The Daily Show: Ears Edition - ICYMI - Tyra Banks Looks Back at Sports Illustrated 22 Years Later

Episode Date: August 12, 2019

Media mogul Tyra Banks talks about returning to modeling with Sports Illustrated 22 years after her iconic swimsuit cover and social media's impact on the fashion industry. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart wherever you get your podcast. Please welcome, Supermodel, Entrepreneur, Media Mogal, and cover star of the 2019 Sports Illustrated SwimSuit Issue, Tyra Banks. Hi! Hi. Welcome. Hi. And thank you. Hi.

Thank you. Hi. Thank you. Thank you. And congratulations. Let's like just pick it off with that. Congratulations on not only being on the cover of Sports Illustrated SwimSuit Edition, but doing it 22 years later. Can you believe it? 22 years later. And Trevor, it's about 25 to 30 pounds heavier.

That's even more impressive. Yes. No, it really is. It really is. Because like, this is something that I think a lot of people might take for granted. You know, we've lived in a world where for so long the fashion industry has determined how many people see themselves, how they view themselves, how they self-esteem is shaped. And you come from a world where, I th. th. th. th. th. th. It th. It th. It th. It, I, I, I, I, th. It's, I, I, th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, it, it, it, it's th. It's thi, it's a thi, it's about, it's, it's, it's about, it's about, it's about, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it, it, it, th. th. th. th. the, the, the, the, their, their, their, th. th. th. their, th. th. th. th. thi, t. t. ttttttttttttttttttttte. te. te. ttte. te. ttt how they view themselves, how their self-esteem is shaped. And you come from a world where, I mean, you are on this cover at a time when black women weren't represented, at a time when women who had normal figures and bodies weren't represented, and now you're on the cover going like, no, this is my body, this is my body. Was that scary? It was in the beginning. Because I was in th. It was in th. It was in the th. It was in the th. It was in the th. It was, the th. It was, the th. It was, th. It's, the the the th. It's, th. It, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, thi. I'm, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, th. I. I, th. I, th. I. I, th. I. I. I, th. I, th. I. I. I. I, th. I. I, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the, their, the beginning because I've got more dimples in my booty. I've like I'm heavier. I have not modeled in a swimsuit heavier. I know how to like hide it up in the clothes but in a swimsuit I was like raw out there.

But after that first shot I was like I'm good. I wasn't like putting a towel on the booty I was just like just letting it go. You were just feeling it. You were just feeling. Yeah. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was like. I was just like. I was just like. I was just like. I was like. I was like, I was just like, I was just like, I was just like, I was just like, I was just like, I was just like, I was just like, I was just like, I was just like, I was just like, I was just like, I was just like, I was like, yeah. If... I won't lie, when someone showed me the cover and I was like, oh, that looks gorgeous. And then they were like, here's the one that she did before. And then I was like, oh, when is that from like 22 years ago? Sounds great. You, this is not like 22 years of change, though. Thank you.

What have you been doing? Well, in terms of my skin, it's like this regimen called being a black person. Yeah, because it has not cracked. It has not cracked at all. Yes. Yeah, but it really is beautiful to see. And you came out of retirement for this. I came out of retirement and Trevor, I was like, I'm gonna lose weight, I'm gonna look exactly like that old cover, coffee nutritionist, I was doing the two liters of water a day, went to go visit my mama and just opened up the cheetos. And then after that I was like, mama, I just feel like an ice cream party and me her and my son went to the store and we got eight pints of ice cream and we just like played it like piano. Do-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo. But when you look at that, when you look at what you did, and when you look at the cover and you look at the positive response you're getting,

do you think that this reflects a positive change in the modeling industry? Because you know you see people like Ashley Graham saying, no, I see positive. You see a cover like thrown. think it's been enough or what can what can we improve? By no means is it enough but what I love about social media is that it makes people loud and it forces the fashion industry that loves themselves and look in the mirror and they're like oh my god we're so amazing it makes them like look and go oh my god no we're not amazing these people are telling us what we have to and now people are answering with their wallets. Right so today tod tod tod tod tod tod th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. thi. the. the. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the. the. the. the. thei. thei. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the.ets. Right. So today, if you are not a diverse brand and moving toward that,

I predict that your brand will cease to exist. Yeah. It's interesting that you bring up social media because the photographer of this cover is a black woman. It's interesting that you bring up social media because the photographer of this cover is a black woman. First time ever that there cover is a black woman. Is a black woman? First time ever. First time ever that there has been a black photographer to shoot the cover, Sportilich Tred it the first time

for a woman to shoot the cover, the first time for a black woman to shoot the cover. That is wild. I found her on Instagram. Yes, her name is Loreta Houston. And I found her in Instagram. I said this magazine 22 years ago changed my life overnight. And now I want to pay it forward and I want to change your life. I want to shake it up. I want to be like, oh my gosh, it's so amazing what's happening right now.

I don't know what to do with myself. Hi, Loretta. Are you shook up, girl. You shook up? That's beautiful. It is beautiful to see the changes and the world that you created for yourself. Because a lot of people know you as tire banks the model. Some people may know your tire banks, the TV host. But really what you've learned to do is parlay that success into other fields in your world. For instance, you were lecturing at Stanford.

Yeah, for three years. I've been teaching at Stanford. teaching but just like normal average people like personal branding. Yeah, well average genius minds that are in the pharmaceutical world and in, you know, law and consulting and food. Explain to me what, like how that person needs to brand or why they would need to brand. So these are people that are in the business world and then they're going to graduate and there's going to be so much people that you think you're better than. However, that personal brand, your differentiator, what makes you unique, what is your origin story? How are you going to say and share that?

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I can feel it. You are somebody who does connect with that idea and I mean it It explains I guess why now for this next phase of your modeling career which you're stepping back into you You've got banks. Yeah, I renamed myself so that's that's every artist gets to that level in their career like ddee prints everyone so now? So now we're at that for you now so now when modeling we now when I'm modeling exactly exactly I'm b a n x x x okay and i came up with this when when when when when when when when when when when when when when when. th a th a th a th a th a th a the the the the th i. the the the th i. the the the th i their. th i th i th. th. th. th. their. th. their. their. We's. their. their. their. their. We're. We're. We're. We're. We're. We're. We're. We're. We're. We're. We're. We're. We're. We're. the the the their. the their. the their. their. We. the the the the the the the the the the their. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I'm. the. th. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. te. the. the.. And I came up with this when I was teaching my students. All right, why why change it? Because everyone's higher up, but now you're like, no, no, no, Banks. Banks. Because I want to go by my last name to me. It's different. It's Renew. I feel thicker, I feel wiser. cutters, we are exing that. It is all about accepting age, height, weight, skin color,

sexual orientation, and I'm busting open that door down. So Banks is not just me. That X is like the new Wakanda for modeling. X all of that. That's what Banks is, it's all of us. That's amazing, and Banks is where you're going to keep all the money you make from these great ideas. Thank you so much for being on the show. Wonderful, we're having you again. The 2019 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is on New Sands.

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