hi tyra im 17 years old i go to school and im already living with my bf you look so GREAT!!!!!!! people ALWAYS make fun of me because im fat even my cousins make fun of me i weigh 165 now..people always judge because im fat..but my bf saids he loves me Alot like the way i look but i wanna look good for him too what should i do?

Just change simply make a difference in your life and chane just simply throw out all of those fatty foods head down to the gym and just burn like you've never burned before

love Mia

HEY TYRA,
YOU ARE THE BEST FORGET ALL THOSE THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAY OR THING ABOUT YOU.YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL JUST THE WAY YOU ARE AND FOR GOD SAKE STOP SAYING THAT YOU FAT CAUSE YOU ARE NOT.
YOU RULE.

Tyra i hope you dint let the wieght thing get too you.i think you look good not matter what any one say's im fat and i dont care who knows.i think that people who point these things out should'nt juge people on their look's only there personality

im fat i hate my life

Im fat i am 14vyears old i am a male and i way 220 i am a fat little kid please help i have been fat and been made of since i was in 3rd grade i cry a lot every night because of how i look im even calling my self fat i even make fun of my self i have a low self esteem i don't like me every birthday i wish i were to be skinny and beautiful i hate my self i love u u are beautiful and pritty u are my idol i love u please help me or give me edvice i watch all ur shows please i hate me love diego

Im fat i am 14 years old i am a male and i way 220 i am a fat little kid please help i have been fat and been made of since i was in 3rd grade i cry a lot every night because of how i look im even calling my self fat i even make fun of my self i have a low self esteem i don't like me every birthday i wish i were to be skinny and beautiful i hate my self i love u u are beautiful and pritty u are my idol i love u please help me or give me edvice i watch all ur shows please i hate me love diego

Hello Tyra,
My name is Denise, i'm 24, 5"6, and weight 230lbs. If the world calls that fat than imagine what they will call me. Girl i dont even want to know. I love you tyra. you look great. Thank you for making us big woman feel good about ourselves. I'm not there yet, but im trying. iI love your show and welcome to NY. Cant wait to visit.

I was at the grocery store today and saw a tabloid with a pic of you on the cover and my first thought was "wow she looks great", then i realized it was a negative picture with a caption about your weight gain. Personally, I am SOOOO TIRED and ANNOYED with that issue. I understand how tabloids keep their circulations high, show the bored people in line at the grocery store the imperfections of those who we view as perfect on red carpets and so forth, and maybe my crappy mood will elevate if i can just make fun of someone else. yes ladies you know it's true, but I hate that the focus has been taken off of the beautiful human being that is Tyra Banks, and has been centered around her curvy, vuluptuous, sexy, beautiful body. Get over it! This woman paid her dues as a supermodel for years, has had to listen to people judge and criticize her weight for the last twenty years. So what if now she's decided to embrace the figure she has been given, eat what she wants, skip exercising if she wants to, and be a real human. Why is the standard of celebrity and beauty the image of skinny? We are all who we are and look the way we do, stop dwelling on the unimportand issue of weight and realize that this woman is the role model that I want my future children to have. A down to earth and kind woman who strives to raise awareness on so many issues that are ignored daily. The woman who picks full figured women to be on Top Model, and helps them with their personal battles with weight. Bottom line, Tyra you will always and forever be gorgeous!! Thank you so much for the positive influence you are in a society that pinpoints people's flaws.

dear tyra,
my name is willisha miller
i am from chicago illinois
an i am 11 years of age
i am 5.7 skinny i wear 0 1 2 3 in clothes an some people talk about me becauce im so tall an skinny but some day i might just be a super model just like you
p.s
i hope you read this tyra banks

hi tyra

From one woman to another THANK YOU for your "So What" episode. I saw it for the first time this morning. I like so many of the women in the audience started crying. I too am a "big" woman who has battled the bulge for 50 years.
THANK YOU for telling Americs that thin is not the ONLY standard of beauty.

Dear Tyra,

i am watching your show right now and thought that i would write to you and say to everyone, if someone does not like the curves that someone has then don't be around them. why put yourself around someone who has negative thoughts like that. it is not worth dieing over. when i hear people talk about being 5 pounds over wieght it makes me mad, cause there are more important things to complain about then being heavy. my whole life growing up i was made fun of for how white i am. i am a skinny person trying to gain that 5 to 10 pounds, it is hard for me to gain weight. i love food, i eat all day. ha ha ha. well keep up the good work. i will keep watching your show. you talk about things that need to be talked about, everyone needs to be proud of their body, its what god gave them. you are a beautiful person inside and out. god bless you.

Hey Tyra.I just saw a re run of your show about the tabloids and figting anorexia.I am a former gymnast and thoughout my life ive sturggeled with my weight.Unlike other girls ive always been trying to GAINE weight.My enitire life ive been made fun of for being so skinny.The comment in jounior high were the worst.Being called flat chested and bulmic and anorexic by my fellow peers was horrible.Ive never been on a diet or anything like that.Ive just been skiiny my whole life.I quit gymnastics about 6 months ago and i have gain a good amount of weight.But im still geeting rude and mean cooments from my peers.Today im 15 and 100 pounds.And looking to gaine weight but in a healthy way.I usally just eat tons of carbs or wahter seems to have the most sugar in it.And i know thta is really not healthy for you.But being called anorexic by people who dont even know the meaning of the word kills me every day.If you ahve any tips on how to gaine weight the helthy way plzz let me know.

GO TYRA, GO TYRA!!!LAY YA,(K)(L),
By Kiti,

hey tyra im a 14 year old girl who is struggling wit my weight. i try to do things to stay thin like for example i starve myself but it never wotks. i tried working out but that doesnt work out either. when i saw ur show when u said that the media can kiss ur a** when they spreaded those rumors about u i thought wow u are brave and beautiful. u are my roll model but wut can i do to higher my self esteem?? please write back to me. thank you
clarissa

hey tyra,

i just wanted to say that i adore u and love you. this tabloid thing is just for people who have no life talking about people that are doing good and they just want to put you down. i look upto tyra because in my family i am known as the fat one. even my own grandmother, mother, sisters, cousins, aunts and uncles call me the fat one. Everytime they dont finish their meals they give it to me cuz they kno i will eat it and even the boy that im in love with tells me that im chubby and that i need to go to the gym. there is not one day that i do not sit in my tub and think about killing myself. Everyday i sit all by myself in my room and cry because of the situation i go through and i dont even have friends or go out. i really admire wat you said to the media. When people say things like that i just wanna die. i remember i was watchin the nick cannon show wilding out and i remmeber a memeber went around the audience and picked this girl and called her a hungry hippo and i felt soo bad because if i was there he would say the same thing. and i always try to excercise but just soo much stress from everyone it just puts me down. I just wish i was dead. but u are a true hero to me tyra. I LOVE YOU TYRA. . . (LILY)

Hey Tyra

just thought that i would let you know that i love what you're doin' about the world's opinions towards your body image and personally i think you look great and it is a very wonderful thing that you have learned to embrace your body, the body of a true woman, a woman with curves not just skin and bones! i love your "SO WHAT" movement and i can proudly say i am not skinny to the point where you can see my bones, SO WHAT!! i work with the image god decided to give me and i have learned to embrace it SO WHAT if i'm not perfect!!!! the world isn't perfect either, people dying from struggling to satisfy their surroundings and anorexia is not a way of "LIFE" i love you TYRA! keep doin' your thing you have billions of fans who will be there wen you fall into hard time (me being one of them) (=

Tyra,

I love your show and I think you are a great inspiration to young woman. I would rather see someone like you for young woman to look up to then women that are bone skinny. I watched your show on women being anorexia and modeling industry. Women should know that having a little or alot of extra weight on them is ok and that having that does not make them ugly. I think you are a beautiful woman. If a women has a little or alot of extra weight are still beautiful. I hate that the world thinks women should be bone skinny to be beautiful. Because you can be 200 lbs and still be beautiful. I love the fact there is someone in the world like you to show young women that you can be 200 lbs and curvy and beautiful. Thank you for that Tyra.

Hi Tyra, I recently saw an "Old Navy" commercial for Jeans (I first saw it on air 08/13/2007). The Three Female Models all look to me to be way too skinny, they don't look healthy! I am very concerned that too many Young Women will see this as an acceptable (if not preferred) body type. This is just not true, and I'm shocked that "Old Navy" hasn't gotten the word yet about what is unacceptable. I think you should take them to task: regularly on your show you should take companies to task for permoting an unhealthy, unrealistic, and dangerous body image. I'm 49 years old, I've talked to my friends, I've talked to my Son, age 30, and many of his friends, and I have talked to my Nephews and his friends all around 18 years old. The General concensus is that these "Skeletons in Skin" are not what we think is attractive, and we don't want the women of the world making themselves physically &/or mentally ill trying to acheive an unhealthy body size (weight) because the Modeling Industry and Advertising Industry seems to be Fixated on it. Please Tyra, I know you have spoken out about this in the past, but to get real change in the industry, you've got to stay on it. Slam the advertisers who continue to portray women this way on a regular basis, it could easily be a daily 2 minute feature of your show (which I enjoy watching even if I'm not your targeted demographic). As for your swimsuit issue, I've never thought you were "fat", and I think you are drop dead gorgeus. I saw the recreation of your S I swimsuit cover, and I like the 2007 cover better. I truly believe you are one of the all time most beautiful women in the world, and your beauty is more than just your body, you show us that on your show every day. I applaud you. Bless you and best wishes. John

Hi Tyra, I recently saw an "Old Navy" commercial for Jeans (I first saw it on air 08/13/2007). The Three Female Models all look to me to be way too skinny, they don't look healthy! I am very concerned that too many Young Women will see this as an acceptable (if not preferred) body type. This is just not true, and I'm shocked that "Old Navy" hasn't gotten the word yet about what is unacceptable. I think you should take them to task: regularly on your show you should take companies to task for permoting an unhealthy, unrealistic, and dangerous body image. I'm 49 years old, I've talked to my friends, I've talked to my Son, age 30, and many of his friends, and I have talked to my Nephews and his friends all around 18 years old. The General concensus is that these "Skeletons in Skin" are not what we think is attractive, and we don't want the women of the world making themselves physically &/or mentally ill trying to acheive an unhealthy body size (weight) because the Modeling Industry and Advertising Industry seems to be Fixated on it. Please Tyra, I know you have spoken out about this in the past, but to get real change in the industry, you've got to stay on it. Slam the advertisers who continue to portray women this way on a regular basis, it could easily be a daily 2 minute feature of your show (which I enjoy watching even if I'm not your targeted demographic). As for your swimsuit issue, I've never thought you were "fat", and I think you are drop dead gorgeus. I saw the recreation of your S I swimsuit cover, and I like the 2007 cover better. I truly believe you are one of the all time most beautiful women in the world, and your beauty is more than just your body, you show us that on your show every day. I applaud you. Bless you and best wishes. John

hey, tyra. i started watching your show this summer, after school let out, and i love it. you help soo many pple, you're an amazing person. i wish i had that much self esteem. but i'm workin on it. anyways, i keep hearing about that People magazine story about you, and i want to read it. do you know where i would be able to find it?? sorry it's so long.

Hi! Tyra

when are you coming to visit South Africa to inspire young people in this country. I admire and respect you a lot. I think u 're the most beautiful person God has ever created.Continue with that great show and bye for now.

Hey Tyra,

I just wanted to tell you how much u have influenced me. I am 14 and I have been made fun of because of my body figure all because I am curvasous so that cause me to be very self-concence but that all changed when I seen the so what. It really influenced me to look into the mmirror and say"SO WHAT".That is all thanks to...

Tyra,

I'm 17 years old. I watched this episode, and all these women and you are so inspiring and all. But I still can't get over my weight. I've tried so many times to lose weight, and I can never stick with. I hate my body, I hate how I look. Honestly, I haven't been happy with my body since the 3rd grade! I'm now going to be a senior. I wish I could just stick with a workout or a diet. But I can't, I have no motivation. Honestly I don't know what to do with myself anymore. I get depressed and down so easily. I just don't know what to do anymore.

Thanks.