Tyran Richard

As Louisiana finds its rhythm post-Katrina, people are beginning to rediscover the state's signature Southern comforts: spicy cooking, jazz and blues, the bizarre beauty of BourbonStreet at night and those bayou girls who know how to go wild. Among the latter is 24-year-old Tyran Richard--a self-described crazy Cajun from Zachary (just outside Baton Rouge)--who has blonde hair, impossibly blue eyes and more curves than the mighty Mississippi.Don't get us wrong, she's no Big Easy. "I have all the morals of a Southern belle," Tyran tells us."It's very different down here for women than it is in other places. We cook. We clean. My mom is my best friend, and I help her with our meals. I dated the same guy off and on for three years, butI wouldn't move in with him because he wouldn't give me an engagement ring." We'll bet the would-be ring bearer is kicking himself now. Tyran is going places. Not only is she pictured here as beautiful Miss March, she is also a working model. "I'm on a plane every weekend for something - the SEMA automotive trade show in Vegas or the lingerie company Shirley of Hollywood," says Tyran. And when she's not working, this hottie knows how to cool off. She likes to kick back with her four dogs. She can whip up dazzling crawfish