Saturday, June 20, 2009

Tyra Lynne Banks

Tyra Lynne Banks was born in Los Angeles on December 4, 1973. She is an African-American supermodel, television presenter, actress, singer, and executive producer. She is well known as one of the top fashion models and also as one of Victoria’s Secret angels.

Tyra Banks was once quoted as saying “A smart model is a good model”, and she proved her quote in every way possible.

She began her career as a model when she was just 17 years old with Elite agency. She was quickly discovered in Los Angeles, made a contract with Cover Girl a cosmetics company and was known as the third African-American woman to have such a chance.

Tyra Banks was raised to be strong. She says "I've been lucky enough to come from a really strong family, where I was taught only to compete with myself. My mom always told me, 'Don't ever let anyone tell you, you can't do something'." This is why she is one of the rare models who can fight the stress in the modeling career.

Tyra traveled to Paris for a year to nourish her modeling career. She modeled for some of the big names such as Channel and Ralph Lauren. Later she returned to the states and began her acting career. Her first real acting career was "Higher Learning", where she played the role of Omar Epps' track running girlfriend. She showed a talent in acting.

Tyra was also the first black women on the cover of Sports Illustrated and also the first model on the cover of GQ.

She made People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful" list twice. She even wrote a book about her life; Tyra’s Beauty Inside and Out.

An important part in Coyote Ugly brought back Tyra. She played as a wild bartender. This is ironic since she claims that she does not drink alcohol. She also says that she does not watch her health. In other words she eats what she wants to eat. Unlike many models she eats barbecued ribs, fried chicken, and fast food. She plays lots of sports such as basketball and tennis, and makes sure she always has fun while exercising. So, she does not exercise to keep in shape.

Tyra Banks is now 33 years old and she has retired from modeling so that she could concentrate more on her television career. She is now the host of her own program The Tyra Banks Show.
She is one of the richest supermodels in the world, with a personal wealth recently valued at 8.8 million dollars.

I consider her as one of the most powerful women in the world.

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