Tyra Banks is the top moneymaking female on prime time TV so now you may kiss her fat A##.  Banks makes an estimated $30 million from her hit TV show “America’s Next Top Model” along with other TV appearances according to Forbes.com. You don’t get the A## joke? (## is sugar sugar S). One of Tyra’s infamous quotes: “Kiss my fat a##) Let me tell you the story behind it..

more gorgeous photos of Tyra after the jump…

Back in early February 2007, tabloids had some photos of Tyra in a bathing suit that were not so complimenting – wrong angle perhaps. And boy didn’t all hell broke loose and critics were calling her fat; we had headlines “Tyra porkchop…” . So Tyra had this to say to her critics: “Kiss my fat a##”

Bravo girl! Yes, her weight has fluctuated up and down after quitting modelling. Big deal! She’s never for a moment looked bad, Tyra is a class.

Tyra rocks! You look amazing!  

Who’s elses on the list? Katherine Heigl comes a distant second earning $18 million.

Here’s the rest of the Forbes list:

1. Tyra Banks – $30 million

2. Katherine Heigl – $18 million

3. Marg Helgenberger – $9.5 million

4. Eva Longoria Parker – $9 million

5. Mariska Hargitay – $8.5 million

6. Julia Louis-Dreyfus – $8 million (tie)

6. Maura Tierney – $8 million (tie)

8. Tina Fey – $7 million

9. Marcia Cross – $6.2 million

10. Jennifer Love Hewitt – $6 million

Forbes.com via New York Daily

Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich mans world – that’s  from the song “Money, Money, Money” by Abba.

photos: Bauer Griffin