Tyra Announces Fiercely Real Model Search For Plus Sizes

Today, "the ever so amazing", Tyra Banks announced her newest challenge to add to her ever growing roster of shows.  Tyra sets her sight on another modeling market: her first-ever plus-sized modeling competition for teens.  Today, Tyra Banks announced her newest challenge to the modeling market: her first-ever plus-sized modeling competition for teens. Dubbed Tyra’s Fiercely Real Teen Model Search, the contest will hunt for curvy catwalk contenders aged 13-19 and between 5′ 9″ and 6′ 1″

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So why tackle this ignored segment of the fashion market now?

 “I’ve always felt it was my mission to expand the narrow perceptions of beauty; through America’s Next Top Model, True Beauty and The Tyra Show I challenge industry and universal standards by featuring and celebrating non-traditional beauty, and stressing that true beauty is both inside and out,” she explains of the decision. “Plus-sized tends to have a negative connotation and I want young girls to realize that what’s considered plus-sized is the average American woman.

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