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September 16th, 2009
11:08 AM ET
Tyra Banks and 'Powerful Women'Tyra Banks is feeling her power. The former supermodel has been up front about her desire to become a business leader and role model. She's got her talk show during the day, "America's Next Top Model" in prime time, an online magazine and a desire to spread the word whenever possible.  On Monday, she kicked off Fortune's "Most Powerful Women Summit" in Aviara, California, co-hosting the first evening of a conference that honored women business leaders from all over the world. (Fortune, like CNN, is a unit of Time Warner.) In a speech, she talked about putting her brain before her much remarked-about body:
Of course, Banks doesn't ignore what helped get her the TV shows - looks - though with a twist. Last week she showed off her real hair on "Tyra." And on "America's Next Top Model," the season is focusing on women 5-foot-7 or shorter - much shorter than many models nowadays. What do you think of Tyra Banks? Is she "smart" - or are brains so much window dressing? |
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tyra is both beautiful inside and outside, she has great personality*"
I often watch the Tyra Banks show late in the afternoon. Great show and great host.'*`
TYRA I THINK YOU ARE A ROLL MODEL TO SOME OF OUR YOUNG BLACK GIRLS WHO'S TRYING TO GET INTO THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS. BECAUSE TOBECOME A SUPERMODEL YOU HAVE TO BE SMART TO MAKE IT. I'M A 48YR. OLD SINGALE PARENT WHO AS A DAUGHTER WHO'S TRYING TOBECOME A MODEL, BUT IS LISTING TO THE WRONG PEOPLE'S. AND I DON' THINK THAT IS BEING SMART AT ALL. SO IF ANY THING, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SHOW SO SHE CAN SEE THAT THE THINGS THAT LOOK EASE, IS NOT ALL TO IT. SMART HAS TO PLAY A ROLL SOME WHERE. SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, AND I THINK YOUR SHOW IS A POWERFUL SHOW THAT COMES FROM BEING SMART.
She is the ultimate difficult Diva, who surrounds herself with unattractive, nuerotic publicists who try to spin all of the stupid things she says. Just work with her for one day and you see how fast your opinion changes. Although she is beautiful, her extreme entitlement issues make her less attractive. Maybe if she spent less time letting know how fabulous she is, she could make a more positive impact on younger people.
Tyra, You are so beautiful & a such woman to do what you do I
wish I was as strong as you. You are such a good role model
for young girls today. Thank You for this and I love your show. If
you can I would love to talk to you, I am a 64year old woman and
I don't feel like I have done anything. thank you ginger
Smart? No. Egotistical, self-indulged, attention whore? Yes.
For anyone who has actually endured this annoying narcissists talk show, they would know she is little more than a beautiful moron who cannot stop talking about herself, back in the day when she was a model, and the hardships she has overcome.
Pathetic.
Would the blogger known as E. Rosseau take another shot at spelling the word INTELLIGENT. Join the INTELLIGENT, SMART women's group you describe.
Tyra's intelligence encompasses a quality lost on most "beautiful people": wisdom. Ms. Banks has the wisdom to know what to do for herself and when to do it. As for E. Rousseau: Congratulate not Hate!
She needs to just "GO AWAY"...Please. She has accomplished nothing! If anyone has watched her show, she comes off as an embarassment to smart intellient women, without Oprah's help she would be a has been model.
Nobody should be naive enough to believe that Tyra Banks, on sheer brain power, achieved anything. She's a beautiful woman and our culture creates big opportunities for the physically superior – sports and entertainment being the most obvious arenas.
On the other hand Tyra Banks isn't the only beautiful woman in the world. Her segue from modeling to entertainment/business is to be admired. But I think it's less about brains in her case than a mature ability to look to and plan for the future. Really what distinguishes her in my mind is the fact that she had a plan and executed it. Commitment and maturity are more the keys to her success than brains.
she is brilliant, but unfortunately, she is one in a million...it goes without saying that she is obviously and unashamedly capitalizing in multiple brilliant ways on our society's unsatiable obsession with the female form.
Okay, I can't help but laugh a little at the two posters above me who think Tyra is a "smart women." I only wish they'd thought she was a "geniuses."
Great Tyra.
I applaud you for being so, well smart.
I think that Tyra is a smart women and she knows what she is doing. She showed everyone her real hair because well, she probably wanted to show the world that she is normal as well. She has her bad hair days and she doesnt always look perfect, which i think is a hard thing for celebs these days to show. Tyra is nothing like other supermodels out there and i think tht everyone should look at her as a real model.
Keep it up Tyra!
She is a very smart women. She has looks and brains. Her looks would have only gotten her so far. If you don't believe me look at the other super models many of them are not doing anything constructive with their lives after the camera stops.
African American Women are Extoic,Beautiful and Smart..keep up the great work Tyra.
Tyra is indeed smart! If Tyra were not intelligent, her looks wouldn't matter now that she is not a supermodel. I think the fact that she is gorgeous and sweet makes people underestimate her intelligence. However, her looks alone would never have gotten her to where she is now. You go, girl!!