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
A while ago I said that, 'You know, I like a guy - he doesn't have to be all rich and famous - he can be normal.' And I remember I was walking in the mall, and this guy was like, 'Tyra, I'm normal. I live with my mama. I ain't got a car and I ain't got a job! I'm real normal.' And I'm like, 'That's not normal - that's a loser!'
What keeps me up at night? Sometimes it's day-to-day work stuff. And a lot of the times, it's, 'Am I making the wrong decisions in terms of reaching young women?'
Working women, moms, students, they don't have a lot of time to spend on their faces.
With the whole supermodel thing, even when you're not really modeling anymore, people still call me that. And I'm like '... retired.'
Who would have thought that the girl who was forced to go to the hospital because she's so skinny would one day be called too fat?
When I'm coming offstage after my show, I'm thinking about what's on my TiVo.
When I was not connected with someone, I didn't get asked out that often.
Years ago, when I first started wearing hair extensions, I would get mail from young girls, or young girls would come up to me and they would say, 'Tyra you have the most beautiful hair, like I could never grow hair like that!' And I would say 'Child, this is a weave!'
What I don't like to see is when models of different races come in and out of fashion.
to use her success to help other women on their journey in life.
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.