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Originating from Los Angeles, “The Tyra Banks Show” is produced by Bankable Productions and Handprint Entertainment, in association with Telepictures Productions, an industry-leading and Emmy® Award-winning producer of reality and reality-based programming. The series is executive produced by Alex Duda, John Redmann, Tyra Banks and Benny Medina. The series is distributed by Warner Bros. Television Distribution.
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Tyra Banks began in high fashion, but got the most exposure when she moved to commercial modeling. Banks paved the way for other models, becoming the first African-American on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue and GQ magazine. She ... proved that she didn’t have to fit the mold of skinny waif, showing that curvaceous women could also be successful models. She was one of the original Victoria’s Secret “Angels,” modeling in their catalog and runway shows.
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Tyra Banks can’t attribute her recent weight loss of 30 pounds to just hard work. When she appeared on The View on April 26, Tyra showed Rosie O’Donnell her jiggle-free secret — Spanx!
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From All Movie Guide: "A smart model is a good model," Tyra Banks was once quoted as saying, and she seems destined to prove it in every way. Now widely known as one of the world's foremost supermodels, Banks began her modeling career at the age of 17 with the Elite agency after flirting with attending college at Loyola Marymount. The 5'11" beauty was quickly discovered in Los Angeles, her birth city, and offered a healthy contract with cosmetics company Cover Girl -- becoming only the third African-American woman in the world to secure such an opportunity.
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Tyra Banks was raised in Inglewood, California with her brother Devin, and attended Immaculate Heart High School, an all-girls, independent Catholic private school in Los Angeles. Growing up, she was very thin and often teased, considered to be ugly by her peers. Banks later said that this was a very difficult period for her and she developed a “very strong self-image problem.” She began her television career as an actress with recurring roles in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and “Felicity.” She ... starred in the Disney made-for-television movie, “Life Size.” Tyra's film experience includes leading roles in John Singleton's “Higher Learning” and Jerry Bruckheimer's “Coyote Ugly.”
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Greenish-brown eyed, brown haired supermodel Tyra Lynne Banks was born on December 4th, 1973, in Los Angeles, California. Although Tyra grew up in an affectionate family, her parents divorced when she was six years old. Tyra had a cheerful and unproblematic girlhood despite the teasing she endured by older brother Devin because of her thin frame and clumsiness as a teenager. Nicknamed Froggy of BBQ, Tyra loves painting, rollerblading and skiing.
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