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Tyra Banks Net Worth, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki!

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Tyra Banks Biography

Tyra Banks is one of the most popular and richest TV Show Host who was born on December 4, 1973 in Inglewood, California, United States. As one of the world’s most influential people, she created the television series America’s Next Top Model and makeup line TYRA Beauty. She went on to host The Tyra Banks Show from 2005 to 2010. Also an actress, she starred in Life-Size and its sequel, Life-Size 2.

She has walked the runway for many high-end fashion companies including Calvin Klein.

Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973), also known as BanX, is an American television personality, producer, businesswoman, actress, author, model, and occasional singer. Born in Inglewood, California, she began her career as a model at the age of 15, and was the first woman of African-American descent to be featured on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, on which she appeared thrice. She was a Victoria’s Secret Angel from 1997 to 2005. By the early 2000s, Banks was one of the world’s top-earning models.

When Banks was 15 years old, she started modeling while attending school in Los Angeles. She was rejected by four modeling agencies before she was signed by L.A. Models. She switched to Elite Model Management at age 16. When she got the opportunity to model in Europe, she moved to Milan. In her first runway season, she booked 25 shows in the 1991 Paris Fashion Week. Banks appeared in editorials for American, Italian, French, and Spanish Vogue; American, French, German, and Spanish Elle; American, German, and Malaysian Harper’s Bazaar; V; W and Vanity Fair.

She was born to photographer Carolyn London, who has worked as her manager. She has an older brother named Devin. From 2001 to 2004, she dated NBA player Chris Webber. In 2016, she became a mother with the birth of her son York via surrogacy with her then-boyfriend Erik Asla.

NameTyra Banks
First NameTyra
Last NameBanks
OccupationTV Show Host
BirthdayDecember 4
Birth Year1973
Place of BirthInglewood
Home TownCalifornia
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignSagittarius
Full/Birth Name
ParentsDonald Banks, Carolyn London
Brother(s)Devin Banks
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseNot Known
Children(s)York Banks Asla

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Banks began acting on television in 1993 on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and made her film debut in Higher Learning in 1995. In 2000 she had major roles such as Eve in Disney Channel’s Life-Size and Zoe in the box-office hit Coyote Ugly. She had small roles in the romantic film Love & Basketball (2000) and horror film Halloween: Resurrection (2002), and appeared in television series Gossip Girl and Glee.

Tyra Banks Net Worth

Tyra Banks is one of the richest TV Show Host from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tyra Banks's net worth $90 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was raised by a NASA photographer and a computer consultant and modeled while attending Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles.

She gained fame for appearing on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue twice and modeling as one of the original Victoria’s Secret Angels.

Tyra Lynne Banks was born in Inglewood, California, on December 4, 1973. Her mother, Carolyn London (now London-Johnson), is a medical photographer, and her father, Donald Banks, is a computer consultant. She has a brother, Devin, who is five years older. In 1979, when Banks was six years old, her parents divorced. Banks attended John Burroughs Middle School, and graduated in 1991 from Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles. Banks has said that while growing up, she was teased for her appearance and considered an “ugly duckling”; when Banks was 11 years old, she grew three inches and lost 30 pounds in three months. On America’s Next Top Model, Banks discussed the results of an Ancestry.com genealogical DNA test that gave her “79% African, 14% British, and 6% Native American” results.

Net Worth$90 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeTV Show Host
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

Banks’s first big screen role came in 1994, when she co-starred in the drama Higher Learning. She then co-starred with Lindsay Lohan in the Disney film Life-Size, playing a doll named Eve who comes to life. Other films she has starred in include Love Stinks (1999), Love & Basketball (2000), Coyote Ugly (2000), Halloween: Resurrection (2002) and Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009). Banks appeared in the fourth episode of the third season of Gossip Girl playing Ursula Nyquist, a larger-than-life actress. She also appeared on the Disney Channel show Shake It Up as a school librarian.

Banks was the first woman on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and the first African-American woman on the cover of GQ. In 1997, she received the VH1 award for “Supermodel of the Year”. That year, she was the first African American chosen for the cover of the Victoria’s Secret catalog, and became a Victoria’s Secret Angel. In 2010, Banks re-signed with her former modeling agency IMG Models. Banks is now a contributor of the Vogue Italia website. In 2013, Banks transformed herself into 15 supermodels, in collaboration with fashion photographer Udo Spreitzenbarth.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Tyra Banks height 5 ft 10 in Tyra weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Height5 ft 10 in
WeightNot Known
Body MeasurementsUnder Review
Eye ColorNot Available
Hair ColorNot Available
Feet/Shoe SizeNot Available

She appeared on the covers of magazines such as Elle; Harper’s Bazaar; Spanish Vogue; Cosmopolitan; Seventeen and Teen Vogue. She walked in fashion shows for Chanel, Oscar de la Renta, Yves Saint Laurent, Anna Sui, Christian Dior, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Perry Ellis, Marc Jacobs, Givenchy, Herve Leger, Valentino, Fendi, Isaac Mizrahi, Giorgio Armani, Sonia Rykiel, Michael Kors and others. She appeared in advertising campaigns for Yves Saint Laurent, Dolce & Gabbana, Escada, Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren, Halston, H&M, XOXO, Swatch, Versace, Christian Lacroix, Victoria’s Secret, Got Milk?, Pepsi and Nike. In 1993, Banks signed a contract with CoverGirl cosmetics, launching advertising campaigns for the cosmetics company. She was one of only a few Black models to achieve Supermodel status. In the mid-1990s, Banks returned to America to do more commercial modeling.

In 2003, Banks created and began presenting the long-running reality television series America’s Next Top Model, which she executive produced and presented for the first twenty-two seasons, until the series’ cancellation in October 2015. She remained executive producer for the revival of the series, and enlisted Rita Ora as host for the twenty-third cycle before reassuming the duties herself for the twenty-fourth cycle. Banks was the co-creator of True Beauty, and had her own talk show, The Tyra Banks Show, which aired on The CW for five seasons and won two Daytime Emmy awards for Outstanding Talk Show Informative. She co-hosted the talk show FABLife for two months. In 2017, Banks replaced Nick Cannon as host of America’s Got Talent for its 12th season.

Who is Tyra Banks Dating?

According to our records, Tyra Banks is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Tyra Banks’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1998, Banks co-authored a book entitled Tyra’s Beauty, Inside and Out. She announced in May 2010 that she would be writing a novel, titled Modelland, loosely based on her own modelling experience. It was published in September 2011, intended to be the first of a planned three-part series; Modelland topped The New York Times Best Seller list in October 2011. In 2018, Banks and her mother, Carolyn London, co-authored a book entitled “Perfect is Boring”.

Top Facts about Tyra Banks

  1. Tyra Banks is a former supermodel and Victoria’s Secret Angel.
  2. She was the first African American woman to appear on the cover of GQ and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
  3. Banks created and hosted America’s Next Top Model for 22 seasons.
  4. She has won two Daytime Emmy Awards for her talk show, The Tyra Banks Show.
  5. Banks is also an entrepreneur with her own cosmetics line, TYRA Beauty.
  6. In 2019, she became the new host of Dancing with the Stars.
  7. Banks has a net worth of approximately $90 million USD.
  8. She graduated from Harvard Business School’s Owner/President Management Program in 2012.
  9. Banks is an advocate for body positivity and mental health awareness.
  10. She has written several books including Modelland and Perfect Is Boring (co-authored with her mother).

Facts & Trivia

Tyra Ranked on the list of most popular TV Show Host. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tyra Banks celebrates birthday on December 4 of every year.

Banks has appeared in several music videos, including Michael Jackson’s “Black or White”, Mobb Deep’s “Trife Life”, Tina Turner’s “Love Thing”, George Michael’s “Too Funky” (with models Linda Evangelista, Estelle Lefébure, Emma Sjoberg and Nadja Auermann) and Lionel Richie’s “Don’t Wanna Lose You”. In 2004, she recorded her first single, “Shake Ya Body”, which had a music video featuring contestants from cycle 2 of America’s Next Top Model. The video premiered on UPN. Banks released a single with NBA player Kobe Bryant, entitled “K.O.B.E.”, which was performed on NBA TV. She also had a single on the Life-Size (2000) soundtrack called “Be a Star”.

Who is Tyra Banks married to?

Tyra Banks
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
TelevisionAmerica’s Next Top Model The Tyra Banks Show America’s Got Talent FABLife Dancing with the Stars
Partner(s)Erik Asla (2013–2017)
Children1

What happened with Tyra Banks?

Since her retirement from ANTM, Banks has been an active part of ‘Dancing With The Stars’ where she garnered controversy time and again. She has also started her personal ice cream brand SMiZe Cream.

Is Tyra Banks a billionaire?

Tyra Banks is an American media personality, actress, singer, model, and businesswoman who has a net worth of $90 million.

Why Tyra Banks show Cancelled?

Gossip columnist Janet Charlton is reporting that The Tyra Banks Show was indeed cancelled, but not by the host herself. The show was reportedly too expensive to produce when measured against the profits.

Is Tyra Banks married as of 2021?

Tyra Banks is not married and never has been. However, she has been in a serious relationship with businessman Louis Bélanger-Martin. The pair started dating in 2019 and are now reportedly living together.

You may read full biography about Tyra Banks from Wikipedia.