Ijahnay Reid Tyra Lynne Banks
December 4, 1973 (41) Still Alive Early Life: • Raised in Inglewood California • Parents divorced when she was 6, so she grew up in different houses with double the love, holidays and gifts. • In 1990, while in high school landed a contract with Elite Model Management, when offered to send her to Paris for fashion runway modeling, she decided to go to forego college. Interesting Facts: •
The first black women to land the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. • Created her own reality T.V show America’s Next Top Model, and the Tyra Show. • Became one of the world’s top supermodel • Won supermodel of the year award • First black women to be featured in Victoria’s Secret lingerie catalogue What makes Tyra Banks a Hall of Famer? I think Tyra Banks is a Hall of Famer because she was the first African American supermodel to get on the cover of GQ magazine. Not only a supermodel, she acted in certain T.V shows and movies. Also because she produced her own talk show and reality T.V show that she one a Grammy for. To Conclude, I think Tyra Banks boost confidence for certain females because of what she been through and grew up to be.