Hi Tyra, i love your show and every day you look elegant as usual.U should be bringing as more of your putting makeup tips i really do learn alot from you.Im in Kenya and i really love your shows especially America's next top model such stuff should be done in Kenya also.It really aspires young Models or aspiring models

HEY TYRA
I AM A REALLY BIG FAN OF YOU, AND I THINK YOU THE GREATEST MOST HUMBBLE AND REALLY GOOD LOOKING MODEL.MY NAME IS THOKGAMO(MEANING HARMONY)I LIVE OUT HERE IN AFRICA IN A SMALL COUNTRY CALLED BOTSWANA,I REALLY WISH TO BECOME ONE OF THE TOP MODELS ONE DAY BUT HERE IN MY COUNTRY IS NOT EASY AS
THERE ARE LESS OPPORTUNITIES.THEY ONLY WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPER TALL BUT AM NOT,SO AM JUST 1.67M TALL WHILE THEY ONLY
WANT SOMEONE WHO IS 1.74M.SO I SOLEMNLY NEED YOUR HELD TO ACHIEVE MY DREAM BEFORE I GROW OLD.AM ONLY 21YRS OLD CURRENTLY STUDDYING AS AN ACCOUNTANT.I LOVE YOU TYRA,AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

THOKGAMO

Dear Tyra..
I just wanted to say i think your really beautiful and have that inner beauty to match it =)

Hey Tyra,
I'm 25,no kids,from Columbus GA.Very interested in becoming a model for 2008.I don't have any experience but if you put your mind and heart into it anything can happen. I'm 5'7 weight 153 dark skinned. I'm very interested Tyra.

Tyra,
Hi my name is Alexandra, and I’m 15 years old. It has always been my dream to become a model. The only problem is, is that my family doesn’t have much money. I am so scared that if I don’t try to accomplish my goal now it will never happen. I want to prove to every one I can. I am constantly getting teased about wanting to model, not only from the kids at school but also my own family; they don’t think I have it in me! But I know I do if I was just to get one chance. Tyra I need your help in any way possible! Please Please help!
Xoxo Alexandra
p.s email some advice!

Hey Tyra,
I'm Liz, 25, married and no kids yet. Love your show. Your are a great role model. I wanted to ask you a question about bras! I was wondering if you could help me. I wear a 32F (or 32 DDD) for my bra size and its very frustrating to find a good one. I'm petite as well, that doesn't help either with clothing and bathing suits. Do you know any good brands for bras and bathing suits? The ones I'm wearing were supporting me but now are getting old, the wires stick in my ribs and hurt all day long. Also, they're not very appealing to my husband. They support but aren't sexy. Do you know where I can find my size bra easily? Victoria Secret doesn't sell them in the store, and I scared to order anything online in fear it doesn't fit right. Also, do you have any favorite clothing lines that look good on petite busty women? HELP!!!

Hey girl,

My name is Natilee, and I am a transexual. My biggest dream is to become a model. You are the one who has inspired me to do this. I know that you have worked with many transexuals in the past and present, and I would love it if I could meet you. Looing at you on that runway all those years that you had done modeling, I wnted to be like you. I wanted to be able tp expirence what you did. I am always watching Americas Next Top Model, and I myself am learning how to become a model, by the way that the photogoraphers, Miss Jay, and Jay are always coaching the girls on how to be a great model. Let me tell you lots of people say that I should go out for modeling, and I have the runway walk down. My peers say I do it pretty well. I am constantly learnig how to make my self better, so agents will notice me and take me to be their model. I would love that sooooo much. I have dreamt about this ever since I was a little kid, maybe about seven years old. Well ttly Tyra.

xoxox-Natilee

Dear Tyra

My name is Clarissa and I am 20 years old.I currently live in South Africa and would one day love to meet you.I watch you on your show and ANTM.You truly are an inspiration.I want to let you know that everyone here in South Africa loves you and your shows.

From : Clarissa

Dear Tyra

My name is Clarissa and I am 20 years old.I currently live in South Africa and would one day love to meet you.I watch you on your show and ANTM.You truly are an inspiration.I want to let you know that everyone here in South Africa loves you and your shows.

From : Clarissa

Hi Tyra,
Before i get started i just want to tell you that im not like everyone else.By this i mean im not naive.I know that the modeling world can be tough but i really believe it cant be any tougher thanthings ive been through in the short amount of time ive lived.modeling is my passion and I watch your show as well as americas next top model as much as i can. I have experience walking down the runway in hair shows and talent shows.My biggest dream is to earn a job with elite modeling agency. I want to work hard for it so thaat when i receive it I will apreciate it more. Hopefully one day ill walk the runway alongside one of the greatest models of all times,Tyra Banks,
sincerely
Racquel Williams

Dear Tyra,
hi, I'm Dominique, and I want to be a Covergirl. I watch America's Next Top Model, anytime it's on and my favorite winner is Jaslene. She is so beautiful and fun, she is fierce. You may not even read this but, I want to tell you a little bit about me. I am fourteen, and when I watch ANTM, I want to be like the girls on your show, going after their dream. I want to be a model, I want to stomp down runways and I feel like I can do it. Watching you on TV makes me feel better about myself. I feel beautiful on the inside and out because you know that beauty isn't only skin deep. Being a Covergirl is my dream, I want it so bad. I want to be famous and be a role model for girls who feel like they aren't special. I don't think my self esteem is where it should be. When I heard Caridee say that she had a horrible skin disease all over her body, I felt like I could relate. If Cari can overcome something so scary, I could too. Last spring, I got a skin irratation that spread all over my legs, to my arms and on my chest. Scratching left scars on my arms and legs and those scars make me feel ugly. The skin irratation that I got made me feel so insecure and I felt like I couldn't escape it, I had it for, probably not as long as Cari but for four or five months and that can take it's tole on a girl. You are so confident and beautiful and strong that you make me feel like i can acheive my dream. I want to be a Covergirl, and I want to win america's Next Top Model. I'm only fourteen so by the time I can be on the show, which is 18[I think] you'll already have had 17 cycles, I think. If you keep on having the show, remember me, please, because I want to be a model so badly. I'm not your average girl but like Shandi from cycle 2 said, "If she were to see something in me,", if YOU, Tyra Banks were to see something in me, I would make you so proud. Please, believe in me. My name is Dominique Pasqua, and I want to fulfill my dreams to be a Covergirl and a model, and with you there to help me, I know I could. Tyra, you make me proud to be who I am. I am not like everybody else, I'm the girl next door with a little Italian spice. So if you read this Tyra, please, please, please, consider me! You will not regret it. I can achieve my dreams, if you help me along the way and give me an opportunity like you gave so many girls on Top Model. I want to be like you Tyra, and you are a great role model to me and so many other girls. Please, please, please, help me make my dreams cometrue because I have the potential and beauty to be a great model and role model to girls who have big dreams like me. Thank you so much for reading this Ty-Ty, I want to be Easy, Breezy and Beautiful, a Covergirl. Please, when I'm old enough, remember Dominique Pasqua, from Aurora, Illinois, 14 and dying to be a Covergirl!!! Chao, luv, Dominique

Dear Tyra,
hi, I'm Dominique, and I want to be a Covergirl. I watch America's Next Top Model, anytime it's on and my favorite winner is Jaslene. She is so beautiful and fun, she is fierce. You may not even read this but, I want to tell you a little bit about me. I am fourteen, and when I watch ANTM, I want to be like the girls on your show, going after their dream. I want to be a model, I want to stomp down runways and I feel like I can do it. Watching you on TV makes me feel better about myself. I feel beautiful on the inside and out because you know that beauty isn't only skin deep. Being a Covergirl is my dream, I want it so bad. I want to be famous and be a role model for girls who feel like they aren't special. I am not a popular girl, I'd have to say that I'm nerdy and shy. I know how beautiful I am. But you might not think so when I tell you this, I have always been insecure about my body. I excercise everyday and I am a very healthy girl. I eat all of the time, and I eat a lot of fruits and vegetables. This year I have lost a lot of weight, maybe I've dropped a jean size, and that felt good, but I was scared. What if me acheiving my ideal weight and size from playing tennis would make me so obsessed with having a perfect body that I would do anything to keep it, like having an eating disorder, I told my mom, she makes me feel good. I have never in my life starved myself or made myself thrown up, but I was scared that one day that is what my life would come to. But now, I know, I am beautiful and I am not scared anymore. I don't think my self esteem is where it should be. I don't feel beautiful at school. I wear glasses and I hate them, I feel so ugly in them, none of my friends have glasses, and neither do my sisters. When I heard Caridee say that she had a horrible skin disease all over her body, I felt like I could relate. if Cari can overcome something so scary, I could too. Last spring, I got a skin irratation that spread all over my legs, to my arms and on my chest. Scratching left scars on my arms and legs and those scars make me feel ugly. I'm scared that it will happen again next spring. The skin irratation that I got made me feel so insecure and I felt like I couldn't escape it, I had it for, probably not as long as Cari but for four or five months and that can take it's tole on a girl. But Tyra, you Cari and Jaslene are my rolemdoels because you have all been through horrible things in your life, but you have overcome them. You are so confident and beautiful and strong that you make me feel like i can acheive my dream. I want to be a Covergirl, and I want to win america's Next Top Model. I'm only fourteen so by the time I can be on the show, which is 18[I think] you'll already have had 17 cycles, I think. If you keep on having the show, remember me, please, because I want to be a model so badly. I'm not your average girl but like Shandi from cycle 2 said, "If she were to see something in me,", if YOU, Tyra Banks were to see something in me, I would make you so proud. Please, believe in me. My name is Dominique Pasqua, and I want to fulfill my dreams to be a Covergirl and a model, and with you there to help me, I know I could. Tyra, you make me proud to be who I am. I am not like everybody else, I'm the girl next door with a little Italian spice [I'm Italian!]. So if you read this Tyra, please, please, please, consider me! You will not regret it. And I'm not just saying that. I might miss my family and they are the world to me, but my dreams can take me far. I can achieve my dreams, if you help me along the way and give me an opportunity like you gave so many girls on Top Model. I want to be like you Tyra, and you are a great role model to me and so many other girls. Please, please, please, help me make my dreams cometrue because I have the potential and beauty to be a great model and role model to girls who have big dreams like me. Thank you so much for reading this Ty-Ty, I want to be Easy, Breezy and Beautiful, a Covergirl. Please, when I'm old enough, remember Dominique Pasqua, from Aurora, Illinois, 14 and dying to be a Covergirl!!! Luv, Dominique

Dear Tyra,
hi, I'm Dominique, and I want to be a Covergirl. I watch America's Next Top Model, anytime it's on and my favorite winner is Jaslene. She is so beautiful and fun, she is fierce. You may not even read this but, I want to tell you a little bit about me. I am fourteen, and when I watch ANTM, I want to be like the girls on your show, going after their dream. I want to be a model, I want to stomp down runways and I feel like I can do it. Watching you on TV makes me feel better about myself. I feel beautiful on the inside and out because you know that beauty isn't only skin deep. Being a Covergirl is my dream, I want it so bad. I want to be famous and be a role model for girls who feel like they aren't special. I am not a popular girl, I'd have to say that I'm nerdy and shy. I know how beautiful I am. But you might not think so when I tell you this, I have always been insecure about my body. I excercise everyday and I am a very healthy girl. I eat all of the time, and I eat a lot of fruits and vegetables. This year I have lost a lot of weight, maybe I've dropped a jean size, and that felt good, but I was scared. What if me acheiving my ideal weight and size from playing tennis would make me so obsessed with having a perfect body that I would do anything to keep it, like having an eating disorder, I told my mom, she makes me feel good. I have never in my life starved myself or made myself thrown up, but I was scared that one day that is what my life would come to. But now, I know, I am beautiful and I am not scared anymore. I don't think my self esteem is where it should be. I don't feel beautiful at school. I wear glasses and I hate them, I feel so ugly in them, none of my friends have glasses, and neither do my sisters. When I heard Caridee say that she had a horrible skin disease all over her body, I felt like I could relate. if Cari can overcome something so scary, I could too. Last spring, I got a skin irratation that spread all over my legs, to my arms and on my chest. Scratching left scars on my arms and legs and those scars make me feel ugly. I'm scared that it will happen again next spring. The skin irratation that I got made me feel so insecure and I felt like I couldn't escape it, I had it for, probably not as long as Cari but for four or five months and that can take it's tole on a girl. But Tyra, you Cari and Jaslene are my rolemdoels because you have all been through horrible things in your life, but you have overcome them. You are so confident and beautiful and strong that you make me feel like i can acheive my dream. I want to be a Covergirl, and I want to win america's Next Top Model. I'm only fourteen so by the time I can be on the show, which is 18[I think] you'll already have had 17 cycles, I think. If you keep on having the show, remember me, please, because I want to be a model so badly. I'm not your average girl but like Shandi from cycle 2 said, "If she were to see something in me,", if YOU, Tyra Banks were to see something in me, I would make you so proud. Please, believe in me. My name is Dominique Pasqua, and I want to fulfill my dreams to be a Covergirl and a model, and with you there to help me, I know I could. Tyra, you make me proud to be who I am. I am not like everybody else, I'm the girl next door with a little Italian spice [I'm Italian!]. So if you read this Tyra, please, please, please, consider me! You will not regret it. And I'm not just saying that. I might miss my family and they are the world to me, but my dreams can take me far. I can achieve my dreams, if you help me along the way and give me an opportunity like you gave so many girls on Top Model. I want to be like you Tyra, and you are a great role model to me and so many other girls. Please, please, please, help me make my dreams cometrue because I have the potential and beauty to be a great model and role model to girls who have big dreams like me. Thank you so much for reading this Ty-Ty, I want to be Easy, Breezy and Beautiful, a Covergirl. Please, when I'm old enough, remember Dominique Pasqua, from Aurora, Illinois, 14 and dying to be a Covergirl!!! Luv, Dominique

Dear Tyra,

hi my name is christina, you are my role model, i am a model, i've done runway, and i rock it everytime its so amazing just to feel the rush, its like an adrenalin, your so nervous when your backstage but as soon as you hit that runway its like i am gonna rock this, i am gonna show people how fierce i am and i love it its my passion, im 16, i am of the african-american race, i live in a small town thats populated with mostly caucasian, so i really dont get much business or offers as far as modeling, so its really hard, my mom wants me to switch agencies to a more african-american populated city, and when i watched you show on supermodel blackout it got me thinking that maybe a switch would be better for me, i have a whole binder on what to do and what not to do as far as modeling, thank you for inspiring me to become a supermodel.

Hello everyone. This is the frist time I have ever seen anything specifically tailored to dark-skin women. I am the exact same complextion as Alek. Yet, I am American. Or am I? I guess I am. Many people do not believe me when I say that both my parents and myself are from Georgia. They tell me I should do some research. It's crazy! Anyway, I am absolutely in love with my skin color. It defines who I am in every aspect of my life. What wierd is that my entire life, cruelty and discrimination based on my skin color has came from my race (black americans). White people has always embraced and complimented me on how beautiful it was. As a little girl, I only hung out with white girls because they were the only girls nice to me. If they didn't like me or didn't want to be my friend, it was because of me. The black kids didn't even give me a chance. I was the laughing stock. I was automaticaly ugly in their eyes just because my skin was black. I always thought that was wierd. You need a show on who hate(or "hate on") dark skin more, black or white people?

Hi Tyra, just wanted to say I love u and let u know how great of a job ur doing!!! I loved the show about dark skin. Really loved it....I have beautiful dark skin and have always loved it. Its just other people didnt love it and I always say that they can kiss my ***!!!lol Just kiddin! LUV YA

Dear Tyra,
Its Courtney from Lizella,Georgia. First off I would like to wish you and your family a happy new year.I have a question.How can I get into the modeling career? My family members always said I'm really pretty and I'm a size 1 and I really want to become a model. I know I'm only 12 but I think modeling is perfect for me.Just earlier today I sent a picture of me for the Georgia Family magazine ,but I don't think thats enough to jump start a modeling career.Tyra can you help me PLEASE!!!

Dear Tyra, I also wanted to thank you and Alek Wek for doing the subject of dark skinned women I too was always picked on about my dark skin and even to this day I feel that I am unattractive because of my dark skin but when I watched your show and seen Alek Wek on and she is a beautiful person inside and outside (you are too) and when she spoke to Nya and told her how beautiful she was dark skin and all I too started crying because I also feel like she was talking to me also Alek is a positive role model for me and other dark skinned women who have been judged by the blackness of their skin Alek "you go girl" and thank you for the encouraging words and now I do feel confident in my own skin and Tyra thank you for bringing this subject on your show God bless both you and Alek Wek.

hey tyra! i just wanted to tell you how mush i admire you and your show! i was also wondering if you could maybe have the jonas brothers as a guest star! ive always thought it would be so cool if you invite them to your studio and ask them never before asked questions or something! thanks for reading!

boo tyra :'(

HELLO TYRA,

gosh i love you i love wat you do ur the most down to earth and humble supermodel eva.Am from the island Grenada in the caribbean wish you cud take a trip here.I watch ur show every chance i get.I wud like to get into the modeling industry one day,it's one of my life's aspiration.However its not dat simple is it.I no cuz i tried and you no as well as i do there is a whole lot of dem with the same drive sum even more persistant than mines.I've had sum experience in this field but could'nt go all the way cuz of financial means.SEEMS LIKE MONEY REALLY DOES MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND UH.Am just amazed dat i cud even post this to you hope you cud advise me on how to take it to another level.

spice island chick

HI TYRA ITS BIONCA ON 8-13-07 I TRIED OUT FOR ANTM PLEASE LET ME COME ON YO SHOWS THAT WOULD CHANGE MY LIFE AND MY SON FUTURE THANKS

Dear Tyra,
My name is Nikki and I just saw the show that u did that had Alek on it. All my life i have been trying to face the fact that my skin was darker then everyone else's. When i was younger i would always pray to God to make my skin lighter. But now that i am getting older i am starting to deal with the fact that i have dark skin. But it still is hard for me to talk to new people or be in front of a big crowd with out me being afraid of what other people are thinking of me. Some days i just feel like i am the ugliest people in the world, like how i did today. But when i was watching your show and i hard Alek telling the girl that she was pretty, it started to make me cry. I felt like Alek was talking to me.
I just wanted to say thank you and my God bless you more then he already has.
love,
Nikki

Dear Tyra,
I love how you are empowering the beauty of dark skin on your show, it's really uplighting and inspiring to see women I can actually relate to on daytime television.I really appreciate the tips you gave on makeup.For me its especially hard because of the tone of my skin, I usually have to mix a bunch of colours together to get my own and its really hard to do so at times.But now I have a better idea of what to do. Thanks a lot.
-chloe

WATTAZ ^ TYRA,

I AM 13 YRS OLD ABOUT 2 TURN 14 IN JANUARY AND IM INTERESTED IN MODELING. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WHATSOEVA BUT I THINK IT IS A GOOD THING I FIND OUT NOW IF I CAN, SO I CAN HAVE A BETTER VIEW OF WHAT I WANT TO DO IN LIFE. THIS IS NOT MY ONLY ASPIRATION JUST A DREAM JOB THAT I REALLY HOPE CAN HAPPEN 4 ME. I WROTE 2 YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THIS AND ARE A TOP MODEL EVEN THOUGH U R RETIRED FROM THE INDUSTRY. 2 MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, I AM ASKING FOR HELP ON HOW TO SEE IF THIS IS FOR ME AND IF IT IS, HOW TO MAKE IT BIGGGG!!! AND I MEAN HOUSEHOLD NAME BIG LIKE YOURS. BTW I LOVE BOTH UR SHOWS VRY INTERESTING (NO IM SERIOUS NOT KISSIN UP)=)