Tyra Banks: No. 1 Earner on Forbes List of Women in Primetime TV

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Tyra Banks has been ranked number one as the top female earner in prime time television by Forbes magazine! By raking in $30 million dollars this year from her two shows, 'The Tyra Banks Show' and 'America's Next Top Model,' plus other television appearances, this former model continues to prove that hers is a potent mix of beauty and talent. On the full Forbes list, you can see that her next competitor, actress Katherine Heigl, comes in at a distant second:

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Tyra Banks in Pictures
COYOTE UGLY Tyra Banks as Zoe, Izabella Miko as Cammie and Bridget Moynahan as Rachel
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Tyra Banks in Pictures

    NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: (L-R) Tyra Banks, Liya Kebede and Veronica Webb attend the 4th Important Dinner for Women hosted by HM Queen Rania Al Abdullah, Wendi Murdoch and Indra Nooyi at Cipriani 42nd Street on September 23, 2009 in New York, New York. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Tyra Banks;Liya Kebede;Veronica Webb

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    NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: Model Tyra Banks attend the 4th Important Dinner for Women hosted by HM Queen Rania Al Abdullah, Wendi Murdoch and Indra Nooyi at Cipriani 42nd Street on September 23, 2009 in New York, New York. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Tyra Banks

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    NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: Model Tyra Banks attend the 4th Important Dinner for Women hosted by HM Queen Rania Al Abdullah, Wendi Murdoch and Indra Nooyi at Cipriani 42nd Street on September 23, 2009 in New York, New York. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Tyra Banks

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    COYOTE UGLY Tyra Banks as Zoe, Izabella Miko as Cammie and Bridget Moynahan as Rachel

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    COYOTE UGLY Tyra Banks as Zoe, Maria Bello as Lil, Izabella Miko as Cammie, Bridget Moynahan as Rachel and Piper Perabo as Violet Sanford

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    Tyra Banks at the 2009 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit at Four Seasons Aviara on September 14, 2009 in Carlsbad, California. The 2009 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit Four Seasons Aviara Carlsbad, CA United States September 14, 2009 Photo by Amy Graves/WireImage.com To license this image (58362622), contact WireImage.com

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    Tyra Banks at the 2009 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit at Four Seasons Aviara on September 14, 2009 in Carlsbad, California. The 2009 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit Four Seasons Aviara Carlsbad, CA United States September 14, 2009 Photo by Amy Graves/WireImage.com To license this image (58362618), contact WireImage.com

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    Tyra Banks at the 2009 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit at Four Seasons Aviara on September 14, 2009 in Carlsbad, California. The 2009 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit Four Seasons Aviara Carlsbad, CA United States September 14, 2009 Photo by Amy Graves/WireImage.com To license this image (58362615), contact WireImage.com

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    Tyra Banks at the 2009 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit at Four Seasons Aviara on September 14, 2009 in Carlsbad, California. The 2009 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit Four Seasons Aviara Carlsbad, CA United States September 14, 2009 Photo by Amy Graves/WireImage.com To license this image (58362604), contact WireImage.com

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    ©BAUER-GRIFFIN.COM Madame Tussauds celebrates London Fashion Week with a new look for their wax figure of Kate Moss and Tyra Banks NON-EXCLUSIVE September 15, 2009 Job: 90915P6 London, England www.bauergriffin.com www.bauergriffinonline.com [066/A]

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1. Tyra Banks - $30 million

2. Katherine Heigl - $18 million

3. Marg Helgenberger - $9.5 million

4. Eva Longoria Parker - $9 million

5. Mariska Hargitay - $8.5 million

6. Julia Louis-Dreyfus - $8 million (tie)

6. Maura Tierney - $8 million (tie)

8. Tina Fey - $7 million

9. Marcia Cross - $6.2 million

10. Jennifer Love Hewitt - $6 million

Tyra Banks must have faced much race discrimination, some of the most subtle kinds, on her rise to the top of the fashion industry. But she did not let it stop her then, and she is not letting any barriers stop her now. In Bank's new career as a media maven, by becoming the top female earner in prime time TV, she is showing women of all ages and backgrounds that they can achieve their dreams.

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