See Tyra Banks Walk Her First Runway in 20 Years at VS Fashion Show
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Tyra Banks walked the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show runway for the archetypal clip successful astir 20 years aft retiring from modeling successful 2005. See her angelic comeback.
By Gabrielle Chung Oct 16, 2024 2:42 AMTags
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The America's Next Top Model creator made a triumphant comeback astatine the famed lingerie presumption Oct. 15, closing retired the amusement successful a achromatic bustier with crystal embellishments, a metallic cape with achromatic lining, acheronian leggings and strappy heels.
In existent Tyra fashion, she brought her signature smize arsenic she sashayed down the runway—her archetypal catwalk since retiring from modeling successful 2005.
The 50-year-old is considered 1 of the OG Victoria's Secret Angels, having walked successful the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show during its aboriginal days successful the '90s. Overall, Tyra appeared successful 9 shows—wearing the iconic Fantasy Bra successful 2 of them—during her eight-year modeling declaration with the underwear brand.
"When I decided to retire, Victoria’s Secret had travel to maine and had different declaration connected the table," she precocious told Harper's Bazaar. "And I decided that 'No, I request to beryllium a speech amusement big and I request to beryllium trusted for my words. I don’t deliberation I tin beryllium taken earnestly if I americium inactive a model,' and possibly that was existent astatine that time."
And now, Tyra believes the satellite has "evolved successful specified a mode that I tin beryllium a businesswoman and person my crystal pick institution and talk astatine concern institutions and get my certificate from my Harvard course and thatch astatine Stanford and, yes, beryllium a Victoria’s Secret model."
"I deliberation the satellite has changed to spot that, arsenic women, we don’t person to beryllium a stereotype and to acceptable into 1 mold," she explained. "And truthful I consciousness precise excited and fortunate to travel backmost and observe each of myself and not consciousness similar I person to chopped disconnected a portion to beryllium taken seriously."
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The Tyra Banks Show alum besides said it's "exciting" to spot however the manner satellite has embraced bodies of each shapes and sizes implicit the years.
"I was considered curvier, and I was a Black girl, and I deliberation it’s important to inactive admit that astatine that time," she noted. "And today, what is adjacent much beauteous is [that] they’ve burst those doors open."
Tyra added, "It’s conscionable similar this continuation of quality and diversity, which is truly exciting."
To spot her—as good arsenic different models—walk down the 2024 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show runway, support reading.
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Coco Jones
The vocalist and histrion showed disconnected her enviable fig successful a sheer achromatic dress.
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Tayshia Adams
The Bachelor successful Paradise alum looked demire successful a achromatic dress.