TYRA STILL MILKING 'TOP MODEL' TRANSGENDER CONTESTANT HYPE • "Tyra Banks surprises Isis King, the first transgender contestant on America's Next Top Model, with sex reassignment surgery in an episode of her talk show to air Tuesday. 'This is not happening!' King, who was born Darrell Walls, says when Banks introduces her to Dr. Marci Bowers, a leading gender reassignment surgeon who has experienced the surgery herself. Bowers is paying for the surgery. … The 22-year-old hadn't gone under the knife yet because she couldn't afford the $20,000 to $35,000 price tag."

Every week, a bunch of “real” people say really stupid things on reality TV. These are their stories.

10. "I'm just Brian. I'm not, like, King George." — Brian, The Pick Up Artist

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• The world's ugliest dog has passed on to the great kennel in the sky. [DListed]

• Tim Robbins had polling problems on election day, but they were all his own damn fault. [Yeeeah]

• Janet Jackson is way too busy canceling her tour to have children. [INO]

• Brooke Hogan: Still classy. [HT]

• Who in the hell invited Tyra Banks to the Glamour Women of the Year ceremony? [PS]

• Christina Aguilera has some really unfortunate-looking bangs. [ICYDK]

• A classy update on the girl who wants to auction off her virginity, as only Tyra Banks can do. [DListed]

• Heidi Klum cutes it up in a new Guitar Hero commercial. [HT]

• Kate Winslet is upset over accusations that she was Photoshopped on the cover of Vanity Fair. We're guessing Mariah Carey has something to say on the topic. [INO]

• Starlets stripping down to fight global poverty. [Yeeeah]

• We could have gone our whole lives without hearing about Seth Rogen's shaving habits. [ICYDK]

• Oops, Victoria Beckham forgot her pants! [PS]

Janet Jackson obviously didn't learn her lesson the first time she went on the Tyra Banks Show, because she's back for more — and this time she invited the top model/fat suit extraordinaire out on tour with her. The "good" (and we use that term loosely) stuff starts around the 2:15 mark, where Tyra decides to get in bed with Janet and fulfill the fantasies of men across America. Um, who are these men who fantasize about Tyra and how can we get them committed? Even Janet is uncomfortable, proclaiming that Tyra is "a mess." You're being too nice, J.

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America's Next Top Model's Miss J (Alexander) and Mister Jay (Manuel) are getting their own show, far, far away from that crazy monster known as Tyra Banks. The problem? The new show's premise has already been done before. Many, many times.

Here's the description of the new Operation Fabulous:

'Jay and J' (as Manuel and Alexander are called on Top Model) will travel the country giving women makeovers. In various towns, the duo will select five participants and give them Top Model-style overhauls — how to dress, wear their hair and makeup and bring out their confidence with the support of family, friends and their community.

Oh man, that show is awesome! Remember when it was called Tim Gunn's Guide to Style? Or How to Look Good Naked? Or What Not to Wear? Or Queer Eye For the Straight Guy?

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Every week, a bunch of “real” people say really stupid things on reality TV. These are their stories.

10. "Wanna know why I have on a hood today? Why I'm so theatrical? Because your photo shoot was theatrical — at the awards ceremony for the Fiercees. So for this judging I decided to be Little Black Riding Hood." — Tyra, America's Next Top Model

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Miley Cyrus shut down Disneyland Sunday in celebration of her 16th birthday … which is on Nov. 23. Why she wanted to celebrate seven weeks early is beyond us, but the teenager has more money than any of us will see in our lifetimes, so who are we to argue with her logic? The party featured a performance by father Billy Ray Cyrus and four songs from Miley. This sounds awful.

Guests in attendance included Miley's 20-year-old boyfriend Justin Gaston, David Archuleta, Steve Carell, Jennie Garth, Cindy Crawford and Jennifer Love Hewitt. We just lost a bunch of respect for JLH, because the other celebs have children — what was her excuse? Tyra Banks was also reportedly at the shindig but wasn't photographed. Um, what? Is Ty Ty OK? We don't believe this for a second. Why would she show up to a 16-year-old's birthday party if there wasn't a photo op in it for her?

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Tyra Banks wouldn't be Tyra if she didn't have former ANTM contestant Bianca Golden on her show to talk about that crazy, highly publicized brawl between her family and the family of Nikki Blonsky, who starred in the latest Hairspray movie, at the Turks & Caicos airport.

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Every week, a bunch of “real” people say really stupid things on reality TV. These are their stories.

10. "Why are the camels yelling at me?" — Bjorn, Exiled

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We've never made it through an episode of America's Next Top Model without being utterly appalled and flabbergasted, but last night's show took the cake. You see, Tyra thought it would be cute to throw the contestants a princess pizza party so she could have yet another opportunity to talk about herself. This led to Miss J creeping around the corner in a witch costume with "poisonous" apples and … well, we don't want to spoil it.

Click through for the scene, which starts at 2:00, and then skip ahead to 6:20 to meet the Good Fierce Witch. And yes it's as absurd as it sounds.

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A couple of months ago it was Gisele Bundchen, now V Magazine enlisted the always lovely Tyra Banks to appear on the cover of the latest issue. It never ceases to amaze us that a woman who took off her pants on national television is still taken seriously.

Click through for the rest of the pictures from her shoot, which features some serious smiling with the eyes.

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Svetlana Pankratova, the woman with the longest legs on earth (4.33 feet), and He Pingping, the world's shortest man (coming in at 2-foot-5), smiled with their eyes today in London for a Guinness Book of Records photoshoot. We heard that Tyra Banks was supposed to help coach the two through the shoot but was asked to leave after she refused to stop talking about that one time when she went undercover as a little person.

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The Us Weekly staffers apparently got really drunk and threw together a humorous list of the 25 Most Stylish New Yorkers. Topping the list: Tyra Banks. In a city that plays home to millions of people, Tyra Effing Banks is the most stylish? Also making the list are resident View idiot Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Danity Kane he-she Aubrey O'Day. We have no words.

For a look into Tyra's enviable "style," click through.

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A handful of people are talking about America's Next Top Model again thanks to the addition of the show's first ever transgender contestant, Isis. She was reportedly discovered on the set of last season's "homeless youth" photoshoot, but claims to be a receptionist — which confuses us a bit. Weren't the extras in the shoot supposed to be homeless girls picked off the streets? What happened?

Anyway, here's a video of her talking about rainbows and puppies. We're off to investigate ANTM's phony claims.

Behold the glorious batch of contestants from the upcoming season of America's Next Top Model, which includes the highly-publicized transgender woman, Isis. After the jump: Check out the mug shots and place your bets on the winner. We included Tyra's photo because there's always the possibility that she will simply give up and crown herself the top model.

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Better late than never. Tyra Banks invited an army of black models old and young — from Pat Cleveland and Beverly Johnson to Chanel Iman and Selita Ebanks — to her show to celebrate Vogue Italia’s all-black issue. It goes without saying that Naomi Campbell wasn’t in attendance, right?

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