Tyra Banks had no problem fitting into her dress for a Harper’s Bazaar party held in her honor at Highbar in NYC on Sept. 3.

“I’m still 160 pounds,” Tyra said proudly. “I want to be healthy.”

After an unflattering picture of the 5-foot-10 former supermodel on the beach surfaced in 2006, Tyra was attacked for packing on the pounds. But she’s making sure there isn’t a repeat of that unfortunate incident. “I think my weight’s just redistributed,” Tyra, 34, says of her curvy shape these days. “I kayak. I go to dance class. I run around a lot at Jackie O’s Reservoir [in NYC’s Central Park]. So I’ve been doing a lot of cross-training, but it hasn’t changed the number on the scale. I’m between 159 and 162.”

And that’s a number she’s happy with. “I want to be fit,” says Tyra. “Always!”

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Tyra Banks has been named the hardest-working person in showbusiness in a new online poll.

The model, talk show host and TV presenter has become a minimogul since she stepped down from the catwalk in 2006 - and now she has landed at the top of a new survey aimed at finding America’s hardest-working celebrity.

Banks beat American Idol host and DJ Ryan Seacrest, Jennifer Lopez, Heidi Klum and Sean `Diddy’ Combs to claim the top spot on Parade.com’s annual Summer Pop Culture poll.

The poll also claimed Oprah Winfrey as the celebrity most people would like as a next-door neighbour and Nicole Richie beat Mel Gibson and Tom Cruise to become the celebrity with the Most Improved Reputation.

Meanwhile, voters chose Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer as the Most Unlikely Couple and Halle Berry beat out Jennifer Lopez and Jessica Alba to claim the Hottest New Mama crown.

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Model-turned-TV chatshow host Tyra Banks dedicated her Daytime Emmy Award to talk show “Queen” Oprah Winfrey - hailing the TV powerhouse as her “inspiration.”

The supermodel-turned-talk show scooped the gong for Outstanding Talking Show in the Informative category, beating off stiff competition from A Place Of Our Own and Winfrey’s protege Dr. Phil.

And when she was presented with her award, Banks was full of praise for the veteran presenter.

She says, “I want to thank Oprah Winfrey for her inspiration. She is the queen. She will always be the queen.”

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Janice Dickinson has accused Tyra Banks of using her book to give young girls advice on sex and drug use.

The catty fashion queen hit out at her model rival after spotting a paparazzi photo of Banks in a magazine carrying a copy of her book, No Lifeguard on Duty.

Dickinson claims Banks is wrongly using her work to help young people - and taking credit for it, reports New York gossip column PageSix.com.

She says, “And she’s using my book. I mean, the thing looks so worn it’s like she’s been reading it on the toilet. It’s pathetic. Where’s her originality? Does she have no shame?”

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Tyra Banks has shut down whispers of an off-screen feud on America’s Next Top Model. The mogul and host, 34, denied claims that she and the show’s photo director, Jay Manuel, have been fighting so often that she was considering leaving the show.

“It’s stupid!” she told In Touch as she hugged and kissed her fellow fashion-loving friend at the Fiercee Awards on March 28 in New York. Jay couldn’t agree more. “Top Model will last forever,” Jay, 35, said. “It’s funny, people just make up things. Tyra is never leaving the show!” “Tyra and I go out shopping and eat dessert,” Jay says.

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Supermodel and TV host Tyra Banks has denied rumors that she is about to leave her reality show America’s Next Top Model.

The former catwalk queen was rumored to be quitting the hit series after a number of fights with fellow mentor Jay Manuel and the pair are reportedly “not speaking”. It was also said that Banks’ stint on America’s Next Top Model was “detracting” her from her “big plans” to focus on her chatshow, The Tyra Banks Show.

Tyra’s spokesperson insists the reports are wildly inaccurate, saying, “The rumors about Tyra leaving and the fight with Jay are not true!”

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Ashton Kutcher is teaming up with supermodel-turned-talk show host Tyra Banks for a new reality program about beautiful people living together. Kutcher and Banks, who have reality TV experience with Punk’d and America’s Next Top Model respectively, are developing the untitled show with U.S. network ABC.

Eight episodes of the program have so far been ordered, although television bosses are keeping the show’s exact nature a closely-guarded secret.

Talk about interesting combinations!

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