May 11, 2010


Supermodel. Talk-show host. Actress. Singer. Reality-TV queen. Now, the versatile Tyra Banks is adding yet another line to her crowded résumé: novelist.

"I said I was going to do it, and here it is!" Banks, 36, writes in a note to fans posted Tuesday on Tyra.com. "It's for all the girls and guys who want a lot more FANTASY in their lives ... and some fierceness and magic, romance and mystery, crazy and wild adventures, and yeah, some danger too.

"It's my novel called 'Modelland' (pronounced 'Model Land') that takes you to a fantastical place you've never seen, or heard about, or read about before ... Where dreams come true and life can change in the blink of a smoky eye."

The novel is part of a three-book deal with Random House. No details of the plot or publishing date were available, but Banks says the novel has floated around in her imagination for a long time.

"'Modelland' has always been a part of my mind and my heart," she says. "I'm excited that you'll be able to read about this magical world that's been living in my dreams for so many years."

While this is Banks's first foray into fiction, she did publish a book in 1998 titled "Tyra's Beauty, Inside and Out," offering tips for women to make the most of their natural beauty.


http://www.cnn.com/2010/S...index.html

"It's my novel called 'Modelland' (pronounced 'Model Land')" How the hell else would you pronounce that shit???
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Identity said:

SCNDLS said:

Mo-delland?

SCNDLS said:

Tyra firmly believes that all words over two syllables long should come with a pronunciation guide.

JustErin said:

And that place is in this dumb heffas head . . . Really??? I sure don't wanna go there!
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SCNDLS said:

I already read one model book. I'll be damned if I read anything from this nut.
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just like singing was, until she apologized for it a few months later on her show

PricelessHo said:

the minute I heard her tell seventeen magazine in the 90's she wanted a gyno exam filmed to destroy rumors about fake breasts, I knew she was a joke

Audexia said:

Yeah....she had one single and she sings the top model theme song

Sometimes.....one can stretch themselves 2 thin.

SCNDLS said:

Pretty is as pretty does.

Oh well...she wants to be a Jackie Collins or a Nora Roberts I guess.

It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

What happened to her face??? I looks so lonnngggg

uPtoWnNY said:

good ole Mark Twain.

ThreadCula said:

Movies:

Higher Learning
Life Size
Love Stinks

TV:
Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

No.

Maybe she should just try reading a book instead

DesireeNevermind said:

ThreadCula said:

She was in Coyote Ugly? Damn how'd I forget that. Oh wait...it sucked ass. I only remember Maria Bello.

Identity said:

Damn, that's a bad photoshop job, is this one of Dan's?

SCNDLS said:

Mo, Dell, and...

Maybe they're the names of 2 of the main characters.

Modelland? Well I will give her this, they always say "write what you know!"

I got 5 dollas that say this book is going to be a rip off of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.
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Graycap23 said:

If it's her erogenous zone,i won't complain.

SCNDLS said:

Comin soon to the .99 cent bin or your local "All for a Dollar" store.

Audexia said: