Tyra I went from being 284lbs. to 170lbs. in less than a year and I'm so excited. I was a size 14 when I entered high school and by the second semester of my 10th grade I was an 18 and that's the size I stayed until maybe the last semester of 12th grade. I had only had to complete one credit of physical education and my administration allowed me to complete the course at home. Everyday I woke up and I walked, I'd walk for hours. If I needed to go to store, or wanted to see a friend, if I was bored, and before you knew it graduation was here and the dress I bought was a size 14. I really couldn't see a big difference but it made me feel so good when my peers noticed the weight drop at the ceremony. Summer came and I walked everywhere, I even ate differently because I wanted to lose more, be a normal size.

In January my mom gave me some money and said go to the mall because my clothes looked horrible. I was so surprised when I went in the stores grabbing and trying on size 14 that didn't fit. I was a nice 10. I tried on the clothes and liked the fit but underneath the clothes I looked... sad. There's skin hanging from my arms, thighs and stomach that I just can't seem to get rid of. My breast sag, and instead of seeing a 19 year old, I see a body of about a 56 year old. I see a body that has had children and became tired. It’s undesirable and even I hate looking at it. Since January I'd lost more weight and I feel a lot better but now there's more skin hanging.

This summer has been different. Instead of being overlooked by boys, they're actually paying me attention. I go out more and I feel so much prettier but I still feel self conscious. I still feel like I'm not so pretty. I can't wear a lot of the trendy styles my friends are wearing because I have to hide the inches of skin on my arms and stomach. I constantly think about my appearance. Losing the weight has been great but it came with a lot of new insecurities. About 3 weeks ago my friend came over just as I was getting out the shower so I let her come in the bedroom as I got dressed. She was staring at me, okay I got scared because it’s 2007 and girls like girl. It shocked me although it shouldn’t have when she began to speak, “Girl it looks like you had kids, and you should tighten that up”. Duh, I’d probably stare too; I mean I do stare in the mirror looking at myself thinking that same thing. I almost felt ashamed, she had had 2 kids and was carrying her third and still didn’t look half as bad as me. She has a small stretch mark free frame. To know what that felt like.

I bought a Gazelle and I get on it EVERY other DAY. I can’t see improvement but I know it’s coming soon just slow. I know my problems are more from within. I don’t really see myself as being so great so it’s hard for me to let other people see how great I am. I know I’m good sometimes I just don’t feel good enough. Tyra, make me over. Give me a new look and attitude.

Tyra I went from being 284lbs. to 170lbs. in less than a year and I'm so excited. I was a size 14 when I entered high school and by the second semester of my 10th grade I was an 18 and that's the size I stayed until maybe the last semester of 12th grade. I had only had to complete one credit of physical education and my administration allowed me to complete the course at home. Everyday I woke up and I walked, I'd walk for hours. If I needed to go to store, or wanted to see a friend, if I was bored, and before you knew it graduation was here and the dress I bought was a size 14. I really couldn't see a big difference but it made me feel so good when my peers noticed the weight drop at the ceremony. Summer came and I walked everywhere, I even ate differently because I wanted to lose more, be a normal size.

In January my mom gave me some money and said go to the mall because my clothes looked horrible. I was so surprised when I went in the stores grabbing and trying on size 14 that didn't fit. I was a nice 10. I tried on the clothes and liked the fit but underneath the clothes I looked... sad. There's skin hanging from my arms, thighs and stomach that I just can't seem to get rid of. My breast sag, and instead of seeing a 19 year old, I see a body of about a 56 year old. I see a body that has had children and became tired. It’s undesirable and even I hate looking at it. Since January I'd lost more weight and I feel a lot better but now there's more skin hanging.

This summer has been different. Instead of being overlooked by boys, they're actually paying me attention. I go out more and I feel so much prettier but I still feel self conscious. I still feel like I'm not so pretty. I can't wear a lot of the trendy styles my friends are wearing because I have to hide the inches of skin on my arms and stomach. I constantly think about my appearance. Losing the weight has been great but it came with a lot of new insecurities. About 3 weeks ago my friend came over just as I was getting out the shower so I let her come in the bedroom as I got dressed. She was staring at me, okay I got scared because it’s 2007 and girls like girl. It shocked me although it shouldn’t have when she began to speak, “Girl it looks like you had kids, and you should tighten that up”. Duh, I’d probably stare too; I mean I do stare in the mirror looking at myself thinking that same thing. I almost felt ashamed, she had had 2 kids and was carrying her third and still didn’t look half as bad as me. She has a small stretch mark free frame. To know what that felt like.

I bought a Gazelle and I get on it EVERY other DAY. I can’t see improvement but I know it’s coming soon just slow. I know my problems are more from within. I don’t really see myself as being so great so it’s hard for me to let other people see how great I am. I know I’m good sometimes I just don’t feel good enough. Tyra, make me over. Give me a new look and attitude.

Tyra I went from being 284lbs. to 170lbs. in less than a year and I'm so excited. I was a size 14 when I entered high school and by the second semester of my 10th grade I was an 18 and that's the size I stayed until maybe the last semester of 12th grade. I had only had to complete one credit of physical education and my administration allowed me to complete the course at home. Everyday I woke up and I walked, I'd walk for hours. If I needed to go to store, or wanted to see a friend, if I was bored, and before you knew it graduation was here and the dress I bought was a size 14. I really couldn't see a big difference but it made me feel so good when my peers noticed the weight drop at the ceremony. Summer came and I walked everywhere, I even ate differently because I wanted to lose more, be a normal size.

In January my mom gave me some money and said go to the mall because my clothes looked horrible. I was so surprised when I went in the stores grabbing and trying on size 14 that didn't fit. I was a nice 10. I tried on the clothes and liked the fit but underneath the clothes I looked... sad. There's skin hanging from my arms, thighs and stomach that I just can't seem to get rid of. My breast sag, and instead of seeing a 19 year old, I see a body of about a 56 year old. I see a body that has had children and became tired. It’s undesirable and even I hate looking at it. Since January I'd lost more weight and I feel a lot better but now there's more skin hanging.

This summer has been different. Instead of being overlooked by boys, they're actually paying me attention. I go out more and I feel so much prettier but I still feel self conscious. I still feel like I'm not so pretty. I can't wear a lot of the trendy styles my friends are wearing because I have to hide the inches of skin on my arms and stomach. I constantly think about my appearance. Losing the weight has been great but it came with a lot of new insecurities. About 3 weeks ago my friend came over just as I was getting out the shower so I let her come in the bedroom as I got dressed. She was staring at me, okay I got scared because it’s 2007 and girls like girl. It shocked me although it shouldn’t have when she began to speak, “Girl it looks like you had kids, and you should tighten that up”. Duh, I’d probably stare too; I mean I do stare in the mirror looking at myself thinking that same thing. I almost felt ashamed, she had had 2 kids and was carrying her third and still didn’t look half as bad as me. She has a small stretch mark free frame. To know what that felt like.

I bought a Gazelle and I get on it EVERY other DAY. I can’t see improvement but I know it’s coming soon just slow. I know my problems are more from within. I don’t really see myself as being so great so it’s hard for me to let other people see how great I am. I know I’m good sometimes I just don’t feel good enough. Tyra, make me over. Give me a new look and attitude.

Hi Tyra!
I want to tell u that I`m a bigger fan of ur Show and off course of America`s next top model! =]
I admire u so much and I wish you the best always. I will love to know you but I do not know what I have to do or what request do you ask for in order to go.
Ciaoo bella, bacii!!
=]

Hi Tyra, I just want to send you a quick hello and thumbs up all the way from the beautiful paradise island Trinidad. And also to say that enjoy your show and I hope that someday I can meet you in person. You are an inspiration to young persons everywhere.

Hi, Tyra!

My favorite reality show is always the makeover type. It is so amazing to see someone blossom from this frumpy little bud into a beautiful rose; to watch their confidence grow and learn to love themselves. Their stories about why they don't seem to care anymore are always more meaningful than the fact that they are just lazy or son't care anymore. Seeing someone overcome something that has been holding them down always gets me. Everytime I watch these I think about how I would love a makeover too. Who wouldn't! But I know I don't deserve it like my mother does. I was raised by my father my whole life and would visit my mom on school vacations. During the divorce I was 1 year old, the judge told my parents when I was 13 I could decide who I would want to live with. Visiting my mom in Washington was always great, she lived in the country and I rode our horses in rodeos and the mountains. It was such a nice getaway from the busy Bay Area! When I was 13, I moved up to Washington with her and immediately came back to my Dad's the next year. I was getting into a lot of trouble and realized it wasn't good for me to stay there. At the time my mom was married to a very abusive man, more emotionally than physically. In 8th grade Health we learned about depression and I immediately thought of my mom. When I came home and told her that I thought she was depressed she immediately got help. It was very hard on me as a young teenager to realize that my parents were'nt perfect and they had troubles too. Watching her go through the depression and, finally, the divorce I have learned how strong my mom really was, when all that time I thought she was weak. I am now 22 and getting married in 1 month. The hardest part is knowing my mom and brothers might not be able to come because of financial problems. It's so hard for me to see this beautiful, creative, passionate, and wise woman struggle with life. I don't know anyone else in this world that would be more deserving of a day of pampering than my mother. I am going to Maui for my honeymoon and I am dreading the moment when I tell her because I feel guilty. She hasn't gone on a vacation since before I was born. She has us kids her horses and she says that being with us is her vacation.I only get to see her about once a year now and I would love to just spend the day with her while she leaves the world behind and watch her smile as she walks down that Tyra runway, because finally she would feel beautiful in her own skin. Thank you for your time, I appreciate it very much.

Tarahlinda

Dear Tyra,
I love your show and i'm glad school's out so i can watch it all the time. I would love to receive a fabolous makeover from you very much but if you can't do that i wonder if you could help me with a small favor. I have seen a GUESS model on the back of a marie claire october 2005 issue that i wanted to become like. For 3 years i have adored the way she looks and i never wanted to look like anyone else.I kept trying to find out more about her but i couldn't. I was wondering if you could tell me her name so i could find out more on how to look like her. I would appreciate SO MUCH if you can do that for me PLEAASEEEEEEEEE cause i am willing to do alot to look like her and thank you so much tyra for taking your time out of your busy schedule to read all of our letters. I wish there was more of you in our world :)

hey tyra,
Well first of all i want to say that you are a big role model in this world and you are someone that is always so positive and never negative. Well i would love to have a big huge make over for my mom because she really deserves it. She has been throgh good times and really bad times and now it seems like she dont care about nothing in this world. My mom puts everyone before her and never takes the time to do things for herself because she has a big heart and doesnt want to see others down. Every time we go to the stores and she tries on clothes, she hates how she looks in them because she says she looks fat and ugly. my mom always looks at those skinny women out there and wishes she can look as good as they do, so thats why i want you Tyra and ur beauty team to please give my mom a make over. i love her to death and i just want to see her really happy with her self and have confidence. Thank you Tyra for taking the time to read my letter i appreciate it. Take care and hopefully i hear from you soon.
Thank You,
Margarita

hey Tyra
My name is soph and im 13 i just wanted 2 tell you that i love watchin your make over shows, it just shows that some one as georgeous as you can have such a big heart also, what you do for some of the women on you show is just .. increadable, some day i wish to meet you , but i know thats not really likly as i live in australia, but i believe some day i will get the exitement of it..and i was wonderin if we ever do meet..would you give me a makeover ?? xxXXxxXX all my heart XXxxXXxx soph

Hey Tyra,
PLEASE DEDICATE A MAKEOVER SHOW FOR PLUS-SIZE FEMALES!!!!! I love makeovers, but never seem to be a candidate for it. I really need help in the fashion area because I never know what to wear for my size, but what I really want is a perfect WEAVE and lately the Tyra Show has really step up. I hope to be considered.

Sincerely,
The Perfect Fashion and Weave Seeker

Hey Tyra! I guess I will try to post this again, i've tried a couple of times but for some reason it say that it posts and it doesn't show up. You are such a great inspiration to everyone who watches your show. It's a wonderful thing to turn on the t.v. and see something uplifting rather than the horrible news! I am a 22 year old mom... I guess that kinda says it all. I have been trying to break into modeling and acting since I was about 12... my plans changed a little when I got pregnant at 21. I was lucky enough to have the chance to move to LA and do some maternity modeling but once I moved all the way out there I didn't get any work at all. I was really disappointed, I did sign with some small casting agencies but I didn't get very far. I have always been one to follow my dreams but now that I have a 9 month old daughter I just don't have the time or the money to put myself out there anymore. I feel like I look like a mom and I feel like I don't look like I use to. It bothers me because I feel like time is running out and I put a damper in my dreams. I need a major Tyra transformation! I think that if I could just get my confidence back I would be putting myself back on track! Thank you for listening.

Hey Tyra!

I am 22 year old mom. I have a 9 month old daughter and we watch your show all of the time! I think that you are a great inspiration to all who watch your show. It's great to turn on the t.v. for once and see something uplifting... that is other than the horrible news! Anyways, I have been trying to break into modeling and acting since I was about 12... and my plans kind-of changed when I got pregnant at the age of 21. I was lucky enough to get called out to LA to do some maternity modeling but once I got all the way out there I ended up not getting any work at all! I auditioned and even signed with some small casting agencies and didn't get very far. I truly believe that I have lost it... I use to feel so confident and comfortable in my own skin but ever since I had a baby I feel like I just can't get out there and do it anymore. I don't have the time or the money anymore to put myself out there (baby comes first). I feel like I need a serious transformation, I want to be able to feel like I can get back out there and follow my dreams... I don't want to give up and I feel like time is running out! Thank you for listening! :)

hey tyra i just wanted to say your a really nice person for helping people. I dont need a makeover but i just want to let you know ihelp people out too but in a different way im a firefighter. I;m only 4'10 and 74 pounds and im 18. I was born only 1 pound when i was born. but i just want to say your really nice for helping people out in a different way.

Tyra,
I am no one special.
I am just a regular teenager,
including that I have a low self esteem..
more like none at all.
I have been hurten by every guy
so now I don't feel good enough for anybody.
I am only ten pounds over what I want to be and I feel like a horse. I cannot look at myself and think, "this is pretty" or "this is worth ANYONE'S time".

please help tyra,
i'm begging you.

Tyra,
I am no one special.
I am just a regular teenager,
including that I have a low self esteem..
more like none at all.
I have been hurten by every guy
so now I don't feel good enough for anybody.
I am only ten pounds over what I want to be and I feel like a horse. I cannot look at myself and think, "this is pretty" or "this is worth ANYONE'S time".

please help tyra,
i'm begging you.

Tyra,
I am no one special.
I am just a regular teenager,
including that I have a low self esteem..
more like none at all.
I have been hurten by every guy
so now I don't feel good enough for anybody.
I am only ten pounds over what I want to be and I feel like a horse. I cannot look at myself and think, "this is pretty" or "this is worth ANYONE'S time".

please help tyra,
i'm begging you.

dear tyra my mom needs to get help because she has 5 kids and always does for my sisters and i and never spends any money on herself. we are a normal middle class family where both mom and dad work but my mom only spends money on me and my sisters. she never has anything to wear and never gets to go anywhere because she is always doing for everyone else. please help her get a new wardrobe or something and a mommy vacation so she can really shine and be as beautiful as she is

HEY TYRA!!! Let me start off by saying that I absolutely love you and that I truly believe that you epitomize the word beautiful. You are a continuing source of inspiration to me. But the reason I am writing this is to propose a family makeover. My mother, brother and myself have been through so much together and it is only by the grace of God that we are here together and that we have this strength. Though I wish that we didn't have to go through everything that we did, I believe that it molded us to be who we are today.So I will just tell you a little about us. My name is DaMoniece Lowe, I am 17 years old and this fall I will be a senior in high school. I want to look different than what I have but financially I am unable to do with myself what I would like. The three people I look at when I want to change myself up are (of course) you, Kimora Lee Simmons and Jennifer Hudson. My hair has been the same for a while now. I might put a burgandy rinse or put a new do in it every once in a while. Other than that my hair is in a wrap. I would like to do something new for my senior year. I'm tired of looking plain. My mother's name is Denise Lowe, she is 38 years old and a single mother working two jobs. From Monday through Friday she wears scrubs so she doesn't feel the need to do much else for herself on the weekends. She doesn't really do anything for herself anymore because her main focus is my brother and I. I would love to see her with a different style and also just do something nice for her. My brother's name is DeMicah Lowe, he is 19 years old and this fall he will be on his way to Paine College in Augusta, Georgia. He doesn't do anything for himself either because since he is the man of the house he always feels like he has to take care of my mother and I. He rarely goes out and buys himself new clothes or new shoes. He's just a selfless young man that deserves so much. In closing Tyra I hope that you will choose my family for a makeover. We will be so grateful. Thank you and God bless

Much Love,
DaMoniece "Niecy" Lowe

Tyra, I have to tell you. I am the one with a glamorous life but in clothes, I know what I like. But I always have something that is always off or I feel that my friends have a lot of better clothes then I do because they are all slim and I don't have that felling. I always have a feeling that because of my wegiht i can't fit into slim clothes. But even know I am over wegiht, I do have a lot of friends. And I am heading off to a whole new life and I want to have a better experense knowing that I look good. Winning this would be an experense of my life because I get to meet you and that has been a dream of mine since like forever!! And just starting with a new makeover and a new look would be the best thing ever for a new start. So I would love to meet you in person and get a makeover and an experense of my life!! You don't know how much this means to me! That well be the completion of my ife!! So I hope you pick me.

Tyra, I have to tell you. I am the one with a glamorous life but in clothes, I know what I like. But I always have something that is always off or I feel that my friends have a lot of better clothes then I do because they are all slim and I don't have that felling. I always have a feeling that because of my wegiht i can't fit into slim clothes. But even know I am over wegiht, I do have a lot of friends. And I am heading off to a whole new life and I want to have a better experense knowing that I look good. Winning this would be an experense of my life because I get to meet you and that has been a dream of mine since like forever!! And just starting with a new makeover and a new look would be the best thing ever for a new start. So I would love to meet you in person and get a makeover and an experense of my life!! You don't know how much this means to me! That well be the completion of my ife!! So I hope you pick me.

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First off i have to let you know that your show is such an inspiration to me. I am only 17 years young and already am a mother myself, and its such a stuggle. I love my baby to death and would do anything for her! But since being pregnant i have gained 58 pounds and sadly only lost 13! My daughter is 3 months old but is already grown to be so BEAUTIFUL ;) she is worth all the pain i had to go through and the stretch marks or as i would say WAR marks but now its just to hard for me to get ready. I can take up to all day getting ready and still not be satisfied with myself. Nothing fits anymore i have had to buy clothes to fit and nothing just goes right for me, I get ready when i can and that is around my daughters time of course. My boyfriend gets very fusturated sometimes cause we tend to be late alot due to me trying to look my best. I dont have the self confidence i used to, I cant afford to get my Hair proffesionally done anymore, And i have to work with what i got which is not alot... I told myself i wouldnt let myself go but i can already see it slowly happening...

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HEY TYRA... FIRST OF ALL I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW DAT YOU ARE SO AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL.. IM A YOUNG MOTHER OF A GORGEOUS BABY GURL WHO IS NOW ALMOST TWO.. I AM 17 YEARS YOUNG.. (BUT ALOT OF PEOPLE THINK IM OLDER) I REALLY WANT THIS MAKEOVER TO PROVE TO OTHERS THAT I STILL AM YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL.. JUST BECAUSE I HAD A BABY DOESN'T MEAN THAT IM OLD.. BUT WHEN I LOOK AT MYSELF IN THE MIRROR, I DO BELIEVE WHAT OTHERS SAY.. IM A CAMBODIAN TEEN WHO LOOKS LIKE AN OLDER PERSON.. I HAVE BAGS UNDER MY EYES.. I BREAK OUT OCCASIONALLY.. AND I HAVE THE UGLIEST BODY U CAN EVER LOOK AT! I WANT TO WEAR A BATHING SUIT, BUT IT JUST WOULDNT WORK BECAUSE OF MY LEFTOVER BABY FAT!!! YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE ME IF U SAW ME.. THAT'S BECAUSE I ONLY WEIGH 97 LBS. BUT IT'S TRUE.. I REALLY WANT THIS MAKEOVER SO I CAN BE PRETTY AND YOUNG AGAIN... PLEASE DO ME THIS FAVOR.. I REALLY NEED TO BE BEAUTIFUL AND CONFIDENT ABOUT MY LOOKS.. SO THIS IS MY ONLY CHANCE TO SHINE... LOVE ALWAYS, MELINA

Hey girl,

Well my unfortunate problem is being 5 7 1/2 and only weighing 110lbs. I was only 100lbs in high school. I'm in need of a transformation bad. I have a hard time find clothes, due being to tall or not being big enough. And of course I'm part of the itty bitty chest club. And to top the matters off I need help with my smile. Alot of people think its okay being thin all your life, but guess what its not when it's the only thing people can comment on. Help from Wilmington, Delaware.

Hello i'm a 25 year old young lady and i just recently found out that i have bone loss and half to have all of my teeth pulled i'm not sure if this is a mpart of a make over if so i would say i need a make over. thank you Tyra... Love all of your shows keep up the great work... God Bless.

Hey Tyra! a few days ago, i watched ur "best of makeovers" show. i thought it was amazing how everybody turned out looking gorgeous. especially ashley, the girl who used to dress like a dude. she looked like a model afterwards!
I'm not gonna tell u about any problems i have in my personal life b/c i dont think having issues like everyone else in the world means u deserve some kind of prize 2 make u feel better.
I just wanted to ask you for a favor.
i've had dreadlocks since I was 11 years old. im now 16, and a few weeks ago, I combed them out. it took a very very very long time! but i knew it was time for a change. so now that my hair is unlocked, its still really kinky from being locked. my mother presses it for me, but it only lasts a day or two and i kno that if i keep putting it through all that heat, it will be damaged.
i go back 2 school on aug 15, and this will be the first time most of my classmates have seen me w/o dreads.
i want to make a big impression. i hate blending in, so i wanted to know if you could give me a makeover. my clothes are alright, im just really focused on my hair. cuz if your hair looks good, it really doesnt matter what you're wearing. I'd really appreciate your help! thank u!

Hey Tyra! a few days ago, i watched ur "best of makeovers" show. i thought it was amazing how everybody turned out looking gorgeous. especially ashley, the girl who used to dress like a dude. she looked like a model afterwards!
I'm not gonna tell u about any problems i have in my personal life b/c i dont think having issues like everyone else in the world means u deserve some kind of prize 2 make u feel better.
I just wanted to ask you for a favor.
i've had dreadlocks since I was 11 years old. im now 16, and a few weeks ago, I combed them out. it took a very very very long time! but i knew it was time for a change. so now that my hair is unlocked, its still really kinky from being locked. my mother presses it for me, but it only lasts a day or two and i kno that if i keep putting it through all that heat, it will be damaged.
i go back 2 school on aug 15, and this will be the first time most of my classmates have seen me w/o dreads.
i want to make a big impression. i hate blending in, so i wanted to know if you could give me a makeover. my clothes are alright, im just really focused on my hair. cuz if your hair looks good, it really doesnt matter what you're wearing. I'd really appreciate your help! thank u!

Hey Tyra! a few days ago, i watched ur "best of makeovers" show. i thought it was amazing how everybody turned out looking gorgeous. especially ashley, the girl who used to dress like a dude. she looked like a model afterwards!
I'm not gonna tell u about any problems i have in my personal life b/c i dont think having issues like everyone else in the world means u deserve some kind of prize 2 make u feel better.
I just wanted to ask you for a favor.
i've had dreadlocks since I was 11 years old. im now 16, and a few weeks ago, I combed them out. it took a very very very long time! but i knew it was time for a change. so now that my hair is unlocked, its still really kinky from being locked. my mother presses it for me, but it only lasts a day or two and i kno that if i keep putting it through all that heat, it will be damaged.
i go back 2 school on aug 15, and this will be the first time most of my classmates have seen me w/o dreads.
i want to make a big impression. i hate blending in, so i wanted to know if you could give me a makeover. my clothes are alright, im just really focused on my hair. cuz if your hair looks good, it really doesnt matter what you're wearing. I'd really appreciate your help! thank u!

Dearest Tyra,

My name is Kayln and I am 16 years old. I have been watching America's Next Top Model since cycle 2 and when I first discovered you were getting your own talk show i was ECSTATIC! Every time I watched the girls get make overs and they would complain about their looks, I always thought "I could do that. If Tyra thinks I'm gunna look hot, I would HELLA do it!"
When I was 9, my father passed away from a blood clot in his lung and ever since then I have been trying to coop with my loss. My dad always told me that I could be whatever I put my mind to and i would love to become a successful actress on Broadway and live in New York.
I actually live in California now and its so hard for me to get the fashion. I have always felt like I was some what of an outcast when it came to fashion. I am a bigger girl so I can't wear American Eagle and Abercrombie and all the doo-dad. I love the person I am inside but the outside doesn't match so I am asking you, HELP ME FEEL GORGEOUS!
With much love and appreciation,
Kayln
PS. as corny and ridiculous as this may sound, you one of my heroes and are under my hero section on myspace.

DEAR TYRA, I've been watching your show wishing i would be the one getting a makeover. I was addicted to alcohol for ten years . Thanks to lots of help through rehab and family i am now clean.Ive always been told i was pretty but never felt it.My dream is for my outside to match my inside.

DEAR TYRA, I've been watching your show wishing i would be the one getting a makeover. I was addicted to alcohol for ten years . Thanks to lots of help through rehab and family i am now clean.Ive always been told i was pretty but never felt it.My dream is for my outside to match my inside.

It's hard to be amongst all these beautiful, "skinny" people your entire life. I am sure Tyra you among anyone has dealt with the feeling of insecurity just as much as the next girl growing up.

I am from a big italian family and you all know how the typical italian mother is, they cook for a family of four as if they are cooking for a family of ten! My mother is the epitome of the italian mother and her ethnic cooking. The smell of her food, the taste of it, you couldn't just have one small helping, you had to have three LARGE PLATES FULL. I was always the first one at the dinner table and always the last one leaving.

My dads side of the family doesn't help either when it comes to genes. His entire family are all overweight. Diabetes is a major disease that many of our family members have dealt with, some over coming it, some not. . .my dad being one of the few lucky ones.

I was always a heavy set girl. I had a large pot belly (that still haunts me), hips that just get in the way. Love handles that you have enough to hold on to and then some, and thighs that scrape together no matter how many miles you run.

My chest size never helped either. It seems like by the week they get bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and BIGGER. Soon I will a DD (I dread of becoming an H like my mother) I always dreamed of being a B, as they say. . .a handful is all you need.

I always told my family I wanted a breat reduction. My dad tells me health insurance doesn't cover it and my mom claims if I loose my chest I would become unbalance and look even bigger than I do now.

After years of looking at myself in the mirror (and many taunts from school kids as well as rejections from vain objects of my affections), I decided to take action when I was in 8th grade. I started workign out and eating less. . .soon enough I did begin having eating disorders. For what I thought would help, only made it worse since as soon as I over came the eating disorder two years later my weight went through the roof.

I started to continue to work out. . .almost every day but in the end nothing changed. I never lost a pound, in fact I gained. It wasn't muscle. It was just plain fat.

College didn't help either.

Everyone gains the freshmen 15. . .I just doubled it. I never understood either. I ate less through out my college years and I worked out atleast two hours four times a week as much as I could. . . yes I did go to the occasional parties and drank but I always made sure I kept that in mind when it came time to trying to become fit.

I am 21 now and for for 10 years I have been uncomfortable with myself and how I look. When people say I am cute I just assume it's sympathy. Saying I look cute doesn't change the fact that the scale says that I am twenty, thirty pounds over my healthy weight. Saying it's just muscle doesn't change the fact that when i look at my old pictures I see this slob always hunched down over a plate of food.

Media doesn't help me, I look at all these beautiful "fit" women and I think to myself "Why can't I at least resemble that? "Am I THAT unfortunite?" "Will I ever be satisfied with how I look?"

I am 5'3" and I weigh 160 lbs. I work out every day and nothing ever happens. I eat well and nothing ever happens. I tried all methods from a vegan diet to all the diet pills out there and nothing happens.

My name is Maria and I am forever envious.

Hey Tyra!!
My name is Madison i'm 21 and i would like to think i have a good fashion sense but i would be lying..haha my wardrobe consist of band t shirts and jeans i don't really know what its like to be beautiful and i think everyone needs to feel like that at some point in their life...i'm not a small girl so thats why i stick to the jeans and t shirt i'm to scared to so my body off...i just want to feel proud of my body and its hard when your a big girl...so tyra me love please help me out
I wanna turn heads!!!
HELP!

Tyra,
I love your show, and only get to watch the reruns at night. I'm a single mom of 4(17,15,13 & 4) I also have 2 grandchildren. I would love to have a makeover. I'm 42 and I've always put my children and grandchildren before me. I've had to work 2 full time jobs at times to make ends meet...and have come several times within days of losing our housing. I'm learning how to be self confident again after a 16 yr marriage where I was always the one at fault - even though I've now learned that an addict says those things. I'm trying to regain a sense of self and to move forward in my life and to make a better life for myself and my children.

Hello, I am a fan of the Tyra show and I am hoping that you guys can perform a make over but not on me, on my mom, Clara LoCascio. As long as I have known her, she never really bought things for herself. Mainly because she always made sure that we kids were taken care of first. I’m not just talking about buying close; it’s the dentist, the doctor, etc. It did not help the fact that we are low class and money does not quit roll in for us. Before retiring, my dad worked in a hospital, BUT washing dishes in the cafeteria and my mom was an untrained security guard. But it was a blessing for them to even have jobs and to be able to give their children a chance.
Money was always an issue in my house and still is. When I was in 5th grade, my family was in danger of loosing our house because we could not come up with enough money for our taxes. Not willing to give up her house, my mom managed to come up with the money and saved us from the streets. It is also a blessing that we have our home but it still needs a lot of maintenance.
On top of all that, my mom suffers from Diabetes and it really hurts to see her in pain everyday. Since she does not have insurance, it is hard for her to be seen by a doctor and even for her to get her insulin! Tyra and I have something in common; we both care very very much for our mothers. But try to watch your mother in pain because the sist on her foot popped and it is a mission for her just to stand up. My mom has had the busted sist on her heal for almost three years and she is terrified to go to the doctor for two reasons; one is of course the cost of the surgery if needed. The second reason is the doctor might need to amputate her foot if she does not go to a specialist. Who wouldn’t be scared if they heard that type of diagnosis?
She also does not have many teeth left because of the diabetes and it is causing her not to eat as much. She only has teeth left in the front of her mouth and as you might know, eating with your front teeth is not all that easy. When my dad was getting his dentures, my mom asked the dentist if it would be possible for my mom to have some teeth put back into her mouth. The dentist said that since she has diabetes the teeth would not be able to stay in her mouth. He also said that the only way to fix her mouth was for her to go to a dentist that specializes with diabetic patents and have dentures put in. Once again money became an issue and so my mom is stuck with her 8 teeth, four on top, four on the bottom. I feel so bad because my mom is embarrassed to smile and I am a very cheerful person that always tries to make others laugh because when others feel good, it makes you feel good.
All in all, I just hope that you guys can do something for my mom because she truly is a good person and she very much so deserves this opportunity.

Thank You!

Tyra. Wow. I'm not sure if my problems pale in comparison to the others here, but I'll give it a shot. What the heck, huh?
I am short, nothing I find fits me properly. If that isn't bad enough my boobs are so big I am considering the 'strap 'em down' option. Shirts don't fit me properly to say the least.
I have freckled, pale skin. Because of the freckles, I just can't find concealer or foundation to properly match. My teeth... I won't get into them. Just trust me when I say... I refuse to smile in photos.

Dear Tyra,

I'm a former beauty queen and I was very active in high school but now since my skin condition has worsened I'm not what I used to be. I have eczema!(ex-z-Ma) I've struggled with this all my life. I've been picked on and thought as the girl with aids every since middle school when the little bumps took over my skin. My face has recently been affected. I had a beautiful face until recently, now I have big dark rashes on the sides of my face now. It itches and irritates me all day. I'm embarrassed and only wear hairstyles where it covers my face on the side. My legs are the worst though. I NEVER WEAR SHORTS OR SWIMSUITS because the condition has really scarred my legs. They are so UGLY! I wear makeup on my legs....I hate this Tyra. I've recently have been asked to participate in my COLLEGE Miss Black and GoLD Pageant. I would love to but I'm going to need some dermatologists, trainer and self esteem booster to bring back the old me. I really don't want to embarrass myself in front of my whole school. Please help me get my self esteem and beauty back TYRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Tyra,

I'm a former beauty queen and I was very active in high school but now since my skin condition has worsened I'm not what I used to be. I have eczema!(ex-z-Ma) I've struggled with this all my life. I've been picked on and thought as the girl with aids every since middle school when the little bumps took over my skin. My face has recently been affected. I had a beautiful face until recently, now I have big dark rashes on the sides of my face now. It itches and irritates me all day. I'm embarrassed and only wear hairstyles where it covers my face on the side. My legs are the worst though. I NEVER WEAR SHORTS OR SWIMSUITS because the condition has really scarred my legs. They are so UGLY! I wear makeup on my legs....I hate this Tyra. I've recently have been asked to participate in my COLLEGE Miss Black and GoLD Pageant. I would love to but I'm going to need some dermatologists, trainer and self esteem booster to bring back the old me. I really don't want to embarrass myself in front of my whole school. Please help me get my self esteem and beauty back TYRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello my name is Laika and my sister name Mahogany and she has chronic lupus that affects skin, the inside of her body, and her hair. I feel she needs a make-over to boost her will of living. It seems when I go see her in the hopital sometimes and her energy is not there like she wants to give up or something. I pray to God that my sister doesn't die. I feel I would be devastated. Please we are in dyer need. Love Laika

please I need help I'm so embarrace of my self please tyra i have hair on my face and feel very bad about that this problem is really making me crazy I swear please can you help me?????????

please I need help I'm so embarrace of my self please tyra i have hair on my face and feel very bad about that this problem is really making me crazy I swear please can you help me?????????

Hey Tyra,

I could use a makeover myself. My skin is well "not great". My hair texture has changed since I was diagnosed with hyperthryoidism (it was coming out in clumps but now is pretty much under control) and even after my first baby.

With working a regular job, taking care of my family and household I hardly have time to concentrate on myself.

I haven't even shopped for clothes like I used to since I've been married and still have clothes from the late 80's and 90's in my closet. I used to always have my appearance game tight, but now it is as loose as ever, no style, no bling bling, no excitment or anything!

I've got hammertime because I do not go for regular pedicures anymore. My hair is normally worn in it's "natural state", I hardly wear makeup although I DO need to cover up my hyperpigmentation on a daily basis.

I do not do my nails at all and I don't have that "glow" like I used to either. Shoot my husband says he does not care about the outer appearance, but I feel like I really let myself go since we got married and want to look better for him too.

I'd love to look really good. I am not bad on the eyes so why not accentuate the positive parts of my outer appearance? I'd love to finally have somebody cater to me for a change so that my hair, makeup and clothes can once again be on point and to remind myself of how I "used" to be. That way I can get a jump start on keeping up the momentum. Please consider me.

Hugs,
Tanya from CT, USA

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Tyra,
I am sorry if i write to you so much but i really need a makeover, My hair is really frizzy and i just don't know what to do with it anymore, my hair is so dry... I really have oily skin and also i don't know
what colors to put in my skin i look so pale all the time, it just frustrates me,
i don't have any friends, i have always been the outcast.. when i was in highschool i was always teased, I have such low self esteem and i really believe that this makeover would help me boost my self esteem..thank-you for your time...

hi tyra i need you to do me a favor and give my mom a complete makeover from head to toe!my mom is a single parent raising her kids to be the best. i just graduated from junoir high and i gave my mom a hard time. going up to my school practically every week.my mom deserves this makeover,she takes care of us and be there. my mom don't have a job right now but she is going back to school. give her this makeover so she can have a time to shine with out us by her. she is always doing things for us but not for her self.i want to do something for her.
so please tyra give my mom a makeover she needs. she dresses like she is older than she is people mistake her for my grandmother and she is only 36. she feels old so she dresses as if she is old so tyra please let her be happy that she is turning 37 and she should be proud cause she is beautiful. thank you tyra and i love you and your show!!!!!!
-love tanisha

dear tyra
im 18 and i recently quit high school from being picked on as different or "stupid"
i weight 195 pounds and i know im not 100 pounds overweight like people and i thank god for that. it just sucks when nothing goes right
i've got no family ,no dad ,no friend .all i do in my life is go to work and sleep its depressing.i need profesional help by someone who can make me happy

i wish i could be sexy but i hate my smile and the way i dress so not up date i am 26 and have one child and i feel bad when i have too go to the school for something and iam dress old fashion just like a mom not a women please help me be me

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Hey Tyra. I'm 17 turning 18 in august. I'm from saskatchewan canada and i watch america's next top model & ur "Tyra show" as often as i can,but sadly miss it alot (not by choice) anyways about the make over. if there was some possiblity i could get a make over even though im so far away. i feel that i NEED one in order to help restore my confidence to a point. My skin has become pretty blotchy and im struggling to work with it but thats nothing new. I have a look to me that just screams "professional make up only!" haha im really bad with my make up and hair. I'm going back to school soon ( I left halfway through my 2nd semester this year because of friends and other situations) But i'm still craving that grade 12 diploma and i want to just throw myself back into the education scene with all the confidence i've never had. It's also a bonus that i could look good for my boyfriend of almost a year now. He means everything to me and i want him to see my confidence back that i had when we met. =) but i have to admit that im not expecting anything haha i'm really just bored at 6 am thinking about my future. thats all i will leave you with hehe(too much) to all who read this have a great day. no week.. no month. just take care ya'll. xoxox

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Dear Tyra,

First off I just want to start by saying that you are the greatest. I watch every single America's Next Top Model and I wont lie not ever Tyra Show but alot of them. I would one day hope to be just half as beautiful as you are.

To start off.I am the 15 and a half(I'll be 16 in January!! Im so excited)daughter of the most wonderfull person in the world. My mom, Bonnie. She has four kids. My three brothers and myslef. My brothers are 19, 17, and 13. My mom is the best mom anyone could ever ask for. Although she has been put through so pretty crapy times. Just recently my mom went through her second divorce. The first one was when I was just five due to abuse and alcohol( i dont really know him but he sounds like a jerk to me)The second one was due to a controlling mentally abusive man. He was so terribly mean. I knew him because I lived with him for nine years. He brought her down to nothing (which for some odd reason she already thought she was)he also tore my brothers and I down.My mom is the type to please others.A people pleaser thats exactly what she is.She's always doing for others (not that there's anything wrong with helping others out) but she never does anything for herself. Im constantly telling her to go out and just buy herself something.(money is not so good for us either,but were getting by so mom say's thats all that matters)She always has a smile on her face but I know(you know like when you just know someone you can just tell, well thats how this is)I know my mom inside out she is the most caring person in the world all she does is give and give. We live in a small town called Summersville Mo. and she has 3 part time jobs. She does anything she has to, to make us(kids)happy.I lover her and she is my world.

My mom has an ok style. It pretty much the same thing everyday though.She use to buy diet pills and she even tried NutraSystem.I think if she had someone who knew what they were talking about to help her get a healthy diet she could lose the weight she has been trying to.She's a very beautiful women,but,she try's all these kinds of different makeups and I dont think she thinks she that pretty.I want her to feel like a princess. I believe my mom deserves to feel and look beautiful.(not that she isnt already)but I want her to know it. Like I said a million times she is my life I love her to death and I just want her to do one thing for herself because she does deserve it. So I would be so blessed if you would please give my mom a make-over. From head to toe.She's a wonderfull mother who deserves only the best and none lesser. So please Tyra bless my mom with the feeling of beauty. Because I know every women out there deserves that wonderfull feeling.

Love,
Rebecca

P.S. Please Tyra help my mom out let her feel like she deserves to feel.

Tyra,
hi my name is sara. I am a 21 yr old mother of two. Im here to ask you to make me over. I have been oveweight most of my life. Here about six months ago i gave birth to our second child. before becoming pregnant with him i was smaller than i could ever remember being i felt very sexy and when my husband told me i was beautiful i believed him. i am in a size 16 now and nothing is helping me drop it. My husband gets very angry at me cause i always pinch my fat and tell him how much i hate my body. i have incredibly short hair that i would love to grow out because of my rounded face now it kinda look ridiculous. my self-esteem has drop traumatically since my 2nd pregnancy. my back is starting to hurt i believe from my weight. i once wore tight jeans and sexy little shirts. i felt comfortable in these sexy little get-ups for my hubby. but if i even think about making love now the lights are out. i dont do anything but watch my fat and it is hard for me to give him the relationship we once had because of this. now i am so self concious i have convienced my self my husband is cheating. deep down i dont think so but somethings just set me off. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TYRA MAKE ME OVER for my relationship.thank you so much

gggeeeezzzzeee buddy how do u read all of these ? it seems nearly impossable!!!my name is lacy caristi huge fan . you are so pretty , so smart , so funny , im deffi jelious lol . i would kill to be like you(well not really that would be bad ) i would just want to be half as talanted as you . when i read makeover im like duuuhhh . im 16 just average kinda shy but not creepy shy and i wanna find myself . just the same old storie i guess .

i want to lose weight like everyone else on the planet . i kinda want to play tennis but eehh idk .

mabey ill get a letter from you . if i dont get my wish a letter back is fine .

love ya

gggeeeezzzzeee buddy how do u read all of these ? it seems nearly impossable!!!my name is lacy caristi huge fan . you are so pretty , so smart , so funny , im deffi jelious lol . i would kill to be like you(well not really that would be bad ) i would just want to be half as talanted as you . when i read makeover im like duuuhhh . im 16 just average kinda shy but not creepy shy and i wanna find myself . just the same old storie i guess .

i want to lose weight like everyone else on the planet . i kinda want to play tennis but eehh idk .

mabey ill get a letter from you . if i dont get my wish a letter back is fine .

love ya

hey tyra!!!i watch your show and top model all the time!! i love your makeovers! im a junior at Tuskegee University. sometimes i dont feel good about how i look and i can never find a hairstyle that fits me. please helpl me!!!

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Hey Tyra.
OMG me and my mom are always watching your show. You are my total rollmodel. My mom works 16 hours Monday-Saturday. Shes 31 years old and is a hard worker. With all the time she spends working she never has time to look good. She probably goes to get her hair done 3 times a year and thats because i forse her to. TYRA PLEASE HELP MY MOM SHE NEEDS A MAKEOVER. shes very beautiful and i want her to know that. she looks and dresses older than her actual age. She has 3 children. a 3 years old, 7 year old and a 14 year old and thats me thats writing this. This makeover would change our lives. please tyra help my mom.

love,
makda

Hello Tyra,

I just watched a recap of the best makeovers for shows that you've had this season. I've wanted so badly to get a makeover from you. I think you are gorgeous, probably like most of the world does and I've seen the transformations you've done for others that made them look more than beautiful. Honestly, I want this makeover because I've never been a small girl but the things that attracted the opposite sex to me was my cute face and charming personality. As I reached adulthood my once blemish free complexion became riddled with black spots and the only way I would face the world was with a face full of makeup that looked very unnatural. I looked ridiculous but at the time it was the only way that I could face the world and look people in the eye, because I felt naked without my makeup. After years of covering my face I decided to stop hiding behind the mask that makeup afforded me, because I wanted to feel like if I ever attracted someone they wouldn't be attracted to the mask that I hid behind. It's been a very long time since i've felt sexy and confident and most people that know me probably wouldn't think that of me but it's true. when I go clothes shopping I'm disgusted because things are either too big or too small, I just want something that's just right. And as far as my wardrobe is concerned it consist of tight jeans and shirts. The last time I wore a dress I was a little girl and I want to feel like a woman again. My mother died when i was eleven and since then I've been in a household with two men so I'm probably more boyish than most women. I want to wear a dress and some heel and feel pretty. I've seen the plus size women you've made over in baby doll dresses and they looked gorgeous. I want to feel gorgeous. Tyra this is my story. In grad school I was molested for over a year by an older brother and on one occasion by a cousin. Then I lost my mother and found out that I was a mistake. I've felt discarded when my mother died because I found out that my conception and birth was a mistake and on her death bed she called my little brother to her bedside and asked how Mama's baby doing? In retrospect maybe I was selfish for wanting to be called to her side when she was dying of cancer but I needed her to call me, for her to want me by her side and that hurt me for years. But I realize that sometimes people don't realize the hurt that they inadvertently inflict onto others by their actions. My molestation led to promiscuity in my early teens because my father is not the kind of man to offer comfort so I looked for it in the arms of me and each penis that entered me at the time felt like an injection of love. I equated sex with love at the time and every time someone wanted to lay down with me that was proof to me that I was wanted, desired, loved and attracted. My soul has been bruised and battered more than it ever should have. When I was in the second grade my right thigh was burned by a pot of boiling water. The burn has healed but the scar will be there forever, so I shy away from shorts and dresses to hide the everyday reminder that scars my flesh from the childhood accident I suffered. Tyra please give me a makeover. I think I deserve it because I've been through so much and most days I still wear a smile on my face.

Thanks for listening,
Bruised and battered, but not broken

Bethany

Dearest Tyra,
You inspier me so much and I love watching your showes, and Tyra you are such an amazing person.Like I really really mean it.....wow i dont even know how to say the way i feel about you. its just that you give back so much to people and u are just so wonderful and offer second chances to people who have thought that they have lost everything and all hope. Thank you for being such an amazing individual. But now, id like to ask for some help....I am 14 1/2(haha) years old, and my dad had moved to this country when i was about 6 or 7. he came here first and then the rest of my family came here. I come from a pretty large family....family of six. my mom and dad, my older brother (17, 18 in like a week or two), me, and my little twin brothers (they just turned 13). When we first came here we had moved into a small trayler, and everything had become better to us...or so we thought. Everything was new, all of us kids started school, and had to learn how to speak, read, and write english. everything was new and i was always so greatfull. then we bought a bigger house, and well because we couldnt really fit in the little trayler anymore, and it would always get so hot and humid in the summer, and we didnt have AC. so we bought a bigger house. we lived so happly for a while. but then, i started to sink in all the drama. drama at school and drama everywhere...all around me. i didnt get into any drugs or anything, but just arrguments with my parents and just everything started to fall apart. Now we are in soooo much debt, and my dad works all the way up in New York, and we live in North Carolina, and we dont get to see him much. its just all gets so hard. and i want things, i want clothes, and i want food, but we cant affored much. it all used to be so much better, but then my little brothers and i needed to get braces and so that cut a major hole in our money. and now im on summer brake (yay no school!) but school will start back in a aboout a month or so. and i want to go a vacation...so badly, somewhere to the beach, or something like that. and i mean it doesnt cost much, but we jsut dont have the money...and i mean this is the last summer before i start high school...(yakies) but i mean and id really like to enjoy it. but its just that sense we have moved to this country..."the land of oppertunities" we havent been able to enjoy ourselfs.and this whole time that we have lived here...which will be like 7 years it has just been so hard, and we havent went anywhere specail. and my famaily really needs it...especially my parents. they always work so hard to keep our family together, and i fear that my parents are getting sick....but we cant afford for them to go see any good doctors. and i dunno, its just so hard, i hate being in so much debt. and i dont even know how we got so far. and tyra, i ask for myself now. like i said school will start in like a month. and i dont have they clothes that i want...like i mean i do have some nice stuff, but still, and i keep growing out of all the nice things that my friends gave me, and it just feels like a kick in the guts when one of your friends walks in with brand new clothes that i have dreamed about for so long, and they talk about how its nothing to them, and ask me why i dont have them. i really dont mean to be materialistic but it just gets so hard. and also, besides the clothes, i have such problems with my breasts. this may sound funny because im 14, and you may think that i have like nothing. but its sooo hard to find a bra that fits, and now i dont really even have one. like i mean i cant even wear a normal t-shirt without me looking at them and trying to do something to them, and even on somedays i wear a bathing suit top instead of my bra because it is either too painful to wear it, or it just looks so weird and makes me hate myself. its so hard and painful to say this to anyone, and i cant even tell my mom because its emabarissing. and i think that i am pretty and everything, but just i dont have the right clothes or anything to make me feel the way i do inside sometimes, and its even harder at school. when all of your friends are walking around with what u wished you had...tyra please help me. i really have no where else to turn. but i mean i do have amazing friends and i am already so greatful for all the things that i have. because i know that there are people who dont have anything, and wish that they had what i did. And when i grow i really do want to help those people,and that is why i love u so much, because u help others, and i think that that is how all people should be, and accecpt each others differences and just be there for one another. so tyra, once again please...i begging u. PLEASE HELP ME AND MY FAMILY!!!
We are in so much debt and cant afford much of what we used to. and i dont even know what is going through my brothers minds, because like me they too go to school and have friends, and im pretty sure that they want things to, but none of us tell each other, and i wish and hope that all of this would change...tyra, please. i really need your help. and im not jsut asking for myself, im asking(begging) for my whole family.......pleaseeee Tyra...

dear tyra can u plaese give me a make over i have no confidence in myself i am soo fat and ugly i have a 5mth old daughter and i need some help i have contemplated killing myself so that i wont feel like this anymore but i cant help it

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i want you to make me over because i've had a rough couple of years.I'm a former pain pill over doser.I let my face and my body go away but i want to look sexy for my last two years of high school.Will you help me tyra? (My wish is be a young sexy woman)

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i want you to make me over because i've had a rough couple of years.I'm a former pain pill over doser.I let my face and my body go away but i want to look sexy for my last two years of high school.Will you help me tyra? (My wish is be a young sexy woman)

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i want you to make me over because i've had a rough couple of years.I'm a former pain pill over doser.I let my face and my body go away but i want to look sexy for my last two years of high school.Will you help me tyra? (My wish is be a young sexy woman)

I am 20 years old and since the age of 14 i have been very active. I was a cheerleader, dancer in the marching band, and I ran track my ex-boyfriend totally stumped on my confidence and i started to gain weight and i stoped caring about my appearance. Since out relationship has ended i have gained more confidence however i am not the same person i use to be. Can you help me?

Hello Tyra, my name is Song I live in Minnesota in the midwest. i just turned 18> I am an asian american girl looking for a way out. all my life i was either called to skinny or too fat and it hurts a lot all my sister are TINY TINY i'm always called the fat stupid one and sometimes they don't know how much it hurts i'm so young and i have stretch martks everywear also. I just want one day for it to be focused on my. my family is really stricted so i couldnt really do anything. especially experience life as a teenager. all they expect me to do is get married. i am stuck home babysittin all day or just go to work. Maybe if i an lucky i will get to go out. it would be really nice if the attention is actually turned to me once. people think i am shy but i just want to get out. please help me....

Dear Tyra,

Hello. I am posting a comment for my mother. I would love to see her get a makeover. Ever since she was 13 years old, she has battled cancer in her stomach, liver, kidneys and galbaltter. Because of the treatment, her hair fell out and she has had a hard time with hair ever since. Because of all the cancer, she had to have 3/4 of her stomach taken out, and now she is very disproportional around that area. Not only that, but she is so tiny that it is hard for her to go shopping because not a lot of things fit. Another miracle is that because of all the treatment, doctors told her that it was impossible for her to have children. She is now 42 years old and has 2 kids. She is an amazing inspiration to me because she has gotten through having cancer 4 TIMES! First when she was 13, then again after she got married, then again in 1998, and now present day. She never gave up. I would love it if she got one of your makeovers. It would mean the world to her, and myself. I thank God that she is here, and I would love it if she could get one of your makeovers. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Hiya Miss Tyra!! I am in need of a makeover!! plz help! I am turning 30 this yr and i hate yhe way I look. I am a mom of 2 an have a fantastic fiance' but i feel useless, fat an ugly. I have been treated for depression but it hasnt seemed to work. I completely understand the lady who wishes she could just stay in her house as i feel this way alot. I am overweight and spend alot of time in sweats an a t-shirt. I can't remember looking fierce in a dress an heels and would love to have that feeling of Damn I look good. Thank you for your time an plz keep being the wonderful role model you are. Just Fan, Fat an ugly in Bay City

Hey Tyra!
Oh my gosh I could really use a makeover. School starts up again in almost 2 months and I want to look great. This is going to be my 8th grade year and I don't want to look how I do right now. I have frizzy,oily hair , my eyebrows are totally uneven and i got so many zits going on I can't stand it! Please Tyra, I know my chances stink and I don't know if I am even old enough but you know it's worth a shot! You could really help me out here Tyra!!:)

Hey Tyra!
Oh my gosh I could really use a makeover. School starts up again in almost 2 months and I want to look great. This is going to be my 8th grade year and I don't want to look how I do right now. I have frizzy,oily hair , my eyebrows are totally uneven and i got so many zits going on I can't stand it! Please Tyra, I know my chances stink and I don't know if I am even old enough but you know it's worth a shot! You could really help me out here Tyra!!:)

Dear Tyra,
I really need a makeover tyra, please i have real dry frizzy hair and i have try'd almost everything to tame it down but can't seem to find anything that helps my hair,
I have really dark undereye circles, and i have really oily skin, i have been depressed for a long time now, i feel like such an outcast, i feel so empty inside, i just wish one day
i could have the chance to be on your show and meet you and get a tailored makeover by you, that would really be a wish come true,
i am your biggest fan and i look up to you alot, please
tyra please help me boost my self esteem, i really need it...thank-you for your time to read this...
sincerily yours,
Angie

HI TYRA I JUST WANTED TO WRITE TO YOU AND I LOVE YOUR SHOW I WATCH IT WITH MY LIL SISTER WELL I AM WRITTING BECAUSE I WANT A MAKEOVER RIGHT NOW IM AT A POINT WHERE I TRY SO HARD TO FEEL PRETTY AND I CANT I DONT EVEN WANT TO GO OUT TO WORK ANYWHERE I JUST DREAM I COULD WEAR A BIG SHIRT AND STAY ALL DAY IN MY HOUSE IN MY BED AND LOSE MY FRIENDS I MAKE MYSELF GO TO SLEEP SO I WONT DEAL WITH FEELING SO UGLY IS LIKE IS NOT MEANT FOR ME TO FEEL PRETTY AT FIRST IT WAS MY WEIGHT I WAS A SIZE 14 AND I TRIED SO HARD TO LOZE WEIGHT AND I DID IM A SIZE 7 NOW BUT I FEEL THAT NOW MY FACE IS UGLY AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT LOSING WEIGHT SOMETHING ELSE CAME UP I HAVE SOMETHING CALLED ECZYME IS A SKIN DISEASE IT MAKES MY SKIN FLAKY ITCHING AND RED IS LIKE I TRY HARD FOR SOMETHING BUT THEN I FEEL INSECURE ABOUT MY SKIN WELL THANK YOU IF YOU GET TO READ THIS

HI TYRA I JUST WANTED TO WRITE TO YOU AND I LOVE YOUR SHOW I WATCH IT WITH MY LIL SISTER WELL I AM WRITTING BECAUSE I WANT A MAKEOVER RIGHT NOW IM AT A POINT WHERE I TRY SO HARD TO FEEL PRETTY AND I CANT I DONT EVEN WANT TO GO OUT TO WORK ANYWHERE I JUST DREAM I COULD WEAR A BIG SHIRT AND STAY ALL DAY IN MY HOUSE IN MY BED AND LOSE MY FRIENDS I MAKE MYSELF GO TO SLEEP SO I WONT DEAL WITH FEELING SO UGLY IS LIKE IS NOT MEANT FOR ME TO FEEL PRETTY AT FIRST IT WAS MY WEIGHT I WAS A SIZE 14 AND I TRIED SO HARD TO LOZE WEIGHT AND I DID IM A SIZE 7 NOW BUT I FEEL THAT NOW MY FACE IS UGLY AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT LOSING WEIGHT SOMETHING ELSE CAME UP I HAVE SOMETHING CALLED ECZYME IS A SKIN DISEASE IT MAKES MY SKIN FLAKY ITCHING AND RED IS LIKE I TRY HARD FOR SOMETHING BUT THEN I FEEL INSECURE ABOUT MY SKIN WELL THANK YOU IF YOU GET TO READ THIS

Hey Tyra
Even though most of the people that are writing u today maybe in worst shape then me I still would like to tell u why I think I should get this makeover. I'm 16 years old and about to be a senior in high school this year and looking for a change in my life. I have been through alot in the past years of my life and think this will help. I have battle with the depression and low confidence since I could remeber. But I feel this year I can make a change. And I would like to have an makeover but my parents really don't have all the extra money to do this for me because I am the oldest out of 4. So its hard, but please trya help me become better for myself and my future!!!!! luv ya always Brittany

hi tyra,
well i really want a makeover. by having this makeover this will really boost my confidence up like sky high now im only 14 but im a reck....so please tyra this will really help me out a ton!! i hope i hear from u soon!!

TYRAAA.!
Please give me a makeover.:D
i would love itt, i watch yr show everytime its on [i tape em ;D ] and i wanna look just as beautiful as you.

PLEASE GIVE ME A MAKEOVER.

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heyy Tyra, first off i just want to say i love you, and i try and watch your show every chance i get. Its hard for me to watch beautiful women like you with perfect skin and hair and everything because my family doesn't have alot of money. We struggle alot and i think most of the problem is because of me. Im always buying new makeup to try and look as amazing as you and the other women i think are gorgeous. But the problem is im putting my family more and more in debt. Its a habit for me, to always look at you and research you to see if i can find the type of makeup you use just so i can look as good as you. I'm not expecting to meet you with financial problem and that i live in Canada.
i was just wondering what kind of makeup you use and if theres any good advice you could give me about my makeup.
thank you (L).
love Kelly.

Hi Tyra,
Thank you for offering your styling talents to a well-deserving recipient. I would like to nominate my sister, Kimberly, to receive this special honor. She is a wonderful 30ish woman who has been in a loving relationship with her high-school sweetheart for over 18 years. They were married in Summer of '93 and have been trying to get pregnant for almost 11 years. There's something in her body that prevents this from happening. Because of that, she has sort of let herself go. She has gone from a size 6 in high school to a size 18/20. Her skin is not the best due to her body problems, and she has psoriasis pretty badly. Her self-esteem has gone down severely. She has stepped up as a fill-in youth minister at her church, which has actually stuck for almost the past year, but she is around teenagers and wearing Disney T-shirts, and faded out "Funky Jeans" as he calls them. Her husband has now decided that he wants to be a preacher, so he is going back to school which is causing a very large finanial burden on them. They say that God will provide, but she won't spend any money on herself. She is such a great person, and gives so much to other people, I would just love for her to feel good about herself again. If you could help her, I'm sure that it would make a huge difference in her life. Thank you in advance for your consideration!

Hey Tyra,

I absolutley LOVE your show! I try and watch it whenever I get the chance.

I am 22 years old & am not very confident. When my mom was 16 she was raped. As a result I was born. What makes it worse is that the man who raped her is someone my community respects & looks up to.

She told me about 5 or 6 years ago. Since then I've battled with my weight & other things.

I would be truly grateful to get a makeover tailored by You. I understand if you can't, there are women who deserve it more than I do.

Sincerely,
Laura M. from Tofino B.C.

my favorite segment in your show is the makeover. how i wish i can have that (minus the being on air)i also particularly like your organizing jobs
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my favorite segment in your show is the makeover. how i wish i can have that (minus the being on air)i also particularly like your organizing jobs
how can one be a prof organizer? honestly how can i be part of your organizing group? (with pay of course)
thanks love your show

my favorite segment in your show is the makeover. how i wish i can have that (minus the being on air)i also particularly like your organizing jobs
how can one be a prof organizer? honestly how can i be part of your organizing group? (with pay of course)
thanks love your show

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Hi Tyra,
My name is Lea and I first just want to say that I am a huge fan and I have seen you progress throughout the years and I am so proud of you it's like you get more beautiful everyday.
For this show I would like to nominate my sister Carnecia. My sister is so beautiful but she just doesnt see it. All her life she has been insecure about her weight that she just gave up. She barely even dresses up anymore I mean we can be going out or going to some place professional and guess what shes wearing a ponytail and sneakers. I mean all she owns is t- shirts and jeans and all sneakers. The only heels she owns belong to me and she never wears them. I try to help he out I mean I do hair myself and I would do her hair and take her out and buy her a new outfit and shoes and she loves it shes ready to go out and have fun but at the end of the day she is crying because she feels that even though everybody else thought she was cute she couldnr see it finding fault with everything wrong with her body. I think that she would most benifit from this makeover because she 1st needs somebody other than her family to let her know that she is a beautiful strong black women and that she would just fall out if the world could see that too. Please Tyra make my sister over she really needs it
thank you!!!!

hello Mizz Tyra!Im a single mother to Two boy's my name is kimberly I live in Canada and I come to you for help! my mother she needs a make over! she has been divorced for 4 years and its her 40th birthday this year! but my mother shes needs a head to toe make over! her pants come over her belly button her long hair thats down to her butt that needs a chop and a half! my mother needs the works from wardrobe to getting on the prowl to score another hunny..please help my mother out and bring her sexy back please sexify my mother again! lot's love kimberly O

hi tyra,
I'm 16 years old and i would really like to change my apperance because i have never changed it and it's getting to a point where I am sad a lot. I have no confidence in myself and I want my senior year in high school to be memorable in a good way. Its getting to the point where sometimes i cry at night. It would really mean a lot to me.

Dear Tyra,
I first and for most want to thank you for takeing the time to read this.My name is Melissa I'm 27 and live in a small town called Hemet Ca,I have a lovely boyfriend who I have been with six year and I deprestly need a make over I had never had a make over or due I have the money to due so PLEASE HELP bring the beautiful person back in me.. Thank you and GOD BLESS

I saw your make over show the other day and I was so touched. I have a 32 year old friend that would love just to smile again. She has health problems due to her teeth. She is such a good person and deserves to be happy, she's always down on herself. I can only say and do so much to cheer her up. Her name is Melissa Shaffer from Johnstown, Pa.

Hi Tyra:

I have been a single mom since my daughter was 9 -- she's now 19. I'm done being a hands-on mom (because once a mom, always a mom) and I'm beginning to date again. Looking at some old pictures, I don't think I've really changed my hairstyle since I was in junior high school.

I love the makeovers you do with younger women but what about those of us that are older and starting a new phase of our life.

I was married for 20 years and getting out there and dating again has been a little scary. My ex husband was verbally abusive so I've done the healing I need to do trust men again and get out there and have some fun!

I would sure appreciate a makeover to give me the confidence that I need as I start the new phase and get through that empty nest syndrome.

Thanks for a great show - and timely topics.

Ms.Tyra,
I am 34 years old and a single mother of 2 beautiful children.I have been working really hard at trying to make a living for my kids. Recently I have been forced to resign from a job that I really enjoyed and actually made a promotion 3 weeks before leaving. I left because I would of been let go or the man I fell in love with could have been let go.I try and I try and can't seem to get to the top. I feel like I am in a rut and need to feel strong again. People tell me I am pretty all the time but I don't see it. Feeling like a failure doesn't help at the moment.I always wanted to be on your Top Model show but having 2 kids has held me back.I love them so much,but there are things that I feel I need to do and just can't.Divorced after ten years of marriage and starting over again is so hard.How do I get there? What am I doing wrong?

hey Tyra,
I am a 20 year old stay at home mom and I am 5'3 and 150 lbs I really need your help I am in dire need of your help I feel so ugly and fat I need you to help me look like I want to can you please help me. I have tried everything and I still don't feel sexy for my self or my husband I wish I could find a way to tone up my body and look good . by the way I love you, you are an inspiration to women like me . I am glad I have some to look up too!!!!!!
love always
mandi

Tyra,
I am in desperate need of a beauty transformation. I am 26yrs old, and look about 15. I am only 5' tall and even though I only weigh 135lbs, every pound shows on my short little body. I desperately need you help to show me the best way to dress by body type. I wear very little makeup because I feel like I look like a little girl playing dress up when I put on makeup or try to dress sexy. Another reason why I really need a makeover is to help me with my self-confidence. I am a single mother of a wonderful 3yr old boy. When I am not with him I am at work at a Diesel Truck dealership with all men. I don't have the self confidence to go out and meet people, even if I did find the time with my hectic life of a single mother.
PLEASE HELP ME TYRA!!!!!!

Hi Tyra,

I am a 29 year old woman who thinks i posess enough natural beauty but i sometimes find it embarassing and am really insecure about the fact that i never learned to really be a girl. growing up, my dad was pretty much the house mom. my mom never did my hair and never showed me how to do makeup. i've grown to just learn to accept not really knowing these things, but i've always wanted to get a true make-over, if only for one day.

Tyra,
My name is Angela, I am 28, and I am desperate to have a 3 generation makeover! My mom,grandmother and I have been planning for years to have our generations picture taken! Well we all have had every excuse in the book to hold off on it because of the way we feel about ourselves! we have all dropped a few pounds but still dread this very important family photo! My gramma is 70, mom is 50 I am 28 and my only daughter is 3! I WOULD ABSOLUTLY LOVE FOR ALL OF US TO FEEL BEAUTIFUL ENOUGH TO TAKE THIS PHOTO! PLEASE HELP US WITH A MAKEOVER AND HELP BOOST OUR CONFIDENCE!!!!
By the way we all have suffered from emotional eating and are trying to overcome this!

Dear Tyra
I am in dire need of a new look. I am a single mother of one who is now 26 yrs old. She has no kids, but and is now serving a 12 yr sentence in Mo state Corr Facilty. about 3 yrs ago my nighmare started first my daughter was arrsted for acessory to murder. Her then boyfriend killed someone at a BBQ and she was with him and fled withhim after the incident. The next Year my mother was diagnosed with Cancer and was given numerous months to live. Thanks God she is still living and has gotten better with Prays and Chemotheraphy. My sister who then lived in NYC came down 05, Dec to see my mother and the day she was leaving she past out and was taken to the Hospital. She was diagnosed with an acute brain aneyrusm which led to a stroke. she is now paralyzed on her left side and total care. I have tried nursing homes for her but to no avail. I took on her 5 kids and also got her out of the nursing home. I now have her, stopped going to school and, took on her kids and still have the responsibilty of my mother and daughter. If I don't need a ME day and a Make Over no one does. I am 42 but have never looked my age but lately I see that with the stress and added 20-30 lbs I am starting to look 52. Please help me keep my sex appeal and smile through this all. I wrote you once before and never heard anything I had asked for help with the kids and for my sister, but now I am asking for help for myself. HELP TYRA, I KNOW U CAN.

Dear Tyra
I am in dire need of a new look. I am a single mother of one who is now 26 yrs old. She has no kids, but and is now serving a 12 yr sentence in Mo state Corr Facilty. about 3 yrs ago my nighmare started first my daughter was arrsted for acessory to murder. Her then boyfriend killed someone at a BBQ and she was with him and fled withhim after the incident. The next Year my mother was diagnosed with Cancer and was given numerous months to live. Thanks God she is still living and has gotten better with Prays and Chemotheraphy. My sister who then lived in NYC came down 05, Dec to see my mother and the day she was leaving she past out and was taken to the Hospital. She was diagnosed with an acute brain aneyrusm which led to a stroke. she is now paralyzed on her left side and total care. I have tried nursing homes for her but to no avail. I took on her 5 kids and also got her out of the nursing home. I now have her, stopped going to school and, took on her kids and still have the responsibilty of my mother and daughter. If I don't need a ME day and a Make Over no one does. I am 42 but have never looked my age but lately I see that with the stress and added 20-30 lbs I am starting to look 52. Please help me keep my sex appeal and smile through this all. I wrote you once before and never heard anything I had asked for help with the kids and for my sister, but now I am asking for help for myself. HELP TYRA, I KNOW U CAN.

Tyra,
My name is Angela, I am 28, and I am desperate to have a 3 generation makeover! My mom,grandmother and I have been planning for years to have our generations picture taken! Well we all have had every excuse in the book to hold off on it because of the way we feel about ourselves! we have all dropped a few pounds but still dread this very important family photo! My gramma is 70, mom is 50 I am 28 and my only daughter is 3! I WOULD ABSOLUTLY LOVE FOR ALL OF US TO FEEL BEAUTIFUL ENOUGH TO TAKE THIS PHOTO! PLEASE HELP US WITH A MAKEOVER AND HELP BOOST OUR CONFIDENCE!!!!
By the way we all have suffered from emotional eating and are trying to overcome this!

Tyra,
My name is Angela, I am 28, and I am desperate to have a 3 generation makeover! My mom,grandmother and I have been planning for years to have our generations picture taken! Well we all have had every excuse in the book to hold off on it because of the way we feel about ourselves! we have all dropped a few pounds but still dread this very important family photo! My gramma is 70, mom is 50 I am 28 and my only daughter is 3! I WOULD ABSOLUTLY LOVE FOR ALL OF US TO FEEL BEAUTIFUL ENOUGH TO TAKE THIS PHOTO! PLEASE HELP US WITH A MAKEOVER AND HELP BO