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When I was a young girl, I lost a lot of weight over one summer - involuntarily - and was just really depressed and sad. There was nothing I could do to gain weight. I would look in the mirror and call myself disgusting every day.

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Tyra Banks
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: December 4
Actor
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Inglewood
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Tyra Lynne Banks
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