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Vogue's André Leon Talley Joins America's Next Top Model

People - 8th Feb 2010

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Tyra Banks: It took a while, but after 13 cycles of America’s Next Top Model , Tyra Banks has finally convinced Vogue editor-at-large André Leon Talley to take a seat at the judges’ table. Talley, 60, a heavyweight in the Fashion world for decades, was one of the first people Banks approached eight years ago when she was planning Top Model . “At that point, I said no because it was the beginning. I was thinking I wanted to see where it goes,” he tells Women’s Wear...

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