TOP MODEL RECAP

Today on The Tyra Show, Tyra Banks (sporting a new curly hairstyle) reflected back at the last nine cycles of America's Next Top Model. She had 11 of the models on, including: Shandi (Walgreen's geeky girl), Jael (punky free spirit from Cycle 8), Mercedes (biracial girl with Lupus from Cycle 2), Toccara (plus-sized girl from Cycle 3) Heather (cutting-edge, dark-haired girl with Asperger's Syndrome from Cycle 9), Anchal (Indian beauty from Cycle 7), and Michelle (bi-sexual girl who had the crazy skin break-out in Cycle 4).

Highlights from the show:

• Jael relivied the death of a close due to a drug overdose while filming Cycle 8. She squelched the rumors about her drug use, saying that she's a free spirit with positive energy. Unfortunately many people mistook this for being high on something. WHATEVER.

• Shandi, sporting a short spiky haircut, announced that she no longer works at Walgreens and now manages a hair salon in Manhattan and works as a DJ. She also showed off 12 new tattoos.

• Michelle, who came out on the show during Cycle 4, revealed that she married Survivor star, Johnny Fairplay and they had a baby one week ago. Johnny showed up with their tiny daughter, Piper, which Tyra held. Awwwww. Michelle also talked about her and Johnny's wild sex life, which includes various female bedmates. This seemed jery weird to discuss while Tyra cradled the baby a couple feet away.

• Anchal disclosed that she gained 20 lbs while filming Cycle 7 due to the immense pressure put upon her to lose weight (she was a whopping size 4!!). It was also revealed that oily bohunk, Fabio, had a huge crush on her when they did the "romance book cover" shoot.

A lot of the focus was on Tyra, natch, and all the pressure she was under, and all the hard work she did on the show, and all the crazy hair styles she sported, and all the things she was doing behind the scenes while they filmed, and blah blah blah. You get my point. Despite Tyra's ego, can I just say how excited I am for CYCLE TEN TONIGHT?!