Tyra Banks
Tyra Banks
Tyra Lynne Banks is an American model, television personality, talk show host, producer, author, actress, singer and business woman. She began her career as a model at age 15, and became the first African American woman on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, on which she appeared twice. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1997 to 2005. By the early 2000s, Banks was one of the top-earning models in the world...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth4 December 1973
CityInglewood, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I really want to leave something behind that means something when I'm no longer here.
I have scars on the backs of my arms from dressers in Paris scraping me with pins as I was taking a shirt or gown off.
I have worn fake hair since I was 17 years old.
By no means am I trying to change the modeling industry.
By no means am I saying a breast implant is a bad thing, but it's not a choice that I made.
By no means am I against plastic surgery, by no means am I saying that breast implants are a bad thing, but it's just not a choice that I made ... it's something that a lot of people think I have and that is so frustrating to me.
Homelessness is an issue close to my heart.
If you can think psychographically and not demographically, you can really target a lot more audiences.
I don't think I'll always be on television.
There have been top supermodels in the past that weren't as tall as the industry demands, like fashion icon Kate Moss.
If I tried to start modeling right now, I wouldn't be a supermodel because it's all about celebrity.
Because beauty will be so readily accessible, and skin color and features will be similar, prejudices based on physical features will be nearly eradicated. Prejudice will be socioeconomically based.
I don't have the best self esteem; mine wavers month to month, but I know how to pick myself up.
It's so important to understand your good attendance ups your chances of graduating.