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Tyra Banks
American television personality, producer, and former model
Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, ), also known as BanX,[2][3] is an American model, television personality, producer, writer, and actress. Born in Inglewood, California, she began her career as a model at the age of 15 and was the first Black 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 Angel from to By the early s, Banks was one of the world's top-earning models.
Banks began acting on television in the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air () and made her film debut in the drama Higher Learning (). In , she had major film roles, such as Eve in Disney Channel's Life-Size and Zoe in the box-office hit Coyote Ugly. Banks had small roles in the romantic sports film Love & Basketball (), the
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Who Is Tyra Banks?
Tyra Banks was a leading international fashion model and the first Black woman to land on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. She later hosted the reality TV program America's Next Top Model and her own daytime talk show, for which she won two Emmy Awards. Banks has continued to expand her business interests, launching her own cosmetics line in Staring in , Banks took over Nick Cannon's hosting duties on America's Got Talent.
Early Life
Tyra Lynne Banks was born on December 4, , in Inglewood, California. Her father, Don Banks, was a computer consultant and her mother, Carolyn, was a medical photographer. Banks' parents divorced when she was only six years old, but she says that she was too young for the divorce to negatively affect her. "As far as I could see, I had it made," Banks remembers. "I stayed with Mommy on the weekdays and Daddy on the weekends. I had two birthday parties, two Christmases. Doub