Tyra Banks admits nose job: I had bones in my nose that were growing & itching

Posted by Christie Applegate on Thursday, May 2, 2024

NBC's 'America's Got Talent' Season 12 Finale Week
Tyra Banks has a new memoir coming out, it’s co-written with her mother and is called Perfect is Boring: 10 Things My Crazy, Fierce Mama Taught Me About Beauty, Booty, and Being a Boss. To promote it she talked to People Magazine, and her quotes come off as preachy. It’s all about Tyra’s choices and how women are judgmental, but she’s not or something. It sounds rich coming from Tyra, but she’s never been particularly self aware. Here’s some of what she said, which focuses on the work women do to look beautiful.

“Natural beauty is unfair,” Banks —who with her mother has written a new memoir, Perfect Is Boring — tells PEOPLE exclusively in this week’s issue, on stands Friday. “I get really uncomfortable when women who are these natural beauties judge anybody who does anything to themselves.”

In her book, Banks reveals that she got a nose job early in her career. “I had bones in my nose that were growing and itching,” says Banks, 44. “I could breathe fine, but I added cosmetic surgery. I admit it! Fake hair, and I did my nose. I feel I have a responsibility to tell the truth.”

And when it comes to praising the “no makeup” look, Banks isn’t necessarily a fan. “We place a lot of emphasis on that,” she says. “As a model, I needed makeup. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. It leveled my playing field. Gisele, you don’t need it? I do! And we’re both modeling for Victoria’s Secret.

And when it comes to her message, “If you like your natural self, don’t worry about it,” she says. “But if you feel insecure about something … I have a magic bag of beauty tricks to make you who you want to be. Permanent or temporary, I do not judge that.”

Ultimately, Banks (who says she hasn’t done any “age stuff” yet) says she wants to incite a more honest conversation about looks.

“Fix it or flaunt it — I think women should be able to do both,” she says. “There is a boundary line, either you’re super natural or you live at the plastic surgeon. It’s okay to hop back and forth over that line. You want a hair weave? Fine. You want permanent eyebrows? Fine. We as women need to stop judging.”

[From People]

I agree with her about makeup as I am a makeup person and don’t feel like myself without it. As for noses that can grow and itch, I’ve never heard anything like that so I googled it and all the results were about sinusitis and sinus pressure. That could have been the case with Tyra, but if she fixed her nose for cosmetic purposes why doesn’t she just own up to that? She gave this whole spiel about not judging women’s beauty choices, but then offered a questionable medical reason for her own plastic surgery.

People has another segment of their Tyra interview where she talks about her 30 pound weight loss. It’s typical Tyra in that she says she doesn’t care what people think and that she lost weight for herself. She also said that she pigs out on ice cream when she’s with her mom. I really like that she’s close with her mom. I could relate to that.

NBC's 'America's Got Talent' Season 12 Finale Week

Tyra Banks drops a hip and strikes a pose in a large down jacket as she departs from for the AOL Build Series to promote America's Next Top Model n New York City

"America's Got Talent" Season 13 Kickoff

photos credit: WENN and Pacific Coast News

ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7pLHLnpmirJOdxm%2BvzqZmbm9hbYVxew%3D%3D