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13 Times Tyra Banks Owned Your Television

As the queen of smizing returns to daytime TV with "FABLife," we look back at the times Tyra ruled the small screen.

When you think of Tyra Banks, "supermodel" is probably the first thing that comes to mind. But let’s not forget, Ms. Tyra is also a queen of the small screen— from Top Model to her own much-missed talk show to an upcoming appearance on Black-ish.

And starting September 14 she's coming back to daytime TV with ABC's FABLife!

Related: Happy 40th Birthday, Tyra Banks: A Celebration in Gifs!

FABLife is like The View if the panel only talked about their Pinterest boards. Along with Chrissy Teigen, Joe Zee, Lauren Makk, and Leah Ashley, Tyra is on a mission to make everyone’s life a little bit better—and TV lot more glamorous.

But she’s already given us so much! Let’s take a look back at the 13 times Tyra Banks owned your television

When Tyra Interviewed Naomi Campbell

Imagine you had a talk show and you invited on your old high school bully to confront them about how mean they were to you. This 2006 episode of The Tyra Banks Show is like that, only with world-famous models.

The full episode is brilliant, but here’s a dramatized recap if you don’t have an hour to kill.

Tyra: You were awful.

Naomi: Maybe? Probably. I don’t really remember.

Then they wrapped it up with a runway walk-off.

TV gold.

When Tyra Was Rooting For You, Tiffany

We were all rooting for you! HOW DARE YOU!

Also, thank you. This clip from Top Model Cycle 4 spawned more memes than Grumpy Cat, and it never gets old. LEARN SOMETHING FROM THIS!

We learned that we need more friends named Tiffany, so we can tell them to be quiet. Who needs Felicia, anyway?

When Tyra Recorded A Single

During Cycle 2 of ANTM, Tyra decided that RuPaul z shouldn’t have all the fun, and took a shot at crossing over into music. Thus, "Shake Ya Body" was born.

Making the video was a Top Model challenge (of course), but sadly, being a pop star never quite panned out. It’s okay, though—Tyra had a skill or two (and millions of dollars) to fall back on.

When Tyra Was A Living Doll

Ah, Life-Size. The classic made-for-TV family film in which a young Lindsay Lohan tried to resurrect her dead mother with witchcraft, only to accidentally animate (and enlarge) her black Barbie—sorry, Eve doll—played brilliantly by Banks.

It’s a tale as old as time, as as hilarity ensues and valuable lessons are learned. Sadly, the film received ZERO Emmys.

When Tyra Went Undercover

“Social experiments” were a big part of the old Tyra Banks Show: When she wasn’t interviewing ANTM contestants, arch-nemeses or Beyonce, Tyra was going undercover.

With the help of world class makeup artists, Tyra posed as a 300-pound-woman, a man, a stripper, and a homeless woman—all to teach us valuable lessons. She succeeded: We learned that Tyra is a little bit crazy.

When Tyra Made Up Words

Move over Merriam-Webster, there’s a new cunning linguist in town: Smize, tooch, booch, flaw-some, Ty-over, H-2-T. Say what you will, Gretchen Weiner, unlike "fetch," Tyra made these words happen. Then she trademarked and sold products based on them.

Remember, every time you laugh, Tyra makes another dollar.

When Tyra Was A Home Shopper

When Tyra does something, she goes all out. That’s why simply selling her makeup on HSN wasn’t enough. She needed to make it an event. She needed it to be larger than life. She needed to make up another word: BEAUTYTAINMENT!

Why just sell a contouring stick when you can sell one with a live DJ and screaming fans? Fierce.

When Tyra Made The Haters Kiss Her Fat Ass

It's possibly the most iconic moment from the Tyra Banks Show’s five-year run: When paparazzi took a less-than-flattering picture of Tyra in a swimsuit, she didn't become a celebrity spokeswoman for Jenny Craig. She wore that swimsuit on her talk show and told the tabloids exactly where they could kiss it. #GirlPower.

When Tyra Was A Gossip Girl

A self-proclaimed super-fan of the series, Tyra Banks got her chance to mingle with the Upper East Side’s young and elite when she guest starred as actress Ursula Nyquist on Gossip Girl's third season.

Tyra as Ursula plays Josephine Baker in a film where she helps Hilary Duff escape the Nazis. No lie.

When Tyra Faced Her Fears

Tyra Banks has a debilitating fear… of dolphins. Was she traumatized while watching Flipper? Are sea mammals her subconscious’ representation of Naomi Campbell? No one knows.

All we can say is that this woman is a warrior who bravely faced her fears and took her show to SeaWorld, where she looked evil in the face and kissed it on it’s bottle nose.

When Tyra Let Boys In The House

How does one spice up a reality competition beloved by women and gay men after 20 gagillion cycles? More PEEN! In 2013, Tyra allowed men to compete in America’s Next Top Model for the first time. (Two of the three finalists were even males.)

The stunt worked: A little testosterone reignited our love for ANTM. Clever girl, that Tyra.

When Tyra Retired From Modeling

When some people retire, they bow out quietly or have a little party at the office. Not Tyra Banks. When she gave up modeling in 2005, she let the whole WORLD know. There was a Tyra Show episode (of course) and tributes during that year’s Victoria Secret fashion show. “The best there ever was, the best there ever will be.”

Naomi begs to differ, but let’s not start that again.

When Tyra Won An Emmy

YES! Tyty thanked her mama and her idol, Oprah, when she won for Outstanding Talk Show/ Informative in 2008. But more importantly, she matched her hair to her dress, and inspired the world by telling the haters to kiss our collective fat asses.

Tyra Banks, you are a scholar and a hero. We salute you. Welcome back to daytime.

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