Cross-posted from my fictional blog: Relax.Relate.Release.
Dear Tyra Journal:
(Because I’m deep like that. I still keep a journal for my innermost thoughts and feelings.)
I’m sooo excited about the 13th season of America’s Next Top Model! People are not ready for this. AT all. Silly critics have been saying the show fell off a long time ago and no one cares anymore, but I’m not going to let their negativity bring me – and ANTM by extension – down. Girls are rioting in the streets to audition for my show! Not many people can say that. So what if most of the girls after Top Models don’t exactly become top models? They get a chance that so many girls only wish they could. They get to spend weeks with ME. Just how many up and coming models can say that? Who else is going to tell them to smile with their eyes and not pose so commercially? Exactly. If for some reason they can’t find success after ANTM, they can model on my talk show. If modeling on the Tyra Banks show isn’t success, I don’t know what is.
And ANTM is about so much more than just modeling. It’s about giving these girls an opportunity to exploit them for TV ratings to grow and become their best selves. About improving the inside and the outside. And who’s there all along the way pushing them for greatness? Mama Tyra. 
This season is all about shedding those outer layers. “Celebrating inner and outer beauty and owning and rocking what you’ve got.” That’s why I stripped all the way down to my beige body suit on the streets of New York to promote the show! You have to rock what you’ve got. Believe me; the girls this season have a lot. We’re breaking down so many barriers this year because all of the models are 5’7” and under. That is GROUNDBREAKING. Because of Ms. Tyra, the modeling industry won’t shut out shorter models any longer. I’m opening that door.
And if all of the above isn’t reason enough for why this season will be the greatest thing ever to air on television, me, Tyra, yes me, am going to say goodbye (well, more like see you in a bit) to my weaves and wigs. Gasp! I know! Me without a wig is like a preacher with no bible, like sun with no sky. But I’m willing to go without those pieces of myself this season because it’s bigger than lace front. So much bigger. It’s about showing your natural self and being proud. Not that I’m not proud of my many wigs and weaves, but I’m proud of whatever is underneath them as well.
So I’m got a few butterflies – I mean who wouldn’t before this type of groundbreaking season – but everything will be OK. We might just discover the next Kate Moss. All because of this 5’7” and under gimmick special season. But most of all, people will tune in, oh yes they will tune in, to see me without the long weaves covering my lovely face. Because I’m fierce with or without a weave. September 8th for the big hair reveal!!!
Love Tyra!
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