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Contents 1 Her Weight 2 Gay Icon Project 3 Music Career 4 Category:Roman Catholic entertainers????? 5 Picture? 6 Uncited Quotes 7 Fear of dolphins 8 Stomach Condition??? 9 Removed image(s) 10 FORBES 11 GQ magazine? 12 Cosmetic surgery? 13 Measurements 14 Her Eye Color

[edit] Her Weight

I'm having a hard time believing that she weighs 185lbs. I know she is one of the curvy models but 185lbs is ridiculous.

It may not be that far off. I'm 5'10", skinny, male, and weigh somewhere around 155lbs. Add a few pounds for each breast and you're already up to 160-165. Add in the weight from wider hips and the extra bone mass and tissue that goes with that, there's another what? Say 10 lbs.? Now you're in the 170-175 range. Add a few morebxjzbsbs pounds for muscle mass since I'm betting that she works out a couple times a week at least which is a couple times more than me and you're right in the neighborhood. Dismas|^(talk) 11:15, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Very scientific, Dismas. Oldkinderhook 17:42, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, somebody changed her weight again. This is probably just a guessing game. I don't think supermodels or any sane celebrity will ever disclose their weight.

[edit] Gay Icon Project

In my effort to merge the now-deleted list from the article Gay icon to the Gay icons category, I have added this page to the category. I engaged in this effort as a "human script", adding everyone from the list to the category, bypassing the fact-checking stage. That is what I am relying on you to do. Please check the article Gay icon and make a judgment as to whether this person or group fits the category. By distributing this task from the regular editors of one article to the regular editors of several articles, I believe that the task of fact-checking this information can be expedited. Thank you very much. Philwelch 20:06, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

2 points:

1. Why is "Gay Icon" mentioned here? Is Tyra gay?
2. Does anyone have any information about the "Michael Award"? The article says Tyra won it, but I find nothing about that award existing for real on Google. Is that a crapfact?

Merecat 06:35, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Gay Icon does not mean the person is gay. Madonna and Cher are huge gay icons, but both are heterosexual. --Speakslowly 04:50, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Music Career

Is it really appropriate to say that Tyra recorded her "first hit single"? Thats a bit generous, don't you think? I'm all for giving credit where credit is due, but seriously... [XI]

• What is her net worth? In the article it says 8.8 million. But the caption says 52 M.

It says in the article that her album is coming soon, but as I last understood she dropped that career move and has since focused on her talk show. --Speakslowly 04:50, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Roman Catholic entertainers?????

Does she belong there? Lil Flip246 21:50, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Picture?

The current picture sucks. Anyone know of a good way to get promotional shots? --Mboverload 09:52, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

You can write to her agent and ask them to release a photo under a free license or see if you can find a fan who has taken a picture. Arniep 21:08, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

We need a pic showing her breasts as well. They are a notable feature of this specific person. 24.131.157.78 08:21, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

That pic is absolutly terrifying, if I didn't knew it was her I would not have known it. I'll try to find a good Tyra pic tomorrow, can't be that hard she is a model after all. --Mudel 23:26, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Uncited Quotes

Where did these quotes originate from?

"Ovens are hot, so I'm gonna send you someplace hot!" -Tyra Banks, 4/7/06

"I Love it in the can!" - Tyra Banks, 4/08/06

"Ginger hair makes me so hot..." - Tyra Banks, 4/9/06

I don't think these are actual quotes from Tyra, but if they are they definitely need to be properly cited. -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. ^{Think out loud} 15:31, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

These sound like they came from Paris Hilton. Moonwalkerwiz 04:52, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

I think they may be from Barbara Bush. TortureIsWrong 23:35, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fear of dolphins

Shouldnt the whole fear of dolphins thing be in her talk show page. To give it its own headline, as if its that important...I dont get? ModelGuy91 8:42 pm 4/25/06 (UTC) Yes!Fear of whatever magnitude is still FEAR and it needs to be discussed.I have a pal who cannot face wall hangings of Jesus Christ at night whatsoever.I thought that he was being a toddler until i watched that show that a gal could not open an oven.I began to take him seriosely.So to give it its on headline..YES

Zak Kangi from Nairobi Kenya.

[edit] Stomach Condition???

on America's Next Top Model Tyra said that she had a stomach condition that caused her excruciating pain. Does anyone know what this is or when it developed?

[edit] Removed image(s)

Certian images have been removed by me because they have been added to a category that makes them speediable, most likely Category:Images with no copyright tag. Kilo-Lima|^(talk) 16:43, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FORBES

Isnt any1 gonna mention that she part of this years' list??? Lil Flip246 16:10, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Any idea where the NET WORTH figure comes from?

[edit] GQ magazine?

Was she the first African-American woman to appear on the cover or the first African-American period? Pumpkingrrl 17:13, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cosmetic surgery?

Did/When did Tyra Banks have cosmetic surgery? Because there is a huge difference in her looks between cycle 1 and 7 of ANTM. Unnaturally different. --Chris Griswold (☎☓) 20:38, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Measurements

Can we get an exact date on when she was measured, as well as who or what group measured her? Also, it would be great to have more measurements from later dates, to document her growth as a model. Zaphraud 19:43, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Her Eye Color

Tyra's eye color is definitely NOT brown!! Look. http://www.stuff.co.nz/images/276457.jpg

They are Green. http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Tyra_Banks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Marshmallow00 (talk • contribs) 03:14, 18 February 2007 (UTC).