The other was Naomi Campbell. While a high school student, Tyra applied to five colleges with the intention of majoring in film and television production.
Within Banks' first week in Paris, other designers were so entranced by her presence on the runway that she was booked for an unprecedented 25 shows--a record in the business for a newcomer.
Attended Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles, California, a popular Catholic girls' school, where she claims that her classmates made fun of her because of her height and weight. One of only four African Americans and seven women to have repeatedly ranked among the world's most influential people by Time magazine. Until season 4 of America's Next Top Model , she would spend an hour with every girl who got kicked off the show, talking with them in private.
The producers asked her to stop this. To promote the new season of her talk show, Tyra stripped down to a bodysuit to say that her new season is going to be about "celebrating inner and outer beauty".
Tyra has always spoken about women's body images and the media's scrutiny of female beauty. She was given a 'Do Something' Award for a celebrity who is doing something good in the world of style. Has ended her four-year relationship with banker John Utendahl [December 13, ]. Dropped out of Loyola University, at age 17, to pursue modeling.
Cousin of Nichelle Rodriguez , an acting manager in Los Angeles, with the company, "Inspired Talent Management", whom also owns and runs the film acting camp, "Young Actors Camp", for kids and teens. The first African-American model to appear on the cover of GQ magazine. The first African-American model to appear on the cover of the Victoria's Secret catalog. Was in a relationship with Erik Asla from to They have a son together, York Banks Asla b. January 27, Has said that if she wasn't modeling, she would be a full-time actress or start an Ice Cream company.
Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself. You've got to learn to accept the fool in you as well as the part that's got it goin' on. Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic, erotic women. Why can't we be the sexy All-American girl next door? Believe it or not, I just really know how to pose well. It took me five years to learn what my best angles are.
I take Adrianne's struggles to bed with me at night. Adrianne's problem was that she went to Europe to try to make it and nobody knew who she was there. So it was like starting over. But after a girl leaves the show it's really up to her to be aggressive and try to succeed. A year later, she became the first African American woman to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, as well as the first Black woman to be featured in Victoria's Secret lingerie catalogue.
She signed lucrative contracts with Cover Girl and Victoria's Secret, becoming a staple of both companies' advertising campaigns and runway shows. Banks returned to the front of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition in , 23 years after she first graced its cover.
In addition to her modeling, Banks began pursuing an acting career in the s. She made her debut in with a seven-episode stint on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , and enjoyed a prominent role in the drama Higher Learning. The show, which pits aspiring models against each other in a competition for the label of America's Next Top Model, was UPN's highest-rated show through its first six seasons.
In Top Model was chosen to headline the newly created CW television network. The show, with more than 20 seasons under its belt, continues to draw enormous television audiences.
Banks expanded into daytime television with her own talk show, The Tyra Show , in The show's most famous moment came in February , shortly after several unflattering pictures of Banks in a bathing suit surfaced in tabloid magazines. Banks marched onstage wearing the same bathing suit and told critics to "Kiss my fat ass! In Banks said goodbye to her talk show after five years on the air. She told People magazine that she decided to end her program to focus on "bringing positive images of women to the big screen.
Banks debuted a new talk show in September called FABLife , though she announced her departure just two months later. She later resurfaced to host the reality competition series America's Got Talent in , as a replacement for Nick Cannon, and spent two seasons in the role.
She also served as executive producer. In Banks published the best-selling novel Modelland , based on her life and experiences in the industry, and launched a style and beauty website called typeF. She also enrolled at Harvard Business School around this time, completing her special course for CEOs and other top executives in early Banks, who rarely discusses her romantic life in public, has been involved with several celebrities over the years, including director John Singleton and basketball player Chris Webber.
Banks had previously revealed her trouble with infertility and their son was delivered via a surrogate mother. Banks also started her production company called Ty Ty Baby Productions, which she later changed to Bankable Productions.
In Banks won the Daytime Emmy Award for her work and production on The Tyra Banks Show and won a second time in a row for outstanding, informative talk show in Banks continues to be in the media spotlight, appearing on television programs. Banks begin dating Norwegian photographer Erik Asla in On January 27, , a son, York Banks-Asla, was born to the couple.
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