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Welcome to The Tyra Banks Picture Pages!
This site truly contains only high quality scans of Tyra,
so you can stop searching for Tyra Banks pictures from now
on! For those new to the site, my philosophy on exactly
what constitutes 'high quality' is found here.
Be sure to check out all four picture galleries to your
left.
People still tend to think of Tyra Banks
as "just a model," but with some recent movies,
including Coyote Ugly, she's shown the world that
she can do more than just pose for photographers. Tyra was
born in Los Angeles on December 4th, 1973, to a very loving
and supportive family. Despite the divorce of her parents
when she was only six years old, and the torments of her
older brother Devin, Tyra's youth was happy and trouble-free.
After being turned down by four modeling
agencies because they thought her face wasn't photogenic,
Tyra was finally signed by the Elite agency when she was
17. So, instead of going to Loyola Marymount College, Tyra
moved to Paris for a year and modeled for many of the big
names in fashion, including Ralph Lauren and Chanel.
She then moved back to the States and continued
modeling, rocketing her way up through the ranks. Soon Tyra
began to diversify her activities, having a small part in
the British television movie, Inferno as a supermodel,
and then appearing on Will Smith's Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
in a recurring supporting role. Tyra's first real movie
role came in John Singleton's Higher Learning. She
played Omar Epps' track-running girlfriend and though it
was a small role, critics were impressed by the intensity
she brought to the screen. When the film came out, movie
offers began to roll in, but Tyra chose not to act in just
anything. Instead, she continued her meteoric rise in the
modeling ranks, appearing on the covers of several magazines.
In fact, she was the first African-American
woman ever to be featured on the covers of GQ magazine,
the Victoria's Secret catalog, and the famous Sports Illustrated
Swimsuit Issue. She made People Magazine's "50 Most
Beautiful" list not once, but twice, and even wrote
a revealing book about her life, Tyra's Beauty Inside &
Out.
Now an important part in Coyote Ugly
has brought Tyra back into the limelight. She plays a wild
bartender, which is quite ironic because she has said several
times that she doesn't drink alcohol. She doesn't watch
what she eats, though, unlike most other models; she has
gone on record stating that she often eats barbecued ribs,
fried chicken wings, ice cream, and fast-food.
Please note that all pictures
are assumed to be in the public domain.
If you have any issues regarding copyright, please email
me and I will remove all offending images.
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