Starting this Wednesday, The Tyra Banks Show will unveil its show within a show, called Modelville. Five former contestants will move into a New York City apartment while Tyra’s cameras follow their every move.

One of the world’s top supermodels in the 1990s and into the millennium, Tyra Banks quickly eclipsed the boundaries of that often times limited career to become an actress, philanthropist and television personality with two series under her wing – the reality show “American’s Next Top Model” (UPN/CW, 2003- ), and “The Tyra Banks Show” (syndicated, 2005- ), her own daytime talk program. Both were considerable hits among young female viewers, though the latter show struck a chord with a broader audience, due to Banks’ emotional and personal approach to female-related issues such as body image and gender roles.