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Stars dressed the best for the big night. Both Lala and Serena Williams wore black; Lala in a form-fitting dress with jeweled headdress (a la BFF Kim Kardashian’s wedding look) and Serena in a belted gown with a high-neckline, hardware and cutouts.

Supermodels Tyra and Chanel Iman also walked the carpet; Tyra giving her best “smize” in a rich purple dress with a bow detail and Chanel in a flowy frock with a plunging neckline that almost showed off her goods.

The hosts husband Swizz Beatz looked dapper in an all-black suit, while his wifey and Kerry Washington both wore white; Alicia in a blazer with a gold shirt and Kerry in a striped and sheer number that gave us a peek at her bod underneath.

Who looked best?

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Banks has gone through an array of hairstyles, colors and lengths. We’ve even seen her rock corn-rolls like Queen Latifah in “Set It Off!”

Lets take a look at some of her greatest looks:

Kerry Washington wore a sheer & sparkly, printed asymmetrical mini while Kim Kardashian wore a form-fitting, cream-colored floor length gown.

But it was Tyra Banks’ outfit that got us talking: while we love the color-block trend, we’re not so sure she pulled it off as well as Janet Jackson. We just can’t put our figure on it as to why.

Tyra’s four models were dressed as I don’t know what. They wore afros, fake eyes and green outfits. Only one model was wearing heels. The other girls were in boat shoes and Tyra was climbing on streets signs looking like a straight up fool. I need an explanation for this!

Check out the pictures for yourself and tell me what you think of Tyra and her crazy photo shoot.

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1. Oprah Winfrey
Initially The Oprah Winfrey Show was just another talk show when it debuted in 1986. But what made it stand out and rise above the rest was the show’s host. Now The Oprah Winfrey Show is only a small part of Oprah’s empire, and in 2011, will cease to exist in its current format. But not because the show is cancelled, Oprah is moving onto something bigger than her own show. She’s starting her own network, appropriately called OWN.

2. Arsenio Hall
The Arsenio Hall Show revolutionized late night television. Just ask Bill Clinton who many say would have never won the 1992 presidential election had it not been for his surprise appearance on that show.

3. Mo’Nique
Unlike Arsenio, The Mo’Nique Show has a lot more competition in that late night slot. But the Oscar-winning comedienne has been able to hold her own against, pulling in her own unique audience on BET. While the rest of America was tuning into the drama of the late night talk show wars between Conan O’Brien and Jay Leno, plenty others tuned them out and tuned into Mo’Nique.

4. Tyra Banks
A show about service as much as it was celebrity, through The Tyra Show, Tyra used her beauty and brains for good. What Oprah is to the stay-at-home moms of America, Tyra was to the teenagers of America who came home after school and needed a big sister to understand them.

5. Wendy Williams
The popular radio DJ has successfully taken her format and gift of gossip to the small screen. Though Vh1 would air her radio show, The Wendy Williams Show has shown the queen of talk radio can also sit down on a couple of comfortable couch chairs and ask questions with the best of them.

6. Whoopi Goldberg

The moderator of The View is fearless and isn’t afraid to call it like she sees it. And if someone else is calling it like she sees it on the show, she’s not afraid to retort or even walk away.

7. Montell Williams
As a former Marine, and a victim to multiple scoliosis, Williams — an Emmy Award winning talk show host — used his show as a platform to bring awareness to various social issues in an aggressive style.

8. Star Jones
The controversial panel member on The View during it’s early years was one of the sharpest and most entertaining women on the panel.

9. Tavis Smiley
Many people were shocked when BET let Tavis Smiley’s contract as host of BET Tonight expire, but the charming media personality has landed on his feet. Now the host of his very own PBS show, Tavis Smiley, Smiley is doing what he does best, interviewing the people we’ve always wanted to talk to ourselves, asking them the questions we’ve always wanted to ask.

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Tyra Banks has recently resigned with her former agency IMG, but it looks like she’s still being bitten by the modeling bug.

Three months after designer Alexander McQueen’s death, Banks has paid tribute to him in a photo shoot fit for royalty.

She says, “When I heard of Alexander (Lee as he was called by his friends) McQueen’s passing back in February I was devastated. Not only was he one of my favorite designers, he was someone that I had been lucky enough to meet and was a wonderful human being…I knew that I had to pay him tribute in a special way. I feel like a queen whenever I wear his clothes (especially the stunning blue dress I wore for this shoot)!  McQueen had a flare for the dramatic and a love for fantasy. I want to think that he would have loved these photos.”

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FROM PEOPLE: Supermodel. Talk-show host. Actress. Singer. Reality-TV queen. Now, the versatile Tyra Banks is adding yet another line to her crowded résumé: novelist.

Banks, 36, writes in a note to fans posted Tuesday on Tyra.com,

“I said I was going to do it, and here it is! It’s for all the girls and guys who want a lot more FANTASY in their lives … and some fierceness and magic, romance and mystery, crazy and wild adventures, and yeah, some danger too.

“It’s my novel called Modelland (pronounced “Model Land”) that takes you to a fantastical place you’ve never seen, or heard about, or read about before … Where dreams come true and life can change in the blink of a smoky eye.”

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The novel is part of a three-book deal with Random House. No details of the plot or publishing date were available, but Banks says the novel has floated around in her imagination for a long time.

She says,

“Modelland has always been a part of my mind and my heart. I’m excited that you’ll be able to read about this magical world that’s been living in my dreams for so many years.”

While this is Banks’s first foray into fiction, she did publish a book in 1998 titled Tyra’s Beauty, Inside and Out, offering tips for women to make the most of their natural beauty.

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The site reads,

Walk down any New York City street today and it’s clear that girls are playing it less safe with their clothing choices and going Gaga for fashion. Tyra glammed it up for her cover shoot this week and loves Gaga’s signature style, but you won’t be seeing her sporting those spike-y shades in real life (she says “leave that to the Lady!”). There are lots of girls though who would rock them, no pants, or a hair-bow a’la Gaga any day of the week. But is it really normal to dress like Gaga? And if it’s not now, will it ever be?

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