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Tyra Banks says ANTM paved the way for Kylie, Kendall, Gigi
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Now that popular America's Next Top Model has concluded after 22 cycles, creator and host Tyra Banks can sit back and reflect on her body of work with pride.
And according to the 42-year-old fashion veteran, there is a lot to be proud of. Because not only does Tyra believe – and rightly so many might argue – that the competition show has left an indelible mark on the fashion industry as a whole, but she has also revealed that she thinks the careers of Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid may not have blossomed without it.
'I think [Top Model] has opened up the world to accepting reality television stars as models,' Tyra told Entertainment Weekly.
'If you think about Kendall and Kylie [Jenner] — people think Kylie’s not a model, but I think she’s a model — and Gigi [Hadid] and all of these girls from reality television, I think Top Model knocked the doors down for that to be okay in the high fashion world,' she added.
Former Victoria's Secret Angel Tyra seemed to be referring to the origins of the girls on their respective reality shows, Keeping Up With the Kardashians and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, where Gigi has appeared periodically alongside her mother Yolanda Foster, who still stars in the show.
It's likely that Gigi and Kendall will be inclined to disagree, however, as both young women have made repeated attempts to shrug off their images as reality stars.
For Gigi, that fact is a bit easier to establish given she was a child model long before her mother joined the reality TV world. In fact, the blonde beauty was discovered at just two years of age. She modeled for Baby Guess several times before signing with IMG Models in 2011.
The 20-year-old also told US Weekly last year that: 'I don't want to be a reality star. I want to focus on my own career'. She added: 'I was on a couple of episodes to try and support my mom, and obviously for it to make sense because I'm her daughter, but I really am working hard to make my modeling career my own and make a name for myself.'
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