Top Model Contestant Tells Tyra She’s Knocked Up

Posted on May 13th, 2009 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: ANTM, Attention Slores, Ho Sit Down, Jesus Take The Wheel, Knocked Up, News, SMH, Tyra Banks

Posted by Bossip Staff

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This ish is just ridiculous. It’s bad enough that she’s pregnant, unmarried and a reality TV reject but she’s only 18. Pop the top for more

“I was told multiple times over and over that I couldn’t get pregnant just from my scars holding me back, other physical things going on with my body,” Brookins says on The Tyra Banks Show, airing Wednesday. “I was always told I was never going to be able to conceive children.”

The 18-year-old Cycle 12 contestant — who had suffered second- and third-degree burns all over her body when she was eight months old and has since endured 14 surgeries to treat her wounds — was surprised by the news.

“My initial reaction to my pregnancy was shock,” she says, adding that she and her boyfriend, David Michaels Jr., 18, had been going through a hard time.

Why is Tyra celebrating yet another unplanned, unwed, soon-to-be single mother?


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    *STATIC* This is Officer Otis reporting for duty. Everything seems to being fine this post, Over. *STATIC*

  • richie lee

    love her. congrats 2 her

  • Menominee Nation

    might be a huge blessing.

  • princedonte

    i love her i wish her the best and hope she has a beautiful baby

  • Sim1

    I agree with mizjulie..marriage is not the end all be all. I am married myself, and its no walk in the park. My mom and Dad were never married, but he was in my life, and thats makes all the difference in the world. Not the piece of paper.

  • Tee

    Congratulations!

  • news flash

    that’s a blessing
    and NO ONE is in a position where they can judge someone about that bcuz that’s probably how u got here yourself

  • Mamacita

    why does her stomach look like that in the picture????

  • Girlie

    @Mizjulie

    Tell it like it is!

    Here, the same folks who celebrate, in living color, promiscuity and indecency, not to mention any mindless chick who’s willing to drop her top or her drawers for a camera shot, suddenly have set these unrealistic standards for what appears to be an average young woman over the age of 18? Please! Even you’re super moral or you’re not – make up your minds!

  • mzc2u

    @Mamacita
    Her stomach looks like that because she was burned as a child, those are scars left from what happened to her.

  • JUJU

    @mizjulie….DITTO! SO SO TRUE,WELL SAID!

  • tanisha

    because tyra is a loser and celebrates loser things

  • Carla

    Tahlia didn’t think that she could get pregnant so she did the deed with her boy friend not thinking she would be pregnant. So she’s vey happy and now she’s having baby ! That’s nice, I think she’ll look better with a more weight on her body hell she can become a beautiful plus-size model.

  • Carla

    How do you know if Tahlia and her bf David won’t have a wedding in the future ? As long as they love each other and their baby it doen’t matter if they get married or not.

  • Unknown

    Congradulations to Her and Good Luck!

    Well I disagree with Wordtothewise and other people who have the same view as this individual. I am 19 5 months pregnant and will be a single parent. I currently attend LSU and have 2 more years left. I have a supportive family, been employed since I was 16 and even though i am young, i got into this fully knowing what to expect. I know it will be hard. Parenting is hard at ALL ages and all marital statuses: single or married! As long as you have some type of support system and have your head on straight then there’s no reason why you cant raise a child by yourself.

    PLEASE DONT BE SO QUICK TO JUDGE!

  • Tropical English

    @ Unknown

    >>>>>>>>> i got into this fully knowing what to expect <<<<<<<<<<

    Ummmmmm…..huh? Yeah, you sound like a silly 19yr old. “I got into this fully knowing what to expect” So, you got into this on purpose. You sound dumb. You didn’t get into this, you FELL into this. Unless, well, you did this on purpose, but even then how in the world would you know what to expect?

    YOU NEED TO BE QUICKER TO JUDGE!!

  • WordtotheWise

    @Unknown, that’s fine that you disagree. I’m not surprised. You sound like you have a wonderful future ahead of you. Yes, parenting is hard at all ages, but I guarantee you that most single mothers would tell you (I know because I’m 45 and used to assist with our single mother’s group at my former church and trust and believe, I know a lot of single mothers) that it’s even harder going it alone. Trust me, my mother was divorced when I was two and raised three children alone. She did a damn good job, but it was tough to say the least not having a husband, not only to support her, but for her children. My grandmother took care of us while my mom worked 2 full time jobs just to make ends meet; however, she didn’t have family spending money to help take care of us and she didn’t reach out to them because she knew we were HER responsibility, not theirs. Children deserve to have two parents involved in their lives. That’s a no brainer. I don’t understand why people keep acting as though this isn’t true. Look around you at the statistics when it comes to black children growing up without a father in the home. It’s great you have support, but does that support mean they are helping you raise your child? Why is that a family’s responsibility? When my friends 16 year old daughter got pregnant, she made it clear that she (her daughter) the one that experienced the pleasure of making that baby not her so she’s thoroughly responsible for taking care of that child. You don’t know what to expect until that child is here and you have sleepless nights and the demands of motherhood hit home. A lot of young people think this way.

    Hopefully as Tropical English just said, at 19 years of age, your judgment will be much quicker. Just my opinion. Good luck.

    Sorry to anyone else that disagrees. We all have our opinions and this is mine. I make no apologies.

  • WordtotheWise

    Marc B’s Honey (sugar ain’t got sh*t on me)>>>That is absolutely fantastic! Your situation turned out for the best for everyone involved. There are always exceptions to the rules. Your situation just happened to turn out great, but when you look around, not too many people in that situation have the “God blessed me” story you have. That’s all I’m saying.

  • Marc B’s Honey (sugar ain’t got sh*t on me)

    WordtotheWise

    Marc B’s Honey (sugar ain’t got sh*t on me)>>>That is absolutely fantastic! Your situation turned out for the best for everyone involved. There are always exceptions to the rules. Your situation just happened to turn out great, but when you look around, not too many people in that situation have the “God blessed me” story you have. That’s all I’m saying.
    ___________________________________________________

    Point taken…You are so true.

  • WordtotheWise

    Marc B’s Honey (sugar ain’t got sh*t on me)>>>Thank you :-)

  • NB

    Because Tyra exploits ppl. Thats why.

  • Cadence

    Yall are ignorant as hell. This woman was told she could NOT have children. Do you know how devastating that is to a woman. Grow the hell up and stop being so self righteous. Disgusting…

  • DiMi

    Marquis de Sade – You are a racist misogynistic idiot. (And yes, I know that you have no idea what misogyny means or who the Marquis actually was!)

    18 is actually not too young to have a baby. It may not be ideal, but she is not a child. This is actually a normal age to have children in most of the world.

  • Ms.Brilly

    @ WHAT’S WRONG WITH MY PEOPLE?

    marriage is NOT the basis for anchoring family life. And your whole argument about marriage building civilization is unfounded. Marriage (as we think of it today) started off as an agreement between two people, a partnership. There weren’t any certificates, weren’t any state seals… just an agreement. So why would it be so wrong for two people in a relationship to agree to be together and provide for their child WITHOUT being married? Now that’s not to say that marriage is wrong… it’s only pointing out that NOT being married doesn’t have to be wrong either.

    Secondly, I don’t get your argument about marriage and children. Marriage binds a man to a woman not a man to his child… DNA does that. It doesn’t matter if you’re married or not, you can still pay child support if the child is biologically yours so what does marriage have to do with anything. A man (what I consider a REAL man) is not going to feel any stronger about his children if he’s married to their mother as opposed to if he’s not married to her.

  • Marquis de sade

    marquis de sade hates himself

  • chiquita

    what is wrong wit yal. She was told she would never be able to have children,so this is a blessing. By the way all of yal sayin how being a single mother is so hard,shes not even single.Even if she was a single mother, that does not mean that she will be a bad mother.

  • lola_uk

    how is having a baby a blessin?

    i don’t understand that.
    if you’re not fit to be a parent or you cant afford to take care of that baby, is it still a blessing?

  • lola_uk

    Plus-she’s 18, no career, no education, no stability.
    what a blessing!

  • chiquita

    how can you say she is not fit to be a mother. I have seen people that are 18, 19 and they have had babies and have been wonderful mothers. They didnt have the best jobs at first but they had a great support system(family,friends,baby’s father) that helped them unitl they were able to get a job that could support them and their children.

  • chiquita

    18 is young to have a child but noth that young. At least she is old enough to get a job where she can support her and her child. I have seen girls become pregnant as young as 12. So 18 does not sound that young to me.

  • lola_uk

    chiquita, 18 yrs-old is way too young to have a child. the odds are stacked against her. sure, there are a few people who make out alright but it’s obviously not the best thing to do.

    i wouldn’t want my younger sister to have a baby at 18 would you?

  • chiquita

    however most young girls were not told at a young age that they would never have children. The girl did not get pregnant on purpose. She thought there was a zero percent chance that she would be able to get pregnant, therefore in her case it is a blessing. One of my best friends was told that she too could not have children, because she had suffered from cancer. Fortunately she was able to have a child, she had a daughter at the age of 20. So we all considered it to be a blessing. In my case I know that I am capable of having children. Therefore this would not be a blessing for me at this time, because I know that I have the option to have them later in my life.

  • chrisB SUCKS

    Why is Tyra celebrating yet another unplanned, unwed, soon-to-be single mother?#

    because she’s a stupid add idiot like most of you Americans???

  • chiquita

    what the hell was tyra suppose to do yell at her. I dont understand what yal expect her to do in that situation.

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