Tyra's show is really an extension to what she has been trying to accomplish outside of the modeling world for some time. No, I a not talking about budding runway star reality show domination, but something else enterely. Starting with her TZONE foundation, Tyra has tried to bring a message of self-empowerment to every young woman that she meets. I am grossly paraphrasing, of course, but I think the way she has handles the subject matter is worth praise. Since she is a supermodel, you might think she would not be the best person to discuss inner beauty, since her career has been defined by her outer beauty, but I think her popularity speaks for itself. If I was still in college, I would take Man-hate 10 (that's a joke ladies!) and write a paper on Tyra Banks and the Response to 21st Century Feminism.

If you were wondering why I picked yesterday's show to do a recap, it was because I heard that the subject was going to be all about breasts. Therefore, I knew it would be a good show because Tyra knows a thing or two or twenty about breasts.

The show, however, is not for the amusement of people like me who are interested in seeing Tyra's breasts, but for the women in the audience. Now I am not saying that they wouldn't also want to see Tyra's breasts, but when it comes to boobs, women have different concerns. The first segment was talking about bra advice, because statistics show that 80% of women wear the wrong size bra. I am sure that it was a study funded by Victoria's Secret or Frederick's of Hollwood, but there was some useful information there.

After some info on how to measure your bust, Tyra profiled three girls who needed bra help. And if they needed new bras, why not go to Victoria's Secret? From the look of the inside, I am pretty sure it was the Victoria's Secret at the Grove. I recognize the counter(another job in another life) and it is within shouting distance of Television City, where the Tyra Show is taped. A couple girls were average sized, and we saw some bras to give a little lift and enhance the cleavage, and one girl was above average and was looking for something other than Playtex cross your heart to give her some comfort. We got before and after, and Tyra dispensed with a stereotype when one of the girls, Mu, showed surprise that she had a C-cup because she was a tiny asian girl. "Asian girls have boobs too!", she said. Yay!

Ricardo Chivera of Desperate Housewives came on, and really made me happy. No, I could care less about his show or what he has to say, but I now know there is at least one person more obsessed with Tyra than I am, and he went on to describe his dad's crush and how he has created a little relationship with the two of them. Tyra laughed it off, even when mentioning the part about Victoria's Secret catalogs (which are NOT delivered to the TVgasm offices, despite what some people think). He went on to talk about what breasts meant to a man, how most guys will say it is personality but you have to admit that breasts are important (even for an assman).

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