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and making the band dominating the conversation and ratings in 2002, the talent competition series was revitalized. (upbeat music) in 2003, america s next top model arrives. - tyra banks was the star. and because she was a star herself in the the modeling world, she brought such a huge audience to it. - my name is yaya. i m so happy to be here. i can t believe i m really here in front of you guys. - after the success of puff s making the band , we see tyra come in with her own distinctive take on the competition show. this time, set in the supermodel world, which traditionally, was very white. - what was really special was we were seeing representation in ways that we didn t normally see it. for the longest, the supermodel was waif thin, and white, and blue eyed or blonde haired. and those were gorgeous, beautiful women, but there were so many other types of beautiful, gorgeous women. - i actually started america s next top model
- with american idol and making the band dominating the conversation and ratings in 2002, the talent competition series was revitalized. (upbeat music) in 2003, america s next top model arrives. - tyra banks was the star. and because she was a star herself in the the modeling world, she brought such a huge audience to it. - my name is yaya. i m so happy to be here. i can t believe i m really here in front of you guys. - after the success of puff s making the band , we see tyra come in with her own distinctive take on the competition show. this time, set in the supermodel world, which traditionally, was very white. - what was really special was we were seeing representation in ways that we didn t normally see it. for the longest, the supermodel was waif thin, and white, and blue eyed or blonde haired. and those were gorgeous, beautiful women, but there were so many other types of beautiful, gorgeous women.