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November 24, 2005 - Tyra Banks went undercover to see what obese people endure and tells CNN's Sibila Vargas it was heartbreaking. Watch a report here.

November 24, 2005 - Jay Leno joked during his Tonight Show monologue on Tuesday night, "Supermodel Tyra Banks says her eyebrows are too far apart. Let me ask the guys something, how many of you even knew Tyra had eyebrows?"

November 24, 2005 - ContactMusic.com reports that Tyra Banks is urging modelling agency bosses to police the industry's drug abuse problems in a bid to make sure Kate Moss is the last victim. "It kind of angers me and it saddens me that Kate Moss is becoming this poster child for this, but, at the same time, when something negative happens, something good hopefully comes out of it," she said. Read more.

November 24, 2005 - Tyra Banks appeared in her last Victoria's Secret fashion show on Wednesday night in New York City. Feedroom.com has since removed the video.

November 24, 2005 - 'Entertainment Tonight' caught up with Tyra Banks backstage at her final Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Yahoo.com has since removed the video.

November 24, 2005 - For 14 years Naomi Campbell and Tyra Banks hissed at each other. But last week, The New York Daily News reports Campbell agreed to appear on Banks' syndicated talk show to discuss their feud. Insiders say the beauties agreed that their handlers had pitted them against each other because they were two of the few black stars in the business. The full story at nydailynews.com has since been removed.

November 24, 2005 - Tyra Banks was refreshingly honest backstage at the Victoria's Secret show this week. "I go on the South Beach Diet for about a month before the show," Banks told The New York Daily News. The full story at nydailynews.com has since been removed.

November 24, 2005 - The New York Daily News reports Tyra Banks reveals on Friday's telecast of her daytime talk show that one of the reasons she left modeling was to get away from having to work in Naomi Campbell's shadow. The full story at nydailynews.com has since been removed.

November 24, 2005 - A 'While You Were Working' segment on 'The Showbiz Show' profiled how Tyra Banks got fat for a day and cries. Video at comedycentral.com has since been removed.

November 24, 2005 - Tyra Banks' decision to wear a fat suit is being greeted with a positive response from Cathy Nonas, director of obesity programs at NYC's North General Hospital. "It's wonderful Tyra did this," Nonas said. "People don't realize what it's like to be obese. There is tremendous prejudice."

November 24, 2005 - "I put up a defense because I don't want to show my vulnerability," Naomi Campbell tells Tyra Banks on her TV show. "I put up this 'I'd rather be a bitch' character." Naomi challenged Tyra to prove she sabotaged her modeling jobs. Tyra said she could name names, but "they'd kick my butt!"

November 24, 2005 - TMZ.com had video, since removed, of Naomi Campbell on with Tyra Banks on her TV show.

November 24, 2005 - The feud with Naomi Campbell is so painful and personal that for the first time, Tyra Banks did her show without a studio audience. "It has to be just me and Naomi alone," Tyra explained. "I've never really talked about Naomi publicly, ever." Read more.

November 6, 2005 - The Showbiz Show with David Spade joked, "Tyra Banks announced she will appear in her final Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. When reached for comment, Banks repeatedly exclaimed, 'You go, girl', until confused reporters inched away."

November 6, 2005 - Tyra Banks confessed that to land her first modeling gig, she fibbed and said that she could swim. "I almost drowned," she revealed on Thursday's 'Tyra Banks Show'.

November 6, 2005 - Tyra Banks recently went undercover as a 350-pound woman, wearing a full-body "fat suit" to experience what it's like to be an obese woman in our skinny-obsessed society. "It seemed like the last form of open discrimination that's okay, and I decided to put on a 350-pound suit myself and live that life for a day and see what happens," she said. "And it was one of the most heartbreaking days of my life."

November 6, 2005 - InStyle caught up with Tyra Banks and asked the talk show host when was her last shopping spree. "I spent $1,300 at Target yesterday! I like Wal-Mart too," she said. "You can get toothpaste and a purse in the same store--I guess that's the appeal. I had a reall cute denim purse from there that I carried for five years--until I got a big ink stain on it. My made fun of me, so I had to ditch it." Read more.

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