Banks' emotional goodbye to modelling
Supermodel Tyra Banks had an emotional family reunion on her US talk show last night when her mother surprised her to mark the end of her career as a model.
Banks staged a special show to pay tribute to her years as a top model, featuring highlights from her last catwalk appearance: a Victoria's Secret fashion show earlier this month.
She then invited her mother, Carolyn London, an occasional guest on the show, to quiz her about her career.
But London had other ideas. She'd invited her daughter's family and friends to join her on the show.
Banks was so overcome with emotion as her father, brother, grandfather, grandmother and numerous friends walked out onto the studio stage, producers had to cut to commercials.
There were more tears at the end of the programme as stars like Seal, Ricky Martin and her one-time rival Naomi Campbell sent the model good luck wishes and she debuted images from her final catwalk session, which will air in the US on December 6.
She said: "I can't believe that I'm finally doing this but it's time for me to hang up my wings and me hanging up my wings does signify me hanging up my entire modelling career."
