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Born	Tyra Lynne Banks (1973-12-04) December 4, 1973 (age 51) Inglewood, California, U.S.
Other names	BanX
Alma mater	Immaculate Heart High School
Occupation	Model television personality producer writer actress businesswoman
Years active	1991–present
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Television
Partner(s)	Erik Asla (2013–2017)
Children	1
Modeling information
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Green

Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973), also known as BanX, 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 1997 to 2005. By the early 2000s, Banks was one of the world's top-

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Tyra Banks

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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 2014. Staring in 2017, Banks took over Nick Cannon's hosting duties on America's Got Talent.

Early Life

Tyra Lynne Banks was born on December 4, 1973, 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. Double the presents, double the love."

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Tyra Banks Biography

Date of Birth:
Dec 4, 1973Birth Place:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

One of the world's top supermodels in the 1990s and into the 21st century, Tyra Banks broke through the limited career options available to the distractingly beautiful and made a name for herself as a compassionate, media-savvy television producer and host. Having conquered international fashion magazines and runways, Banks racked up a number of significant achievements in the U.S. as the first African-American model to grace the covers of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and the Victoria's Secret lingerie catalog. Banks made a handful of acting efforts, including a stint on "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" (NBC, 1990-96) before finding her niche as the creator and original host of "America's Next Top Model" (UPN/The CW, 2003-2015, VH1 2016- ) and "The Tyra Banks Show" (syndicated, 2005-10). The supermodel talent search peppered with cat fights became a top-rated guilty pleasure, while Banks' syndicated daytime talk show rose above the competition, thanks to the hostes