The following are my personal opinions, which shall be bluntly presented as facts.
Beyond the usual "she's a big time celebrity argument"....
It's because Tyra is insecure, for a number of reasons.
She is not simply insecure about her natural hair, but her relaxed hair too... simply her hair on her head in either state, as afro or modified afro (as in black hair that has been relaxxed... still won't be 2a and dry silky smooth!).
Beyond that, to wear her NATURAL hair would require a transition and/or BC.
She is relaxed. Her relaxed hair is thin, always colored regularly and especially when she DOES rarely wear it out (and it is colored to match her weaves... red or red + blonde - telling, right?)
The longest I have ever seen her relaxed hair is SL, but not full SL. The shortest is full NL.
The cornrows on the show were a lacefront. Her cornrows with her relaxed hair don't look nearly as healthy and full... it is easy to tell they are not comprised of thick, thriving hair.
She does not wear her natural hair because she would have to first except that her hair will never be what it is not, that it will never grow from her scalp like a palm tree, that if she relaxes her hair it still would not, and so on. I don't see her going natural when she cannot even accept her RELAXED hair for its blackness.
She does not wear her "natural" extension-less hair because of a lack of length, health, and shame over it.
How do you know if she's insecure? How do you know that her hair won't grow? Isn't that myth something that we're trying to dispel?
I dont think her cornrows is a lacedfont. On one of her shows, she had her hair braided and it looked just as healthy as it did on this show. The girl is smart. She knows what she's doing. And whether she wears her weave or not, she's just as black as all of us African Americans.
While I don't like to judge I do think Tyra has issues with her hair. Why?
- She lies that her Lacefront is a weave all the time(Still don't get that)
- She can only show her natural hair in cornrows, I'm sure that she sometimes adds extensions
I do hope that she learns to embrace her own hair. She is gorgeous and has confidence to pull any hairstyle off.
Maybe she just don't like Afro puffs or the other Afrocentric hairstyles.
Maybe she likes weave but when she wears her natural hair, she wears braids because that may be the only afrocentric style that she likes.
While I don't like to judge I do think Tyra has issues with her hair. Why?
- She lies that her Lacefront is a weave all the time(Still don't get that)
- She can only show her natural hair in cornrows, I'm sure that she sometimes adds extensions
I do hope that she learns to embrace her own hair. She is gorgeous and has confidence to pull any hairstyle off.
Girl, you read my mind! your post is so on point. I think what it all boils down to is this. People don't like tyra banks for whatever reason, so everything she says and does is wrong. People are grasping at straws and are not even presenting factual information.Zara - this post is not directed at you, but I quoted you just so I could respond to the wig/weave comment.
She has said many times that she wears a wig. I remember her talking one day about it coming off when she stayed over somebody's house one night and how she tied her scarf to prevent that from happening. She said in the show yesterday that she wears wig. She also wears weave and talked about that. I think it's funny that everybody scrutinizing her show doesn't even watch it or maybe has caught it once or twice. How can you speak so much about something you really haven't even studied enough to form an opinion about. Just loud and wrong.
Also why does everybody think that just because you're natural (especially those people who are not natural) you have to wear your hair out or in a fro. Everybody doesn't like fros and it takes a lot of preparation and manipulation to get your hair to stand up in a fro. Who has time to do that everyday? And more importantly who wants to deal with the tangles it produces at the end of the day everyday? That's part of the reason why children who are natural keep their hair braided and plaited. To keep it from tangling and shrinking back on itself because nobodies mama wants to wet and detangle from root to tip everyday. Why are people acting like they don't know this? When you wear a child and natural did you wear your hair out in a fro everyday? So why does a grown woman who is natural have to?
The following are my personal opinions, which shall be bluntly presented as facts.
Beyond the usual "she's a big time celebrity argument"....
It's because Tyra is insecure, for a number of reasons.
She is not simply insecure about her natural hair, but her relaxed hair too... simply her hair on her head in either state, as afro or modified afro (as in black hair that has been relaxxed... still won't be 2a and dry silky smooth!).
Beyond that, to wear her NATURAL hair would require a transition and/or BC.
She is relaxed. Her relaxed hair is thin, always colored regularly and especially when she DOES rarely wear it out (and it is colored to match her weaves... red or red + blonde - telling, right?)
The longest I have ever seen her relaxed hair is SL, but not full SL. The shortest is full NL.
The cornrows on the show were a lacefront. Her cornrows with her relaxed hair don't look nearly as healthy and full... it is easy to tell they are not comprised of thick, thriving hair.
She does not wear her natural hair because she would have to first except that her hair will never be what it is not, that it will never grow from her scalp like a palm tree, that if she relaxes her hair it still would not, and so on. I don't see her going natural when she cannot even accept her RELAXED hair for its blackness.
She does not wear her "natural" extension-less hair because of a lack of length, health, and shame over it.
I'm so glad you said this, yesterday's show was infuriating I could barely watch..I was just screaming to the television screen "tyra you are wearing a wig right now!!!
Not if your agency doesn't think that's the right "look" for you. Models don't get to pick how they look if they are under a contract. They can't make any changes without the agency's approval either. It's all about a look. Especially if they already have somebody who is doing the same thing with their agency. They don't want to have models with similar looks. I remember an agency telling one of the top model girls that on screen. That they already had a girl with a look similar to hers (brown skinned with a twa) so they probably wouldn't be interested in signing her at the time.
Zara - this post is not directed at you, but I quoted you just so I could respond to the wig/weave comment.
She has said many times that she wears a wig. I remember her talking one day about it coming off when she stayed over somebody's house one night and how she tied her scarf to prevent that from happening. She said in the show yesterday that she wears wig. She also wears weave and talked about that. I think it's funny that everybody scrutinizing her show doesn't even watch it or maybe has caught it once or twice. How can you speak so much about something you really haven't even studied enough to form an opinion about. Just loud and wrong.
Also why does everybody think that just because you're natural (especially those people who are not natural) you have to wear your hair out or in a fro. Everybody doesn't like fros and it takes a lot of preparation and manipulation to get your hair to stand up in a fro. Who has time to do that everyday? And more importantly who wants to deal with the tangles it produces at the end of the day everyday? That's part of the reason why children who are natural keep their hair braided and plaited. To keep it from tangling and shrinking back on itself because nobodies mama wants to wet and detangle from root to tip everyday. Why are people acting like they don't know this? When you wear a child and natural did you wear your hair out in a fro everyday? So why does a grown woman who is natural have to?
First i want to say Tyra is not natural she is relaxed, i've have seen her w/o the wig on TV and her hair is bone straight and thin. But since when was it that if your natural when you wear your (natural)hair out, it will have to be in a fro??? There are many different styles she could have worn. Tyra has a stylist, you are telling me they couldnt come up with anything besides some damn cornrows or an afo?
And you ppl act like we are asking for her to wear her hair out EVERY single day..Who is asking her to wear her hair out everyday? But would it kill her to do so just once? I dont think so I have been watching Tyras show since it started and the only thing i remember seeing is wig, wig, fake bun, pony tail, & cornrows. She makes all these shows about loving your self and your "blackness" but all she wears are these blonde wigs with this fake asz baby hair. And then i seen some ppl saying its damaging to wear your hair out, you ppl act like shes going to war
I think the simple answer to why she doesnt wear her "natural" hair out is because she doesnt like it..i dont even think she likes natural hair.
But Tyra is not a model anymore. She retired. Even if she is wearing wigs as a protective style, it doesn't answer why we never see her wearing her natural hair when she's out and about. If you're going to make a show about people accepting their natural hair then at least wear your own hair out once in a while. It doesn't have to be everyday or even every week, but I'm sure she could wear it out once every couple of months while she's out doing some shopping or something.
Girl, you read my mind! your post is so on point. I think what it all boils down to is this. People don't like tyra banks for whatever reason, so everything she says and does is wrong. People are grasping at straws and are not even presenting factual information.
I have 4a hair and people bug me all the time asking why I don't wear my hair out in a fro . if they have the time to detangle, co wash, put products, let dry and do it all again every morning, be my guest, but I know I would not retain much length that way, and trust me I would DEFINITELY be having some bad hair days. Also, my hair is very curly so to make it in a fro wouldn't really "work", cuz my hair kinda hangs downish. Sometimes, I wear weaves or canerow my hair if i know it's I dunno, I think people are just putting all these UNREALISTIC expectation and rules on Tyra as misguided form of hatred for her. I don't understand the contempt. Yes, she can be extra and what not, but she is doing big things and discussing things in the mainstream that are ALWAYS ignored.
People have been raising concerns that white people will now judge them based on what Tyra says. I think it is a good thing to open up the eyes of white people to what we go through with our hair, our skin and our lives. Maybe it will create a dialogue, maybe it will make some more open minded. Some will be ignorant, while others may actually learn something. I just think people dislike Tyra so much, they are not at all being objective.
good question...you ever seen Beyonce rocking her real do! Nope! For the same reasons Tyra isn't rocking hers....public perception...although on the other hand...maybe she is protecting her real hair from being fried from all the flat-ironing and what not they have to do before going on the show....hmmmm!!!!
Well Um Tyra has wore her natural hair out on her show. She did it for 'Backwards' Day for one of her episodes..instead of wearing a weave she wore her natural hair...wore her dress backwards. She even talks about folks thinking she is bald headed. Episode here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctc-ZE8uvFM&feature=channel_page
Beyonce has rocked her real hair as well..
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I saw that episode too and she had a hairline! Yes. No thin edges. Shoot there's people here on the board with thin edges. Why is it so far fetched to believe Tyra might have edges? The hair was up in a bun/ponytail thing though. She never wears it loose/down.
These damn pictures again. These pictures are deceiving because of the angles. That second one when shown from another angle shows that it's a bigger messy bun on top her head. She wasn't out with a snatch back. And the first one - there was another shot that showed that the hair was pulled up in the back.
First i want to say Tyra is not natural she is relaxed, i've have seen her w/o the wig on TV and her hair is bone straight and thin. But since when was it that if your natural when you wear your (natural)hair out, it will have to be in a fro??? There are many different styles she could have worn. Tyra has a stylist, you are telling me they couldnt come up with anything besides some damn cornrows or an afo?
And you ppl act like we are asking for her to wear her hair out EVERY single day..Who is asking her to wear her hair out everyday? But would it kill her to do so just once? I dont think so I have been watching Tyras show since it started and the only thing i remember seeing is wig, wig, fake bun, pony tail, & cornrows. She makes all these shows about loving your self and your "blackness" but all she wears are these blonde wigs with this fake asz baby hair. And then i seen some ppl saying its damaging to wear your hair out, you ppl act like shes going to war
I think the simple answer to why she doesnt wear her "natural" hair out is because she doesnt like it..i dont even think she likes natural hair.
@ the bolded. Afro puff and "natural" hair doesn't make you more "black". And thank you for calling it what it is...... jealousy.You say that Tyra is relaxed? Could be. Well, I'm relaxed and I wear cornrows. Relaxed hair doesn't make her any less black, or less able to represent black hair.
If she were natural, would she really be required to wear styles other than cornrows? If I were natural, I would probably ONLY wear cornrows, because I don't like the way the other styles for short, natural hair looks.
Everyone, even Tyra, has a right to make choices for their own hair. And we should respect her right to wear her hair as she pleases.
I don't know why all of the Tyra hatred is going on. I think it's more jealousy than anything.
THANK YOU. People can't stand the fact that Beyonce, seems to "have it all", so they HAVE to find something wrong, hence the obsession with proving she's bald headedThese damn pictures again. These pictures are deceiving because of the angles. That second one when shown from another angle shows that it's a bigger messy bun on top her head. She wasn't out with a snatch back. And the first one - there was another shot that showed that the hair was pulled up in the back.