Catwalk beauty Tyra Banks is refusing to lend her name to her own range of products, because there are too many celebrities trying to win a piece of the lifestyle market.

The supermodel-turned-talkshow host admits she is always being approached to launch her brand name.

But she has no plans to follow the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey or Beyonce Knowles, who are among a host of stars to have their own fashion, perfume and beauty deals - no matter how lucrative the offer.

She tells Ebony magazine, "I don't just want to throw my name on stuff like that.

"Oh, my God, I've had the opportunity. And I could have retired off of doing that type of stuff. I just feel that the marketplace for celebrities throwing their names on things is oversaturated."