TYRA BANKS ENROLLED IN HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL!

Multi-talented beauty Tyra Banks has been attending Harvard Business School since last year. Her inspiration for enrolling in the Ivy League school? Her female followers.

"In order for my company to grow and be the best, and to reach these women, and to serve them, I needed the best. So I went to the best," Banks, 37, told CBS News.

Banks is enrolled in the Harvard Owner/President Management Program which allows busy entrepreneurs to spend just three weeks on campus a year for three years, and pay around $31,000 in annual tuition.

"It's pretty exclusive," Banks said. "It's quite expensive. But, I feel like it is worth it. I feel like it is so, so worth it," she added.

The former Victoria's Secret model turned media-mogul is no stranger to success, of course. Her hit-show, "America's Next Top Model," is on its 16th season and in 2009, Forbes listed Banks as the highest paid woman in prime time, with an annual income of $30 million.

But, Banks' education has always been a personal concern ever since she left Los Angeles' Loyola Marymount University to pursue her modeling career.

"The day I put college on hold because I got discovered ... was one of the most difficult decisions of my entire life," she said.

Still, Banks admits some are skeptical about her Ivy League education.

"I get mixed reactions. There are little facial expressions ... The chin goes back, like, 'Really?'" Banks added.

But, being underestimated has yet to stop the mogul. Stay tuned next week for Banks to unveil a new addition to her media empire: TypeF.com, a beauty and fashion advice website.


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