I cannot staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand Tyra Banks. I’ve never been able to listen to her – or watch her – for more than two minutes. She makes me absolutely CRAZY. I’ve never watched America’s Top Model for this very reason. The whole bit at the end – where she flips over the cards to reveal which model is staying – makes me want to gouge my eyes out with a plastic spoon.

Anyway, on to why I’m talking about Tyra. Apparently she just fired everyone from America’s Next Top Model. AGAIN: EVERYONE. That includes judges Nigel Barker, J. Alexander and Jay Manuel.

Host and producer Banks, 38, has fired her panel of experts, The New York Post’s Page Six reported Friday. They were reportedly informed Thursday morning that their contracts would not be renewed for Cycle 18.

Banks later confirmed that photographer Barker, 39, runway coach Alexander, 53, and creative director Manuel, 39, will be leaving America’s Next Top Model via her official Facebook page.

“To my Nigel Barker, Miss J, and Mr Jay: Thank you for all of our years together on America’s Next Top Model,” Banks wrote. “Working with you is always an absolute pleasure. Excited for what the future holds for us.”

Barker, Alexander and Manuel have been with America’s Next Top Model since its inception in 2003. Previous judges include Janice Dickinson, Kimora Lee Simmons, Twiggy, Paulina Porizkova, Andre Leon Talley, Beau Quillian, Eric Nicholson and Nole Marin. As of Friday, judge Kelly Cutrone is expected to return for Cycle 18.

In a statement, executive producers Bank and Ken Mok tell Us Weekly: “Nigel Barker, Jay Manuel and J. Alexander have been an integral part of the America’s Next Top Model brand and they helped turn this show into the household name it is today. They have been amazing assets to the show and will always be a part of the Top Model family. We will continue to actively work with each of them on future projects.”

Can you believe all this!? Who’s Tyra going to bring in as judges now? (And who really cares….that’s the better question!)

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First off let me say that Tyra Banks on her worst day, still looks better than my best day. However, I don’t know what she was thinking in this outfit. It’s ‘drekitude’!

She was caught by the paps looking a little less like a top model as she was dining out in West Hollywood.

What do you think of Tyra’s look?

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As if this wasn’t bad enough, Trya Banks’ fishnet mask takes the cake.

The America’s Next Top Model host wore this “mask” at last night’s Vogue 90th Anniversary party in Paris.

Hours before the party, she tweeted about her quest to find the perfect mask. “Going to crazy places looking for mask for masquerade ball in France tonight. CRAZY PLACES!!!”

When she couldn’t find the perfect mask, she came up with another option. “So, when I couldn’t find a mask for FRENCH VOGUE 90th ANNIVERSARY Masquerade Party,” she tweeted, “I made my own!”

So what is the mask made of? “So FRENCH VOGUE mask is sum cheap FISHNET stockings I got n crazy store n Paris!”

“I cut em up n made it y’all,” she continued.

Yikes.

After a fierce five years, Tyra Banks has ended her TV Talk show. Her last showed aired today. An emotional Banks bid farewell to her fans.

“I had journalists tell me this show was going to be canceled in two weeks, and it’s five years…”

And in the end, she cried, clutched her two Emmys and said, “Sometimes you gotta leave when you’re on top.”

Even though her show may be over, Tyra’s journey continues. She will begin releasing books to empower women starting 2011 with Modeland.

Her company Bankable Productions will also be releasing films. So don’t be sad! There will plenty more Tyra to come.

As a farewell homage to Tyra, The Soup put together a few clips. Follow this link to see a montage of Tyra talking about what some say is her favorite topic… herself.

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Tyra Banks has re-signed with IMG Models. But don’t expect her to be walking that runway. She has bigger plans.

“The last time I was with IMG, I was set on taking on the modeling world in the high fashion and commercial sectors,” Tyra said in a statement on Thursday. “Now I’m dreaming even bigger, but this time for my company as well. Aligning myself with brands that I believe in, and helping them achieve the kind of success they’re looking for, helps all of us as we grow our businesses.”

Now that her talk show is in it’s last season, it will be interesting to see what direction she heads next.

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Tyra Banks was joined by a friend as she made her way to lunch in New York City, New York on March 25, 2010. The supermodel proved that she is a natural beauty by going sans makeup, but she certainly looked a bit tired without that extra polished look!

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Tyra Banks is facing a backlash from disgruntled former employees after announcing the end of her talk show – the ex-supermodel has been reportedly branded “difficult” and “a diva” by TV insiders.

The catwalk queen-turned-daytime talk show host revealed earlier this week that the fifth cycle of her The Tyra Banks Show will be the last after five years and two Daytime Emmy Awards.

The former Sports Illustrated pin-up is planning to concentrate on developing shows and films under her Bankable Studios production company.

But the star, who also hosts the hugely popular America’s Next Top Model series, isn’t such a hit with her staff – with a show source telling the New York Daily News that working for Banks could be a tough task.

The insider tells the publication, “There had been a high turnover of employees for years… (it’s) pretty difficult to work for Tyra. She and the higher-ups on the production staff could be extremely brutal. She really is a diva. When the show moved from L.A. to New York, several staffers weren’t even directly told about the change. They heard through the grapevine it was going to move locations. Even so, a lot of those people gave up their lives on the West Coast so they could continue working for the show. Now they’re out of luck.”

Rumor has it that she’s ending the show because no one was watching. Were you?

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