Teyona Anderson, a 20-year-old “country girl” from New Jersey, was crowned the Most Fierce of Them All on Wednesday night’s dramatic Season Finale of America’s Next Top Model Cycle 12, beating out blonde beauty Allison Harvard on the catwalk in a Rosa Cha Fashion Show.

As the winner of ANTM, Teyona will be managed by Elite Model Management, she’ll receive a $100,000 contract with cosmetics giant CoverGirl, and she’ll also appear on the cover and a six-page fashion spread in an upcoming issue of Seventeen Magazine.

A Georgia man has been convicted of stalking former supermodel Tyra Banks.

On Thursday, a judge in New York convicted Brady Green, 39, of stalking, harassment, criminal trespass and attempted aggravated harassment, according to the Associated Press. Green faces up to 90 days in jail when he is sentenced on June 18.

Tyra testified that she feared for her own safety in open court Wednesday.

His lawyer is planning to appeal.

Supermodel and Emmy-winning talk show host Tyra Banks testified in court Wednesday that an alleged stalker left her in fear for her safety.

Brady Green, a 38-year-old Dublin, Georgia man, is charged with stalking, harassment, and criminal trespass for stalking Tyra from coast to coast.

Last year, Green was arrested outside the Manhattan studio where the former model’s Tyra Banks Show is taped.

Brady Green faces up to 90 days behind bars if convicted.

E! reality star Kim Kardashian has teamed up with The Tyra Banks Show to host a lookalike contest, being toted as The Queen of The Kims Competition.

In a message on her Official Website on Monday, Kim wrote:

I am sooo excited to tell you that my lookalike competition Queen of the Kims is launching this Wednesday! If you haven’t heard about ‘Queen of the Kims’ it’s a lookalike contest in which “real girls” go head to head with drag queens and then you guys get to pick the winner!!

I’ll have complete details on how to enter on Wednesday….

A new date has been set for America’s Next Top Model’s New York City casting after a stampede erupted at last month’s casting call, leaving six people injured and three people under arrest.

The new open casting session will take place on Saturday, April 11

The casting is for women ranging in age from 18 to 27, with various backgrounds, shapes, and sizes. The new NYC casting location–along with some new rules– will be revealed later this week at www.cwtv.com.

Steve Harvey’s still on the promo circuit discussing his New York Times Best-Selling book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man.
Read the rest of this entry »

Tyra Banks is reacting to the chaos that erupted during a New York City casting call for America’s Next Top Model on Saturday afternoon.

In a statement released to the press on Monday, the Emmy-winning former supermodel says:

“To all the ‘Top Model’ hopefuls who were affected by the New York casting, we are doing everything we can to make sure that ALL the girls who weren’t seen, get an opportunity to audition — we’ll update you on our plans very soon. It is so important to me to redefine beauty, and make sure that everyone gets a fair chance to pursue their dream. I am beyond excited for Cycle 13; for the first time ever, young women 5’7″ and under have a shot at becoming ‘America’s Next Top Model’! I encourage each girl to come out ready to rock the runway and show off their fiercest pose. I’m rooting for all of you!”

Three people were arrested and six others hurt after a riot broke out during auditions for America’s Next Top Model in New York City on Saturday.

Model hopefuls for the upcoming season of Tyra Banks’ modeling series were waiting to try out when chaos broke out on the streets outside the Park Central New York Hotel in Manhattan.

Luda drops by The Tyra Banks Show with a little holiday milestone on Wednesday

Brandy, whose latest studio album Human drops in stores on Tuesday, performed “Right Here (Departed),” the lead single off the LP on The Tyra Banks Show Monday.