Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks wants to be the first Lady

tyrabanks1 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:14:23 +0000

Presenter America’s Next Top Model recently confessed that her biggest dream is to be the first Damą and reside in the White House. Tyra Banks believes that this position should ideally suited to it. Unfortunately, not bound to any candidate for president.

A model admires Barack Obamy wife. In an interview for Harper’s Bazaar said that he did not have reached as high, if not his wife, Michelle Obama. She was with him from the very beginning, promoting, in every situation. It looks like Britney Spears already is trying to gain points in the influential pair.

Tyra Banks in coyote ugly

tyrabanks1 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:17:27 +0000

Tyra’s first substantial movie role came in John Singleton’s Higher Learning. She played Omar Epps’ track-running girlfriend and, although it was a small role, critics were impressed by the intensity she brought to the screen.

Tyra was definitely not just another supermodel playing at being an actress — her performance was the real thing. She even did some distance-running training, in order to deliver a more believable performance. When the film came out, more offers began to roll in.

Tyra BaNKS went on to a small part in Love Stinks. Then, in 2000, she landed 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).

Move into television and film

tyrabanks1 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:31:50 +0000

Currently, Banks can be seen on television as the hostess, Arm judge, and executive producer of the CW television show America’s Next Top Model. In addition, she hosts The Tyra Banks Show, a daytime talkshow aimed at younger women, which premiered on September 12, 2005 and recently began its third season, drawing over 1.9 million viewers an episode.The show features stories about everyday people mixed in with celebrity interviews, much like the early format of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Under the slogan “Every woman has a story…and it happened to Tyra too.”, Banks promotes her show using emotional flashbacks to her own childhood and adolescence. Many of the episodes deal with issues facing women today. Tyra and other experts give women advice on fashion, relationships, and more. The first two seasons of the show were recorded in Banks’ hometown of Los Angeles, but beginning with the fall 2007 season, the show moved to New York City. In 2008, Tyra Banks won the Daytime Emmy Award for her work and production on the Tyra Banks Show.

Modeling

tyrabanks1 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:30:39 +0000

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. She has done extensive print and/or runway work for fashion/advertising giants such as Anna Sui, Coors Light, CoverGirl, Badgley Mischka, Bill Blass, Cynthia Rowley, Chanel, Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karan, Gemma Kahng, H&M, Isaac Mizrahi, Maria Snyder, McDonald’s, Aislinn Dubois Modeling Agency Michael Kors, Milk, Nicole Miller, Nike, Inc., Oscar de la Renta, Pepsi, Perry Ellis, Randy Kemper, Richard Tyler, Rifat Ozbek, Swatch, Todd Oldham, Tommy Hilfiger, Victoria’s Secret, and Yves Saint Laurent. She has appeared on the covers of high fashion magazines such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and Elle.

Banks was the first African American woman on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue^[8]. In 1997, she received the VH1 Award for Supermodel of the Year. Also in ’97, she was chosen for the cover of the Victoria’s Secret catalog, making her the first African American to be so honored.

Banks retired from modeling in May 2005 to concentrate on her television show. She walked the runway for the final time at the 2005 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. On numerous occasions, she has been sought after to appear in Playboy magazine; however, she has turned each request down.

Personal life

tyrabanks1 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:29:58 +0000

In 1993, Banks met Boyz N the Hood director John Singleton through mutual friends. They began dating and in 1995 Banks had her screen debut in the Singleton directed film, Higher Learning. She was criticized for her acting, but Singleton assured she got the part based on her talent and not favoritism. In the spring of 1996 she and Singleton broke it off; shortly thereafter Banks was linked briefly to pop singer Seal, who would incidentally later go on to marry fellow supermodel Heidi Klum.

In 2002, Tyra was spotted consistently at Sacramento Kings basketball games, and was later confirmed to be dating their forward Chris Webber. Though their representatives denied it, the two were thought to be engaged. However, after a two-year romance, they broke up in 2004. Banks still harbors some emotions over this relationship, as on the November 8, 2006 episode of The Tyra Banks Show, she broke into tears while speaking about it with Jackie Christie, wife of NBA star Doug Christie.

Tyra is currently living in Manhattan/New York City with fellow fashion model and friend Amber Rives since filming for her talk show The Tyra Banks Show moved to being filmed at Chelsea Studios in New York City.