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Name: Tyra Banks
Height: 5'10"
Birth Date: December 4, 1973
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation: African-American Model
Tyra Banks is
the world's most accomplished African-American
model, and her determination and passion for
what she does is inspiring; sort of... she mostly
poses for a camera. Nevertheless, she deserves
to be our sexy model of the week.
Tyra was born in Los Angeles on December 4th,
1973, to a very loving and supportive family.
Despite the divorce of her parents when she
was only six years old, and the torments of
her older brother Devin, Tyra's youth was happy
and trouble-free.
Though it might now be hard to believe, Tyra
was a tall, skinny and awkward adolescent. She
was constantly teased by her brother and her
classmates, and often ran home crying to her
mother for comfort. Then, late in high school,
everything changed for her. She filled out her
skinny frame, began to work out and finally
decided to become a model. Tyra pursued that
goal with the determination that now marks all
of her activities.
She made People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful"
list not once, but twice, and even wrote a revealing
book about her life, Tyra's Beauty Inside &
Out. She also had a few high-profile relationships,
first with John Singleton and then with pop
singer Seal. She is rumored to have gone out
with Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and... Mark
Messier? Strangely enough, yes.
Tyra appeared in one or two movies during this
time, but only really began to work in Hollywood
last year, with a small part in Love Stinks.
Then, the year 2000 brought with it a supporting
role in the popular independent film Love &
Basketball, and a starring role in the made-for-TV
Disney movie Life-Size (in which she played
a doll brought to life by a wish).
She doesn't watch what she eats, though, unlike
most other models; she has gone on record stating
that she often eats barbecued ribs, fried chicken
wings, ice cream, and fast-food. In one talk
show appearance, Tyra proclaimed her love for
Ketchup packets, and argued that the sole purpose
of french fries was to allow you to scoop up
puddles of ketchup.
So how does she stay in shape? She plays lots
of sports, particularly basketball and tennis,
and makes sure she always has fun while exercising.
The future looks bright for Tyra Banks. She
stars in two upcoming movies, one of which --
Disney's Honey Thunder Dunk -- she will also
be producing, she is one of the richest supermodels
in the world, with a personal wealth recently
valued at 8.8 million dollars, and there were
even rumors a few months ago that Oprah Winfrey
is grooming her to take over her show.
Retired supermodel TYRA BANKS' hit reality TV
show AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL has been thrown
into chaos as writers threaten to strike over
a disagreement with producers. Writers walked
off the show on Thursday (20JUL06) after claiming
producers had ignored their pleas to join union
the Writers Guild of America (WGA). And they're
threatening to strike indefinitely if producers
don't agreed to support their union needs. The
writers even went so far as to stage a short
protest outside their Los Angeles offices, and
handed out fliers to passers-by explaining their
plight. WGA president PATRIC VERONE tells the
Los Angeles Times newspaper, "They want
a guild contract, but their employer won't give
it to them... This will be the first of many
actions like it." The threatened strike
could not come at a worse time for the reality
show, which is being hyped as one of new US
TV network CW's top programmes. The new season
of America's Next Top Model is due to air on
20 September (06).
-
"American Dreams".... The
Velvelettes Singer
- Larceny (2004)
- "All of Us"
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2004)
TV Episode .... Roni
- Eight Crazy Nights (2002)
(voice) .... Victoria's Secret Gown
- Halloween: Resurrection
(2002) .... Nora Winston
- "Soul Food"
- Ordinary Pain (2001) TV Episode ....
Nina Joseph
- "Felicity"
- A Good Egg (2000) TV Episode ....
Jane Scott
- Coyote Ugly (2000) ....
Zoe
- "Mad TV"....
Katisha
- Life-Size (2000) (TV)
.... Eve
- Love & Basketball
(2000) .... Kyra Kessler
