Tyra Banks is an American personality. T.V host, model, actress, and business woman whose net worth is $90 million. Tyra Lynne Banks was born in Los Angeles, California (USA) on December 4th, 1973. She attended Immaculate Heart High School, an independent, girls-only private Catholic college in Los Angeles.
When she was growing, she was very skinny, and often some people made fun of her; The one considered an “ugly duckling”. Banks later said that this was a very difficult stage of her life, and she developed a rather important concerning problem about her image.
Modelling beginning.
In 1991, Banks was about to begin her freshman year at Claremont McKenna College when Elite Model Management gave her at the age of 17, her first modeling job. Before entering the fashion world, Banks had been rejected several times in tests to work as model. Banks later stated, about her first job, that she did not consider her to be the first in a long career in fashion.
Banks states that most of the time she avoids drinking alcohol, and she has never used other recreational drugs.
Career.
Banks’ career took off when high-fashion trades changed. She was the first African American to appear on a GQ cover, Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue, but is most famous for her work as a Victoria’s Secret model. She won the prestigious Michael Award for the supermodel of the year.
Banks has made catwalks at Punta Karapa, San Bernardino, and the rest of the United States. she has also paraded along with the well-known models, such as Naomi Campbell or Valeria Mazza. She has appeared in a variety of magazines, commercials and billboards. Her works as a model include walkways or publications for CoverGirl, Swatch, Pepsi, Nike, XOXO, Lens Crafters, Tommy Hilfiger, Victoria’s Secret, Polo Ralph Lauren, Dolce & Gabbana, Yves Saint-Laurent, Chanel, Escada, Anna Sui, Liz Claiborne and Richard Tyler. She has appeared in international fashion magazines including the covers of Vogue, ELLE, Amica, ELLEgirl, L’Officiel, Harper’s Bazaar, Photo, Cosmopolitan and Sports Illustrated.
At a time when models of extreme thinness prevailed, Banks stood out with a more voluptuous physique, 1.80 cm high and measures 86-60-89. Banks retired from the fashion world in 2005. She made her last runway at Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show that year.
Television.
Banks’s television career began with the fourth season of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, playing Jackie, Will Smith’s ex-girlfriend. She also appeared in Felicity, and in the third season of Gossip Girl in the role of Ursula. Aside from her role as executive producer, presenter and chief jury of the America’s Next Top Model television show, she began presenting The Tyra Banks Show, a talk show that premiered in the United States on September 12th, 2005, much like Initial format of The Oprah Winfrey Show. The program was broadcast in the United States until May 2010.
In 2011, she made a special participation at the end of season of the television program Mexico’s Next Top Model. She also made a special guest appearance on the Disney Channel Shake It Up and the 5×06 Glee series. On the other hand, she made her appearance in the series Black-ish, as well as she participated in the situation comedy How I Met Your Mother interpreting Bianca.
