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Trivia
Has an older brother named Devin.
CEO of her
own company TYInc.
Dated John
Singleton.
Named one
of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World"
by people magazine.(1994)
In 1994 started
the Tyra Banks Scolarship.
Professional
model.
Chosen by
People (USA) magazine as one of the most beautiful people
in the world. [1996]
First African
American model to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated's
swimsuit edition
Is a "Youth
Correspondent" for The Oprah Winfrey Show, and
there is speculation that Oprah is training Tyra to
eventually take over the show (as of February 2000)
Took Second
Place by the readers of Black Men Magazine for "The
10 Sexiest Women of the Year." [2000]
Briefly appears
in Michaeal Jackson's "Black or White" video.
Tyra appears
in the video of George Michael's "Too Funky"
Measurements:
34C-23 1/2-35 1/2. (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Size 9 shoe.
(Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Personal quotes
"Black women have always been these vixens, these
animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy
American girl next door?"
"I am
totally against plastic surgery. A lot of people think
I have breast implants because I have the biggest boobs
in the business. But I was a 34C when I was 17...They
stay up when I wear a push-up bra. But if people could
see me when I come home and take off my bra, how could
they think these are fake?"
"Self-love
has very little to do with how you feel about your outer
self. It's about accepting all of yourself. You've got
to learn to accept the fool in you as well as the part
that's got it goin' on."
"Because
my hands are rough and wrinkley, they are my least favourite
feature. An ex-boyfriend used to call them 'Freddy Kreuger'
fingers."
"Black
women don't have the same body image problems as white
women. They are proud of their bodies. Black men love
big butts."
"I don't
know what to do with my arms. It just makes me feel
weird and I feel like people are looking at me and that
makes me nervous."
"I haven't
seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't
seen anything. I don't really care."
"I liked
college guys but they could tell I was just a skinny
girl."
"I love
the confidence that makeup gives me."
Tyra Banks - Filmography
Below is a complete filmography
(list of movies she's appeared in)
Larceny (2004)
Eight Crazy Nights (2002) (voice) .... Victoria's Secret
Gown
... aka Adam Sandler's 8 Crazy Nights (2002) (USA: complete
title)
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, The (2002) (TV) ....
Model
Halloween: Resurrection (2002) .... Nora Winston
Coyote Ugly (2000) .... Zoe
Life-Size (2000) (TV) .... Eve
Love & Basketball (2000) .... Kyra Kessler
... aka Love and Basketball (2000) (USA: closing credits
title)
Apartment
Complex, The (1999) (TV)
Love Stinks (1999) .... Holly Garnett
Woman Like That, A (1997)
Higher Learning (1995) .... Deja
"Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The" (1990) TV Series
.... Jackie Ames (1993-1994)
Inferno (1992) (TV)
Black or White (1991) (V)
Tyra Banks - Notable TV Guest
Appearances
"All of Us" (2003) playing "Roni"
in episode: "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (episode
# 1.17) 24 February 2004
"View, The" (1997) playing "Herself"
24 February 2004
"Daily Show, The" (1996) playing "Herself"
23 February 2004
"Wayne Brady Show, The" (2002) playing "Herself"
27 January 2004
"Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The" (1999)
playing "Herself" 26 January 2004
"Total Request Live" (1998) playing "Herself"
18 November 2003
"View, The" (1997) playing "Herself"
18 November 2003
"Soul Food" (2000) playing "Nina Joseph"
in episode: "Ordinary Pain" (episode # 1.13)
3 January 2001
"Felicity" (1998) playing "Jane Scott"
in episode: "A Good Egg" (episode # 3.8) 22
November 2000
"Felicity" (1998) playing "Jane Scott"
in episode: "Kissing Mr. Covington" (episode
# 3.7) 15 November 2000
"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" (1999/I) playing
"Herself" 12 November 2000
"Felicity" (1998) playing "Jane Scott"
in episode: "One Ball, Two Strikes" (episode
# 3.6) 8 November 2000
"Mad TV" (1995) playing "Katisha"
(episode # 5.25) 20 May 2000
"Oprah Winfrey Show, The" (1986) playing "Herself"
12 April 2000
"Mad TV" (1995) (episode # 5.17) 19 February
2000
"Oprah Winfrey Show, The" (1986) playing "Herself"
18 February 2000
"Hughleys, The" (1998) playing "Nicole"
in episode: "Sap and the Star" (episode #
2.4) 15 October 1999
"Wetten, dass..?" (1981) playing "Herself"
in episode: "Wetten, dass..? aus Mallorca"
(episode # 1.117) 7 October 1999
"Oprah Winfrey Show, The" (1986) playing "Herself"
17 February 1999
"Just Shoot Me" (1997) playing "Herself"
in episode: "Nina Sees Red: Part 2" (episode
# 3.15) 16 February 1999
"Just Shoot Me" (1997) playing "Herself"
in episode: "Nina Sees Red: Part 1" (episode
# 3.14) 9 February 1999
"Space Ghost Coast to Coast" (1994) playing
"Herself" in episode: "Chinatown"
11 September 1998
"Oprah Winfrey Show, The" (1986) playing "Herself"
12 June 1998
"New York Undercover" (1994) playing "Natasha
Claybourne" in episode: "Outrage" (episode
# 3.16) 13 February 1997
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