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Hey Tyra, My names vanessa and i have wanted to be a actress/model since i was a child. i would always pretend to be those with my mom and dad and had alot of fun. i feel i have a passion for acting and i am very dedicated i can not see myself doing anything else. ive always been scared of rejection and failure which is a big promblem because showbizz is full of it.i am also afraid of what people will think and if i will become a joke if i try and fail.my mother always tells me to follow my dreams but she is and old school mother so she doesnt know english only spanish and she does not know anything about showbizz.so make acting my career i have to do all the research my self i am 15 years old and i believe i could make it. im not it for the money or fame im in it because it is my passion. if i do become rich and famous. i would like to be like you,you are one of my role models and i look up to you. i adore you. you help people adn thats what i would like to do. i would like to help children with cancer and participate in many more foundations. if you have any advice for me i would appreciate it if you contacted me at my email. sincerely&with love -vanessa
 
Hellow Ms. Tyra Banks, Just wanted to say that my family enjoys watching your top model shows as well as your talk show. My daughter Makayla Rose Roberts is 6 yrs old and wishes to be a model someday just like you. Thanks for always being positive and a role model for others. Wish you the best in everything you do. HOller..~
 
Hey tyra my names bekah 13 years old and i LOVE to sing dance and act and i will try to do anything and everything,except any thing that is morally wrong!this has been a dream of mine since i was 7 but my mom doesnt really seem like she wants it for me even though she seems like she really wanted it for herself when she was younger. i have been to 2 casting agencies that are phonies!one wanted $2,000 and the other wanted $650 and $48 a month! i was so excited when they called me and told me i was beautiful and great it boosted my confidence 100 percent! but when they wanted money it went right back down again because they were probrably saying that for the money. it was so wierd when that girl said she let her daughter go half nude! ewwww!
 
Hey Trya. My name is Amber and I am 16. I have wanted to be an actress since the Lizzy Mcgire show came out. I love being in a crowd, but I am so scared to put my self out there because of what people might think(like that I'll never make it), but I think about it all the time. What should I do can you help me?
 
Heyy TYRA!! My name is sasha wich by the way i LOVE ur show and it will be one of my DREAMS to meet you. I live in ARIZONA;D and well im preety intersted in tv,modeling,clothes n hair exept i dont now what to do!!and Im only 13. I once saw a comercial on empire beauty schools, i will like to go thier but most likely every time i do my hair its a DESASTER n say to my self "wats the point on working with hair if i cant even do my own! how im i going to do someone elses!
 
Hey Tyra!! I am 14 and every since i can remember i have loved to sing. As a little girl i would dance around my kitchen singing Brittany Spears songs and i dont know why my parents never thought of trying to get me into the buisness. In 4th grade i started to act in my school musicals and immediately i fell in love with acting. I am always asking my mom to help me find an agent or sign me up for voice lessons but she always say that its too expensive, esspecially in this economy. My dream is to persue a carrier in acting and singing and i wanted to know if u knew any places i could go to that are in connecticut or around that area. please e-mail me back. thanks luv ur show!! ♥
 
I of course thought my baby was gorgeous! So I Submit her photo and although she was turned down for the Print and commercial division of the agency she did get into Fit modeling! I never paid a dime instead we get a check after we pay the agency a small fee. Now my other child is involved in the Print. I still have not paid any money, eventually I may need to get head shots but for now they are not needed. So Mommy's do your research submit photos and measurements to respectable agents and then be prepared for rejection...I myself did not realize how competitive this industry is we just got lucky.
 
Hey Tyra, my name is lola and i have often been mistaken for Jill Scott, and i'm not just saying to say that.once at little five points which is in Atlanta,Ga i was walking around a guy just came to me out of nowhere and asked if i can sign his paper.i asked for what? and he said aren't u Jill scott.i had to show him my Picture ID for him to leave me alone.and also at a mall i work at i have been stopped and also been asked.the reason i'm telling you all this is to ask how can i become a plus size model?i have gone to 2agency and they want to much money.i wanted to know if there was an agency that u could tell me about.i have looked every where.i'm 5'6 1/2 they keep telling me i have to be atleast 5'9.i look forward to hearing form you.thank you.
 
Hey, At around the age of 4 I knew I want to be an actor. I did plays through 8th grade and then My mom told me it is a waste of time. Even though she does not want this for me. Now as I'm older I am going for what I want to do and what I love. I do wish that my parents let me act but I was able to be a kid. It was a win lose thing kinda. Love the show.
 
WOW! Even though being an actor or actress is a dream that almost everyone wants, its also something that I believe I can stick out in. I feel like even though im just 15, I have wanted this for a million years. Being an actress, being on set, reading a script, playing a role! Its just my own fairy tale that I KEEP WISHING WOULD COME TRUE. I live in such a small town and I feel like ill nevr make it because of that. Sometimes I give up, but when I see stars like Alyson Stoner and you Tyra, that have worked hard and are still working hard, it makes me feel like I should keep pushing for that dream.
 
HEY TYRA! I WANT TO BE FAMOUS!!! PLEASE HELP ME!!! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!! :( PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME!!!! :-(
 
HEYYY TYRAAAA!! (: i dont know if you will have time too read this or not but im a 14 year old girl who has been dieing to model. All my friends say i should so one day i got a call from Barbazon, and they told me to comeedown for a meet and info about what they do there, i went and talked to the girl there and i got a call back! I WAS SO EXSIDED they told me i was exsatly what they were looking for they picked me and 3 other girls out of over 50 girls!! So i went there agen, and they talked about this school they would want me too go to but it was sooooooooo muchh money and my mother doesnt have that kind of money so i beged her and beged her but the answer was still no, ever sence then i havent tryed any other kind of modeling, i really want to model thats were my heart is at. if it isnt too much of a bother can you please get back to me with some edvice? Thank you so much, hope too here from you!!
 
hey tyra i love u, and ur show! I WISH I WAS ON IT, I WOLUD LOVE TO BE!!! Tthat is also a dream of mine to be on ur show... LOL. :-D well, i'm aushila watson and i have a problem. i want to be a star! i am 16 years old, and from toledo, ohio. there is nothing here for me to forfill my dream. what am i going to do, there aren't any oppurtunities, no nothing?! I WANT THIS SO BAD, AND I AM DEDICATED PLEASE HELP ME I BEG OF U PLEASE!!! :( can u e-mail me aushila.watson@yahoo.com, i need guidance... :(
 
Hey Tyra my name is Amber and I have been trying to put my 11 month old son (Tyler) in modeling but wherever I go they tell me I need to pay. My son loves when I take pictures of him.. Please help me!!!!!!! You should make a show on babies becoming models..
 
Hey Tyra my name is Amber and I have been trying to put my 11 month old son (Tyler) in modeling but wherever I go they tell me I need to pay. My son loves when I take pictures of him he's very photogenic.. Please help me!!!!!!!



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