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Mini-supermodel interviews Tyra Banks

When Tyra Banks comes to town, there’s really only one reporter she needs to talk to: five-year-old Ruby Dee, who came to the interview rocking a fierce pair of Hello Kitty Sunglasses.
Ruby Tee and Tyra Banks

When Tyra Banks comes to town, there’s really only one reporter she needs to talk to: five-year-old Ruby Dee, who came to the interview rocking a fierce pair of Hello Kitty Sunglasses.

“How is it being a supermodel?” Ruby asked Tyra.

“Well,” Tyra replied, “I used to be a supermodel ... living in Europe and New York.”

“My cousins live in New York,” Ruby blurted out because, well, she’s five. That’s what five-year-olds do.

Banks traveled to Denver to meet with a group of women entrepreneurs working with the Tyra Beauty makeup line. Earlier in the week, the model-turned-mogul rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

Ruby Dee and Tyra Banks

Ruby Dee wanted to know more about having beauty and brains.

“Can people be pretty and smart?” she asked.

Ruby Dee and Tyra Banks

“Well, I’m looking at somebody that’s pretty and smart,” Tyra said, gesturing to the pint-sized reporter. “Pretty is kind of boring,” said Banks, who will soon be co-teaching a class at Stanford University. “So you need the whole package!”

That “whole package” can include a supermodel-style walk, which Ruby learned in a lesson from Banks. To see the runway lesson ... and a session in Banks’ signature “smize,” watch 9NEWS at 4 p.m. Thursday.

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