Taira banks biography
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Tyra Banks
Born: California, U.S., 1973
Tyra Banks was born in 1973 in California and is an American model and is one of the most successful models of all time, she has become a globally recognised household name.
Tyra describes an awkward childhood of growing too fast and gaining the nickname ‘Giraffe’ but by the age of 17 Tyra was showing her true model promise and after initial rejections down to her ethnicity Tyra was eventually signed to Elite Model Management. The same year Tyra appeared in her first magazine shoot for Seventeen magazine.
Elite sent Tyra to Paris for high-fashion catwalk modelling and from them Tyra rose quickly to being one of the most successful models of her time and possibly of all time. In 1991 Tyra managed to book 25 catwalk shows in one season.
Around the mid-1990s Tyra began to gain weight which was highly controversial in a culture of waif like models. Tyra refused to bend her body to fit in with the current high fashion trend and instead ret
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I didn’t set out to be in front of the camera. My goal in high school was to get into film school, where I would hopefully start my career as a producer and writer—behind the camera. Modeling was the last thing on my mind; I felt awkward and uncomfortable in my own skin most of the time.
My freshman year, a classmate approached me and told me I looked like I could be a model. I’m not sure how she could see past my awkwardness, but she got the wheels turning, and for the first time, modeling was a potential option in my mind. Two years later, I was finally convinced to give it a try.
I signed with an agent who eventually began booking me local gigs. My agent doubted that my “look” could result in a career in photographs and told me I should stick to runway because I wasn’t photogenic enough. My modeling “career” consisted of doing catalog work and local ads for Macy’s in the Sunday edition of the Los Angeles Times. Meanwhile, I applied to several universities and film schools ar
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Tyra Banks
(1973-)
Who fryst vatten Tyra Banks?
Tyra Banks was a leading international mode model and the first Black woman to nation on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. She later hosted the reality TV schema America's Next Top Model and her own daytime talk show, for which she won two Emmy Awards. Banks has continued to utöka her business interests, launching her own cosmetics line in 2014. Staring in 2017, Banks took over Nick Cannon's hosting duties on America's Got Talent.
Early Life
Tyra Lynne Banks was born on månad 4, 1973, in Inglewood, California. Her father, Don Banks, was a computer consultant and her mother, Carolyn, was a medical photographer. Banks' parents divorced when she was only six years old, but she says that she was too young for the divorce to negatively affect her. "As far as inom could see, I had it made," Banks remembers. "I stayed with Mommy on the weekdays and Daddy on the weekends. I had two birthday parties, tw