Washington, Jan 18 : Tyra Banks has got a new boyfriend whom she met on a "spiritual break", to get over her break-up from long-term boyfriend John Utendahl.

The `America's Next Top Model' host is apparently smitten with the mystery man after meeting him in Bali where she went after the break up.

"It's a total long-distance romance. But it's a big deal," Contactmusic quoted a source as telling People magazine.

New York, Jan 18 - Talk show host Tyra Banks is said to be dating a man from Bali.

"It's a total long-distance romance. But it's a big deal," people. com quoted a source as saying.

Banks had parted ways with longtime boyfriend John Utendahl last year and had gone to China shortly before the holidays to tape the latest season of "America's Next Top Model".

London, Dec 13 - Supermodel and TV host Tyra Banks has ended her four-year relationship with banker John Utendahl.

The 38-year-old, who was dating Utendahl since 2007, is on a "spiritual trip" in Bali to get over her break-up.

"Tyra (Banks) has gone away with a female friend and has been island-hopping, visiting Bali and taking a spiritual retreat," femalefirst. co. uk quoted Banks as saying.

New York, Dec 12 : Tyra Banks has reportedly gone `on a spiritual trip' to Bali after breaking up with her boyfriend.

Brooklyn businessman John Utendahl and the diva from `America's Next Top Model' had been together for three years.

"Tyra has gone away with a female friend and has been island-hopping, visiting Bali and taking a spiritual retreat," the New York Post quoted a source as saying.

London, Oct 11 : Tyra Banks' debut fiction book, Modelland, has reached number two on the New York Times bestsellers list and number one on the Barnes & Noble charts.

The achievement certainly marks the advent of a journey from being a super model to a super author for Banks.

London, April 9 : Former supermodel and actress Tyra Banks has hinted that she is trying for a baby and is desperate to become a mother.

The 37-year-old, who is reportedly dating businessman John Utendahl, says she wants children in the near future, reports femalefirst. co. uk.

"I definitely want babies," she said.

When asked if she was trying to get pregnant, she said: "Yeah, maybe."

New York, Mar 15 : Supermodel-turned-TV host Tyra Banks has revealed that she has been attending the prestigious Harvard Business School since 2010.

"In order for my company to grow and be the best, and to reach these women, and to serve them, I needed the best. So I went to the best," the New York Daily News quoted the 37-year-old as telling CBS News.

London, Nov 12 - Talk show host Tyra Banks and a number of top models will be donating their dresses to charity in order to raise money for electricity in Rwanda and Haiti.

Los Angeles, Oct 29 : Model-turned-host Tyra Banks has been granted a permanent restraining order against a fan who has beeen stalking her since 2006.

The "America's Next Top Model" host asked a judge to grant her request for a protection order against Marten Williams, Jr., who she claims is a "mentally unstable celebrity stalker" and has harassed her and members of her family for four years, reports imdb. com.

New York, May 18 : Tyra Banks might be a hit among her viewers, but the same might not hold true for her future neighbours at Riverhouse in Battery Park City.

The model-cum-TV host bought four apartments there for 10 million dollars last year.

And Banks has undertaken extensive renovations as she combines them into a single home.

This has driven other building residents mad, so much that they called police to complain about the noise, reports the New York Post.

New York, May 12 : Supermodel/talk show host Tyra Banks has announced that she will be publishing her first novel.

A press release from Random House, the publishers of the novel, which will be titled “Modelland”, stated that it is one of a three-book deal, and is expected to be published in summer 2011.

New York, Mar 1 : Jon Paul Buchmeyer, who worked as a publicist for Tyra Banks during her `Inside Out' book tour, has revealed some secrets about the former model in his new memoir.

In `Alphabet City', Buchmeyer wrote: "Chips with the fat substitute Olestra cause Tyra to have intestinal distress," reports the New York Post.

London, Jan 15 - Hollywood celebrities like Jessica Alba, Tyra Banks and star couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are doing their bit to help victims of the Haiti earthquake, which left thousands of people dead and many homeless.

The poverty-stricken Caribbean island was hit hard by a massive tremor measuring seven on the Richter Scale Tuesday that struck just south of capital city Port-au-Prince.

While rapper Wyclef Jean urged the public to donate money to help the rescue efforts in the country, others have come forward to support the campaign.

New York, Dec 30 : Just a few days after it was announced that ‘The Tyra Banks Show’ would be ending, the employees have begun to reveal what it was really like to work with the diva.

The employees have dished about how it was ‘pretty difficult’ to work with the supermodel.

"There had been high turnover of employees for years," the New York Daily News quoted a past crewmember as saying.

New York, Dec 29 : Supermodel Tyra Banks has made up her mind to wrap up her talk show.

“This will be the last season of ‘The Tyra Show,’…. I’ve been loving having fun, coming into your living rooms, bedrooms, hair salons for the past 5 years,” the New York Post quoted her as telling People mag.

The 36-year-old beauty will call it quits on the Daytime Emmy award-winning talk show in spring 2010, after its fifth and final season.

Wellington, Dec 21 : Supermodel Tyra Banks got to learn Kiwi’s traditional Maori greeting during her recent visit to New Zealand.

Known as hongi, it is done by pressing one''s nose to another person’s nose at an encounter.

Wellington, Dec 16 : Reality television host Tyra Banks is said to have broken down in tears in front of a star-studded crowd during the launch of a new beauty campaign at an Auckland waterfront restaurant.

Banks, 36, gave a speech about her stay in New Zealand and discussed the importance of embracing all kinds of beauty, encouraging young women to love themselves inside and out.

New York, Dec 7 : Tyra Banks certainly knows how to maintain her curves even as she gorges on burgers and fries.

The 36-year-old former model was seen at West Village eatery Market Table last week with flame John Utendahl.

"She looked skinny but was eating a burger and fries. She even took the fries and put them inside the burger," the New York Post quoted a source, as saying.

Washington, Dec 1 : 50 Cent made Tyra Banks grope his bottom when he appeared on her talk show recently.

The rapper-turned-actor told the supermodel about baring all in a new movie.

And then he offered the curious host the chance to feel his toned buttocks, lifting his jacket and pointing his backside toward her.

But the ‘In Da Club’ hit-maker admitted that his bum always has a bit of extra padding - because he carries 25,000 pounds in cash in his back pocket wherever he goes.

Melbourne, Sept 5 : Supermodel Tyra Banks has been named the ‘Top-Earning Woman on US prime-time TV’ by Forbes. com.

Putting her modelling career on hold and in the meantime invading the silver screen with her daytime talk show, ‘The Tyra Banks Show’, and serving as producer and judge on ‘America''s Next Top Model,’ the beauty banked around 23 million dollars from June 1, 2007 to June 1, 2008.

New York, Aug 19 : American talk show hostess Tyra Banks kept the audience of her chat show waiting for nearly two hours on August 12, while she was busy giggling, snacking and chatting backstage.

Washington, Aug 13 : With actresses and singers striking lucrative deals with cosmetic giants, Tyra Banks has said that the celebrity models are stealing cosmetic contracts from hard-up supermodels.

The catwalk queen-turned TV talk show host insists that models find it harder to land money-spinning deals with fashion, make-up and fragrance firms, who in turn prefer celebrity models for their adverts.

London, Aug 11 : Supermodel Tyra Banks has posed as Barrack Obama’s wife Michelle Obama in a mischievous photo shoot for Harper’s Bazaar magazine.

The model posed as a look-alike of Michelle, dressed up as her with look-alikes of Barack Obama and their kids.

"Michelle Obama, you''''re one hot mama," the Mirror quoted Banks as declaring in the magazine issue.

New York, Aug. 4 : Supermodel Tyra Banks is at her attention grabbing tricks again, as she is all set to dress up like U. S. presidential candidate Barrack Obama’s wife Michelle Obama for Harper Bazaar’s magazines cover.

People having knowledge about Bank’s new project call it a publicity stunt.

"You know how Tyra likes to do that stuff, and she''ll get a lot of press off it," the New York Post quoted a spy as saying.

"It''s a full makeover," the source added.

Washington, May 30 : She might be one of the top models today, but Tyra Banks’ road to stardom and fame was not free of struggles – especially because of her skin colour and size.

The supermodel-turned-talk show host has revealed that she was snubbed most of the times than other wannabes, because she didn't fit in with the modelling industry's standard perception of beauty.

"My biggest obstacle was that I was black and curvy," Usmagazine. com quoted her, as saying.