Hi tryra, Im gabby ever since you show came out ive been watching faithfully! And americas next top model i want to be on that show but i dont think im pretty enough. but im insecure. all these girls on tv are so pretty makes you feel like your not pretty enough. and at school its hard cuz theres so much drama there. you hardly get a break not even during the summer you get a brake! and at home its just the same i try so hard to be good, a good kid to to everyones eyes im not! i try my hardest and its not good enough. i help around the house have good grades stayed out of trouble this year, and yet im still a bad child. theres only so much a person can take; a kid can take; im only 13!!! and my mother tells me to enjoy life as a kid. how can i ??? (sigh) i have no idea what to do any more.

on Friday November 14, 2008, a guy in my senior class was in a horrible car accident just down the street. his girlfriend died instantly, as for him he was pronounced dead hours later. i was at work when i heard and texted all of my friends to make sure they were home and safe. i started getting nervous bc the whole street was blocked off. i got home and waited a few hours until the news came on. they had said his name and i wanted to break into tears. he always had a smile on his face and the smile alone would put one on your own face. just thinking about never seeing him again and that that just as well could have been me. i additionally learned he crashed into my ex's dad's hummer... no competition against his mustang......(he built the mustang with his father) i found out today that 2 of my best friends were driving down the same road the day before going about 40-50 mph over the speed limit... i found out that one of those friends was not wearing a seatbelt at the time, along with another kid in the back seat. today the whole school wore white bandannas just like he did everyday. his ex girlfriend (still close friends) stood on the lunch table at during the last lunch of the day and anounnced to the school: this was a lunch time ritual. we would always throw the gum or candy we had in the middle of the table and yell scramble. "spearment was his favorite" she said. that he would always throw it, or take it. so she said "this piece is for him. i'm going to throw it and i dont want anyone to get it just to yell scramble.

on Friday November 14, 2008, a guy in my senior class was in a horrible car accident just down the street. his girlfriend died instantly, as for him he was pronounced dead hours later. i was at work when i heard and texted all of my friends to make sure they were home and safe. i started getting nervous bc the whole street was blocked off. i got home and waited a few hours until the news came on. they had said his name and i wanted to break into tears. he always had a smile on his face and the smile alone would put one on your own face. just thinking about never seeing him again and that that just as well could have been me. i additionally learned he crashed into my ex's dad's hummer... no competition against his mustang......(he built the mustang with his father) i found out today that 2 of my best friends were driving down the same road the day before going about 40-50 mph over the speed limit... i found out that one of those friends was not wearing a seatbelt at the time, along with another kid in the back seat. today the whole school wore white bandannas just like he did everyday. his ex girlfriend (still close friends) stood on the lunch table at during the last lunch of the day and anounnced to the school: this was a lunch time ritual. we would always throw the gum or candy we had in the middle of the table and yell scramble. "spearment was his favorite" she said. that he would always throw it, or take it. so she said "this piece is for him. i'm going to throw it and i dont want anyone to get it just to yell scramble.

I'm a sophmore in high school and I don't think I fit in. In November of my freshman year, I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease and I've been missing so much school. All my friends have forgotten about me, except for two of them. I have a really hard time accepting this and feel like I don't belong while I'm at school. I'm beginning to also lose interesting in what I used to love doing. I used to play soccer, sing, and go basically anywhere with my sister or friends, and I'm becoming more of a home body now. I don't enjoy any of those things and I'm losing my self-confidence I used to have. Before I got sick and started feeling like such an outsider, I was very spunky, loud and lived life to the fullest. My mom tells me I'm beginning to get that back, but I'm not so sure, I would love to be like that again. My dad has started to almost blame me for different things.. when we go out as a family whether it's to eat or shopping or anything, I sometimes get sick, and I can't help it, but it becomes my fault and I'm the target of everyone's blame. Because of my disease, I can only eat certain things, and most of the time I don't even eat at all. At school, I refuse to eat lunch because I know I will become sick after, or if I have plans so go somewhere I will not eat. In the end of August, beginning of September, I weighed 125 lbs and now, about 2 month's later, I weigh 110 lbs, and I've always been uncomfortable with my body, but my mom is becoming worried that I might be losing weight too quickly and

I'm a sophmore in high school and I don't think I fit in. In November of my freshman year, I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease and I've been missing so much school. All my friends have forgotten about me, except for two of them. I have a really hard time accepting this and feel like I don't belong while I'm at school. I'm beginning to also lose interesting in what I used to love doing. I used to play soccer, sing, and go basically anywhere with my sister or friends, and I'm becoming more of a home body now. I don't enjoy any of those things and I'm losing my self-confidence I used to have. Before I got sick and started feeling like such an outsider, I was very spunky, loud and lived life to the fullest. My mom tells me I'm beginning to get that back, but I'm not so sure, I would love to be like that again. My dad has started to almost blame me for different things.. when we go out as a family whether it's to eat or shopping or anything, I sometimes get sick, and I can't help it, but it becomes my fault and I'm the target of everyone's blame. Because of my disease, I can only eat certain things, and most of the time I don't even eat at all. At school, I refuse to eat lunch because I know I will become sick after, or if I have plans so go somewhere I will not eat. In the end of August, beginning of September, I weighed 125 lbs and now, about 2 month's later, I weigh 110 lbs, and I've always been uncomfortable with my body, but my mom is becoming worried that I might be losing weight too quickly and

I'm a sophmore in high school and I don't think I fit in. In November of my freshman year, I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease and I've been missing so much school. All my friends have forgotten about me, except for two of them. I have a really hard time accepting this and feel like I don't belong while I'm at school. I'm beginning to also lose interesting in what I used to love doing. I used to play soccer, sing, and go basically anywhere with my sister or friends, and I'm becoming more of a home body now. I don't enjoy any of those things and I'm losing my self-confidence I used to have. Before I got sick and started feeling like such an outsider, I was very spunky, loud and lived life to the fullest. My mom tells me I'm beginning to get that back, but I'm not so sure, I would love to be like that again. My dad has started to almost blame me for different things.. when we go out as a family whether it's to eat or shopping or anything, I sometimes get sick, and I can't help it, but it becomes my fault and I'm the target of everyone's blame. Because of my disease, I can only eat certain things, and most of the time I don't even eat at all. At school, I refuse to eat lunch because I know I will become sick after, or if I have plans so go somewhere I will not eat. In the end of August, beginning of September, I weighed 125 lbs and now, about 2 month's later, I weigh 110 lbs, and I've always been uncomfortable with my body, but my mom is becoming worried that I might be losing weight too quickly and

Hey, Tyra! I am no longer a teenager now. But when i was young, what did i want? Friends and respect. Though i had great marks, that did represent everything! Now everythng is over, i have my new life. I think happy is the most important thing in my life.

Hey, Tyra! I am no longer a teenager now. But when i was young, what did i want? Friends and respect. Though i had great marks, that did represent everything! Now everythng is over, i have my new life. I think happy is the most important thing in my life.

Heyyy Tyra Im 15 years old. And since i was in 6th grade i think ive been always watching america's next top model, and your show. I have alot of insecurities and you just helped me through some of them. i still have some but just watching you i feel better about them. I love you soo much you are such an inspiration to me xoxoxo Stephanie

Heyyy Tyra Im 15 years old. And since i was in 6th grade i think ive been always watching america's next top model, and your show. I have alot of insecurities and you just helped me through some of them. i still have some but just watching you i feel better about them. I love you soo much you are such an inspiration to me xoxoxo Stephanie

hey tyra! i really love your show. i can really relate to all of the topics. i have learned self-esteem coz of you :]

hi tyra . i love you so much . i from iran and i live in Dubai . i want say everyone in dubai like you and you are Famous here .i watch your show on Dubai one becaus i dont understand englesh very well . but i watch your show every day . I am 19 yers old and i have not been to university until today becaus i dont know what i want to be . pleas help me .

hi tyra . i love you so much . i from iran and i live in Dubai . i want say everyone in dubai like you and you are Famous here .i watch your show on Dubai one becaus i dont understand englesh very well . but i watch your show every day . I am 19 yers old and i have not been to university until today becaus i dont know what i want to be . pleas help me .

hi tyra . i love you so much . i from iran and i live in Dubai . i want say everyone in dubai like you and you are Famous here .i watch your show on Dubai one becaus i dont understand englesh very well . but i watch your show every day . I am 19 yers old and i have not been to university until today becaus i dont know what i want to be . pleas help me .

I think I am forming a eating disorder. For about a month now I have been eating alot and then throwing it up. I still refuse to call it bulimia, since I don't actually ever put my finger/toothbrush/ect. down my throat to throw up - instead it just happens when I think about it. I don't want to stop. I just realized I weight 110, I want to weight 100. My mom had bulimia when she was my age and I feel really guilty, I could stop if I wanted probably. I just don't want to.