When you're referred to by only one name; and when you can turn an unusual look into a trend-setting item.
Both Gisele Bundchen and Tyra Banks fulfill these requirements, as they each attended French Vogue’s 90th Anniversary Party in Paris last night in unique face-wear. Will these masks soon become a must-have accessory for women around the world? It wouldn't shock us...
Who looks prettier in her mask?
In one corner, we have Tyra Banks, a recently-retired talk show host that made every episode of her gabfest about herself.
Opposing Tyra, there's Kim Kardashian, who will pimp out her nephew and guzzle down QuickTrim if it means she can be featured on magazine covers.
Fortunately, we're not asking readers which of these annoying celebrities sucks more - because that would be difficult to answer. Instead, we're posing a fashion-based question below, based on the dresses they are donning here:
Who looks sexier in this dress?
Last summer Lauren Conrad walked away from The Hills.
But the drama continues in Sweet Little Lies, the best-selling author's follow-up to the critically and commercially acclaimed (well, at least the latter) L.A. Candy.
While visiting The Tyra Show, the reality star opened a page in her second young-adult novel and began to read. It was a watershed moment in literary history.
"'Jessie, give me your keys. You can't drive right now. You're too drunk,' she said firmly," Lauren Conrad read. Banks then took a terrified turn at reading herself.
Lauren Conrad with the second novel in her series.
LC's book just reached the top of the New York Times Best-Seller List again in the Children's Chapter Books category after being on shelves less than a month.
Not a bad post-Hills career. As for her former reality rival, well, we've seen Heidi Montag nude in Playboy and getting plastic surgery a lot. To each her own.
To find out what Conrad has to say about her new book and to hear her read from it, follow the jump to hear the beautiful 24-year-old read an excerpt ...
(Also, you really suck.)
Just like Winfrey did last month, Banks has announced the upcoming end of her talk show. She told People magazine today:
“This will be the last season of The Tyra Show. I’ve been loving having fun, coming into your living rooms, bedrooms, hair salons for the past five years.”
The self-serving gabfest - which Banks used as a vehicle to make a name for herself and draw attention to supposedly controversial issues such as vagina care - will come to an end in the fall of 2010.
After leaving the air, Banks will focus on the launch of Bankable Studios, a New York-based movie production company. According to an insider, Banks wants to bring “positive images of women to the big screen.
In an open letter, Tyra wrote on her website:
“There’s a lot cooking right now and a lot of fire burning in my heart. And I salute you my amazing family of viewers; without you there never would have been a Tyra Show. I really love you all.”
Will you miss Banks as a talk show host?
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