Biography for Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks

Date of Birth: 4 December 1973, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name: Tyra Lynne Banks

Nickname:BBQ

Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)

Trivia:

Has an older brother named Devin.

CEO of her own company TYInc.

Dated John Singleton.

Named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" by people magazine.(1994)

In 1994, she started the Tyra Banks Scholarship.

Professional model.

Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the most beautiful people in the world. [1996]

First African American model to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated's swimsuit edition

Is a "Youth Correspondent" for "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986), and there is speculation that Oprah Winfrey is training Tyra to eventually take over the show (as of February 2000).

Took Second Place by the readers of Black Men Magazine for "The 10 Sexiest Women of the Year." [2000]

Measurements: 34C-23 1/2-35 1/2. (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Size 9 shoe. (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Does not drink alcohol.

Dated Sacramento Kings player Chris Webber for over three years

Started a singing career with the song "Shake Ya Body", introduced on her show "America's Next Top Model" (2003).

Ranked 54 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties


Personal 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.