Tyra Banks announced ‘Modelland’ early last year, and we were promised a “multi-level 21,000 sq. ft space, which will include retail and dining options, will be open to the public, who can buy tickets” in Santa Monica, California. The point of Modelland was to bring “modelling to the masses, while expanding the definition of beauty,” which has apparently been Tyra’s life long goal.
It was all well and good when it was a vague idea, but a year later it’s beginning to sound more and more like a certain famous festival that went down in a ball of flames. A ball of Fyre, one might even say.
In a new interview with The View, Tyra Banks has told us all that the inspiration for Modelland was being told ‘no’ all the time, that it’s kind of like Wakanda, and that some kids opened up a portal to Los Angeles. It’s a wild ride, and I don’t think I’m tall enough to ride it tbh.
So it’s full of models, it’s on a really famous beach, and there are disturbingly few concrete details. See where I’m headed with this?
Fyre Festival was so bad that it became the comparison point for all major disasters, and I have a sneaking suspicion that Modelland is going to go close. Tyra is promising that it will be open “later this winter,” but winter in the US is over when February ends, so I don’t know what to tell you.
Want more bad ideas? Listen to the GOAT Team facepalm over Hallmark removing an LGBT ad…
Maybe this will be a major success and Modelland will be this amazing attraction that had all the amazing details kept under wraps. But we thought that of Fyre Fest too, and look what happened. I don’t think Tyra Banks is going to end up in jail for fraud over Modelland, but I reckon there’s a very good chance that visitors will get served crappy cheese sandwiches.
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