Tyra Banks Paying For Surgery

According to Us Weekly, Tyra Banks will be paying for the $20,000 to $35,000 sex reassignment surgery for Isis King, the first transgender contestant on America’s Next Top Model. Here’s what 22-year-old Isis, who was born Darrell Walls, says on The Tyra Banks Show: “[I feel] like I’m about to wake up. It’s hard. I try not to think about it because it is something I’m really passionate about. I feel like I really was born in the wrong body, and it’s just the one thing that makes me feel uncomfortable.”

UPDATE: Tyra isn’t paying for the sex change, a rep for the Tyra Banks Show tells JustJared.com. Dr. Marci Bowers, who will be performing the surgery is. :]