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Posted: 2024-05-01T23:21:58Z | Updated: 2024-05-01T23:21:58Z Tyra Banks Had Her First Drink Of Alcohol At 50 ... And It Was 'Nasty' | HuffPost

Tyra Banks Had Her First Drink Of Alcohol At 50 ... And It Was 'Nasty'

The supermodel talked about the highs and lows of her big five-oh in an interview with People.

One and done!

Tyra Banks just told People what she thought about having her first drink of alcohol at 50 years old.

The supermodel talked about her big birthday in an interview out Wednesday, sharing, I could not wait to be 50.

I felt it was a rite of passage to be my true self, she told People. I like to challenge misconceptions about aging by saying, Child, Im 50!

For the celebration, some of Banks most beloved people met her in Australia, where she has been living with boyfriend Louis Blanger-Martin.

My mom and my best friend surprised me there, and it was so magical, the Americas Next Top Model judge said. We took a seaplane, had a meal in the middle of nowhere.

I even had an alcoholic drink for the first time! she added.

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Tyra Banks attends a Nov. 16 gala fundraiser for leukemia research at Villa Erba in Cernobbio, Italy.
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The star told People she wont be revisiting alcohol any time soon, however.

It wasnt worth it, she explained. I was like, This is nasty!

The Life Size actor once wrote about her relationship with drinking in an email to fans, quoted by Forbes in 2011.

I feel like Ive been very lucky because I dont really have an addictive personality, she wrote. Ive never had any drugs, and I had a little taste of alcohol when I was 12 years old, but thats about it.

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