A Woman of Power: Tyra Banks
Anuraj Gill
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Rosa Parks, Daisy Bates, and Oprah Winfrey are remarkable names whose lives inspire greatness to the world. Like these women, Tyra Banks exemplifies strength, ambition, dedication, wisdom, and a never giving up spirit along with feminine charm. Tyra Banks has made her name famous worldwide as a model, actress, singer, author, television host/personality, and producer.
Tyra Lynne Banks known as Tyra Banks; was born on December 4th, 1973, in Inglewood, California. She is the daughter of Caroline London, a NASA photographer, and Donald Banks, a computer consultant. She is 79% African, 14% British and 6% Native American ancestry. She has an older brother, named Devin who is five years older …show more content…
Since Tyra did not receive much work for her modeling career, she went back to school at Loyola Mary Mount University in 1991. At university, a modeling scout spotted her, and Elite Model Management offered her to send her to Paris for high fashion. Tyra became well known in the fashion modeling industry and become one of the world’s top supermodels. She got the chance to do 25 runway shows when she was in Paris. By the mid 1990s, tension started to rise between Tyra Banks and Naomi Campbell. Tyra was often told she is the look-alike as Campbell and the two women were against each other on the assumption that there was only room for only one top black model. Tyra Banks then left Elite Management to ease the tension but also because she started to gain weight, which was forbidden in the modeling world. Tyra did not want to starve herself, as a result, she decided to go back to the U.S.A and switch from a runway model career to a swimwear and lingerie-modeling career, where curvier models are more accepted. For a very long time, Tyra was a plus size model and in 1996 she made history. In 1996, Tyra was the first black model to appear on GQ. Sports illustrated Swimsuit Addition and signed contracts with Covergirl and Victoria Secret. Moreover, Tyra was mentioned in the People Magazine as 50 Most Beautiful People list numerous times, won the Supermodel of the Year Award (Michael Award) in 1997 and teen choice award for favorite supermodel. Hence, Tyra’s modeling career was definitely successful and she received a lot of acknowledgments and fame. In addition to her modeling career, Tyra began an acting career in the 1990s as well. She had a good relationship with John Singleton, director of Boyz N the Hood. Tyra first television role was as Will Smith’s girlfriend in
Anuraj Gill
213107628
Rosa Parks, Daisy Bates, and Oprah Winfrey are remarkable names whose lives inspire greatness to the world. Like these women, Tyra Banks exemplifies strength, ambition, dedication, wisdom, and a never giving up spirit along with feminine charm. Tyra Banks has made her name famous worldwide as a model, actress, singer, author, television host/personality, and producer.
Tyra Lynne Banks known as Tyra Banks; was born on December 4th, 1973, in Inglewood, California. She is the daughter of Caroline London, a NASA photographer, and Donald Banks, a computer consultant. She is 79% African, 14% British and 6% Native American ancestry. She has an older brother, named Devin who is five years older …show more content…
Since Tyra did not receive much work for her modeling career, she went back to school at Loyola Mary Mount University in 1991. At university, a modeling scout spotted her, and Elite Model Management offered her to send her to Paris for high fashion. Tyra became well known in the fashion modeling industry and become one of the world’s top supermodels. She got the chance to do 25 runway shows when she was in Paris. By the mid 1990s, tension started to rise between Tyra Banks and Naomi Campbell. Tyra was often told she is the look-alike as Campbell and the two women were against each other on the assumption that there was only room for only one top black model. Tyra Banks then left Elite Management to ease the tension but also because she started to gain weight, which was forbidden in the modeling world. Tyra did not want to starve herself, as a result, she decided to go back to the U.S.A and switch from a runway model career to a swimwear and lingerie-modeling career, where curvier models are more accepted. For a very long time, Tyra was a plus size model and in 1996 she made history. In 1996, Tyra was the first black model to appear on GQ. Sports illustrated Swimsuit Addition and signed contracts with Covergirl and Victoria Secret. Moreover, Tyra was mentioned in the People Magazine as 50 Most Beautiful People list numerous times, won the Supermodel of the Year Award (Michael Award) in 1997 and teen choice award for favorite supermodel. Hence, Tyra’s modeling career was definitely successful and she received a lot of acknowledgments and fame. In addition to her modeling career, Tyra began an acting career in the 1990s as well. She had a good relationship with John Singleton, director of Boyz N the Hood. Tyra first television role was as Will Smith’s girlfriend in