Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973), also known as BanX, is an
American television personality, model, producer, businesswoman,
actress, singer and author. 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.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.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. In 2020, Banks
will replace Tom Bergeron as host of Dancing with the Stars for the
29th season.
American television personality, model, producer, businesswoman,
actress, singer and author. 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.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.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. In 2020, Banks
will replace Tom Bergeron as host of Dancing with the Stars for the
29th season.
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