hi Tyra my name is jacquie and i live in australia i was just writting to say thanks for doing the show on young mums i am 19 and have a 6 month old girl who is my angel but it is very difficalt to have a life as well as be a young mum i am just so pleased that you were able to do the show to show teenages that wont to be mums that it aint all that. it is not just a fun game that is easy. that there are plenty of night were you dont sleep or u have to wake up and your life has to change dramadicly. it is much harder then i thought it would be and i look after children on a regular bases as a job. i find it hard because my partner who is still with me who is the fater is always at work so it is like being a singel mum and it is deverstating when he dosent know why i am so tyered. i need help to carm my nerver and anger i get to angry at him to esaly and i dont wont to lose him and i dont wont jaida-rose to lose her daddy because he is a big part of my life and hers i just need help to manage my feeling would yopu be able to help me? thanks tyra i watch your show everyday and find it so insperational love jacquie

HELLO TYRA LYNNE BANKS, MY NAME IS DAWN I AM A 19 YEAR OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUNG LADY. I WAS BORN IN CHICAGO ILLINOIS IN 1988 ON THE 5TH OF NOVEMBER. I JUST RECENTLY HAD MY FIRST CHILD A BABY BOY ON AUGUST 13TH 2008. HIS NAME IS MARTIN HE WAS BORN AT 6LBS. & 19 1/2 IN. HIS FATHER AND I HAVE BEEN DATING SINCE WE WERE 14 YEARS OF AGE AND I COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER PERSON IN MY LIFE. BUT THE MAIN POINT IS THAT I WAS ABOUT 110 POUNDS BEFORE I GAVE BIRTH TO MY SON, AND NOW I WEIGH ABOUT 117 POUNDS. I HAD THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BODY BUT I HAVE TERRIBLE MARKS ON MY STOMACH,AND MY BREAST ARE FLOPPY AND LONG. MY CONFIDENCE HAS HAD I TERRIBLE DOWN FALL. I TRY ALL TYPES OF OILS AND COCOA BUTTER, AND NOTHING WORKS. I HAVE ALL THIS EXTRA LOOSE SKIN AND MY STOMACH. EVERYDAY A LOOK IN THE MIRROR I JUST BREAK DOWN IN TEARS SERIOUSLY TYRA. MY BOYFRIEND TELLS ME THAT I AM BEAUTIFUL NOMATTER WHAT. BUT I JUST DONT SEE IT ANYMORE.I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PLASTIC SURGERY BUT I DONT HAVE THE MONEY. I REALLY NEED THIS PROCEDURE DONE IN ORDER TO GAIN MY CONFIDENCE BACK. I AM NOT THE SAME PERSON ANYMORE, I FEEL TERRIBLE IN THE INSIDE, AND THAT EFFECTS HO I LOOK ON THE OUTSIDE. I COVER MY STOMACH UP SO NO ONE WILL SEE, NOT EVEN MY FAMILY, BECAUSE I AM AFRAID OF BEING JUDGED, AND AM NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR THEIR COMMENTS. MY BOYFRIEND AND MY MOTHER ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE I KNOW WHO HAVE SEEN MY STOMACH. I GET SO DEPRESSED AND JEALOUS WHEN I SEE MY SISTERS AND WOMEN ON T.V WHEN I SEE THEIR

hey tyra, as hard as it is to this i am writeing to u for your help...heres my story to help u learn a little more about me. ok so my name is destiny and i am currnetly 13 years of age and it has been my dream sence i can remeber to becom a model just like you are, you inspire me so much that it is unbelieveable and i know u must get tons of mail from kids just like me, but personaly i think im diffrent i want to become a model one day and its not just to get pictures taken and becom famous its so much more, i am determined to do this to get regonized and not by modeling agencys or anything like that i want my father to see me and who i have become... i have never met him and i only know his name we talked once on the phone but i had to have my mom translate everything because he is spanish and that was the only language he spoke and i didnt know spanish my mom knew it so she got to talk to him. he left a few weekes befor i was born and no one in my family has seen him sence. i have a brother that had modert mental retardation and i love him but then again there are times i dispise him because he got to meet my dad and i didnt. it kills me to know hes out there somewhere and has not even attempited to find me. many people has told me i know how to take great pictures and sence im not good at singing or acting or anything else modeling is my only hope to met him and i know your