Profile
Tyra Banks
Model + Talk Show Host and Actress
Female
Born
Dec 4, 1973
Age
39
Hometown
Inglewood, Califo...
Other Names
Tyra Lynne Banks
Agency
Img Models
Tyra Lynne Banks is an American model and media personality. 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… Read More
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Romance
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Giancarlo MarcacciniDated 2005 - 2006
Family
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Tyra Banks
Age 39
parents
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Donald BanksFather
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Carolyn LondonMother
siblings
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Devin BanksBrother
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Tyra Banks Busts A MoveHuffington Post - May 05, 2013
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Report: Janice Dickinson Files For BankruptcyHuffington Post - Apr 22, 2013
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Remember This Fierce Catwalker?Huffington Post - Apr 21, 2013
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Tyler R. Tynes: Kobe Bryant Will Be Back: A Legacy RevisitedHuffington Post - Apr 14, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1973
Birth
Born on December 4, 1973.
1979
5 Years Old
In 1979, when Banks was 6 years old, her parents divorced.
TEENAGE
Banks attended John Burroughs Middle School and graduated in 1991 from Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles.
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TWENTIES
Banks was the first African American woman on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. In 1997, she received the VH1 award for, "Supermodel of the Year."
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1999
25 Years Old
In 1999, Tyra Banks established the TZONE program, which aimed at leadership and life skills development.
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THIRTIES
Banks is the hostess, judge and executive producer of The CW Television Network show America's Next Top Model. In addition, she hosted The Tyra Banks Show, a daytime talk show aimed at younger women, which premiered on September 12, 2005, and ran until May 28, 2010.
In 2008, Banks won the Daytime Emmy Award for her work and production on The Tyra Banks Show, and won for the second time in a row for outstanding, informative talkshow in 2009.
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2009
35 Years Old
In 2009, she opened up about her past abusive relationship when she made a guest appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, hosting alongside Oprah Winfrey.
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2010
36 Years Old
Banks announced in May 2010 that she would be writing a novel, titled Modelland, loosely based on her own modelling experience.
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In March 2011, Banks launched her fashion and beauty website called "typeF.com", which she co-created with Demand Media.
2012
38 Years Old
Banks passed the Executive Education Training Program in February 2012, earning a certificate, not a degree.
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