Tyra sheds 30lbs in five months

Retired supermodel Tyra Banks has lost 30 pounds (13.6 kilograms) in five months after photographs of her beachwear left her in tears on her US TV talk show.

Banks insisted the shots of her in a bikini during a winter break were just taken from a bad angle as she launched a 'So what' campaign on her TV show and urged the tabloids to stop poking fun at stars' weight loss and weight gain.