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    PIC: Tyra Banks Graduates From Harvard Business School!

    Us Weekly – Thu, Feb 23, 2012 3:57 PM PST
    PIC: Tyra Banks Graduates From Harvard Business School!

    Tyra Banks has beauty and brains!

    The America's Next Top Model creator and host graduated with a certificate from the Owner/President Management Program at Harvard Business School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Friday, Us Weekly can confirm.

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    Banks, who dropped out of Loyola Marymount University to pursue modeling at age 17, enrolled in the prestigious program to better her brand.

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    "In order for my company to grow and be the best, and to reach these women, and to serve them, I needed the best," the Bankable Productions CEO told CBS News in 2011. "So I went to the best."

    Banks, now 38, admitted that her decision to pursue higher education was met with skepticism at first. "When people have low expectations, you're just constantly going, 'Ta-da!' And they're like 'Wow!'" she said. "It doesn't take a lot to wow them."

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    Prior to her Harvard education, Banks was lauded for being the first African American woman to appear on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. The California native has appeared in a handful of films (Life-Size, Coyote Ugly) and hosted her own talk show, The Tyra Banks Show, which ran from 2005-2010.

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    1,982 comments

    • dean
      dean  •  Seattle, Washington  •  3 months ago
      What a bunch of #$%$ Tyra didn't "graduate" from Harvard. She earned a certificate. In order to graduate from Harvard, you have to pusue a course load that typically takes four years to complete. If she goes around saying that she "graduated from Harvard" then she is engaging in deceit.
      • Tamie
        Tamie 3 months ago
        I agree but it could be that yahoo took her words out of context too. Yahoo becoming as bad as the national enquirer. Anyone with a bit of sense can see that is not a diploma, shes got to realize that.
      • nichalal
        nichalal 3 months ago
        i am getting sleepy. please for real. sooooooooo. masters and PHD or bachelors tops certificate
      • Charles
        Charles 3 months ago
        Please tell me where these folks (commentators) get their "expertise" from? (Certainly not Harvard!) How can you critique yahoo, and retort back w/the same ignorance you slander? No references, sources.....we're just suppose to accept as fact that you two know better than yahoo; when a litte bit of research concerning the etymology of the word graduate, or do a little research and find that not all degrees awarded from Harvard are from 4 year programs renders your analyses ridiculous. At the very least haters....but no doubt the R word must also be considered...at least you have ignorant folks who agree with you...of which I am sure you are proud.....pathetic.
    • Steven
      Steven  •  3 months ago
      Absolutely embarrassing journalism at work here..
      • idamannowdog
        idamannowdog 3 months ago
        Apparently, someone only got their writer's "certificate."
      • 333
        333 3 months ago
        Yahoo is not embarrassed... they have NO shame and their news is a joke!
      • Clairexx
        Clairexx 3 months ago
        @333: Not the news that is a joke (unless you count OMG and things like that), the WRITERS that are a joke. There's always at least 1 misspelling in their posts.
    • SharonR
      SharonR  •  Cincinnati, Ohio  •  3 months ago
      That's it. I am changing my homepage. I can only stand being duped into reading stupid articles so many times. Thanks Yahoo you make me feel so dumb with your useless information.
      • Whitepowder
        Whitepowder 3 months ago
        LOL ROFL You really thought tyra banks would be useful information??!!!! LOLOLLOL
    • Kim
      Kim  •  3 months ago
      She did not graduate from Harvard - period. She took a course. Liek you take at Community College.
      • Markeetta
        Markeetta 3 months ago
        kim you just jelous because the only college you can get into is a community college
      • Libnuker
        Libnuker 3 months ago
        Neither one of you can spell.
      • Kim
        Kim 3 months ago
        How dare you. Simply stating facts. This is simply a course taken with a certificate granted - no pass-no fail. A degree takes much more than seven courses. Perhaps you are jealous because ebonics is not a language.
    • Eko
      Eko  •  Lenora, Kansas  •  3 months ago
      Don't be fooled by this article, she got a certificate for completing a program, she did not obtain a degree for graduating from Harvard. There is a huge difference.
      • Wise One
        Wise One 3 months ago
        Wow! Can't get anything past you! Now where in this article does it say she graduated with a degree?
      • Eko
        Eko 3 months ago
        The article is entitled "Tyra Banks Graduates From Harvard Business School!" Graduation implies she got a degree from the business school at Harvard. It's misleading and makes it sound like she attended the college. All she did was complete a course offered by the business school and got a certificate. It's the same thing as someone completing CPR training and getting a certificate. The article deliberately attempts to mislead the reader into thinking she succeeded in something she didn't. Now go change your screen name because you certainly are not wise.
    • Better Idea guy rjc
      Better Idea guy rjc  •  Mansfield, Ohio  •  3 months ago
      She's on a roll. Next up: GED.
    • Cheeseburger
      Cheeseburger  •  London, United Kingdom  •  3 months ago
      Certificate aint worth sshjit, its just a showboat move, get a real full degree..
    • myst
      myst  •  3 months ago
      I find this article offensive. There is a HUGE difference between earning a certificate and graduating. This is an insult to anyone who has actually taken the time to get a college degree.
    • Chris
      Chris  •  3 months ago
      I was expecting a degree of some sort, not a certificate...
    • Jeffrey H
      Jeffrey H  •  Orlando, Florida  •  3 months ago
      I'm not saying anything bad about Tyra (good for her) but this comment is about the brainless author of this ridicules article! She didn't graduate from Harvard; she completed a certificate program which is a program of education that results in a ‘Certificate of Completion’ rather than a degree.
    • FDT.
      FDT.  •  3 months ago
      Yea Baby. For 33 grand and 3 weeks of your time YOU CAN BUY PRESTIGE. ALWAYS knew I was right to choose CAL over Haavaad in 81.
    • john
      john  •  La Crosse, Wisconsin  •  3 months ago
      she earned or bought a certificate
    • Ty King
      Ty King  •  Houston, Texas  •  2 months ago
      people people can we please stop the hate and look at the message she is attempting to bring to the masses. which is no matter how much money and success u have u can still elevate your self through education.
    • chet
      chet  •  3 months ago
      key word: certificate...
    • Tony J.
      Tony J.  •  Mt Hamilton, California  •  3 months ago
      Most people do know the difference between a a Certificate and a Degree, but, you can thank Yahoo News for blowing out of proportion and misleading people.
    • beenthere
      beenthere  •  3 months ago
      SHE GOT A CERTIFICATE. IT'S NOT A DIPLOMA. SHE WAS AT THE SCHOOL FOR 2 WEEKS. GIVE ME A BREAK. DONT EMBARRASS THE PEOPLE THAT PUT IN 4 YEARS TO GET A DIPLOMA.
    • Tigerbears
      Tigerbears  •  3 months ago
      I was curious, so went to the Harvard website and looked up the Owner/President Management Program that Tyra completed. The website claims that the certificate program is(in quotes) "presented in three-week sessions over three years." Yeah, the article is very misleading.
    • Gary
      Gary  •  Kingwood, Texas  •  3 months ago
      Hey - I received a certificate - for a free big mac - every college in America will send you a certificate for some achievement if you send them enough money.
    • Jeff N
      Jeff N  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 months ago
      Apparently it takes a lot less to wow the admissions department at Harvard these days as well
    • John
      John  •  3 months ago
      I got a certificate. It is a certificate of authenticity from the franklin mint.
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