Thanks Tyra!

"Smize!" is Tyra's very own term from ANTM..

...smiling with only your eyes.

Tyra is a retired model,

currently working as a talk show host on her award winning daytime talk show,

"The Tyra Show".

Tyra is one of my favourite ex-models.

Thousands of girls look up to..

her positive attitude, confidence, her uplifting motivation to strive for what you want, and her inspirational self.

As a model,

Tyra has gone through innumerable ups and downs.

However,

her admirable confidence and hopeful attitude led her in the right direction.

About a year ago,

tabloids revealed a photo of Tyra in a swimming suit with

cellulite alongside her legs.

In the published magazines on news stands,

hurtful and negative comments were stated..

with a substantial amount of utterances all over the media.

How did Tyra deal with this?

Tyra's confidence did not let her down.

In fact,

it let her up.

And this was her plan..

she brought a cut-out cardboard photo of this bikini shot onto her talk show.

She wore the exact same swimming suit to prove that she is a confident woman.

She wore the exact same swimming suit to prove that she is not afraid of this photo.

She wore the exact same swimming suit to prove that she is proud to be Tyra.

The media conveyed this photo as a "down",

But Tyra indicated that this photo was an "up" (literally. she is 5'10 and her legs are on-going)

Thanks Tyra,

for your motivation and your positive approaches.

You are truly an inspirational woman.

love, juliet