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
If I tried to start modeling right now, I wouldn't be a supermodel because it's all about celebrity.
What I love about this new group is that no one looks like anyone else. They're all so different, and they all photograph strikingly.
I'm all about zagging when everyone else is zigging.
I'm always looking at how I can be atypical.
I look up to Walt Disney and what he has done.
I have a lot of success and make a good living, but after while, you start going 'Why? Why are you doing all this?'
I have a poverty demon. I'll ask my accountant if I can afford something, and he'll say, 'What are you talking about?'
I have a big forehead, and I got made fun of all time. When I was a little girl, they used to call me 'five-head.'
I went through an obsession with eyebrows. I used to paint my eyebrows really, really strong. I look back now, and some were a little bit strong.
I went to school for me - I didn't do it to make any sort of statement. So the very first year I was in school, I wasn't there under my own name. It was very incognito.
Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner have the exact same eyes.
One of the big, most underlying messages for me is celebrating beauty that is not typical.
I think we should be unapologetic that we excel - and look beautiful while doing it.
I would love for models to be protected by a guild.