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Tyra Banks creates TV show based on her life

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Press Trust of India New York

The 38-year-old has sold a script based on her years as a teen model to America's ABC and she is set to co-create and executive produce the show with her friend Kenya Barris Banks, who is a TV writer, reported New York Post online.

Tyra has titled the comedy 'Fivehead', a tongue-in-cheek reference to her large forehead.

The model recently said that she was bullied at school because she was so thin.

"When I was 11 years old, I grew three inches and lost 30 pounds in three months. So I went from being a mean bully, cute little chubby little girl to shooting up, weighing 98 pounds and just looking sick and frail," she said.

 

"I wasn't sick, but people thought there was something wrong with me. I was the brunt of every joke, every bad thing. I hated my reflection in the mirror. I would try to stuff food down my throat to gain weight," she added.

  

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First Published: Oct 13 2012 | 2:15 PM IST

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