I first met Promo Girl in December. The Promo Girls are a group of cute, twenty-something ladies who promote events in Corpus Christi, guaranteeing that beautiful women are in attendance at an event. I phoned in as a guest on their radio show to promote a comedy show I was doing the following weekend.

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Posted by The Tyra Banks Show at 12:24 PM | Permalink

I’m addicted to online dating.

It all started after I read a story about Boston-based dating site OKCupid.com. It was supposed to be a bar-like environment where normal, fun, people casually check each other out, chat and sometimes meet in person.

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An eco-power suit, of course. Unfortunately for some of us, Casual Friday comes only once a week. So when wheelin' and dealin' in hemp sweatpants isn't gonna get you any closer to nabbing that corner office, show up to your next meeting in eco-style.

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Posted by The Tyra Banks Show at April 8, 2008 3:04 PM | Permalink

Tyra reminds parents, when dealing with their teens and sex, to remember that they went through the same thing when they were young.

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Posted by The Tyra Banks Show at 12:28 PM | Permalink

After having several sexual partners and contracting an STD, teenage Malorie warns other teens against going down the same path.

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Posted by The Tyra Banks Show at 12:25 PM | Permalink

Ladies, you have to have your own place. You can’t be living with your parents or sharing a studio with a roommate.

I know this. I once made a painful mistake …

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Posted by The Tyra Banks Show at 8:00 AM | Permalink

Everyone says the key to finding love is being open and flexible. And who knows more about being open and flexible than professional dancers (the kind that take their clothes off)?

So in the interest of true love, I just took my first pole dancing class. It was sexy, it was sensuous, it was definitely not safe for work!

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Then you won't need those catalogs anymore. Get off catalog mailing lists to save energy, paper, and embarrassment when your neighbor sees you pull an unwanted mail-order-marriage catalog out of your box.

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Posted by The Tyra Banks Show at April 7, 2008 2:56 PM | Permalink

Most parents anticipate the day their teens will become sexually active . But they don’t realize the half of it. Kids are having sex younger and younger, and they’re not just doing it in the backseat of dad’s car. They’re doing it in school.

In fact, more and more teens are going behind the school stage, under the bleachers and in abandoned classrooms to do more than hold hands. Dr. Gary offers these tips to better understanding (and handling) teen sexuality.

- Acknowledge your adolescent or teenage child is becoming a sexual being – just like you became a sexual being, MOM!

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Posted by The Tyra Banks Show at 12:27 PM | Permalink

It's not just a stereotype that teens have raging hormones, and everyone expects them to make mistakes while exploring their own sexual identities. But it's never too soon to inform them of the realities that go along with sex. According to SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions), nearly half of the almost 19 million new STD infections each year occur in young people ages 15 to 24, and that's not all. Educate yourself on the realities of teens, sex and STDS with these statistics collected by SADD, and if you want more information, visit www.sadd.com.

- One in two sexually active youth will contract an STD by age 25. (2005 ASHA State of the Nation)

- Half of all new HIV infections occur among adolescents. (2005 ASHA State of the Nation)

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