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
Your face is one of the favorite faces of the judges -- they constantly talk about your high cheekbones -- but they feel like there's something that's a little vacuous, that's doesn't connect.
The judges think, 'Beautiful girl, Beautiful pictures,' but a lot of them don't see a model in front of them.
The judges see a model in person, but for two weeks in a row they have been less than impressed with your photos. So what the judges see now is a lot of potential, but they haven't seen that potential put into your photos.
The judges look at you and every week you are the most beautiful girl to them, but we still haven't seen that in your pictures.
The judges felt the need to save you from this crazy cutthroat world of modeling, that would make a sad girl extremely depressed.
I'm very comfortable speaking to millions of people, but not comfortable in a small, intimate social setting. Like cocktail hour. I get very panicky.
I'm not afraid of wanting money at all. Money will give me more power to do things that are truer to my spirit than what I'm already doing.
I know the pain of somebody who's too thin and the pain of somebody that people say is too big.
I know some women are intimidated by makeup.
I'm not led by money, because if that's the case, I can throw my name on everything and have a million-dollar company.
I learned my ABCs, 1-2-3 from 'Sesame Street.'
I'm frugal. I've always been this way. When I was young, my mom would give me my allowance, and I'd peel off a little each week and have some to spare.
I had no idea people were that blatant.
I'm tired of this rumor. It's something that's followed me forever,