Mama's coming home. After handing over the reins of America's Next Top Model [1] to Rita Ora, Tyra Banks [2] has announced that she's returning as host [3] 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.
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
She's an ac-TOR.
Also, When She Taught the Girls How to Be Hoe Fashion
Like high fashion, but with "hoe."
Iconic
The Woman Literally Coined Her Own Phrases, Like Smize
We'll never smile with our eyes without thinking of her.
OK, Not All the Phrases Were Gold
POT LEDOM Never Quite Took Off
But I'll be damned if she didn't push that music video on us.
Every Time She Shamelessly Plugged Her Own Projects
Classic Tyra.
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
They were always so excited.
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
