’m not even close to well in my head. That is where the eating disorder really lives. I’ve always counted every calorie I eat, and my weight continues to govern my life. Even though I got straight A’s through high school, college, and grad school, I’ve subsequently lost most of my jobs due to my eating disorder. I’m 5’ 9” and my weight has ranged from 92 to 185 lbs. I’m guessing I should be around 140ish, but I count every calorie to maintain a weight much lower. As an aside, this February I had major emergency surgery for a congenital defect with my colon and spent about a month in ICU on a ventilator and dialysis. The situation would have been serious regardless of my weight, but because my nutritional status was so poor, I almost died. I wish I could just be FREE of it all. I have heard wonderful things about the Remuda Ranch, and wonder if it could be of help to me. Not just with issues around eating, but also with how I think about myself and my body. What will it take for me to learn I am okay regardless of what I weigh? Like your guest, I cannot afford such treatment, and would need financial assistance. Maybe some day when I am healthy, I will be able to keep a job and be financially stable.

Thank you so much for continuing to bring attention to this issue. If you can help me get into Remuda Ranch, please let me know. I need all the help I can get, and am also passionate about ending our country’s obsession with being thin. The consequences are simply intolerable.

Sincerely,
Carol

Hi Tyra,
My name is Katherine and i'm 11=)I just wanted to say that when you had the "SO WHAT" topic...i was so greatful!I am 5'3 and 138 pounds=(I always used to eat so much junk food but now i am starting to eat very little and when i mean little it's like nothing=)I'm so happy that there's a show like yours!YOUR SHOW IS THE BEST!I LOVE U=)
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