Tyra Banks

American model and television personality, Tyra Lynne Banks was born on December 4, 1973 in Inglewood, California. One of the most recognizable models in the world, Tyra Banks is the host of her own talk show and the creator and host of the popular UPN/CW reality television show America's Top Model.

Tyra Banks started modeling as a junior in high school and was quickly whisked off to Paris to strut her stuff on the catwalk for world-renown designers like: Chanel, Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Tommy Hilfiger and Yves Saint Laurent.

A trailblazer in the industry, Tyra Banks is the first African American woman to ever grace the covers of Sports Illustrated, GQ and Victoria's Secret, and in 1997 she received the prestigious "Supermodel of the Year" award by VH1.

Tyra Banks made her feature film debut in John Singleton's 1995 action/drama Higher Learning, and has since appeared in such notable flicks as Love & Basketball, Coyote Ugly, Halloween: Ressurection and Life-Size, co-starring alongside Lindsay Lohan.

An accomplished model, actress, television personality and businesswoman...Tyra is a woman of many talents. Fierce!

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• Tyra’s Craziest Faces of 2009

  
  Top Model Gossip — Authority: 124
  Buddy TV is looking back at the year that was 2009. One of their retrospectives? A hilarious look at the 50 craziest faces Tyra Banks made . I especially love the captions Buddy TV gave each and every one. Let’s face it, Tyra has one expressive face and she knows how to use it. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, ...
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• Banks Becomes A Role Model For Women Around The World

  
  Fit Tip Daily — Authority: 126
  When celebrities take a stand a stand against body issues it can have a profound affect on the world.  It’s an even more intense issue when it comes to models taking a stand against body image issues since their occupations rely upon their beauty.  Tyra Banks, supermodel, tv host and creator of “America’s Next ...
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• That would be the BEST GAME EVER!

  
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  LEFT FOR DEAD 3 (Elmo, Tyra Banks and Cookie Monster) I knew Cookie Monster was trouble Picture by: dunno source Caption by: graphmalz via Our LOL Builder » Recaption This! » View All Captions
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• Tyra Banks Expands the Definition of Beauty

  
  Skinny VS Curvy — Authority: 511
    Tyra Banks just started a new campaign that focuses on extending the definitions of beauty. Because unlike what many media trends, Hollywood, pro-plastic surgery ideologies, Photoshop and others are intending to tell us on permanent or occasional basis , beauty DOES come in various forms, shapes, colors and ...
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• Tyra Banks Celebrates Beauty Inside and Out

  
  Just Jared — Authority: 760
  Tyra Banks poses with Top Model judge and noted fashion photographer Nigel Barker at her first B.I.O. Summit in Auckland, New Zealand on Wednesday (December 16). Ty took in local culture and learned about traditional New Zealand greetings, including the hongi, or touching of the noses ! The 36-year-old ...
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• America’s Next Top Model Welcomes New Judge

  
  TV Envy — Authority: 482
  Will the 14th season be the charm for Tyra Banks ? After cycling through a series of female faces for her judges panel, the America’s Next Top Model host has decided to try something new: she’s chosen a male. André Leon Talley, best known as the Vogue magazine’s editor-at-large, will now take over where ...
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• Tyra Banks learns Kiwi’s traditional nose-to-nose greeting

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Wellington, Dec 21 (ANI): Supermodel Tyra Banks got to learn Kiwi’s traditional Maori greeting during her recent visit to New Zealand.Known as hongi, it is done by pressing one’s nose to another person’s nose at an encounter.A seven-year-old Auckland girl named Sophie taught Tyra Banks how to hongi during a ...
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• Tyra Banks Endorses Global Beauty Inside & Out Summit

  
  Celebrity Diet Doctor — Authority: 437
  Former supermodel and reality tv mogul Tyra Banks has been filming America’s Next Top Model episodes in New Zealand over the past couple of weeks. While there, she took time out to give a speech at the launch of a new beauty campaign, Global Beauty Inside & Out . She gave an emotional speech as she ...
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• Red carpet report

  
  Hobbies Fun & entertainment - fun-entertainment.marc8.com — Authority: 165
  Nicole Kidman and other stars hit the carpet for the premiere of "Nine." Tyra Banks says hello the New Zealand hongi way. read more
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• America’s Next Top Model Announces NEW Judge For Cycle 14 (Photo)

  
  Backseat Cuddler — Authority: 555
  America’s Next Top Model has a new judge for cycle 14 and he’s very qualified. Vogue’s Editor-at-Large André Leon Talley who has been with Vogue since 1998 will be the fourth judge on the panel.SEE WHERE JANICE DICKINSON IS NOW!André is replacing the pissy Paulina Porizkova who was handed her walking papers.I ...
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• The Decades Top Models: Women Who Rocked The Post-Millennial Industry [Model Behaviors]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 804
  When were flipping through old magazines in thirty years, bemused by the dated art direction and the ridiculous clothing, some whippersnapper will doubtless point at an editorial and ask, "Whos that ?" Chances are itll be one of these ladies. The modeling industry went through a variety of dramatic changes during ...
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• BECAUSE YOU CANT BE FAT FOREVER

  
  Bollywood Masala & Hollywood Scandals — Authority: 139
  Fancy her telling everybody to kiss her fat ass. Well she is not that fat ass of a lady now is she? And like all hypocrites, telling everybody to be comfortable in their own skin, Tyra Banks realizes that she needs to lose a few pounds to actually look like a real human lady on television. And she did didnt she? Oh ...
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• Braylon Edwards catches hell on baby

  
  ShowHype - Top Television News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 172
  New York Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards secretly fathered a child with "Americas Next Top Model" contestant Nik Pace -- who is now suing him for up to $70,000 a month in child support. Edwards fathered a boy with the 25-year- old beauty, who was a finalist on Tyra Banks show in 2005, and ... The Hollywood ...
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• Tyra Banks finds Kiwi girls genuinely friendly

  
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  Former model Tyra Banks says she finds Kiwi girls genuinely friendly. ‘America’’s Next Top Model’ host, who was on a trip to Auckland for the launch of a new beauty campaign, feels New Zealand girls stand out. “I find that the girls are so like, beyond warm and polite. I don”t know, do you guys have ...
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• Tyra Banks finds Kiwi girls genuinely friendly

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  London, Dec 18 (ANI): Former model Tyra Banks says she finds Kiwi girls genuinely friendly.‘America’s Next Top Model’ host, who was on a trip to Auckland for the launch of a new beauty campaign, feels New Zealand girls stand out.“I find that the girls are so like, beyond warm and polite. I don’t know, do ...
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• Supermodel Naomi Plans Own Model Reality Show

  
  Your Story — Authority: 584
  Will Naomi Campbell present her own model reality show to go in direct competition of Americas Next Top Model?
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• Andre Leon Talley to Judge Next Cycle Of ANTM

  
  25 Magazine — Authority: 135
  Andre Leon Talley set to judge next cycle of America’s Next Top Model. The extravagant editor-at-large for Vogue will be featured as a judge for America’s Next Top Model Cycle 14. Talley along with Tyra, Jay Manuel, and the rest of the crew have been spotted filming in New Zealand. Andre Leon Talley’s ...
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• Tyra Banks Chats About New Zealand

  
  Top Model Gossip — Authority: 124
  Tyra Banks sat down with New Zealand television station 3 News to chat about America’s Next Top Model coming to Auckland, Kiwi food, fashion, people and more. She has nothing but wonderful things about the country. “One of the reasons we wanted to come here was because of the terrain. It is so absolutely ...
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• Tyra Banks Holiday Hunks [Nibbly Things]

  
  Socialite Life — Authority: 157
  Tyra Banks Books Hot Holiday Hunk Help [OK Magazine]Oh, crap. The "Iron Man 2″ trailer is live! [The Blemish]Facebooks New Settings Make Stalking Easier? [College Candy]S.S. Elizabeth Hurley is a Grinch [Yeeeah!]OHLALA PARIS SOUS LA NEIGE [OhLaLa]American TV Getting More Simon Cowell? [Splash News Online]video fix: ...
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• BORING: Tyra Banks Breaks Down in New Zealand!

  
  FASHION INDIE — Authority: 558
  Banks gave a speech about her stay in New Zealand and discussed the importance of embracing all kinds of beauty, encouraging young women to love themselves “inside and out”. Then broke down into tears. SIDENOTE: This category was added for info like this, stuff we care about but find seriously boring! LINK ...
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