Tyra Banks Stalker Sentenced

NEW YORK, New York --
A Georgia man who was convicted of stalking TV host Tyra Banks was sentenced Thursday to a year of probation and ordered to complete a treatment program designed specifically for stalkers.
Brady Green, 39, of Dublin, Ga., must also stay away from the former supermodel for the next two years under an order of protection.
Manhattan Criminal Court Judge James Burke warned Green that he would face up to 90 days in jail if he disobeys any of the court’s orders.
Green and his lawyer left court without commenting.
Green was convicted in April of stalking Banks from coast to coast — calling her offices, showing up at her TV studios and sending her flowers. Police said he threatened to cut a staffer’s throat for not telling him where Banks was.
When Green was arrested March 18, 2008, at a McDonald’s restaurant near Banks’ Manhattan studio, he told officers they “had a thing together,” police said.
Banks, who did not attend Green’s sentencing, testified during his trial that she feared for her safety, and for that of her staff and family.
The former Sports Illustrated cover girl said that because of Green, her company hired more security staff, her studio audiences are vetted more thoroughly, and security guards follow her everywhere.
Green testified that he was a Banks fan and had been enthusiastic about trying to get tickets for her show. He said his actions had been misunderstood.
But Assistant District Attorney Sean McMahon got Green to admit that he rode a bus for four days from Los Angeles to New York where he had no friends, relatives or job, and the first he thing he did was go to the building that houses Banks’ studio.
Banks is executive producer and host of two popular TV shows, “America’s Next Top Model” and “The Tyra Banks Show.”

Teyona Wins

As an AVID watcher of Americas Next Top Model, I was proud win they picked Teyona Anderson as cycle 12's winner. Allison Harvard came in second. It was the graceful, power-walker, wind in the face, African American girl vs. the goo-goo eyed, smart, clumsy blonde white girl. Teyona was consistently amazing throughout the entire competition. Although she was not orginally my pick like London and Fo, I realized she really deserved it. When she began to cry because she had a dreadful Cover Girl commercial, you could really feel the passion behind this dream.
She won a great amount of prizes from a Covergirl contract, a Seventeen magazine spread, a regular contract with an agency and some money. She also got to shoot a spread with Tyra Banks herself.
Aminat, the third place winner, got eliminated in the first half of the show after the Covergirl commercial, when she had the best one, and Covergirl photoshoot, because she couldn't perfect the bones in her facial structure. Leaving Teyona and Allison to stomp the runway in a Rosa Cha purely bikini fashion show with extravagant accessory pieces. One run included rolling around in grease where Teyona's hair fell off and she swung it around in the air like crazy. Allison did wonderful during the dance run and Teyona remained robotic.