Tyra Banks

Who2 Biography: Tyra Banks, Model

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Born: 4 December 1973
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
Best Known As: Supermodel host of America's Next Top Model

Banks is a former model who created the popular TV reality show America's Next Top Model. Banks was a top supermodel of the 1990s, when she became the first African-American model featured on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Famously curvy even by supermodel standards, she was a regular on fashion magazine covers and in the Victoria's Secret catalog. Banks also dabbled in acting, with appearances in the movies Higher Learning (1995, with Jennifer Connelly) and Coyote Ugly (2000, with Piper Perabo). In the new century she shifted her focus to television. In 2003 she began producing and hosting the reality series America's Next Top Model. The show was a hit and spawned spinoffs in Germany, Holland, and many other countries. Banks also began hosting her own talk show, The Tyra Banks Show, in 2005. Banks announced her retirement from modelling the same year, saying she would focus on her television career.

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Personal Information

Born on December 4, 1973, in Los Angeles, CA; daughter of Don Banks (a computer consultant) and Carolyn London-Johnson (a business manager).
Memberships: none.

Career

Model, 1991-; actress, 1993-; Tygirl, Inc., founder and CEO, 1995-.

Life's Work

Tyra Banks has parlayed her supermodel status into film, television, and music; her career is proceeding well according to her ambitious plans. A hit on the runways of top designers since the early 1990s, Banks's career segued first into television and later into film, when she was cast in a leading role in the 1995 film Higher Learning, written and directed by John Singleton. With the help of a supportive family, Banks has successfully managed her fame in positive ways, and has chosen roles and collaborations with other African-American arts professionals who seek to portray their community in a diverse, multifaceted way. With her hit show America's Next Top Model and her budding pop music career, along with her continued modeling, Banks was poised to reap the benefits of superstardom.

Grounded in Family Love

Tyra Banks was born in Los Angeles December 4, 1973, to Carolyn and Don Banks. Her mother was a medical photographer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, while her father is a computer consultant. They divorced when Tyra was six, although the relationship between parents and children--including Tyra's older brother Devin--remained amicable. Growing up, she would often parade around the family's Inglewood duplex in her mother's high heels and long robes, play-acting at being a model. Her view of the profession came largely from watching the weekly CNN program Style with Elsa Klensch, and later the MTV feature House of Style starring Cindy Crawford. In more serious moments, Banks entertained the idea of going to veterinary school. Yet her unusual looks sometimes made life difficult, as she told GQ writer James Ryan. "People called me Olive Oyl, Lightbulb Head, and Fivehead, because my forehead was so big," Banks recalled.

Banks attended Immaculate Heart High School, a rigorous Catholic girls' school in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles, where classmates also teased her because of her increasing height (5'11") and weight (around 125 lbs). She told the Chicago Tribune that her most humbling experience in life was losing the prom queen crown to a girl she described as the smartest in her class. After graduating, she decided to try modeling on a lark, thinking it might be a good way to do some traveling. Since her mother was a photographer, putting a portfolio together was not a problem. Banks took her book to agencies, but, as mother Carolyn London-Johnson recalled for People magazine writers Tom Gliatto and Bryan Alexander, "The market for black models was not very good. They would say, 'We have this many black girls already.'"

After encountering one too many dead ends, Banks decided to go ahead with her backup plan to start college and study film. Accepted at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Banks was walking down the street two weeks before classes started when a model scout from France spotted her. The scout offered her immediate work for the upcoming fall haute couture shows in Paris, and Banks accepted. "Her sensual lope and sleek, space-age frame gave her instant catwalk charisma," People described the model in its "Fifty Most Beautiful Women" issue. Designer Todd Oldham likened Banks to "an antelope. She was just born with grace."

Entranced the Paris Runways

Within Banks's first week in Paris, other designers were so entranced by her presence on the runway that she was booked for an unprecedented 25 shows--a record in the business for a newcomer. Next, Banks was offered lucrative contract deals, where the real money in the modeling industry lies. She was the first African American woman on the cover of Sports Illustrated's high-profile swimsuit issue; American designer Ralph Lauren wanted her for another one of his lush, multipage ad campaigns; and cosmetics giant Cover Girl made her the second African American to be offered a long-term deal with them.

Yet Banks's early days in the modeling business were difficult for her, despite a naturally exuberant and flexible demeanor. Subtle racism within the industry was partly responsible; from the start, Banks was called the "new Naomi Campbell," in comparison to the more experienced supermodel who had been the star woman of color on the runways for some years. Campbell, known for her diva-like behavior, was incensed, and managed to get Banks barred from appearing in a Chanel show after refusing to speak to her on several other occasions. "No model should have to endure what I went through at 17," Banks told Essence writer Deborah Gregory. "It's very sad that the fashion business and press can't accept that there can be more than one reigning black supermodel at a time."

Banks discussed the racism in the modeling industry with Cosmopolitan writer Jamie Diamond in 1993. "I've had bookers tell me, 'You've got light skin and green eyes. You're easy to sell.'" She admitted to relaxing her hair and having hair extensions done "because that's what 'beautiful' is supposed to look like--and that's how I make my living." Nevertheless, success does not insulate Banks from random acts of racism in everyday life. When she and a friend went to a New York City newsstand to purchase a magazine whose cover the model graced, the proprietor yelled at the two women and ordered them out of the store. When her friend pointed out the issue and Banks's image, he responded by saying "I don't care. You all look alike."

Spotted by Influential Director

The difficulties engendered by her daughter's new profession helped convince Carolyn London-Johnson to heed Banks's urgings and get involved. She quit her job and moved to Paris for a time to become her full-time manager, an arrangement that has suited them well. Banks's father handles her finances, and the supermodel daughter did not move out of her mother's house until she was 21. A magazine cover for Essence in June of 1993 sparked the next big move in Banks's career. John Singleton, director of the Academy-Award-nominated Boyz 'N the Hood, spotted the magazine and thought she would be perfect for an as-yet-uncast role in his next film. After mutual friends introduced them, Singleton attended one of Banks's appearances on the runway. He was entranced. They struck up a friendship that blossomed into romance.

Meanwhile, Banks had been cast in an occasional recurring role on the NBC-TV sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, starring former hip-hop star and feature-film actor Will Smith. Banks portrayed Jackie Ames, a love interest of Smith's title character. The acting experience made it easier when Singleton and the producers of his upcoming film Higher Learning asked her to read for the role of Deja, a star athlete at the film's fictional university. Some assumed that she had gotten the role because of her relationship with Singleton, the film's director, but Banks told Entertainment Weekly reporter Tim Appelo that "John said, 'Read for it, but if you're bad, you don't get it. I'd look like I'm thinkin' with my you-know-what.'" Her performance at the audition made an impact, however, and she won the role. Higher Learning won kudos from critics for its performances. Although Banks and Singleton eventually parted ways, Banks had established her acting career.

After the success of Higher Learning, Banks bought herself a five-bedroom abode in Los Angeles. She has also endowed her alma mater, Immaculate Heart, with a scholarship for African American girls. "I was very privileged that my mother and father sent me to private school," Banks told Gregory in Essence. "I want other African-American girls who can't afford it to experience that kind of education." Although still modeling, she pursued her career on the screen with diligence, starting by reading up on the history of the film industry. Banks told Essence's Gregory that she had planned on a career in film prior to even thinking about modeling, but realized that the yoke of Supermodel would be a hard one to shed. "Even when I'm 50 and no longer modeling, everyone will still refer to me as 'Tyra the model.' Once a model, always a model."

Yet being an African American model in an industry dominated by Caucasians has been difficult. "It's long overdue that black models receive the same benefits as white models," she told Essence's Gregory. "But I still don't make as much as the white supermodels do." Rather than waiting for the industry to catch up, Banks made her own plans for a multifaceted career. She formed a corporation in 1991--Tygirl, Inc.--to manage her career, and declined further involvement in The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, in part because "everybody started coming up to me on the street and calling me Jackie Ames," she told Ryan in GQ. "I felt like I didn't want to get stereotyped into that character." The actor declined a role as a one-night stand with Tom Cruise's character in the 1993 film The Firm, primarily because of the one-dimensional, decorative nature of the character. "I don't want roles that scream, I AM SO PRETTY!," Banks told People magazine's Gliatto. Another rule? She freely admitted an important one to Appelo in the Entertainment Weekly article: "I'm not takin' off my clothes."

Started a Televised Model Hunt

Over the next decade, Banks took her career in many different directions. She wrote a beauty book that preached about the necessity of recognizing one's own inner and outer beauty. She continued to take roles in films. While she played a doll magically given life in the made-for-television movie Life-Size, for the most part Banks remained true to her desire not to take roles that simply relied on her looks. In Coyote Ugly she played a law student named Zoe, and she faced the murderous Jason in Halloween: Resurrection. But Banks focused much more on her own image. Taking cues from the success of reality television programming, Banks created America's Next Top Model in 2003. The program follows the ups and downs of a group of models as they compete for the chance to win a modeling contract. Among the show's panel of experts, Banks is portrayed as a powerful gatekeeper to the world of high fashion and glamour. According to New Yorker television critic Nancy Franklin, "the aspiring models view her both as the bearer of a magic ticket out of poverty, obscurity, stripping, and waitressing and as a comforting, maternal, Oprah-like figure." The show was hailed in 2005 as UPN's most desirable show. Television analyst Carolyn Finger told Television Week that "It's the one show that universally it can be said any network would like to have."

Among her other ventures, Banks planned to record music and launch herself as a pop diva. In addition she was preparing to launch her own talk show. Television Week noted that "Banks' planned talk show is considered one of the highest-profile pieces of development for syndication in 2005." Unlike her unique modeling show, which has since encouraged other similar shows, Banks understood that her talk show would be one among many. But, as she told Television Week, "there is a void right now for a talk show headed by someone of my generation.... I haven't seen it done how we're doing it. And I hope that will pay off." Only time will tell. However, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution President Dick Robertson is banking on Banks. He told the Hollywood Reporter: "If there's ever a future Oprah, she could be the one."

Awards

none.

Works

Selected works

Books

(With Vanessa Thomas Bush) Tyra's Beauty Inside & Out, HarperPerennial, 1998.

Films

Higher Learning, 1995.
Life-Size, 2000.
Coyote Ugly, 2000.
Halloween: Resurrection, 2002.

Television

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, 1990.
America's Next Top Model, 2003-.
The Tyra Banks Show, 2005.

Biography

"A smart model is a good model," Tyra Banks was once quoted as saying, and she seems destined to prove it in every way. Now widely known as one of the world's foremost supermodels, Banks began her modeling career at the age of 17 with the Elite agency after flirting with attending college at Loyola Marymount. The 5'11" beauty was quickly discovered in Los Angeles, her birth city, and offered a healthy contract with cosmetics company Cover Girl -- becoming only the third African-American woman in the world to secure such an opportunity.

Her striking looks and business savvy extended to several offers, including assignments with Ralph Lauren and various magazine covers (over 20 to be exact), including Sports Illustrated and most notably GQ, where Banks became the first black woman ever to grace the cover. In addition to various ads and runway gigs, Banks decided to branch out into feature films, scoring a few high-profile gigs, starring as Omar Epps' love interest in John Singleton's racially charged drama Higher Learning (1995) and snagging a stint opposite Will Smith on TV's The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. These breakout roles led to more film work, including a British sexploitation film called Inferno and a comic turn in 1999's Love Stinks with actors French Stewart and Bill Bellamy. In 2000, Banks landed a high-profile gig in the critically dismissed but lively Jerry Bruckheimer production Coyote Ugly, playing a sexy barmaid in a role that showcased all of her assets in one tidy package.

Continuing her dual career, Banks' devotion to environmental issues has shown the world her ambition to be a role model as well. She is a promoter of a line of greeting cards for Children+Families, an organization dedicated to helping abused children. Created with the aid of children aged eight and nine, the card series is designed to promote literacy for children in troubled homes. ~ Jason Clark, All Movie Guide

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Tyra Banks

Born	Tyra Lynne Banks December 4, 1973 (1973-12-04) (age 35) Inglewood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress Model Talk show host
Years active	1993-present
Salary	$23 million (2008)^[1]
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)^[2]
Website www.TyraBanks.com

Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973) is an American media personality, actress, occasional singer, former model and businesswoman.^[3]^[4]^[5] She first became famous as a model in Paris, Milan, London, Tokyo and New York, but television appearances were her commercial breakthrough. Banks is the creator and host of the UPN/The CW reality television show America's Next Top Model and is co-creator of True Beauty. She also hosts her own talk show, The Tyra Banks Show.

In 2009 she was honored by Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) with the Excellence in Media Award.

1 Early life
2 Career
3 Filmography
- 3.1 Film
- 3.2 Television
4 References
5 External links

Early life

Tyra Banks was born in Inglewood, California, the daughter of Karolyn (née London), a fashion manager and NASA photographer, and Donald Banks, a computer consultant.^[3]^[6] The couple divorced in 1980, when Banks was 6 years old. However, the relationship between her parents, and between her and her brother Devin Banks (born 1968), stayed friendly. Later, Carolyn married Clifford Johnson; she now goes by Carolyn London-Johnson. Banks attended John Burroughs Middle School and graduated in 1991 from Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles. She was accepted by colleges such as USC and UCLA for television producing.^[7]^[8]

Career

Modeling

Banks began modeling in the 11th grade.^[9] She later went to Paris, France to do some runway modeling. Within Banks' first week in Paris, designers were so entranced by her presence on the runway that she was booked for an unprecedented twenty-five shows – a record in the business for a newcomer. She has done extensive print and/or runway work for fashion/advertising giants, such as Anna Sui, Coors Light, CoverGirl, Badgley Mischka, Bill Blass, Cynthia Rowley, Chanel, Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karan, Gemma Kahng, H&M, Isaac Mizrahi, Maria Snyder, McDonald's, Aislinn Dubois Modeling Agency, Michael Kors, Milk, Nicole Miller, Nike, Inc., Oscar de la Renta, Pepsi, Perry Ellis, Randy Kemper, Richard Tyler, Rifat Ozbek, Swatch, Todd Oldham, Tommy Hilfiger, Victoria's Secret and Yves Saint Laurent. She has appeared on the covers of high-fashion magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan and Elle.

Banks was the first African American woman on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.^[10] In 1997, she received the VH1 award for Supermodel of the Year. That same year, she became the first-ever African American chosen for the cover of the Victoria's Secret catalog.^[11]

Banks retired from modeling in May 2005 to concentrate on her television career. She walked the runway for the final time at the 2005 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

Aside from modeling, In 1998, Banks authored a book entitled Tyra's Beauty, Inside and Out. The book was advertised as a resource for helping women to make the most out of their natural beauty.^[12]

Move into television and film

Banks's television career began on the fourth season of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, in which she played lead character Will Smith's old friend Jackie Ames. She made seven appearances in the series. Other TV credits include Felicity, MADtv, Nick Cannon's Wild 'n Out (in which she was featured as a special guest host and team captain) and The Price Is Right (guest-starring as a "Barker's Beauty"). She also appeared as a guest in the animated talk show Space Ghost Coast to Coast in an episode entitled "Chinatown."

Currently, Banks can be seen on television as the hostess, judge and executive producer of The CW Television Network show America's Next Top Model. In addition, she hosts The Tyra Banks Show, a daytime talk show aimed at younger women, which premiered on September 12, 2005. The show features stories about everyday people mixed in with celebrity interviews, much like the early format of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Under the slogan "Every woman has a story...and it happened to Tyra too," Banks promotes her show using emotional flashbacks to her own childhood and adolescence. Many of the episodes deal with issues facing women today. Banks and other experts give women advice on fashion, relationships and more. The first two seasons of the show were recorded in Banks' hometown of Los Angeles but, beginning with the fall 2007 season, the show moved to New York City. In 2008, Banks won the Daytime Emmy Award for her work and production on The Tyra Banks Show.

In late-January 2008, Banks got the go-ahead from The CW Television Network to start work on a new reality television series based on fashion magazines called Stylista. The show premiered on October 22, 2008.

Banks's first big screen role came in 1994 when she co-starred in the drama Higher Learning.^[13] She went on to co-star with Lindsay Lohan in the Disney film Life-Size, playing a doll named Eve who comes to life and has to learn how to live in the real world. Other notable roles include Love Stinks (1999), Love & Basketball (2000), Coyote Ugly (2000) and Halloween: Resurrection (2002).

Bank's has confirmed that she will appear in the fourth episode in Gossip Girl in the 3rd season^[14] as Ursula Nyquist, a larger than life actress who'll work with Serena.

Music

Banks has appeared in several music videos, including Michael Jackson's "Black or White", Tina Turner's "Love Thing", Mobb Deep's "Trife Life" and George Michael's "Too Funky" (with fellow supermodel Linda Evangelista). In 2004, she recorded her first single, "Shake Ya Body," which had a music video featuring the final six contestants on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 2. The video was world-premiered on UPN, but the single turned out to be a failure. On America's Next Top Model, Cycle 2 Banks said, "Singing has been a passion of mine for a long, long time...six years on the down low - been ducking in and out of studios cutting tracks." Later, on her talk show, she said, "I can't believe I wasted six years of doing something that I didn't finish...I was almost able to release my album T.Y.R.A., but since my music career hit rock bottom, I quit."^{[cite this quote]}

Though "Shake Ya Body" was a failure, record producer Rodney Jerkins told Jet magazine in 2004 that Banks "has what it takes to pull it off...she had a hungriness to want to be in the studio all the time. Some people want to be divas in the studio and work for three or four hours. You had to tell Tyra to stop, or she will keep you going."^[15] As for her voice, Jerkins said, "People will be shocked. She can really sing. She's like between soprano and high-alto. I challenged her vocally. I pushed her, but not too far. I pushed her where vocally it fit the track."^[15]

Banks released a single with NBA player Kobe Bryant, entitled "K.O.B.E.," which was performed on NBA TV. She also has a single on the soundtrack to Disney Channel's Original Movie Life-Size called "Be A Star." She is credited with performing the theme song to America's Next Top Model.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Higher Learning	Deja
1999	Love Stinks	Holly Garnett
2000	Love & Basketball	Kyra Kessler
	Life-Size	Eve Doll	TV movie
	Coyote Ugly	Zoë
2002	Halloween: Resurrection	Nora Winston
2002	Eight Crazy Nights	Victoria's Secret Gown	Voice
2007	Mr. Woodcock	Herself	Cameo
2008	Tropic Thunder	Herself	Cameo
2009	Hannah Montana: The Movie^[16]	Herself in Women's Shoe Department	Cameo

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Jackie Ames	TV series (credited as "Tyra") Where There's a Will, There's a Way: Part 1 All Guts, No Glory Father of the Year Blood Is Thicker Than Mud Fresh Prince After Dark Take My Cousin... Please You've Got to Be a Football Hero
1999	Felicity	Jane Scott	TV series A Good Egg Kissing Mr. Covington One Ball, Two Strikes
1999	Just Shoot Me!	Herself	TV series Nina Sees Red: Part 1 Nina Sees Red: Part 2
2000	MADtv	Katisha Latisha Parisha Farisha Johnson	TV series Episode #5.17 Episode #5.25
2003-present	America's Next Top Model	Host	Reality TV series created, judged and hosted by Banks
2004	American Dreams	Carolyn Gill	TV series Chasing the Past
2004	All of Us	Roni	TV series O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2005-present	The Tyra Banks Show	Host	Talk show
2009	Gossip Girl	Ursula Nyquist	TV series,season 3 Dan de Fleurette

References

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^ "Tyra Banks Height - how tall". http://www.celebheights.com/s/Tyra-Banks-576.html.
^ ^a ^b Jason Clark (2008). "Tyra Banks:Biography on MSN". MSN. http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-biography/tyra-banks/. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
^ "ABC News: Tyra Banks Experiences Obesity Through Fat Suit". http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/BeautySecrets/story?id=1280787.
^ "Tyra Banks On It - Forbes.com". http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2006/0703/120.html.
^ "Tyra Banks Biography". FilmReference.com. http://www.filmreference.com/film/26/Tyra-Banks.html.
^ "Tyra Banks: America's Next Top Mogul". http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20178169,00.html.
^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1225232/
^ Hirschberg, Lynn (June 1, 2008). "Banksable". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/magazine/01tyra-t.html?ei=5124&en=6a5e98a9634a54f6&ex=1369972800&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink&pagewanted=all.
^ "Tyra Banks Profile". FMD-database. http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Tyra_Banks. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n7_v52/ai_19383832/
^ "Tyra Banks and Books". http://www.newyorktimesbestsellerlist.org/reviews/tyra-banks.
^ "Tyra Banks' Bikini Body". http://www.shape.com/lifestyle/entertainment_and_celebrities/cover_models/tyra_banks_shape_cover.
^ http://www.usmagazine.com/news/tyra-banks-joining-gossip-girl-2009317}}
^ ^a ^b Christian, Margena A. (March 1, 2004). "Tyra Banks: creator of TV's 'America's next top model' tells why singing is her next move". Jet. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_9_105/ai_114007282. Retrieved February 23, 2007.
^ "NewsChannel 5.com - Nashville, Tennessee - 'Hannah Montana' Film Scenes Shot In Cool Springs Mall". http://www.newschannel5.com/global/story.asp?s=8391689.

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Cast members

Current	Tyra Banks • J. Alexander • Nigel Barker • Jay Manuel

Former	Janice Dickinson • Kimora Lee Simmons • Nolé Marin • Eric Nicholson • Paulina Porizkova • Beau Quillian • Twiggy

Winners

Adrianne Curry • Yoanna House • Eva Pigford • Naima Mora • Nicole Linkletter • Danielle Evans • CariDee English • Jaslene Gonzalez • Saleisha Stowers • Whitney Thompson • McKey Sullivan • Teyona Anderson

Related shows

International Top Model •The Tyra Banks Show • Modelville • Stylista • True Beauty

Click here for the entire list of contestants.

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Alessandra Ambrosio · Miranda Kerr · Heidi Klum · Doutzen Kroes · Adriana Lima · Marisa Miller

Former Angels	Tyra Banks · Gisele Bündchen · Laetitia Casta · Helena Christensen · Selita Ebanks · Yasmeen Ghauri · Izabel Goulart · Karolína Kurková · Karen Mulder · Daniela Peštová · Maria Inés Rivero · Rebecca Romijn · Stephanie Seymour

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1980s	Christie Brinkley • Christie Brinkley • Carol Alt • Cheryl Tiegs • Paulina Porizkova • Paulina Porizkova • Elle Macpherson • Elle Macpherson • Elle Macpherson • Kathy Ireland

1990s	Judit Mascó • Ashley (Montana) Richardson • Kathy Ireland • Vendela Kirsebom • Kathy Ireland, Rachel Hunter, & Elle Macpherson • Daniela Peštová • Valeria Mazza & Tyra Banks • Tyra Banks • Heidi Klum • Rebecca Romijn

2000s	Daniela Peštová • Elsa Benítez • Yamila Díaz • Petra Němcová • Veronika Vařeková • Carolyn Murphy • Veronika Vařeková, Elle Macpherson, Rebecca Romijn, Rachel Hunter, Daniela Peštová, Elsa Benítez, Carolyn Murphy, & Yamila Díaz • Beyoncé Knowles • Marisa Miller • Bar Refaeli

v • d • e 1990–1999 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

1990	Sabrina Barnett • Michaela Bercu • Anna Getaneh • Rachel Hunter • Kathy Ireland • Estelle Lefébure • Elle Macpherson • Judit Mascó • Ashley Richardson • Maria von Hartz • Louise Vyent • Akure Wall • Roshumba Williams

1991	Monica Bellucci • Rosie de la Cruz • Angie Everhart • Rachel Hunter • Kathy Ireland • Elle Macpherson • Judit Mascó • Ashley Richardson • Stephanie Seymour • Roshumba Williams

1992	Naomi Campbell • Angie Everhart • Kathy Ireland • Vendela Kirsebom • Judit Mascó • Gail O'Neill • Paulina Porizkova • Ashley Richardson • Roshumba Williams • Stacey Williams • Shana Zadrick

1993	Tyra Banks • Britta Dubbels • Rachel Hunter • Kathy Ireland • Vendela Kirsebom • Estelle Lefébure • Ashley Richardson • Ingrid Seynhaeve • Amber Smith • Maria von Hartz • Stacey Williams

1994	Veronica Blume • Jenny Brunt • Angie Everhart • Rachel Hunter • Kathy Ireland • Kate James • Vendela Kirsebom • Elle Macpherson • Judit Mascó • Lana Ogilvie • Rebecca Romijn • Ingrid Seynhaeve • Amber Smith • Aya Thorgren • Dara Torres • Patricia Velásquez • Roshumba Williams • Stacey Williams

1995	Angie Everhart • Yasmeen Ghauri • Vendela Kirsebom • Roberta Little • Judit Mascó • Daniela Peštová • Ashley Richardson • Rebecca Romijn • Ingrid Seynhaeve • Talisa Soto • Cheryl Tiegs • Patricia Velásquez • Manon von Gerkan • Stacey Williams

1996	Tyra Banks • Angie Everhart • Kathy Ireland • Valeria Mazza • Georgianna Robertson* • Rebecca Romijn • Ingrid Seynhaeve • Manon von Gerkan • Stacey Williams

1997	Tyra Banks • Laetitia Casta^m • Naomi Campbell • Yasmeen Ghauri^p • Steffi Graf • Eva Herzigová • Vendela Kirsebom • Valeria Mazza • Karen Mulder • Navia Nguyen^m • Chandra North^p • Brandi Quinones^m • Niki Taylor • Stacey Williams

1998	Tyra Banks • Caprice Bourret • Laetitia Casta • Louise Forsling • Eva Herzigová • Heidi Klum • Tanga Moreau • Karen Mulder^p • Chandra North • Irina Pantaeva • Lorraine Pascale • Daniela Peštová • Rebecca Romijn • Beri Smither • Niki Taylor • Stacey Williams

1999	Michelle Behennah* • Laetitia Casta • Yamila Díaz* • Eva Herzigová • Heidi Klum* • Chandra North • Sarah O'Hare* • Daniela Peštová* • Audrey Quock • Rebecca Romijn* • Tamara Spoelder • Veronika Vařeková

Covergirl in bold *appeared in bodypainting by Joanne Gair, ^pappeared in print edition only, ^mappeared in special feature 2010–2019 · 2000–2009 · 1990–1999 · 1980–1989 · 1970–1979 · 1964–1969 \|\| Covers

v • d • e 2000–2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

2000	Elsa Benítez^p • Kylie Bax • Michelle Behennah • Laetitia Casta • Yamila Díaz • Luján Fernández • Kristy Hinze • Malia Jones^p • Heidi Klum • Melania Knauss^p • Shakara Ledard • Ana Paula Lemes^p • Noémie Lenoir • Josie Maran^p • Carré Otis • Daniela Peštová • Audrey Quock^p • Gabrielle Reece^p • Rachel Roberts • Molly Sims^p • Veronika Vařeková • Estella Warren

2001	Michelle Behennah • Elsa Benítez • Aurélie Claudel • Yamila Díaz* • Luján Fernández • Janelle Fishman^p • Heidi Klum* • Shakara Ledard* • Kim Lemanton^p • Noémie Lenoir* • Shirley Mallmann • Josie Maran • Petra Němcová^p • Daniela Peštová • Audrey Quock^p • Molly Sims* • Fernanda Tavares* • Veronika Vařeková* • Amy Wesson

2002	Ana Beatriz Barros • Elsa Benítez • Ehrinn Cummings • Yamila Díaz • Isabeli Fontana • Bridget Hall • Melissa Keller • Heidi Klum • Shakara Ledard • Vanessa Lorenzo • Josie Maran • Carla Maria^p • Marisa Miller^p • Annie Morton^p • Petra Němcová • Chandra North • Daniela Peštová^p • Audrey Quock • Molly Sims • Veronika Vařeková

2003	Michelle Alves^p^ • May Andersen^ • Ana Beatriz Barros^ • Yamila Díaz • Reka Ebergenyi^p • Isabeli Fontana^ • Bridget Hall^ • Rachel Hunter* • Melissa Keller^ • Noémie Lenoir • Juliana Martins^ • Marisa Miller • Petra Němcová • Sarah O'Hare^ • Daniela Peštová • Audrey Quock • Molly Sims • Fernanda Tavares^p^ • Jessica White

2004	May Andersen^ • Ana Beatriz Barros^ • Elsa Benítez^ • Yamila Díaz • Bridget Hall^ • Melissa Keller^ • Noémie Lenoir* • Angela Lindvall^ • Marisa Miller^ • Fernanda Motta^ • Carolyn Murphy^ • Petra Němcová • Daniela Peštová • Frankie Rayder • Molly Sims • Jessica Van Der Steen • Veronika Vařeková • Jessica White*

2005	Michelle Alves • Ana Beatriz Barros • Yamila Díaz^^ • Alicia Hall • Bridget Hall* • Shakara Ledard • Noémie Lenoir^^ • Michelle Lombardo^ • Marisa Miller* • Fernanda Motta • Carolyn Murphy • Petra Němcová • Oluchi Onweagba • Frankie Rayder • Daniella Sarahyba^^ • Mallory Snyder^^ • Jessica Van Der Steen • Anne V • Veronika Vařeková • Jessica White*

2006	Ana Beatriz Barros • Carla Campbell • Brooklyn Decker • Bridget Hall • Heidi Klum* • Noémie Lenoir • Marisa Miller • Fernanda Motta • Aline Nakashima • Petra Němcová • Oluchi Onweagba • Pania Rose • Daniella Sarahyba • Molly Sims • Mallory Snyder • Yésica Toscanini • Anne V

2007	Ana Paula Araújo* • Ana Beatriz Barros • Brooklyn Decker • Yamila Díaz^^^ • Selita Ebanks • Julie Henderson • Marisa Miller* • Fernanda Motta • Aline Nakashima • Raica Oliveira • Oluchi Onweagba • Tori Praver* • Bar Refaeli • Daniella Sarahyba* • Irina Sheik • Fernanda Tavares • Yésica Toscanini • Anne V • Veronika Vařeková^^^ • Jessica White (cover: Beyoncé Knowles)

2008	Melissa Baker • Ana Beatriz Barros • Yasmin Brunet • Jeísa Chiminazzo • Brooklyn Decker • Selita Ebanks • Jessica Gomes* • Quiana Grant* • Melissa Haro • Julie Henderson • Jarah Mariano • Marisa Miller* • Oluchi Onweagba • Tori Praver* • Bar Refaeli • Daniella Sarahyba • Irina Shayk • Anne V • Jessica White

2009	Kim Cloutier • Brooklyn Decker* • Cintia Dicker • Lucia Dvorská • Esti Ginzborg • Jessica Gomes • Melissa Haro • Jessica Hart • Julie Henderson* • Damaris Lewis • Jarah Mariano • Ariel Meredith • Tori Praver • Bar Refaeli • Hilary Rhoda • Daniella Sarahyba • Irina Sheik* • Anne V • Jessica White*

40th Anniversary (2004) Hall of Fame	Elle Macpherson • Paulina Porizkova • Rachel Hunter • Tyra Banks • Valeria Mazza • Stacey Williams • Heidi Klum • Cheryl Tiegs • Roshumba Williams • Christie Brinkley • Vendela Kirsebom

All-Star Reunion Cover (2006)	Elsa Benítez • Yamila Díaz • Rachel Hunter • Elle Macpherson • Carolyn Murphy • Daniela Peštová • Rebecca Romijn • Veronika Vařeková (Celebrity special: Maria Sharapova)

*appeared in bodypainting by Joanne Gair, ^pappeared in print edition only, ^appeared in virtual reality feature, ^^appeared in underwater photography, ^^^appeared in 3-D 2010–2019 · 2000–2009 · 1990–1999 · 1980–1989 · 1970–1979 · 1964–1969 \|\| Covers

v • d • e Victoria's Secret Fashion Show models (1995–1999)

1995	Natane Adcock · Leilani Bishop · Catherine McCord · Beverly Peele · Stephanie Seymour · Ingrid Seynhaeve · Frederique van der Wal · Veronica Webb

1996	Tyra Banks · Naomi Campbell · Helena Christensen · Stephanie Seymour · Frederique van der Wal

1997	Tyra Banks · Elsa Benítez · Naomi Campbell · Laetitia Casta · Helena Christensen · Yasmeen Ghauri · Tricia Helfer · Heidi Klum · Vendela Kirsebom · Chandra North · Georgianna Robertson · Claudia Schiffer · Ingrid Seynhaeve · Stephanie Seymour · Frederique van der Wal

1998	Natane Adcock · Tyra Banks · Naomi Campbell · Laetitia Casta · Bridget Hall · Tricia Helfer · Jaime King · Heidi Klum · Astrid Muñoz · Chandra North · Rebecca Romijn · Chrystéle Saint Louis Augustin · Stephanie Seymour · Patricia Velásquez

1999	Natane Adcock · Tyra Banks · Elsa Benítez · Leilani Bishop · Gisele Bündchen · Laetitia Casta · Ana Cláudia Michels · Trish Goff · Eva Herzigová · Kirsty Hume · Kiara Kabukuru · Carmen Kass · Jaime King · Heidi Klum · Hollyanne Leonard · Adriana Lima · Karen Mulder · Daniela Peštová · Frankie Rayder · Inés Rivero · Stephanie Seymour · Eugenia Silva

1995–1999 · 2000–2009 * Did not appear in show according to some sources

v • d • e Victoria's Secret Fashion Show models (2000–2009)

2000	Alessandra Ambrosio · Mini Anden · Danita Angell · Tyra Banks · Gisele Bündchen · Naomi Campbell · Laetitia Casta · Aurélie Claudel · Haylynn Cohen · Rhea Durham · Trish Goff · Eva Herzigová · Carmen Kass · Heidi Klum · Karolína Kurková · Adriana Lima · Angela Lindvall · Ana Cláudia Michels · Karen Mulder · Oluchi Onweagba · Daniela Peštová · Frankie Rayder · Caroline Ribeiro · Inés Rivero · Stephanie Seymour · Ingrid Seynhaeve · Fernanda Tavares

2001	Alessandra Ambrosio · Mini Anden · Tyra Banks · Gisele Bündchen · Aurélie Claudel · Rhea Durham · Karen Elson · Trish Goff · Bridget Hall · Emma Heming · Eva Herzigová · Heidi Klum · Karolína Kurková · Anouck Lepere · Adriana Lima · Audrey Marnay · Diána Mészáros · Omahyra Mota · Daniela Peštová · Rie Rasmussen · Caroline Ribeiro · Inés Rivero · Maggie Rizer · Molly Sims · Fernanda Tavares · Alek Wek

2002	Michelle Alves · Alessandra Ambrosio · Caitriona Balfe · Tyra Banks · Ana Beatriz Barros · Letícia Birkheuer · Gisele Bündchen · Naomi Campbell · Dewi Driegen · Reka Ebergenyi · Lindsay Frimodt · Bridget Hall · Ana Hickmann · Carmen Kass · Liya Kebede · Heidi Klum · Karolína Kurková · Adriana Lima · Oluchi Onweagba · Daniela Peštová* · Ujjwala Raut · Frankie Rayder · Caroline Ribeiro · Inga Savita · Claudia Schiffer* · Nadine Strittmatter · Yfke Sturm · Fernanda Tavares · Eugenia Volodina · Raquel Zimmermann

2003	Michelle Alves · Alessandra Ambrosio · Mini Anden · Tyra Banks · Ana Beatriz Barros · Letícia Birkheuer · Marcelle Bittar · Gisele Bündchen · Naomi Campbell · Dewi Driegen · Isabeli Fontana · Lindsay Frimodt · Eva Herzigová* · Carmen Kass · Liya Kebede · Heidi Klum · Karolína Kurková · Adriana Lima · Angela Lindvall · Deanna Miller · Oluchi Onweagba · Ujjwala Raut · Frankie Rayder · Margarita Svegzdaite · Fernanda Tavares · Eugenia Volodina · Jacquetta Wheeler

2004	(cancelled)

2005	Alessandra Ambrosio · Tyra Banks · Bianca Balti · Ana Beatriz Barros · Gisele Bündchen · Inguna Butane · Naomi Campbell · Morgane Dubled · Selita Ebanks · Isabeli Fontana · Izabel Goulart · Heidi Klum · Tatiana Kovylina · Doutzen Kroes · Karolína Kurková · Adriana Lima · Angela Lindvall · Andi Muise · Oluchi Onweagba · Natasha Poly · Julia Stegner · Yfke Sturm · Fernanda Tavares · Caroline Trentini · Eugenia Volodina · Marija Vujović · Caroline Winberg · Raquel Zimmermann

2006	Alessandra Ambrosio · Ana Beatriz Barros · Gisele Bündchen · Jeísa Chiminazzo · Élise Crombez · Flavia de Oliveira · Thalita de Oliveira* · Morgane Dubled · Selita Ebanks · Izabel Goulart · Rosie Huntington-Whiteley · Miranda Kerr · Heidi Klum* · Doutzen Kroes · Karolína Kurková · Adriana Lima · Angela Lindvall · Heather Marks · Andi Muise · Ajuma Nasenyana · Oluchi Onweagba · Natasha Poly · Katja Shchekina · Hana Soukupová · Jessica Stam · Julia Stegner · Caroline Trentini · Caroline Winberg · Raquel Zimmermann

2007	Alessandra Ambrosio · Inguna Butane · Élise Crombez · Flavia de Oliveira · Morgane Dubled · Selita Ebanks · Lindsay Ellingson · Isabeli Fontana · Felita Franks* · Izabel Goulart · Rosie Huntington-Whiteley · Miranda Kerr · Heidi Klum · Michaela Kocianova · Karolína Kurková · Noémie Lenoir · Adriana Lima · Angela Lindvall · Marisa Miller · Andi Muise · Oluchi Onweagba · Behati Prinsloo · Hana Soukupová · Jessica Stam · Julia Stegner · Candice Swanepoel · Eugenia Volodina · Marija Vujović · Erin Wasson · Jessica White · Katie Wile · Caroline Winberg

2008	Clara Alonso · Alessandra Ambrosio · Ana Beatriz Barros · Inguna Butane · Shannan Click · Emanuela de Paula · Flavia de Oliveira · Morgane Dubled · Selita Ebanks · Lindsay Ellingson · Isabeli Fontana · Izabel Goulart · Erin Heatherton · Rosie Huntington-Whiteley · Carmen Kass · Miranda Kerr · Heidi Klum · Doutzen Kroes · Karolína Kurková · Abbey Lee · Noémie Lenoir · Adriana Lima · Maryna Linchuk · Angela Lindvall · Sessilee Lopez · Marisa Miller · Arlenis Sosa · Behati Prinsloo · Julia Stegner · Sarah Stephens · Lara Stone · Candice Swanepoel · Edita Vilkevičiūtė · Anne Vyalitsyna · Caroline Winberg

2009	(has not taken place yet)

1995–1999 · 2000–2009 * Did not appear in show according to some sources

Persondata
NAME	Banks, Tyra Lynne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Model, talk show host and actress
DATE OF BIRTH	December 4, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH	Inglewood, California, United States
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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