Trading Popularity: High School Edition - Tyra (Part 4)

The Tyra Banks Show - ''Popularity in high school'' (Recorded May 11, 2009, WWOR)
It's back to school for the "Tyra Show"! Tune in to see a social experiment where real-life "mean girls" trade places with the girls they pick on.

[@20Unbelievable06]

I love how Tyra owns up to once being a mean girl and telling people what she did and said.

[@Jenjen1281]

Have to say this TAMARA AIN'T CUTE WHY IS SHE POPULAR it really doesn't make any sense!

[@frann6183]

honestly I know u commented this in like 2014 but it applies because popularity often isn’t about being pretty but about being confident and obviously she’s very confident (maybe a bit too confident more arrogant ngl)

[@blackrose3601]

Popularity in New York: don't got to be good looking just have to be outgoing, loud, and funny

[@aoifemary1495]

same in Ireland

[@blackrose3601]

Just Being Me that's cool

[@aestheticgarbage6671]

Same here in England. Most of the popular kids in our year aren't all that pretty and are usually pretty nice people.

[@lizzie17214]

Born with natural good hair??...cough relaxer cough...oh excuse me

[@Koreyyyyy]

Lol

[@hgiedxo795]

Thats not what she said, she said she has good skin and good hair as in not a mess like the character she portrayed.

[@Diondra1738]

Let water hit it

[@kweenychick32]

I find it funny how you're all supposed to be learning how it feels to be bullied WHILE bullying.

[@claireashley2009]

I love how Amanda wasted no time raising her hand when she was given to oppurtunity to tell what Tamara has done to others.

[@kiks4757]

Tayra Banks: You look crazy, you have no money (we don't have any money either) Tayra:This game is L.O.C.K Locked! LOL that moment was funny XD

[@hellenbrahane3017]

AMANDA is waaaaaaaaay prettier than tamara.and she not even covered in makeup

[@LaMorenaPequena]

tamara really aint cute.....

[@RayofOshun]

i wasnt popular and high school, never tried to be, was bullied constantly but now i have the biggest self esteem and when someone talks negatively about me, it doesn't affect me any more... i put myself on a way higher level than what those people tease me for, so it can't bring me down

[@jessicahuffman3866]

I was popular among the unpopular... Which meant.. i would basically get really pissed at the ass holes who make fun of someone else.

[@girl123interrupted]

Oh my god Tamara completely missed the train. "LIKE FIRST OF ALL I LIKE NEVER MADE FUN OF HER!" shut up and listen. GOOD JOB

[@EmoFeathers]

Now everyone is making fun of Tamara...the whole point is for everyone to get along ._. I've never been popular and can definitely identify with the unpopular girls but I don't want to be popular and be held to the standard of dressing nice and doing my hair everyday and just no XD

[@HaraChux]

The one i went to never had a popularity thing, but until a pretty and very nice girl(yes unusual). Everyone looked up to her because she was 'perfect' well she had health issues, but she has a perfect personality. Kind and humble, plus pretty, but she's not tall. And mostly means girls doesn't really starts as a popular ones, just the jealous ones. One of her classmates started tormenting about being short and too kind/stupid. It drove her out of school and ended up in a hospital due to stress. No one did anything, but fortunately, the bullies never became popular...just 'normal'.

[@ava7984]

DAMN THAT'S A SUCKE GIRL

[@MsCaptainKilljoy]

I can't imagine what it would be like attending a school like this. I love that at my school, the kids that play video games, the ones that excel academically, the straight edges, the athletes, the artistic and the otherwise "socially un-accepted" all hang out together.

[@musketeer39]

I'm not a huge fan of Tyra, but I do think she did a great job with this particular episode. She handled both sets of girls very well and provided them a valuable chance to adjust their perspectives.

[@mirana.9838]

I'm out of school for like 8 years now. But we never had such a great divide between popular and unpopular pupils. Actually I hung out with both sides , especially as we didn't have these stable cliques. Maybe it's different in the US (I'm German), or it's a generation gap. It depended on the individual. Who would want to hang out with mean people anyways.

[@fashionista201117]

Tamara i saw that smirk and that wtv look. Like ok you whent to that change how do u know if u always going have good skin or have money to buy nice outfits life changes. And to the girls that arent popular. Let me tell u one thing high school is just 4yrs u got much more and who know honey u may live now in a traler in 10,15 yrs u may live in nice big house. When ur up so high and trop to the bottem in hurts like hell. But when ur low and rice is like flying. Just remeber like gravaty.

[@trashybitch1232]

I think Tyra understands what proper mediation is about.... it's not about finding out whos side of the story is true, it's about finding a solution and trying to understand each other.

[@Adnilrocks101]

I love Tyra!

[@fashionista201117]

Ok so i was severly bullyed in middle school. To the point my bullys waned to kill me. Ok yes i did look down myself and didnt do my hair or wtv. Then i go high school and i dress nice FOR MYSELF then what they say oh she things she is all that. That poor girl that said there story of her in the ice cream shop i would of slap that kid. I wasent popular. Weiredly my school was ur in band ur popular ur cheerleader ur not. Popularty shoul be the people make change. Ppl love urself life goes on. And

[@vanyest]

pfffffff tamara aint cute at all

[@AmandaSimm]

LoL, "I was so disgusting. She socked me in my face!" It's good to see people grow and come into themselves.

[@kimdabombb]

lmaoo " u ain't got no money, we didn't had any money either" hahah tyra

[@freddy4136]

There is no such thing as popularity at my school

[@charlotteclarke4469]

Yeah my school has popularity but it doesn't really matter. This looks more like middle school than high school.

[@MichelleTwinky]

Blessed with good skin and good HAIR?!? That's not even her real hair!!!

[@zuberi95]

That is sweet heart. I can tell, I am black, and not all black girls wear fake hair.

[@zuberi95]

And those who do wear fake hair aren't balled. My real hair touches my shoulders and i enjoy brazilian hair! lol

[@carlgrimeseyepatch27]

in my school there is a pretty large group of people who have kinda put themselves in this place of being popular and then everyone else that is kinda something they dont care much about. but to be honest the "popular" kids in my school have personalities that arent really pleasing some of them i am friends with or can talk to and have a good conversation but a lot of them are air headed and conceited so if thats the kind of way people want to be to be popular they should realize that its really only the people in there group that like them and eveyrone else is just on eggshells and doesnt want to get on that persons bad side ya know

[@zwinkyecstasy]

Thanks so much for uploading, subjects like these are important, i feel so bad for the ones getting teased. :(

[@ePRTN]

JESUS CHRIST - The Son of God - God Himself came into this world, He died for our sins, He was buried, and God the Father raised Him from the dead, and through His Sacrifice we live in victory - JESUS CHRIST IS LORD !

[@funny2566]

She wasn't blessed with good hair, she was blessed with a good relaxer.

[@MewmewZoey1995]

I love when Tyra talks wit attitude when trying to be inspirational. Its funny.

[@MsPinkbunny123]

Preach Tyra Preach!!!!

[@Jessa20201]

hahahaha I LOVE how they just called her OUT about how she does actually make fun of people in that school. Tamara sitting there looking GUILTY than a murdered..lmaooo

[@FANTASTICO1230]

omg ur comment tho seriously made my night lololol lmfao

[@stvltiloqvent]

i'm really curious as to how some schools have got this whole clique/popularityVSunpopularity thing going on 'cause my school never had that problem. and from what i've read in the comments it seems like not every high school has this problem. so i really don't understand the mentality of the kids in this show. and i'm not just talking about the popular kids that bully others, i'm also talking about the rest of the other kids (whether unpopular or just a bystander) that let the 'popular kids' get away with the bullying.

[@LifeIsBeautiful1610]

LOVE how that girl raised her hand right away haha

[@amibbdos]

OOOH SNAP TAMARA!

[@HipsterPoison]

I love when tyra said "we didn't have no money either" 5:26 XDDD cracked up

[@Thudas22]

I love Tyra Banks! she is so real.

[@fuiva808]

ahaha,tyra is so right w/ this experiment;i like see them "plastics" come down to the 808&&see if they can act popular here(:

[@jackycanas215]

thank you so much for putting up these i miss the time where me and my sister used to watch tyra

[@summerchick621]

that girl on the stage put tamara on blast haha.

[@koolaidgurl456]

this is why i love my school because even though there are popular ppl they hang with everybody nd just dont care and thats what makes them popular

[@stefers08]

same here. At my school, u just hung out with who u wanted, everyone talked to each other and if u had something bad to say about someone then you had better be able to back it up

[@rawrxrainbowxninja]

Most of the time people bully out of lack of self esteem. Sad, but true.

[@TwiddleDumber]

people need to realize that what they do say has an effect on other people. just because we are not the same as you, does not mean we are the bad peope. just because we don't look like you does not mean we are ugly. i'm comfortable with who i am. if they have a need to pick on me, all that means is that they are uncomfortable with who they are.

[@Corinthians1614]

i can't believe tyra was a mean girl!!! lol at least she owned up and said she was on television.

[@boysof213]

I love that this chick is getting put on blast.

[@cosmomatricks42]

I came from a small town with "old money"-- meaning that everyone pretty much inherited their wealth from elsewhere. It was probably as bad or worse than this. Ironically, the people I was worried about so much have it worse than I do. Getting knocked up right out of highschool and getting married, then getting divorced, and some of them have aged horribly. The sad part is that I graduated in 2009, and they shouldn't even be looking that old! I wish I could have seen the future.

[@sprintingsensation]

"its L-O-C-K locked" lol tyra

[@theko0lezt]

tyra "we didnt have any money either" lmao =]

[@xxLythexx]

Ahaha I love how she joined a play, meanwhile she's making fun of "The Drama Kids" xD

[@jargainjones]

if those kids who feel picked on could all just get together, they would be a force to be reckoned with.

[@emmajean490]

''I was blessed with good skin and hair'' you gotta be kidding me SOMEONES STUCK UP

[@mariahriah6796]

Hahah I know, that part made me laugh hahaha

[@Queenie1547]

So true, so true.

[@LilyLovesSinging]

"You dont got no moneyyy..." XD

[@Shaysongz1989]

everyone is beautiful to someone.

[@Adrianaofficial]

my point is that if it is true then maybe thats the only way she knows how to deal with it, by hurting others, which is why i think bullies need just as much help to get them to realise what their doing and how to stop the hurt and stop them hurting others

[@vinceee20]

That guest really put Tamara on the stop

[@Papayabby]

I'm Canadian too, and yes I'm in high school. There is popular's if your looking at it in the sense of treating people badly, that happens every where; you might not even see it happening. Their just bullies and I know this because I've experienced it before, like many people have. Popularity does require attention, and they get that from being mean. Plus It's going to happen no matter where you're from.

[@ibubbles01]

1:18 that girl with the glasses seems to be pretty confident there and has attitude.now if she puts some of that work into her looks she would be the most popular girl at the school

[@EllaDcant]

IKR??? if she were at my school, everyday shes get teased,and would be hated!

[@TrillSimmer]

Tamara is a LIAAAAAAR

[@berlandemillus5480]

Right! popularity doesn't always mean being mean. it can mean people know you and like you.

[@qwerty1qwerty1123]

My high school wasn't like this at all. No matter what happens, don't lose sight of the fact that high school ends, and that you're better than teenaged politics :) Hope you have a fun time.

[@littlepinkskeleton]

Omg,the sass

[@fetchseason3rocks]

after reading that, i couldnt even take the video seriously omg xD

[@jadeigwe]

This reminds me of that scene in Mean Girls after that huge school girl fight over the Burn Book, and they were doing trust falls, and Gretchen walks on and says some bull and then no one catches her but that blonde chick. I like that scene.

[@xCheriiHaruka]

"SHE DOESNT EVEN GO HERE!"

[@GetOverItSweetie]

I love Tyra. (: I wish she was my older sister or something! She's such a good rolemodel

[@mndegrassi8]

i love how tamara says she wakes up and is blessed with good skin yet shes wearing make up

[@XiggyJ]

When I was in High School what gave kids their popularity was how well known they were and by who they were known. I see a lot of comments on this video about how Tamara is 'ugly' or 'looks like an ape' or 'how is she even popular? She's ugly!' When it comes down to it, who she knows and who would stick up for her is what makes her "popular", and that's how it is in a lot of Middle and High Schools. For boys if five or more girls wanted to date them, they were considered 'popular'.

[@LiddleSquitty]

I love how Tyra owns up to being a rude girl in school, and I hate how Tamara wouldn't admit any of it. I know people who do EXACTLY THIS and it truly ticks me off. Just recently, a kid in my school got busted for bringing weed. The girl that told is actually moving schools because of how much hate she's getting, just because he was so popular. I mean, she was popular too! Just a few levels under him! It's so dumb. She's being teased for doing the RIGHT thing, not even looks.

[@QuickenedSand]

Candice is really pretty, she has great bone structure and amazing hair!

[@xoxKirahB00]

Exactly . Thank you for saying that (:

[@shagunvarma27]

notice that the jeans of the unpopular girls go in order of shade , hahaha

[@teddipear]

One FACT I know of from what I consistently see in high schools, is that, usually (if not always), the popular kids are not really friends, they are just in cliques, and so they make FAKE friends who often talk behind their backs and pretend like they like one another when really they hate each other's guts. Why do these seem to be the common factors? Because most popular people are more concerned with trying to please others OUTWARDLY if it means being fake, rather than being themselves.

[@SkylarPro]

the problem is that even if one of those girls is going to feel bad about what they were doing to others in school,all of her friends won't suddenly change as well and i don't think they would like being told not to laught at someone etc..so she would have a choice - be 'good' or keep her 'popular' friends. and we all know what they're going to choose

[@olivcriss2]

I feelblessed too . In europe everything is different. We have to wear uniforms , white shirts ....all the same .

[@xoxKirahB00]

Maybe because she has a fun personality and has a confidence to her and she dresses nice .

[@KatieSaysGo]

THIS!!

[@VioletSpanxx]

omg, I definitely agree

[@yamdeu]

it means that the 4-square game is on "lockdown," that it's off limits to everyone else (especially those who aren't popular)

[@keepitrealrecords4977]

It's L O C K Locked 🔒 lol I remember when girls in the hood would say that to me.

[@prettyhooperxo]

lol ikr but this is like 4 or 5 years ago! hell tyra still looks fashionable!

[@PitTheAmerican]

Agreed!

[@egobrainss1]

yeah i was talking about high school too, because i actually read that she was picked on in HIGH SCHOOL and specifically about her forehead

[@jjmarie3472]

I agree with this. Everyone judges people.. Everyone. Some are more rude and mean about it while others keep it to themselves. I've judged others and I'm not going to sit here and say I haven't. First impressions really do exist and I have said some mean things when I was in highschool as well but later on I made up for it and am now semi-friends with that person. The thing is it doesn't matter who it is, when someone says something like that it does hurt!

[@lostindreams3]

Don't be too scared. In my experience the popularity stuff dissipates in high school. Elementary and Junior High it was going strong but it died out in high school. I say when school starts do your best to take it in and enjoy it's existence in a way wherever you stand socially, because never again in life is it really like that again.(don't be too sad about that because life gets better!).

[@xxxxtweetxxxx1]

tyra holding that girl hand like shes the victim like shes the one being talked about

[@snaworld209]

i know right! everyone treats each other with respect for the most part. I can't relate to the outward hate most of these girls experience.

[@alifshinobi]

that's what I'm asking myself!

[@onlyonecanluvme]

my family goes by " meaness and selfishness makes you an ugly person. if you are nice you are beautiful."

[@reginapearl]

have you noticed that all the popular girls are older but yet they are picking on the younger kids???? oooo and she said "good hair" hahahahaha

[@kandepatterson2131]

MEAN CHILD WHOOOO! LOL

[@jasminebanakar8029]

Godammit I'm just happy to have graduated high school this year...

[@BlindBabeBeth]

It's a truly amazing thing to watch someone look into another's eyes and lie to them openly. Hey, no chips off their fuckin' shoulders.

[@malikah95]

Candace looks freakin awesome!!!!!

[@zwaggerblack543]

I love how she hold the popular girls' hand but not the unpopular girls' hands...