Video: Tyra Banks' Award-Winning Night!

"The Insider" was on the scene at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at New York’s Marriott Marquis on Saturday evening -- and stars such as Tyra Banks, Clay Aiken, Vanessa Williams, T.R. Knight and Suze Orman gave us the dish on the big night!

At the show, Clay presented Tyra with the Excellence in Media Award, T.R. bestowed Suze with the Vito Russo Award to Suze Orman, and famed TV talker Phil Donahue received a Special Recognition Award.

"I feel very flattered to be honored by GLAAD because I don't do what I do with the gay and lesbian, transgendered and bisexual community for accolades, I do it because I look for equal rights for everyone," Tyra says. "So to be honored that just makes you go; woah okay then they're very happy and proud of what I’m doing. So it makes me feel like I’m on the right track."

The GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.

Published 3/30/09 by the Insider

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  • slaying
    Anonymous 3/31/09 Reply
  • still love ya clay aiken. thank you for being you
    Anonymous 3/31/09 Reply
  • what a fake world !!!
    Anonymous 3/31/09 Reply
  • Loved clay's speech about you tyra. You really make great friends. You looked amazing, and your speech made me cry.
    DeborahB10 3/31/09 Reply
  • Tyra is beautiful inside & out... as for Clay, he's just all kinds of HAWT!!!
    Anonymous 3/31/09 Reply
  • congratulation tyra
    you're awesome
    HananK 3/30/09 Reply
  • Tyra's a great ambassador for human rights and equality I'd just wish she'd "class up" her show (that's where she and Oprah differ).
    Anonymous 3/30/09 Reply
  • Congratulations to Tyra for this well deserved award. And how wonderful that Clay Aiken was the one to present it. It is no surprise that she counts him as a good friend. They both are making such a difference as they support the notion of inclusion...
    RIFAN 3/30/09 Reply
  • Congrats Tyra!:)
    NeverLetGo 3/30/09 Reply
  • im happy Clay and Tyra they win the award
    Anonymous 3/30/09 Reply
  • I am so very proud of Tyra Banks . What a wonderful example of the inclusion of people in EVERY walk of life ......And to have a very close friend in Clay Aiken who strives for inclusion is just phenominal! There could not have been a better person...
    claysmyheart 3/30/09 Reply
  • I'm a supporter of GLAAD.
    GeorgeJobson 3/30/09 Reply
  • Never realized how much Tyra has made a difference for inclusion of all people. No surprise then that she and Clay Aiken are very good friends. THEY BOTH LOOK GREAT!!!
    Anonymous 3/30/09 Reply