Tyra Banks Biography, Age, Husband, Erik Asla, Child, Model, Victoria's Secret And Net worth

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Tyra Banks Biography

Tyra Banks is an American television personality, producer, businesswoman, actress, author, former model and occasional singer. She started her career as a model at the age of 15. She was the first woman of African American descent to be featured on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.  She appeared twice. From 1997 to 2005 she was a Victoria’s Secret Angel .  Banks was one of the world’s top-earning models by the early 2000s.

In 1993 Banks began acting on television  on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.  She  made her film debut in Higher Learning in 1995.  Tyra had major roles in 2000 such as Eve in Disney Channel’s Life-Size and Zoe in the box-office hit Coyote Ugly. She also 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.

Banks created and began presenting the long-running reality television series America’s Next Top Model in 2003.  She executive produced and presented for the first twenty-two seasons until the series’ cancellation in October 2015. She continued to be the  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. Tyra was the co-creator of True Beauty, and had her own talk show, The Tyra Banks Show.   It aired on The CW for five seasons and won two Daytime Emmy awards for Outstanding Talk Show Informative. Tyra also co-hosted the talk show FABLife for two months. Tyra replaced Nick Cannon as host of America’s Got Talent for its 12th season in 2017.

She published a young adult novel titled Modelland n 2010.  It was based on her life as a model which topped The New York Times Best Seller list in 2011. She  is one of four African Americans and seven women to have repeatedly ranked among the world’s most influential people by Time magazine.

Tyra Banks Age

Tyra was born on December 4, 1973 in Inglewood, California. She is 45 years old as of year 2018.

How Tall Is Tyra Banks

Tyra stands at a height of 1.78m.

Tyra Banks Family

Tyra was born in Inglewood, California. She is the daughter to Carolyn London (now London-Johnson), who is a medical photographer, and her father, Donald Banks,who is a computer consultant. She is a sister to Devin, who is five years older. When Tylar  was six years old in 1979,  her parents divorced.

Tyra Banks Education

Tyra  joined  John Burroughs Middle School.  She graduated in 1991 from Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles. She stated that while she was 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. Tyra is of primarily African but also British and Native American ancestry this is according to a genealogical DNA test documented on America’s Next Top Model.

Tyra Banks Victoria’s Secret

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

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During the 2010s Tylar dated Norwegian photographer Erik Asla , and in January 2016 they had a biological son, York Banks Asla, born via surrogacy. She has stated that she tends to avoid drinking and has never used other recreational drugs.

Tyra Banks Pregnant | Tyra Banks Boyfriend

Initially Tyra tried “for a while” to get pregnant with her boyfriend, photographer Erik Asla. The pair eventually turned to in vitro fertilization, suffering through a year of failed attempts. “It was emotional,” admits Banks

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Tyra  started modeling  when she was 15 years old while attending school in Los Angeles. Before she was signed by L.A. Models  she was at first rejected by four modeling agencies. At 16 years old she switched to Elite Model Management. She later moved to Milan after she got the opportunity to model in Europe.

Tyra  booked 25 shows in the 1991 Paris Fashion Week in her first runway season . She 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. Tyra also appeared on the covers of magazines such as Elle; Harper’s Bazaar; Spanish Vogue; Cosmopolitan; Seventeen and Teen Vogue.  Tyra 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.

Tyra has also 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. Tyra  signed a contract with CoverGirl cosmetics in 1993,  launching advertising campaigns for the cosmetics company. Tyra emerged to be one of only a few Black models to achieve Supermodel status. Tyra returned to America to do more commercial modeling in the mid-1990s.

The Tyra Banks Show

Tyra Began her production company, “Ty Ty Baby Productions”  soon after she changed  it to Bankable Productions which produced The Tyra Banks Show, America’s Next Top Model and the 2008 movie The Clique.  Tyra is the executive producer and former presenter and judge of America’s Next Top Model.

Additionally, she hosted The Tyra Banks Show, a daytime talk show aimed at younger women.  It  premiered on September 12, 2005, and ran until May 28, 2010.  Tyra won the Daytime Emmy Award for her work and production on The Tyra Banks Show in 2008,  and won for the second time in a row for outstanding, informative talkshow in 2009.

Disney–ABC Domestic Television announced on May 30, 2014 their plans to develop a lifestyle syndicated talk show, with Banks serving as executive producer and host, to debut sometime in 2015.

Tyra Banks Smize

Smizing is Tyra Banks’ secret to a stunning photo. It is considered to be a look that involves smiling not only with your mouth but through using your eyes. Smiling with the eyes  hence, “smize”. The term was created by Tyra Banks on the thirteenth episode of America’s Top Model, and it has infiltrated all modeling photography approaches ever since. If you’re looking to smize, or you’re keen to get your photography subjects to smize, here are some insights on how to achieve it.

Tyra Banks Movies

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Tyra Banks Weight

Tyra has a body weight of  64 kilograms she still looks as good as ever.

Tyra Banks Book

• Perfect Is Boring: 10 Things My Crazy, Fierce Mama Taught Me About Beauty, Booty, and Being a Boss.
• Modelland
• Tyra’s Beauty Inside & Out
• Modelland by Tyra Banks (2011-09-13)
• The Best Book On Dating More After 40 (Tips On Meeting Singles, Online Dating, Feeling Sexy, & More)
• The Purpose Filled Woman: Honor Your Journey, Live With Intention
• The Purpose Filled Woman: Honoring Your Journey, Living With Intention
• Supermodels 2013 Calendar: The Top Model Calendar (English, German and French Edition)

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Tyra Banks Net Worth

Tyra has an estimated net  worth of $90 million but she has always leaned toward frugalit

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Tyra Banks Stanford

Tyra accepted a position as a personal branding guest lecturer at Stanford University in August 2016 .

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