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April 2009
- Tyra Stalker Convicted, Avoids Jail
  
  New York Daily News | Apr 30, 09 11:39 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Brooklyn grocer who threatened to slit the throat of a studio staffer for denying him access to Tyra Banks was convicted today of stalking the supermodel. A judge spared Brady Green jail time and suggested he leave New York for “a location where he can thrive,” the Daily News reports. The 39-year-old sent Banks roses and was holding pictures of her when arrested. More »
- Levi as Model? Agencies Think Not
  
  Vanity Fair | Apr 23, 09 2:02 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - He might have been the hottest guy at Wasilla High, but Palin babydaddy Levi Johnston doesn’t do it for modeling agencies, reps tell Vanity Fair . A sampling of their reactions to the idea: New York Model Management: “I have no idea who he is or what he looks like. I wish I knew more about who that is, but my computers are down.” More »
March 2009
- Banks 'Concerned' by Top Model Melee
  
  CNN | Mar 16, 09 9:29 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - America’s Next Top Model host Tyra Banks responded—somewhat vaguely—to the weekend’s audition stampede but said she does not know what triggered the incident, CNN reports. “We are concerned by the events that occurred Saturday afternoon in the vicinity of the New York City casting call,” Banks said. “We appreciate the efforts of the NYPD and will assist them in any way possible in this matter.” More »
- Bomb Scare Sparks Melee at Top Model Auditions
  
  New York Daily News | Mar 15, 09 5:06 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A smoking car mistaken for a bomb sparked a high-heeled stampede among thousands of women awaiting Manhattan auditions for America's Next Top Model yesterday, reports the New York Daily News . Six were injured and three jailed for inciting a riot. "The girls were running like it was 9/11 Part Two," said one. The first audition open to women under 5-foot-7 was in trouble before the scare. Several women fainted, and a fight erupted between two men. More »
November 2008
- Banks Will Pay for Top Model Contestant's Sex Change
  
  New York Daily News | Nov 17, 08 7:27 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Tyra Banks shocked a former America's Next Top Model contestant by offering to pay for her sex change, the New York Daily News reports. Transgendered Isis King, booted off the show for flunking a poolside photo shoot, was stunned when Banks said a doctor will operate pro bono. "This is not happening," cried King on the Tyra Banks Show episode, slated to air tomorrow night. More »
June 2008
- Tyra Says It: She 'Wants Power'
  
  New York Times | Jun 1, 08 7:25 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The supermodel who hosts two TV shows and sits front-row center at fashion galas insists she is frugal and unhip, but ambitious. "I want power,” 34-year-old Tyra Banks says in a New York Times profile. “The power to make change.” Savvy and outrageous, the follower of Martha Stewart now has young girls listening—and watching. More »
January 2008
- Tyra, Hillary Dish About Bill
  
  People | Jan 15, 08 4:54 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton talked about her husband's affair with Monica Lewinsky during a taping of The Tyra Banks Show yesterday, People reports. No tears were shed (it's New York, not New Hampshire), and Clinton said she "never doubted Bill’s love for me, ever." Asked to offer advice to other women going through the same thing, she responded, “I say you have to be true to yourself." More »