Tyra Banks Looking For Plus-Sized Teen Models

Tyra Banks announced on her show Monday that she’ll be hosting a plus-sized teen model search.

The requirements include having a dress size of 12 to 20 and being 5’9"-6’1" tall.

She said:

I’ve always felt it was my mission to expand the narrow perceptions of beauty. Through America’s Next Top Model, True Beauty and The Tyra Show, I challenge industry and universal standards by featuring and celebrating non-traditional beauty, and stressing that true beauty is both inside and out.

Banks doesn’t like that the term “plus-sized” is viewed as negative. She continued:

I want young girls to realize that what’s considered plus-sized is the average American woman. That woman is healthy, fit and beautiful. Adolescence is such an impressionable time in a young woman’s life, and I hope this contest helps teen girls discover their own beauty from the inside out.

The winner, who will be announced the first week of March on her talk show, will score a one-year modeling contract as well as a spread in a major fashion magazine.

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