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Tyra Lynne Banks was born on December 4, 1973. She was born in Las Angeles, California. Tyra’s first contract was when she was 17 and she is still modeling now at 33. She finished high school but never finished her dream to go to college. When Tyra was six years old her parents got a divorce. Now Tyra’s mom and her are best friends. |
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Tyra's nickname is BBQ. She always said “A good model is a smart model” and that is what she is today. At the age of twenty she was the first black model to be in Cover Girl. She first started her contract with Elite agency. She has been in countless amounts of magazines and their covers. She was the first African American woman to sign with a lot of companies. Tyra has been on the top 100 and top 10 most beautiful women and people still think so today. In 2000, she was awarded super model of the year. Many people look up to her. |
| Tyra is not only a successful model but a successful actress too. She hasn’t been in a lot of movies but the ones she’s been in are well liked. She was in a Disney channel movie called "Life-Size" with Lindsay Lohan. She has also been in "Coyote Ugly" which was an excellent movie. She also has two shows, The Tyra Banks Show and America’s Next Top Model. Many girls go and try to be America’s next top model and Tyra picks who should be. |
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