Young Tyra Banks gorged on fatty food to gain weight

[MaryJane]

Tyra Banks gorged on fatty food and high-calorie drinks when she was younger because she was desperate to gain weight.

The Victoria's Secrets model - who was reported to have gained weight after unflattering photographs of her in a bikini were published - says she was so thin as a child she tried everything to pile on the pounds.

She said: "I was too thin. People would look at me like I was ill, because I was stick thin and alienesque. It was just my natural weight but I was unhappy, trying to gain weight. I would come home from school and my brother would make me peanut butter and chocolate shakes. We didn't know about protein, we were just trying to put as much fat in me as possible."

Tyra, who now hosts her own talk show, also says she had no idea why people thought she was good looking while she was growing up.

She added: "When a girl came up to me on my first day of high school and said I should be a model I found it a little odd because I'd never thought of myself as beautiful.

"I've never thought men thought I was beautiful because when you're thin and look like an alien and someone's saying you should be a model, that's not men saying you're attractive, that's just doing high-fashion modelling!"

Tyra Banks' fat food

[LaLaurita]

Well, it's finally starting to work.

[Palermo]

Not to change the subject but I had a next door neighbor that used to drink supplements (like Ensure but it was called something else then) back in the 70s cause he was so thin; he still couldn't keep on the weight. Then he switched to beer and today he weighs over 500 lbs.

[VenusInFauxFurs]

Well those peanut butter and chocolate shakes have caught up with her now.

[SVZ]

Originally Posted by Palermo

Not to change the subject but I had a next door neighbor that used to drink supplements (like Ensure but it was called something else then) back in the 70s cause he was so thin; he still couldn't keep on the weight. Then he switched to beer and today he weighs over 500 lbs.

my dear god

[SunShine23]

female first just rehashes old news. she said this like a million years ago

[Chilly Willy]

Originally Posted by LaLaurita

Well, it's finally starting to work.

Originally Posted by Palermo

Not to change the subject but I had a next door neighbor that used to drink supplements (like Ensure but it was called something else then) back in the 70s cause he was so thin; he still couldn't keep on the weight. Then he switched to beer and today he weighs over 500 lbs.

Good lord that's a lot of beer.

[DitaPage*]

Tyra Banks gorged on fatty food and high-calorie drinks when she was younger because she was desperate to gain weight.

Regret it now, bitch?

(sorry, couldn't help myself)

[Palermo]

I'm sure he must have been eating to go along with that beer. He's a year younger than me, needs a hip replacement, but they can't do it cause he's too heavy.

^ oh, yeah, I figured so as well. After all, what goes better with beer than pizza and nachos and cake and butter?

[Palermo]

now I'm hungry

[blissfullyunaware]

Lucky Her!

Yes, I am being sarcastic. I really do not give a rats ass, that she had to eat fatty foods to put on weight. It annoys me, when people who are skinny always say that....whatever trevor.

[SunShine23]

but she did this when she was 16. its gonna catch up to her 20 yrs later.