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September 9th, 2009 at 9:05 am

Tyra Banks Nightline Video 9-8-09

Here is the Tyra Banks Nightline video along with recent photos. On September 9, 2009, the former model, talk show host and media mogul discussed a range on topics with Cynthia McFadden on the ABC late night program including her two television programs for which she is known, The Tyra Show and America’s Next Top Model both of which are now on The CW. Additionally, she has just launched an online magazine, Tyra Beauty Inside and Out.

In the wide ranging, and at times contentious interview the two-time Emmy Award winner discussed some of the groundbreaking moments of The Tyra Show, including the new season opener which has already generated discussion as she revealed her real hair, without weaves, wigs or extensions. The “Tyra Banks real hair” scene is shown during the Nightline interview. Regarding which she said:

“Years ago, when I first started wearing hair extensions, I would get mail from young girls, or young girls would come up to me and they would say, ‘Tyra you have the most beautiful hair, like I could never grow hair like that!’ And I would say ‘Child, this is a weave!’ I was like, ‘This ain’t my hair, young girls need to know,’ so now I’m always pulling layers off.

“I’ve showed myself, I’ve showed my cellulite on my talk show, I’ve showed myself with no retouching, and I feel if I show the real raw me, the young girls at home will go, ‘Oh my god, my hair looks like that! My hair’s like Tyra’s and I’m OK, that means I’m OK.’”

Additionally she addressed what might be considered the contradictory messages of the shows, one which intends to educate and empower women and the other, America’s Next Top Model, whose Cycle 13 premieres on September 9, which focuses on physical beauty.

“I don’t think so, because a lot of the time the pretty girl [on "Top Model"] goes home early, or the most photogenic girl goes home early,” Banks said. “One of the big, most underlying messages for me is celebrating beauty that is not typical. … ‘America’s Next Top Model’ is not a bunch of Barbies — it’s a lot of girls that are atypically beautiful.

Source and Tyra Banks Nightline transcript: Tale of Two Tyras: Ex-Model Explains Split TV Persona

The full video is below.

Link: Tyra Banks Nightline Video

Via That Grape Juice