--- title: Tyra Banks Wrote An Essay To End The 'Supermodel' Wars description: The supermodel put in her two cents about a debate over who deserves the title of that escalated quickly from high fashion into high drama. canonical: https://time.com/4380300/tyra-banks-supermodel-kendall-jenner-gigi-hadid/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-23T18:50:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:33:43.677Z og:title: Tyra Banks Is the Ultimate Peacemaker In 'Supermodel War' og:description: The OG weighed in on the Stephanie Seymour-Kendall Jenner-Gigi Hadid drama og:url: https://time.com/4380300/tyra-banks-supermodel-kendall-jenner-gigi-hadid/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tyra Banks Is the Ultimate Peacemaker In 'Supermodel War' twitter:description: The OG weighed in on the Stephanie Seymour-Kendall Jenner-Gigi Hadid drama twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Tyra Banks Is the Ultimate Peacemaker In 'Supermodel War' > Sponsored content. 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And honestly, who better to play peacemaker than the woman responsible for launching reality show [_America’s Next Top Model_](http://time.com/4234655/vh1-new-season-top-model-tyra/), a source of endless drama and aspiring models? The conflict in question began in April when Rebecca Romijn said Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid were “not true supermodels” in an interview with [_Entertainment Tonight_](http://www.etonline.com/features/187431%5Frebecca%5Fromijn%5Fgets%5Fcandid%5Fabout%5Fjennifer%5Flawrence%5Fvogue%5Fand%5Fprince/)_._ Predictably, it went viral, causing her to send out the following tweet. > [](https://twitter.com/RebeccaRomijn/status/725372820818038784) The relative calm after this olive branch was proffered was disrupted when ’90s icon Stephanie Seymour told [_Vanity Fair_](http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/06/stephanie-seymour-kendall-jenner-gigi-hadid-supermodels) in response to a question about Romijn’s remarks that she would rather call Kendall and Gigi “b–s of the moment” than “supermodels.” As expected this didn’t sit well with Jenner or Hadid; Jenner took to her app to write a response, calling Seymour’s statement “cyberbullying” and noting that, “Being a ‘supermodel’ is a relative term. If people want to call Gigi and I supermodels _now_, it doesn’t take anything away from supermodels of the past. Obviously, I have so much respect for those women, but right now, we’re the models of this time. Significant? Maybe. Hardworking? For sure.” Hadid co-signed with a tweet. > [](https://twitter.com/GiGiHadid/status/743529580930150400) But before the supermodel war could escalate, Tyra Banks addressed the issue as only she could. First she took to Twitter, going so far as to invoke [Rodney King](http://time.com/4245175/rodney-king-la-riots-anniversary/). > [](https://twitter.com/tyrabanks/status/745657313244020736) She then followed that up with an Instagram, hinting at the wisdom she was about to drop. Finally, Banks addressed the clash from both sides in an [essay](http://beautybank.tyra.com/uncategorized/model-wars/?webalias=www&utm%5Fsource=TYRA%20Beauty&utm%5Fmedium=Blog&utm%5Fcampaign=Press) titled, “Model War” that she posted on her beauty brand’s website. She first addresses the original supermodels, acknowledging their hard work and trailblazing ways and how they got the coveted title of “supermodel”, “after all the blood, sweat, fears and floods of tears.” She then goes on to address the current state of modeling, where a strong social media presence can launch a career. “Fast forward to present day, and some of us are in a state of shock,” she wrote. “We witness young girls on reality shows and super popular girls on social media now being called Supermodels and think, ‘WHAT?! It’s not fair! Is that kind of success even real?’ I’ve gotta be blunt. Yes. IT IS REAL.” She then congratulates the new generation of models. “I thought Supermodel-dom was over. I thought it was the end of an era. But then you appeared and made it mean something again. Selfishly, the pain, the struggle, the blood, sweat, fears and tears of past Supermodels is not in vain. 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