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Tyra Banks
Tyra Lynne Banks is an American model, television personality, producer, writer, and actress. She began her career as a model at the age of 15 and was the first African American woman to be featured on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, on which she appeared three times. Banks was one of only a few Black models to achieve supermodel status. She was a Victoria's Secret Ange…
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Born 4 December 1973 · Q172303
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2026· 3 entries
The Guardian: Interest rate dilemma for central banks as inflation rises but growth slows
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2024· 1 entry
Returned from runway retirement and walked for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show as the closing model
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2021· 1 entry
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2020· 1 entry
Was the host of Dancing with the Stars for its 29th season, also serving as an executive producer
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2019· 1 entry
Banks came out of modeling retirement posing for one of the three 2019 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue covers; the other cover models being Camille Kostek and Alex Morgan
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2018· 3 entries
Returned to acting for her starring role in Life-Size 2, which premiered on Freeform on December 2
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Signed a deal with Universal Television
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Banks and her mother, Carolyn London, co-authored a book entitled "Perfect is Boring"
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2017· 1 entry
And 2018, Banks was the host of America's Got Talent for its 12th and 13th seasons
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2016· 1 entry
And enlisted Rita Ora as host for the twenty-third cycle before reassuming the duties herself for the twenty-fourth cycle
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2015· 2 entries
Starred in the roundtable lineup talk show FABLife alongside model Chrissy Teigen, fashion stylist Joe Zee, interior designer Lauren Makk, and YouTube personality Leah Ashley
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Co-hosted the talk show FABLife for two months
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2014· 11 entries
Published video “Smack My Fat Lash Commercial”.
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Published video “Sculpt, Light & Cheek in a Stick Commercial”.
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Published video “Oops Liner Commercial”.
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Published video “CEOYou Selling: Tyra's FIRST 200 Beautytainers”.
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Published video “Tyra Banks & STORi BOOTYful Studio Session”.
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Published video “Beautytainment Gone Wrong: What Lipstick? THIS Lipstick!”.
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Published video “Words From TyTy: What About The Rest Of Us?”.
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Published video “Lip Model”.
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Published video “Oops Liner”.
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Published video “Smack My Fat Lash”.
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Banks founded the cosmetics brand Tyra Beauty, which she completed a non-degree certificate program at Harvard Business School specifically for
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2013· 1 entry
Transformed herself into looking like 15 supermodels, in collaboration with fashion photographer Udo Spreitzenbarth
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2012· 3 entries
Harvard professor Rohit Deshpande was preparing a case study on Banks's company, Bankable Productions, for use in future coursework in the OPM program
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Deadline Hollywood reported that Banks would co-create and produce an ABC comedy series based on her teenage years titled Fivehead
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Banks completed Harvard Business School's Owner/President Management Program (OPM), a nine-week executive education course
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2010· 2 entries
Re-signed with her former modeling agency IMG Models
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Banks published a young adult novel, Modelland, based on her life as a model, which topped The New York Times Best Seller list in 2011
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host for The Tyra Banks Show (2009).
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Opened up about her past relationships when she made a guest appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, hosting alongside Oprah Winfrey
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2008· 1 entry
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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2005· 2 entries
When asked about her relationship history, she said, "I won't be using a lot of names on the show, but a specific relationship had not just cheating but emotional abuse
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TZONE went from being a camp to a public charity called the TZONE Foundation, which emphasizes leadership and life skills development for young women
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2004· 1 entry
Recorded her first single, "Shake Ya Body", with a music video featuring contestants from cycle 2 of America's Next Top Model
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2003· 1 entry
Banks created the reality series America's Next Top Model, which she executive produced and presented for the first twenty-two seasons, until the series' cancellation in October 2015
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2000· 3 entries
Had major film roles, such as Eve in Disney Channel's Life-Size and Zoe in the box-office hit Coyote Ugly
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Banks established the first TZONE program, a weeklong, all-expenses-paid camp for girls ages 13 to 15 seeking guidance about body image and personal empowerment
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In 2000, Banks established the first TZONE program, a weeklong, all-expenses-paid camp for girls ages 13 to 15 seeking guidance about body image and personal empowerment.
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1998· 1 entry
Banks co-authored a book entitled Tyra's Beauty, Inside and Out
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1997· 2 entries
Received the VH1 award for "Supermodel of the Year"
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Was the first African American chosen for the cover of the Victoria's Secret catalog and became a Victoria's Secret Angel
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1994· 1 entry
When she co-starred in the drama Higher Learning
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1993· 1 entry
Banks signed a contract with CoverGirl cosmetics, launching advertising campaigns for the cosmetics company
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1991· 2 entries
Studied at Immaculate Heart Middle & High School (1991).
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From Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles
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1979· 1 entry
When Banks was six years old, her parents divorced
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1973· 1 entry
Born 1973-12-04.
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