Former model, Victoria's Secret Angel and creator of America's Next Top Model — photos, style and news
Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973) is an American actress, television producer, author, television personality and former model. When Banks was 15 years old, she started modeling while attending school in Los Angeles; she was rejected by six modeling agencies before she was signed by L.A. Models and then switched to Elite Model Management at age 16. When she got the opportunity to model in Europe, she put college on hold and moved to Milan, and in her first runway season she was booked in 25 shows at the 1991 Paris Fashion Week. She walked the runways for Chanel, Valentino, Fendi and others, featured in advertising campaigns for Dolce & Gabbana, Yves Saint Laurent, Ralph Lauren and Nike, and became famous as a model appearing twice on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and working for Victoria's Secret as one of their original Angels.
Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973)
is an American actress, television producer, author, television
personality and former model. When Banks was 15 years old, she
started modeling while attending school in Los Angeles. She was
rejected by six modeling agencies before she was signed by L.A.
Models and then switched to Elite Model Management at age 16.
When she got the opportunity to model in Europe, she put college
on hold and moved to Milan. In her first runway season, she was
booked in 25 shows at the 1991 Paris Fashion Week. She would
later appear on the covers of magazines such as Elle, Teen Vogue
and Vogue. She walked the runways for Chanel, Valentino, Fendi
and others. She has featured in advertising campaigns for Dolce
& Gabbana, Yves Saint Laurent, Ralph Lauren and Nike. In
the mid-1990s, Banks returned to America to do more commercial
modeling. She first became famous as a model, appearing twice on
the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and working
for Victoria's Secret as one of their original Angels. Banks is
the creator and host of the UPN/the CW reality television show
America's Next Top Model, co-creator of True Beauty, and was the
host of her own talk show, The Tyra Banks Show. Banks is one of
four African Americans and seven women to have repeatedly ranked
among the world's most influential people by Time magazine.
Apparel Search has selected Tyra Banks as a fashion celebrity.
The second half of this record is a model converting credentials into ownership. America's Next Top Model took the mechanics Banks had lived — agency signings, runway bookings, cover tests — and rebuilt them as a television format with her as creator and host; True Beauty, which she co-created, and The Tyra Banks Show extended the same presenter-producer position. The Time recognition noted here — one of four African Americans and seven women to have repeatedly ranked among the world's most influential people — belongs to that combined career, not to the runway years alone.
This page gathers Tyra Banks photos, videos, news and blog posts, with search routes to each. The mid-1990s return to America for more commercial modeling is the hinge of the profile: Paris runways on one side, the Sports Illustrated covers and Victoria's Secret Angel years on the other, and television beyond them. In the T letter she is filed as the fashion model celebrity beside Taylor Swift, the letter's singer.
Banks started modeling at 15 while attending school in Los Angeles. She was rejected by six modeling agencies before she was signed by L.A. Models and then switched to Elite Model Management at age 16. She put college on hold, moved to Milan, and in her first runway season was booked in 25 shows at the 1991 Paris Fashion Week.
Banks walked the runways for Chanel, Valentino, Fendi and others, appeared on the covers of Elle, Teen Vogue and Vogue, and featured in advertising campaigns for Dolce & Gabbana, Yves Saint Laurent, Ralph Lauren and Nike. She appeared twice on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and worked for Victoria's Secret as one of their original Angels.
Banks is the creator and host of the UPN/The CW reality television show America's Next Top Model, co-creator of True Beauty, and was the host of her own talk show, The Tyra Banks Show. She is one of four African Americans and seven women to have repeatedly ranked among the world's most influential people by Time magazine.
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