
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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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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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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By: karen on 10/17/2009 3:39AM
I AM SO SICK OF BLACK RACISM....I AM WHITE AND COME FROM THE POOR DISTRICT. THERE ARE NO LIVING WHITES WHO OWNED SLAVES AND I AM SO SICK OF BLACK PEOPLE USING THE RACE CARD TO GET AHEAD AND COMPLAIN.
IF ANYTHING, I PROBABLY WORKED FOR MORE BLACKS THAN YOU HAVE WHITES SO SHUT THE HELL UP PEOPLE.
STOP TAKING YOUR ANGER OUT ON WHITE PEOPLE....
SURE THERE ARE RACIST IN WHITES BUT THERE IS MORE
TALK AND RACISM IN BLACKS NOW THAN ANYONE ELSE.
YOU HAVE ALL BLACK COLLEGES....WHAT IF WHITES HAD ALL WHITE COLLEGES.....THEN NAACP JUMPS IN AND PLAYS THAT OLD RACE CARD....WHITE SURE AS HELL COULDN'T GET AWAY WITH IT.
TAKE FOR EXAMPLE BASKETBALL/FOOTBALL, YEA, BLACK
PEOPLE ARE BETTER ATHELETE BUT IF THIS WAS SUCH A WHITE RACIST SOCIETY, WE WOULD BE COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT.
WHEN ARE BLACKS GOING TO QUIT WHINING ABOUT SOMETHING THEY AREN'T GETTING BECAUSE OF WHITES.....THEY GET A HELL OF A LOT MORE PRIVILEGES THAN OTHER RACES......SHUT THE HELL UP.
I AM SICK OF YOUR BLACK RACISM.
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By: sah on 10/17/2009 4:36AM
Black Expo, Black History Month, Miss Black America, etc. etc. etc. Ever heard of WHITE Expo, WHITE History Month, Miss WHITE America? And the blacks SAY they want integration? Don't make me laugh....they are all FOR segregation with benefits.
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By: Katina Jackson on 10/18/2009 2:05PM
White people can go to black schools it's not against the law. If we Black people don't have our own history month we wont learn about black history. It's call it (His Story) because it's not our story. We had to create our own things or we would get left out. Yes some Black people are angry because there is always someone saying we aren't good enough. A Black man is the leader of the "Free World" Yet he is not good enough. White people have said out loud and in public kill him he should die. Let someone say that about a white president. I have heard of the government removing people from thier homes for speaking against a white president. People are just tired of getting picked on. So just give us cheese with our whine or just stay out of what you don't understand. Thanks for your time and have a Blessed Day Smooches.
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By: Mike on 10/17/2009 4:54AM
...Uh, where's Oprah?
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By: D on 10/17/2009 2:08PM
By: Danielle on 10/17/2009 4:00AM We will go back to Africa as soon as you go back to HELL///////////////Have you ever been to Africa? By your statement I'd say you havn't. I have and talked to many real Africans! Trust me when I tell you they wouldn't allow you to go back to Africa even if you wanted to! To be frank and honest with you, the ones I talked to face to face, when asked
by me "How do you feel about African Americans?" Their eyes narrowed and they became clearly aggitated and angry with me and they replied to me very harshly "They are not Africans! We would Kill them if they come here." Go for a visit and see for yourself.
I do agree with those Africans I spoke to. If you weren't born in Africa and you were born here, America; then you are a American of African descent, not an African American. You been BS'd and lied to for so long you don't even know what you are anymore!
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By: michelle franklin on 10/18/2009 9:55AM
you got a lot to learn !!!! go to the library and read on black history ...the true black history!!!
we built this country
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By: Diva on 10/18/2009 5:00PM
Right on to da damn right on Sistah Michelle Franklin read " dodah001 "azz.... left me with nothing else to say 'cept kudos my Sistah Franklin
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By: kj on 10/19/2009 9:06PM
I think she is just okay but, now that the weave is under control much better. I don't see where she makes all that. I look at her show the few days I am off from work and that is only time. Also, this trailer trash on here is mad like most uneducated whites jealous cause a black man is at the highest level of power and leadership....aw honey we only have 4 more years lol...oh my you better hope he doesn't get reelected cause he is cleaning up what your dumb bush did to the country and like most whites you think "this is your country"...when in fact it is the native americans and us blacks before any of you. We were the ones taking care of your white households from cooking to cleaning oh and taking care of your great-great grand pappy cause your great-great grand mama couldnt' do it.
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By: DueGee on 10/19/2009 3:15AM
TO:D on 10/17/2009 2:08PM
D You asked the question if Danielle on 10/17/2009 4:00AM You asked: Have you ever been to Africa? By your statement I'd say you havn't. I have and talked to many real Africans! Trust me when I tell you they wouldn't allow you to go back to Africa.
Danielle did not sat that she desired to go back to africa. And from that which was stated to the racist caucasoid she gave ni indication of doing so whith the words," We will go back to Africa when you go back to hell,"
Only an ignorant racist Caucasoid woludn't be able to get the point.
She has no intentions on goiong abck to Africa neither dus the Racist Caucasoid have ant plans on going to hell to get her to bacj=k to Africa.
Now since you want to offer enlightenment on who t the Africans in Africa want in their country.
Tell us please who the inhabitants in hell want on their turf....do you see how out of line your post was?
Furthermore various tribes in Africa are fighting against each other so they don't won't each other ion the country so bi ooptee - do, if some African told you they didn't want African Americans in Africa.
Now as for whethr you say Africsn - American or American - African it is a matter of each individual it isn't going to change the racist tactics being deployed against the Black race.
You say that thes Africans told you that they are not Africans ( speaking of African Americans)and we wouild kill them here.
Pray tell what race are you???? Obviously you are not African American or American African ( which ever you prefer) if you were the latter ( African American they would have said they were going to kill you too. Remeber you asked: "How do you feel about African Americans?" Their eyes narrowed and they became clearly aggitated and angry with me and they replied to me very harshly "They are not Africans! We would Kill them if they come here." )
You said nothing about any threats made toward yourself therefore you apparently are a racist Caucasoid trying to come of as a black man offering this ill advice about the mother land and you are deceitful as your kind has proven to be in the past.
In fact just for the record no one in this country can tell anyone to get out we all are intruders the Native Americans were first. The African Americans were here prior to the Majority of the Caucasoids who immigrated here after slavery. so thes racist Caucasoid immigrants need to get their historical facts together.
Now as for youthe one with so much advice about Africa, you go to hell and I want you to advice me in regards to whom those in hell want in their domain.
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By: ozrk on 10/19/2009 7:03PM
I remember her first show she had this look of determination,fear and hunger for success in her eyes-its was like she was saying, "I am going to be somebody" it was like fire in her attitude. I could tell by her shows that she used a lot of creativity and loooong hard thinking in deciding what to show,Oprah had a very huge advantage over Tyra cause in Oprah's day no one was protesting the trashy conversations on tv and those are the type that unfortunately get the best ratings and thereby made Oprah hugly popular.Tyra took the little that was left for her and turned it all into a very huge success,thats the nature of the survivalist attitude of our black people.When you see Tyra, you see us
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