Tyra Banks

About Tyra Banks

She founded the television show America's Next Top Model and the makeup business TYRA Beauty as one of the world's most powerful individuals. From 2005 until 2010, she hosted The Tyra Banks Show. She is also an actress who starred in the films Life-Size and Life-Size 2.

Tyra Lynne Banks, also known as BanX, is an American television character, model, businesswoman, producer, actress, and writer. Born in Inglewood, California, she began her modeling career at the age of 15 and was the first African woman to appear on the cover of GQ and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, on which she has appeared three times. She was the Victoria's Secret Angel from 1997 to 2005. In the early 2000s, Banks was one of the highest paying models in the world. Banks started acting in television in 1993 on the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and made her film debut in the 1995 television series Higher Learning. In 2000, she had film roles. and Zoe at the box office Coyote Ugly. Banks played minor roles in the romantic sports film Love & Basketball and the horror film Halloween: Resurrection, and later appeared in the television series Gossip Girl and Glee.

Other names	BanX
Occupation	Television personality, model, businesswoman, producer, actress, singer, writer
Partner(s)	Erik Asla (2013–2017)
Children	1
Net worth	$90 million (2011)
Born	Tyra Lynne Banks, December 4, 1973, Inglewood, California, U.S.
Years active	1991–present
Television	America's Next Top Model, The Tyra Banks Show, America's Got Talent, FABLife, Dancing with the Stars
Alma mater	Immaculate Heart High School

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Trivia

She gained fame for appearing on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue twice and modeling as one of the original Victoria's Secret Angels. 

Tyra Banks before fame

She modeled while attending Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles, where she was raised by a NASA photographer and a computer consultant.

Achievement of Tyra Banks

She rose to prominence as one of the original Victoria's Secret Angels and twice appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$90 Million

Tyra Banks family life

Carolyn London, a photographer, was her mother and has also served as her manager. Devin, her older brother, is her only sibling. She dated NBA player Chris Webber from 2001 until 2004. She became a mother in 2016 when her son York was born via surrogacy with her then-boyfriend Erik Asla.

Associations of Tyra Banks

She's walked the runway for a number of high-end fashion labels, including Calvin Klein.

Tyra Banks Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

Weight	in kg - N/A
Height	178 cm
Eye Color	N/A
Hair Color	N/A

Facts about Tyra Banks

• When and how did she start modeling?
Tyra Banks was only 15, when she started modeling. Tyra Banks had to face some problems. Tyra Banks sent her photos to five different agencies, but four of them rejected her, and only one said u2018Yes!u2019
• Has she ever felt insecure about her appearance or body?
Of course. Tyra likes and dislikes something about her body, and itu2019s totally fine.
• Tyra has appeared on covers of various fashion magazines: u2018Cosmopolitanu2019, u2018Elleu2019, u2018Harperu2019s Bazzaru2019, u2018Seventeenu2019, u2018Teen Vogueu2019, u2018Spanish Vogueu2019 and etc.
• Has she appeared in movies?
Tyra Banks tried singing, dancing and acting as well. Tyra starred in u2018The Fresh Prince of Bel-Airu2019 TV series, u2018Coyote Uglyu2019, u2018Life Sizeu2019 and others.
• Tyra Banks was bullied at school.
• Tyra Banks launched a well-known and popular TV show u2018Americau2019s Next Top-Modelu2019.
• When she was 6 years old, her parents got divorced.