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Tyra Banks Goes Undercover As Obese Woman
AP ^ | 11/2/05 | Staff

Posted on 11/02/2005 2:11:42 PM PST by Millee

LOS ANGELES - Tyra Banks has gone undercover as a 350-pound woman. Banks wore the fat suit to experience what it's like to be obese."It seemed like the last form of open discrimination that's OK, and I decided to put on a 350-pound suit myself and live that life for a day and see what happens," the 31-year-old former supermodel told AP Radio in a recent interview. "And it was one of the most heartbreaking days of my life."

Banks said she was shocked at the reaction.

"I started walking down the street and within 10 seconds, a trio of people looked at me, snickered, looked me right in my eye and started pointing and laughing in my face," the talk-show host said. "And I had no idea it was that blatant."

The segment will air Monday on "The Tyra Banks Show."

Banks, who had a sonogram on her show in September to prove that her breasts are real, is also planning a Nov. 18 segment on pursuing "a beautiful booty."

She will reveal her own "dimpled butt" and receive endermologie treatment on the set.


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"I started walking down the street and within 10 seconds, a trio of people looked at me, snickered, looked me right in my eye and started pointing and laughing in my face,"

Ya get used to it sweetheart.
1 posted on 11/02/2005 2:11:42 PM PST by Millee
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To: Millee
Rules man!! Rules!!! There are rules!!!


2 posted on 11/02/2005 2:14:07 PM PST by Solson (I've got eyes in the back of my head.)
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To: Millee

If she thinks the discrimination is bad for fat people, try being a white male.


3 posted on 11/02/2005 2:16:14 PM PST by thoughtomator (Alito Akbar)
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To: Solson

"I've got eyes on the back of my head."

That picture put my eyes out the front of my head.

I'm guessing that's not what she looked like obese.


4 posted on 11/02/2005 2:16:27 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: Millee
Ya get used to it sweetheart.

I agree, one gets used to it, but, it's not easy.

I should know, I get those same stares, snickers, and fingerpointing from people, and I'm not obese. I just happen to have been born with cerebal palsy, from the waist down.

5 posted on 11/02/2005 2:16:55 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper ("Tucker Carlson could reveal himself as a castrated, lesbian, rodeo clown ...wouldn't surprise me")
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To: Millee
What I like about her is shes not anorexic

and tells people she has blemishes


like a normal woman
6 posted on 11/02/2005 2:20:18 PM PST by PaulaB (We Are Fun, Sweet,Smart Women..It May Be You Thats The Problem..Think About It)
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To: thoughtomator
If she thinks the discrimination is bad for fat people, try being a white male - that is a fact, I sat down at lunch with two female co-workers, the first three sentences out of their mouths were male bashing. I mentioned that male bashing was not appreciated and how would they like it if I said the same exact thing about them. They both just laughed. Don't even get me started on TV commercials.
7 posted on 11/02/2005 2:21:49 PM PST by SF Republican
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To: Millee

Yes, Tyra, every year or so a 15-minute-famer or talk host decides to get into a fat suit and see how they're treated. They are shocked. They weep. They learn how oppressive it is, then they go out and forget all they've "learned".


8 posted on 11/02/2005 2:22:34 PM PST by theDentist (The Dems have put all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
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To: PaulaB

Yeah. The stickwoman thing gets real old, real fast. Tyra Banks is hot.


9 posted on 11/02/2005 2:23:27 PM PST by Alexander Rubin (Octavius - You make my heart glad building thus, as if Rome is to be eternal.)
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I think she is very beautiful and a

good role model for girls...

she's got curves and uses them to her advantage!!
10 posted on 11/02/2005 2:29:37 PM PST by PaulaB (We Are Fun, Sweet,Smart Women..It May Be You Thats The Problem..Think About It)
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To: Alexander Rubin
"I object to that characterization!"


11 posted on 11/02/2005 2:30:34 PM PST by thoughtomator (Alito Akbar)
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To: PaulaB

"What I like about her is shes not anorexic and tells people she has blemishes like a normal woman."

I will refrain from saying what I like about her, but Solson's picture he posted might be a clue.


12 posted on 11/02/2005 2:30:36 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: PaulaB

"A good role model for girls...she's got curves and uses them to her advantage!!"

I agree. We need more girls who do that.


13 posted on 11/02/2005 2:31:40 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: pcottraux

Hey, I only posted that so I could look closely...and for a long long time....for blemishes.


14 posted on 11/02/2005 2:39:48 PM PST by Solson (I've got eyes in the back of my head.)
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To: thoughtomator

Go get yourself fed! For G-d's sake, heroic chic went out of style with Bon Jovi.


15 posted on 11/02/2005 2:44:23 PM PST by Alexander Rubin (Octavius - You make my heart glad building thus, as if Rome is to be eternal.)
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To: Millee
Sounds like a fascinating show she has there.

One is rarely blessed with brains and good looks. Ms. Banks is a perfect example of that.

16 posted on 11/02/2005 2:47:02 PM PST by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
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To: Solson

I didn't find any, so I'll have to keep looking closely.


17 posted on 11/02/2005 2:53:03 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: BigSkyFreeper; Petronski

Amen. Good post. You get used it but it SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE.


18 posted on 11/02/2005 2:57:52 PM PST by cyborg (I'm on the 24 plan having the best day ever.)
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To: pcottraux
This may help.

Now, go find one of these

and you should be set!

19 posted on 11/02/2005 3:01:43 PM PST by Solson (I've got eyes in the back of my head.)
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To: Millee
"I started walking down the street and within 10 seconds, a trio of people looked at me, snickered, looked me right in my eye and started pointing and laughing in my face," the talk-show host said. "And I had no idea it was that blatant."

Except, of course, that it ISN'T, so they must have recognized you and been saying, "Look, it's Tyra Banks in a big ol' fat suit."

20 posted on 11/02/2005 3:05:00 PM PST by Sloth (You being wrong & me being closed-minded are not the same thing, nor are they mutually exclusive.)
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