Tyra becomes a man

Tyra Banks

Last year, Tyra Banks donned heavy padding to experience the world as a 157kg woman.

Now she's gone undercover as a man in a rapper's posse for an upcoming episode of The Tyra Banks Show.

"I actually had a suit thing that went over me that made me have pecs and, like, a six-pack," says Banks, who underwent five hours of preparation for the transformation.

Though she became manly enough to infiltrate Chingy's entourage, her voice was a giveaway. "Chingy kept saying that my voice was way too high and I had to fix it."