33 Times Tyra Banks Was Truly Iconic on America's Next Top Model

Updated on March 19, 2017 at 7:10 PM

Mama's coming home. After handing over the reins of America's Next Top Model to Rita Ora, Tyra Banks has announced that she's returning as host for the second season of VH1's reboot. No disrespect to Ora, but yaaasss. As producer Ken Mok (that guy whose name you always see in the credits) said in a statement, "Tyra has always been the heart and soul of the franchise and her absence was deeply felt by our fiercely loyal fans who missed their Queen of the Smize." In honor of her grand return, here are 33 unforgettable moments that make us love the model-turned-mogul.

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33 Times Tyra Banks Was Truly Iconic on America's Next Top Model

Whenever She Introduced Herself and You Were Genuinely Excited to See Her

During the Opening Credits When She Looked Feckin' Fierce AF

This 100 Percent ICONIC Moment With Tiffany

SHE WAS ROOTING FOR HER

You KNOW Tiffany Didn't Learn Anything

But Tyra Always Called a Girl Out When She Was Wrong

Or When They Were Being a "Pain in the You-Know-What"

OMG, Remember When She Fainted?!

PSYCH, SHE WAS TOTALLY FINE

Also, When She Taught the Girls How to Be Hoe Fashion

Iconic

The Woman Literally Coined Her Own Phrases, Like Smize

OK, Not All the Phrases Were Gold

POT LEDOM Never Quite Took Off

Every Time She Shamelessly Plugged Her Own Projects

And When She Did Ridiculous Things in the Name of Helping the Contestants

Yes, This Was a Real Thing That Happened

Then There Was How She Interacted With the Judges

That Time Janice Dickinson Attacked Her Face

Look at This Poor Woman Being Mauled

Whenever She Announced to the Girls Where They Would Be Traveling

That Time She Ate an Apple Like She Just Had a Root Canal

And When She Manhandled This Chicken Cutlet Thingy

She Was Never Afraid to Be Silly

She Was the QUEEN of Weird Faces

Look at This One

And This One

What Is She Even Reacting To?

She's Just an Expressive Person, and That's OK

But Sometimes It's Borderline Disturbing

Like I'm Not Even Going to Guess What's Happening With Her Tongue Here

But Props to Tyra For Being One of a Kind

That's All

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