Former supermodel Tyra Banks credits her sudden popularity with younger men to her new curvy figure. The retired catwalk star and talk show host insists she’s been inundated with attention from younger men ever since she gained a more voluptuous figure.

The 33-year-old star of The Tyra Banks Show explains, “Twenty-three-year-old guys ask me out all the time. Some of them are even celebrities who come on to my show. One guy even went for my muffin top (midsection fat).

“I was like, ‘You’re 10 years younger than me. You need to date Hilary Duff. Don’t date me. I have a roll around my middle.”

However, she insists she is now less popular with men her age, adding, “I make a good living, so men my age get a little intimidated.”
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America’s Next Top Model host Tyra Banks strikes a fa-ierce pose alongside Cycle 7 winner CariDee English and Cycle 8 winner Jaslene Gonzalez at The CW Network Upfronts at NYC’s Madison Square Garden on Thursday.

Who’s the most fa-ierce — TYRA, JASLENE or CARIDEE?

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All she needs to complete her look is a traditional pointed cap and a pair of wooden clogs!

Former supermodel and America’s Next Top Model judge Tyra Banks wears an updated version of a traditional Dutch dress as she dines out at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills on Thursday.

Rod Stewart’s son, Sean Stewart, was also spotted there the same night taking pictures with er, fans…

(Sidenote: Did anyone else catch 50 Cent push Jael into the pool on America’s Next Top Model? Ha ha ha!)

Supermodel-turned-TV-host Tyra Banks looks fabulous in head-to-toe brown in a mini-dress, boots, YSL belt and LV wallet. Tyra, 33, chowed down at the hip Japanese restaurant Katsuya in Los Angeles. The night before, a leggy Tyra attended the NAACP awards to award Bono the Chairman Award. (Watch video here.)

Note: This is the answer to the latest installment of “Celebrity Guess Who?“! Congrats to Nicola guessing Tyra first!

Tyra Banks awards U2 frontman Bono with the Chairman’s Award at the 38th annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine auditorium in Los Angeles on Friday night.

Also pictured: Mary J. Blige, actress Tracee Ellis Ross, actor Evan Ross

Bulgy-eyed Tyra Banks attends the 2007 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Mortons on Sunday night in West Hollywood, Calif.

What do you think of Tyra Banks‘ new Sports Illustrated cover?

Sports Illustrated: Tyra’s 10 Year Anniversary

In honor of Black History Month, Tyra celebrated the 10th annivesary of becoming the first Afircan-Americ an model to be fatured solo on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Editon. She recreated the groundbreaking photo in the Bahamas while wearing the same polka-dot bikini witih the same photographer she worked with a decvade ago. Here are the amazing photos from that shoot!

Now that Britney Spears has been inducted into the Bald Hall of Fame, let’s see… WHO OWNS IT?

Britney Spears, Demi Moore, Natalie Portman, or Tyra Banks?

I just noticed that all everyone but Britney shaved their head for a film or TV show. And Tyra didn’t even really shave her head, it was just a bald cap and lots of Photoshop. Demi for GI Jane, Natalie for V for Vendetta, and Tyra for America’s Next Top Model. So what’s Britney’s excuse?