A Georgia man who was convicted of stalking TV host Tyra Banks was sentenced Thursday to a year of probation and ordered to complete a treatment program designed specifically for stalkers.

Brady Green, 39, of Dublin, Ga., must also stay away from the former supermodel for the next two years under an order of protection.

Manhattan Criminal Court Judge James Burke warned Green that he would face up to 90 days in jail if he disobeys any of the court’s orders.

Green and his lawyer left court without commenting.

Green was convicted in April of stalking Banks from coast to coast - calling her offices, showing up at her TV studios and sending her flowers. Police said he threatened to cut a staffer’s throat for not telling him where Banks was.

When Green was arrested March 18, 2008, at a McDonald’s restaurant near Banks’ Manhattan studio, he told officers they “had a thing together,” police said.

Banks, who did not attend Green’s sentencing, testified during his trial that she feared for her safety, and for that of her staff and family.

The former Sports Illustrated cover girl said that because of Green, her company hired more security staff, her studio audiences are vetted more thoroughly, and security guards follow her everywhere.

Green testified that he was a Banks fan and had been enthusiastic about trying to get tickets for her show. He said his actions had been misunderstood.

But Assistant District Attorney Sean McMahon got Green to admit that he rode a bus for four days from Los Angeles to New York where he had no friends, relatives or job, and the first he thing he did was go to the building that houses Banks’ studio.

Banks is executive producer and host of two popular TV shows, “America’s Next Top Model” and “The Tyra Banks Show.”

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A throng of hopeful women turned out for Saturday’s “take two” audition for “America’s Next Top Model.” But will host Tyra Banks and her producers take any of them seriously?

Sources tell us that producers choose at least some of their contestants at private tryouts and that the open cattle calls around the country are mostly just publicity stunts.

A rep for The CW network, which airs the show, declined to comment when we asked whether it was true that at least four contestants were chosen before the infamous March 14 incident in Manhattan.

That was the tryout where a panic-induced riot sent six girls to the hospital. Many more went home disappointed when the event was called off.
One source claims the deck was stacked against them.

“The producers had already picked some of the girls they wanted in private meetings,” says the insider. “They had to sign agreements promising not to reveal how they were chosen.”

Dehea Abraham says she flew up from Atlanta for the March 14 open call only to be told by a friend that she didn’t stand a chance. “My friend is a dancer who’s represented by a talent agency that also handles models,” says Abraham. “Someone from the show saw her MySpace page and invited her to a secret pre-audition. My friend doesn’t really want to model. But she figured she’d try it out. She had to sign a confidentiality agreement.
“When I got to New York, she called me and said, ‘Please tell me you’re not in New York City. You’re wasting your time.’”

Dionne Sherrae, who injured her shoulder in the March 14 melee, says she’s “not surprised” to hear that the 13 girls who get into the Top Model House may not all come from cattle calls. “You never hear about people saying, ‘Oh, I stood in line next to that girl.’”

Abraham says she “saw the clues” that the cattle call was mostly about getting a big turnout for the cameras. “They lowered the height requirement, so they get more people. But they also get a lot of high school girls who haven’t developed and don’t have morals. They cut in line. That’s how the trouble started.

“To me, the show is totally different from last year,” says Abraham. “It’s lost its soul. It’s all about ratings.

They don’t really look for new faces. They just look for a girl that fits the image they already have in mind. It’s preordained.”

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A makeup-free Tyra Banks tried to hide from the cameras at the airport, but they were quicker than her denying she has put on a few pound. Is it just me or does she look mean without makeup?

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A MEDICAL emergency halted taping of “The Tyra Banks Show” the other day as “Slumdog Millionaire” stars Dev Patel and Freida Pinto (above) were about to go on. “A young woman in the audience went into a seizure and started convulsing. Paramedics rushed to the scene and began working on her,” a source tells us. “She recovered and wanted to stay, but the paramedics insisted she go to the hospital. Dev and Freida felt so bad, they signed a copy of the ‘Slumdog’ soundtrack and had it slipped to her as the ambulance sped off.”

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Clay Aiken is going to guest Judge on The CW’s America’s Next Top Model according to Us Weekly.

A show rep confirms to Usmagazine.com that Aiken, 30, will be featured on the show’s April 8 episode, working with the aspiring models in an acting challenge. Later, Aiken will critique the contestants’ performances — along with regular judge and executive producer Tyra Banks — during the panel session when one model is eliminated. 

Um, he has done one Broadway show and he is an expert in acting, how? I love Clay Aiken as much as the next Claymate, but this seems like a bad fit and sad move on his part.

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While Tyra Banks promotes the inclusion of the first transgender contestant on the upcoming season of “America’s Next Top Model,” former judge Janice Dickinson says she’s been there, done that. The self-proclaimed “world’s first supermodel” told New York magazine she broke that ground on her Oxygen show “Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency.”

“I did it on my show first with Claudia (Charriez),” the 53-year-old said. “But you know what? There’s not going to be a moment where Tyra’s not going to knock me off, so I’m not bothered by her.”

Well, maybe she’s a little bothered. Seems Janice thinks her former “Top Model” boss owes her some gratitude.

“I (never got) a note or call (from Tyra) thanking me for helping to put her show on the map,” Janice complained. “Whatever. She’s not my favorite person.”

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Seriously not only is the wax version of Tyra Banks prettier and thinner than the real one, it also looks more real than her. Maybe we can replace the real with her on America’s Next Top Model! C’mon how much better would ANTM be without her 2 cents every 5 seconds! 

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Tyra Banks is crazy ya’ll. But not like crazy in a bad way, just like…you know…crazy in a Tyra Banks kind of way. Like stripping off all her clothes on national television or dressing up like a homeless person and living on the street for a night. You can kind of always expect Tyra to be just a little out there.

Well yesterday Tyra got serious as she and previous America’s Next Top Model contestants Claire Unabia, Saliesha Cooper and Jaslene Gonzalez joined New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to plant an Oak tree on Ninth Avenue as part of the Million Tree Month and as a commemoration of the 600th episode of the The Tyra Banks Show. And a tree wasn’t the only thing Tyra planted.

Before the day was over she had planted a nice wet kiss right on cheek of Michael Bloomberg. Oh Tyra!

The event will air on an episode of The Tyra Banks Show sometime after Earth Day.

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