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September 20, 2005 - The New York Post reports that a naked look-alike of supermodel Tyra Banks posing on the cover of porno magazine Xtreme is causing a lot of double takes at seamy newsstands.

September 20, 2005 - Tyra Banks visited 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on September 12th. Check out a transcript here.

September 20, 2005 - Tyra Banks attended a party at W Lounge during Olympus Fashion Week the other night. Clasos has since removed the pictures.

September 20, 2005 - Tyra Banks was photographed leaving for the Baby Phat fashion show at Olympus Fashion Week in New York City on September 10th. GlobePhotos has since removed the pictures.

September 20, 2005 - Jeannette Walls of MSNBC.com reports Tyra Banks is trying to deep six those rumors that she’s had breast implants. In a taped segment of her show broadcasting this Tuesday, the model-turned-talk-show-host credited her push-up bra for her perky pair — and to prove her point, took the garment off, under her T-shirt — and let gravity take over. Banks then underwent a sonogram to further prove her point.

September 10, 2005 - Tyra Banks cites Phil Donahue, Oprah Winfrey and Ricki Lake as early favorites in the talk-show scene. "When Ricki Lake came along I loved the fact that she spoke to my generation," Banks said. And she hopes to have the same influence on today's youth.

September 3, 2005 - Tyra Banks admits she's cheap. "For makeup smudges, I'll reuse the same tissue for, like, three weeks," 'The Tyra Banks Show' host tells Entertainment Weekly. "Or if people come to my house and don't finish their water, I'll write their name on the bottle and give it to them when they come back."

August 25, 2005 - A month before the launch of Tyra Banks' daytime talk show, WNYW yesterday offered a half-hour preview of what's to come. An article on what Richard Huff of The New York Daily News thought about the promo has since been removed from nydailynews.com.

August 19, 2005 - Tyra Banks is gearing up for the September 12 launch of her talk show, 'The Tyra Banks Show'. And in a candid TV special, Banks revealed that behind the glamorous image, she's just a real girl with real problems like everyone else. "I love to eat," Banks said. "I'm a single girl. I'm an insomniac. I've had my heart broken one too many times." Read more.

August 11, 2005 - Karrine Steffans tells The New York Daily News that Tyra Banks dissed her horribly when she came on to Banks' new talk show to discuss her memoir, 'Confessions of a Video Vixen'.

August 4, 2005 - Tyra Banks was photographed at T-Zone Youth Camp on July 21st at Scripps College in Claremont, California. Check out pictures from WireImage.

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