Who trumps Tyra Banks as the supreme retired model?

Brilliant!

From New York Magazine, by The Fug Girls, on 4 April 2008

Carla Bruni Ups the Ante for Models Worldwide

Although Cindy, Christy and Naomi still occasionally model, the only catwalk trawlers who even approach Bruni's recent vault up the visibility ladder are ones who've become reality-show stars: Heidi Klum, and especially Tyra Banks. They endured by finding a platform for mingling with Real People, hawking alleged expertise while also — at least in Tyra's case — making them cry about their feelings.

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