I love Tyra Banks Redux (Now with pictures!)
Thu, 22 Feb 07
Tyra Banks marks a modeling milestone next week, and is donning a decade-old bikini to celebrate the special anniversary.
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"I was about 140 pounds on that cover ... and I'm 161 now," the 5-foot-10 TV host told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "I'd say I looked like a stripper when I put it on."
Banks, who retired from modeling in 2005, said some extra fabric was added to make the bikini a little less itsy-bitsy.
"They covered the sides of my chest so that it wasn't so much hangin' out. And they put some extenders on the sides of the bikini bottom so it fit," she said.
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Banks said she considered going on a crash diet before the Bahamas shoot to look the same as she did 10 years ago, but then thought better of it.
"I think there's more power in embracing what I am now and showcasing that," she said.
Click for larger imageI showed that picture to Andrew and he said, "Wow, huge improvement." I think so, too. She looks fantastic, in my opinion. Curvy, womanly, gorgeous rounded hips and very nice cleavage (no, I'm not into women, but if I were, I'd have to put the new and improve Tyra Banks on my list, I think).
And she's definitely not fat. Only in the warped, completely unreal, and totally skewed eyes of Hollywood and the fashion industry (and those who can't think beyond anything that Hollywood or the fashion industry says) could this very sexy, curvy woman be labelled "fat".
