What the Smize is Hot Ice Cream, Tyra Banks?
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Tyra Banks is certainly one of a kind. The model turned tyrant of reality TV still walks the runway now and then but has largely dedicated herself to some of the oddest side-hustles in celebrity branding. Remember her YA book Modelland ? I’ll forever be haunted by it. She then turned that into an event that she called a theme park , but was more like a pop-up with lash extensions. She had a beauty brand that was a full-on MLM scam, a hilariously bad music career, and is now a recurring panelist on Hollywood Squares .
Her biggest focus, however, has been Smize & Dream (SMiZe Cream), a boutique ice cream brand that she founded in 2020. An interesting career shift for someone who spent