Gay for pay aaron from the tyra banks show

This week marked the end of an era on television as America's Next Top Model ended its 22 season run with a series finale Friday. The reality competition is the crowning achievement of its host and creator, Tyra Banks. It's the source of many a meme and unforgettable moments, but it's not only beloved for all its ridiculousness.

The show also boldly put LGBT people front and center at a time before it was so en vogue. And that the issues that I was going through as a Black woman were some of the issues that they had gone through … I have had a lot of success as a model, but I know I would not have had that success were it not for the gay community.

However, it's her collection of work off the runway that led to TIME Magazine declaring her one of the world's most influential people. Of course, not every single gay man will be able to recite every single line from the clip above featuring Tyra ripping into a recently eliminated aspiring model on ANTMbut if you ask a group of them, chances are they could.

It's the most notorious moment from the show's season run, but certainly not its only memorable moment. There were countless makeover meltdowns, photoshoot themes than ranged from nonsensical to straight-up bizarre and a judging panel that was every bit as likely to cause a scene as any of the contestants.

Banks' TV contributions weren't limited to Top Model. She hosted an Emmy-winning daytime talk show from to The show tackled numerous LGBT topics, including gay-for-pay porn stars, gaydar and an episode dedicated to gay men who hate being gay. As if Tyra wasn't already enough of a character, her TV work goes beyond hosting duties.

She's also appeared on GleeGossip Girl and Felicity. Actress, model, host, and that's just the tip of Tyra's resume. The modern-day media queen is also the author of Modellanda young adult novel that topped the New York Times Best Sellers list in Sure, we've had some fun looking back at all the little silly things Tyra has done to entertain us intentionally or not over the years.

But let's not forget that throughout it all, she also introduced some pretty important topics into the mainstream. In fact, the most recent winner, hunky Nyle DiMarcoidentifies as sexually fluid. Last year, Tyra schooled a homophobic contestant with the sharp takedown above.

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