Reality stars Lauren Conrad and Kim Kardashian, and in-demand fashion maven Chanel Iman will appear as guest judges when Tyra Banks and the creators of America’s Next Top Model go on a search for America’s Next Petite Model — debuting Wednesday, Sept. 9 @ 8PM on The CW Network.


For the first time, the show will focus on girls who are 5′7″ and under.
Check Out A Complete List Of This Season’s Guest Judges @ FanBolt.com
Emmy-winning talk show hostess and former supermodel Tyra Banks will guest star on the upcoming third season of The CW’s teen soap Gossip Girl, premiering next month.

Entertainment Weekly sources say Tyra will appear alongside Hilary Duff — who will have a recurring role on the series — in a small part as actress Ursula Nyquist.
In season three, Serena (Blake Lively) lands a job as a publicist and is put in charge of handling Ursula at the premiere of the movie star’s latest film.
Tyra Banks is scheduled to show up in Episode 4.

The weak state of the economy – not an off-screen catfight with host Tyra Banks – led to Paulina Porizkova’s birthday dismissal from America’s Next Top Model, the show’s executive producer told PEOPLE on Monday.
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Teyona Anderson, a 20-year-old student 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, after beating out blonde beauty Allison Harvard on the catwalk in a Rosa Cha Fashion Show.
“I live for modeling,” said a thrilled, trembling Teyona after getting the news. “I’m so proud of myself, it’s ridiculous.”
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.
What do you think ANTM? Did Tyra & Co. make a good choice selecting Teyona as America’s Next Top Model?

Paulina Porizkova is out at America’s Next Top Model. Read the rest of this entry »

A Dublin, 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.
The accused stalker was arrested in March 2008 at a McDonald’s restaurant near the Manhattan studio where Tyra tapes her Emmy-winning talk show, The Tyra Banks Show. Green told officers at the time that he and the model “had a thing together.”
His lawyer is planning to appeal.

On Wednesday, former supermodel Tyra Banks testified at the New York trial of Brady Green, a 38-year-old Dublin, Ga., man charged with stalking, harassment, and criminal trespass for physically pursuing the one-time catwalk maven. Tyra, now an Emmy-winning talk show hostess, says she feared for her safety when she learned that her accused stalker had entered the Manhattan building where she tapes her television talk show. Read the rest of this entry »

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 an entry on her blog Monday, the socialite wrotes:
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….

Miley Cyrus has a fullproof way to ensure that any suitors will treat her well — going through their text messages.
During an appearance on The Tyra Banks Show, which will air on Friday, Miley says, “I go through their text (messages). I see if they’re nice to their mom, because if they’re mean to their mom they’re going to be mean to me.”
Well, she got the last part right.
Miley Cyrus’ Hannah Montana: The Movie opens in theaters Friday, April 10.