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
Tyra Banks quotes about
It seemed like the last form of open discrimination that's OK, and I decided to put on a 350-pound suit myself and live that life for a day and see what happens. And it was one of the most heartbreaking days of my life.
I'm very comfortable speaking to millions of people, but not comfortable in a small, intimate social setting. Like cocktail hour. I get very panicky.
I'm obsessed with making women look and feel more beautiful than they ever thought possible.
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 volunteer a lot of my time with an organization in New York called The Center for Children and Families.
I am prepared to share my life with people,
Sephora is fantastic. I go in there. I get lost. There are so many great things in there.
I think the rise of Asian models is an absolutely beautiful thing.
I've wanted to adopt since I was eight, nine years old. I really do think I will.
take responsibility for yourself because no one's going to take responsibility for you
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've made mistakes before of doing different projects just based on my dreams, my hopes, my thing, and not really thinking about my customers.
By no means am I trying to change the modeling industry.
The judges think, 'Beautiful girl, Beautiful pictures,' but a lot of them don't see a model in front of them.