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3.Bi
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raLy
nneBanksa.
k.a
BANX.
Bi
ogr
aphy

TyraLynneBankswasbor ninInglewood, Cali

for
nia,
onDecember4, 1973.
Hermot her,Carol
ynLondon( nowLondon- Johnson),
isamedi cal
photographer,andherfat
her,Donal dBanks, i
sacomput erconsult
ant.She
hasabr other,
Dev i
n,whoisfivey earsolder.
In1979,whenBankswassi x
yearsold,herparentsdi
vorced.Banksat tendedJohnBur roughsMiddle
School,andgraduatedin1991f rom Immacul ateHeartHighSchoolinLos
Angeles.Bankshassai dthatwhilegr owingup,shewast easedforher
appear
anceandconsider
edan"ugl
yduckl
i
ng".
WhenBankswas11y
ear
s
ol
d,shegrewthr
eeinchesandl
ost30poundsi
nthr
eemonths.

Model
li
nghi
stor
y

TyraBanksst ar t
edmodel i
ngatage15and, wi ththehel pofhermot her,
assembl edamodel ingportfoli
o.Atage17shebeganseeki ngpr ofessi onal
representat
ionf r
om l ocalmodelingagenci es.Despi teini
tialr
ejection
all
egedlybecauseofher“ ethnic”lookTy rasignedi n1990f orprofessi onal
representat
ionwi thEl i
teModel Management ,oneoft hewor l
d’st op
model i
ngagenci es.Soonaf terwardshewasf eaturedi ntheleadingt een
magazi ne,'
Seventeen' .Af
tergraduatingf r
om hi ghschool i
n1991, Banks
enroll
edi nLoyolaMar ymountUni versit
y,butherpl anschangedwhena
Frenchmodel ingscoutof feredhert heoppor tunit
yt omodel hi
gh- fashion
coll
ectionsont her unwaysofPar i
s.Bankswal kedar ecor d25showsi nher
fi
rstseasonandsubsequent lyappear edont hecov eroft heSpani shedi t
ion
oftheleadingf ashionmagazi neVogue, andshewassoonchr istenedt he
“newNaomi Campbel l'
.

Banksst artedherowncompanyt omanagehercar eerandt her

eafter
patt
ernedhercar eertr
aject
oryaft
ert hatofheridol
,supermodelCindy
Crawford,v enturi
ngintomulti
pleindustri
es.Bankswassubsequent ly
feat
uredi nast ri
ngofpopmusi cvideosincludi
ngMi chael
Jackson’s“Bl
ack
orWhite”( 1991),TinaTurner’
s“Lov eThing”(1992)
,andGeor geMichael
’
s
“TooFunky ”(1992).I
n1992sher eturnedf r
om Pari
s, andi
n1993shewas
feat
uredinarecur
ri
ngr ol
eonsev er alepisodesofthet elevi
sioncomedy
seri
esTheFreshPrinceofBel-Air( 1990–96) ,aWil
lSmi thvehicl
e.I
nt he
samey ear
,shebecameanewf aceofCov erGi
rl
,whichcat apultedherto
thestat
usofsupermodel—at opf ashionmodel whoappear s
simult
aneousl
yonthecov ersoft hewor l
d’sleadi
ngf ashionmagazi nesand
i
sgloball
yrecogni
zedbyf i
rstnameonl y.In1994andagai nin1996she
wasnamedoneofPeopl emagazi ne’s“50MostBeaut ifulPeople.
”

Int hemi d-1990s, becauseofheri ncr easinglycur vaceousf i

gure,Banks
begant ol oser unwayassi gnment s.Ref usi
ngt ocav et oi ndust r
ypr essure
tol osewei ght ,shei nsteadshi f
tedherf ocust owar dmodel inglingeri
eand
swi mwear , whi chtypicallyfav oursmodel swithmor eshapel yphysiques.
Shebecamet hefi
rstAf ricanAmer icanwomant obef eat ur edont hecov er
ofGQmagazi ne(Febr uary1996) ,theSpor t
sI l
lustrat edswi msui tissue
(wit hfellowt opmodel ValeriaMazza) ,andtheVi ctor i
a’sSecr etcatalog.In
1997shebecameoneoft heor iginal Victori
a’sSecr etAngel s—thebr and’
s
mostv isiblespokesmodel s.Shesubsequent lylaunchedherownf il
m and
telev i
sionpr oductioncompany ,Bankabl eProduct i
ons, andcof oundedwi th
hermot hert heTy raBanksTZONEFoundat i
on, dedicat edt ot he
adv ancementofoppor t
uni t
iesf orlow- incomeanddi sadv antagedgi rl
s
throught heoper ationofv ariouspr ogr amsandser v icesi ncl udi
ngsel f-
est eem wor kshops.Wi thVanessaThomasBushshewr ot eTy r
a’sBeaut y
Inside&Out( 1998) ,acol lectionofbeaut y,
heal t
h, andf ashi ont i
ps.

ShealsohostedherownTVshow' Ameri
canextt
opmodel
'whi
chwasahit
ser
iesthatranfor25cycl
es.
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aissti
l
lmodeli
ngbei
ngoneoft
hetopOG'
s
(or
igi
nals)
andisstil
ll
ooki
ngasyoungasever
.