Tyra Banks under fire for praising model with world's smallest waist on Americas Next Top Model
- From: Fox Other
- August 12, 2010
Tyra Banks, host of America's Next Top Model. Source: HWT Image Library
KNOWN as an advocate for images of realistic women in the media, Americas Next Top Model host Tyra Banks has come under fire for promoting images of a woman with a shockingly thin waist in commercials for the hit reality shows upcoming season.
In an ad for the show, Banks and her co-hosts gape at a 188cm model with a waist so small a man’s hands could touch while wrapped around it.
"There’s something about her I like," AOL’s PopEater quotes Banks as saying.
The woman proudly boasts that she has the "smallest waist in the world."
Later, host Jay Emmanuel jokes that another host will be dieting on "Tic Tacs and watercress for the rest of the season." Banks is seen smiling and praising the girl for her height and frame.
The ad comes on the heels of plus-size model Crystal Renn coming under fire for losing a significant amount of weight and fashion retailers airbrushing her down to a size that is drastically smaller than what she has become famous for.
Banks has featured plus-size models on several seasons of the hit show, including Whitney Thompson, who won the coveted title in 2008.
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