Hi Y'all,

If "Top Model" and Ashton Kutcher's "Punk'd" had a baby, it would be my new show, "True Beauty" (premiering tonight, January 5, on ABC after "The Bachelor" at 10/9c).

Ashton and I executive produced it together, and I have to tell you, it's a great show! It's a beauty competition where the contestants are not only judged on their outer beauty, but they're also secretly judged on their inner beauty. So, it's right up Ashton's alley because it's kind of like we're punking them -- we use hidden cameras and put our contestants in crazy situations and even bring in actors to help us test what they're really like when they think no one is watching.

It is so much fun to watch, but it also has an important message: no matter what you look like on the outside, to be truly beautiful you have to be beautiful on the inside. I remember my mama visiting me when I was modeling in Europe, and she was looking around backstage at one of my shows. She was amazed at how beautiful everyone was -- all these models and fashion people, but she couldn't help noticing how ugly so many of them were on the inside -- the things they said, the way they treated each other. That's what this show is all about; you can't judge a book by its cover.

We picked 10 girls and guys who think they are the most gorgeous people in America. The 10 we found are definitely smokin' hot, just ask them! You won't believe some of the things that come out of their mouths. Vanessa Minnillo is our host and also a judge. She's a former Miss Teen USA and beautiful both inside and out. Our other two judges are Cheryl Tiegs, America's first supermodel, and Nolé Marin, the stylist who used to be a judge on "America's Next Top Model." They make a great team. It was up to them to make the hard decision of who would go home every week until there was just one person left, the person who truly has both inner and outer beauty. Even though our contestants had no idea what they were really being judged on, they all wanted to win the awesome prize -- $100,000 and a feature in People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People issue.

On the "Tyra Show" that airs January 5, I give an exclusive preview of "True Beauty." (I've got Ashton, Vanessa and Nolé on the talk show.) We also do one of our famous "Tyra Show" social experiments and do a little judging of our own -- on some people who think they're unbelievably hot. You have to see what they say and do, and what happens when I tell them we were testing their inner beauty.

And in case you're wondering -- YES, that Ashton is as fine in person as he looks in magazines, TV and the movies. On today's "Tyra Show" he tells me what he finds beautiful in his wife Demi. She is FINE too. And both of them together is just FINE FINE. Fine-squared!

Okay, I gotta run, but watch the "Tyra Show" and "True Beauty" today (January 5!).

Bye y'all,