Tyra Banks walks in the 2024 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show

The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is back, and so is Tyra Banks!

The 50-year-old modeling icon — who walked in nine shows during her time with the brand before retiring from modeling in 2005 — returned to the runway on October 15 to the audience roaring as the “native New Yorker.” I played.

Banks meant business as she strutted down the catwalk in a silver gown with black lining, a crystal-encrusted bra, sparkly leggings and sky-high heels.

Before she hit the runway in New York City — where the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show originated — Banks also helped tease the show’s return with another of Victoria’s Secret’s most famous faces, Gigi Hadid.

The model duo announced the news on Instagram in August with a sketch video filmed by Chappelle Rowan, to which Banks nodded with the comment, “What we really need is a female phenomenon!”

The sketch – which saw Hadid posing in Banks before accepting an invitation from her – comes months after Victoria’s Secret first announced the return of its annual fashion show.

“We read the comments and heard you,” she said in May Instagram share He reads. “The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is back ✨ and will reflect who we are today, plus everything you know and love – glamor, runway, wings, musical entertainment, and more!”

In a statement shared with PEOPLE at the time, a Victoria’s Secret representative echoed that promise of a show that reflects the brand’s identity today.

“The 2024 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show will deliver exactly what our customers demand – glamor, runway, fashion, fun, suites and entertainment – ​​all through a powerful, modern lens that reflects who we are today,” the statement read. “We are excited to share a women-led formulation of this iconic drug later this year!”

In September, Banks appeared again on Victoria’s Secret’s social media, admitting that returning to the show “feels crazy.”

“It’s crazy to be back on the Victoria’s Secret runway,” she said in a video. Common function With the brand. “I mean ‘cray cray’ as in ‘good cray cray.’ To be honest, I never thought I would be back on that runway again.

the previous Ants The host also said Harper’s Bazaar “It’s a bit of an out-of-body experience” as she walked in the show nearly two decades after hanging up her wings in 2005 – and revealed she had been “walking around in high heels” to practice!

“I walked off this runway and I… [had] “This is a big retirement and it was an amazing sight,” she told the outlet. “I felt like that athlete who’s like: ‘I’m hanging up my cleats… I’m retiring from basketball.’ “And then, you’re back now!”

“Never in a million years did I think I would be back on the runway, but I’m so excited and totally ready for this,” Banks added.

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The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show airs Tuesday. October 15 at 7pm ET on Prime Video, Victoria’s Secret YouTube, TikTok or Instagram.