Tyra Banks's biography

Tyra Banks is 49 years old film actor born at Inglewood. She was born on Tuesday 4th of December 1973. She is often nicknamed as BBQTyTy. According to year of birth 1973 she belongs to Generation X. Birthday on 4th of December means she is Sagittarius. Sagittarius is a Fiery sign of Zodiac Belt. These people are highly learned and love to gain knowledge throughout their life.

She is native english speaker. She is citizen of United States of America. Her primary profession is to be film actor. You can know her also as model, television presenter, musician, entrepreneur, actor, television actor, businessperson, singer, television producer, game show host. She is recently known as talk show host.

Tyra Banks's schools

We found 4 schools She attended. Complete list of schools: Immaculate Heart High School, Harvard Business School, Federico Santa María Technical University, Walsh University.

Detailed informations about her schools

She was raised in Inglewood, California with her brother Devin, and attended Immaculate Heart High School, an all-girl, independent Catholic private school in Los Angeles.
Attended Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles, California, a popular Catholic girls' school, where she claims that her classmates made fun of her because of her height and weight.

Tyra Banks's career

Her main focus is to be film actor. She is famous thanks to Victoria's Secret Angels. You could see her also in The Tyra Banks Show.

Awards and competitions

Tyra Banks's Awards

Received the Michael Award for "Supermodel of the Year."

Tyra Banks's Rankings

Ranked 54 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties
One of only four African Americans and seven women to have repeatedly ranked among the world's most influential people by Time magazine.

Tyra Banks's Nominations

She was nominated for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show for work The Tyra Banks Show in 2007

What Tyra Banks has done for a first time

Her first name is Danish, and traces back to the Viking era.
Within Banks' first week in Paris, other designers were so entranced by her presence on the runway that she was booked for an unprecedented 25 shows--a record in the business for a newcomer.
The first African-American model to appear on the cover of GQ magazine.
The first African-American model to appear on the cover of the Victoria's Secret catalog.

Tyra Banks's quotes

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself. You've got to learn to accept the fool in you as well as the part that's got it goin' on.
Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic, erotic women. Why can't we be the sexy All-American girl next door?
Believe it or not, I just really know how to pose well. It took me five years to learn what my best angles are.
I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's OK if there are flaws here and there.
I took guitar before ... well for two months but I remember nothing. My fingers used to hurt really bad when I played guitar. I stopped because of it.
[About her longtime struggled with chronic stomach aches]: I would get major attacks. I would be in bed for days, it was so painful.
[on re-evaluating her eating habits by keeping a food diary]: I switched up my unhealthy eating habits for healthier eating habits, and I haven't had a tummy attack since December '08.
[on her decision to end The Tyra Banks Show (2005) in 2010]: I've been loving having fun, coming into your living rooms, bedrooms, hair salons for the past five years.
It hit me after graduating from Harvard, we just have to do a college cycle!

Tyra Banks's body shape

Lets describe how Tyra Banks looks. We will focus on her body shape. Body build is average.

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