updated field Occupation Television personality, producer, businesswoman, model, actress, singer, author

updated field Occupation category TV Personality

added field Alternative Name BanX

updated field Claim to fame Victoria's Secret Angel, America's Next Top Model, The Tyra Banks Show, America's Got Talent

updated field Place of birth Los Angeles, California, USA

added field Dating Status Single

updated field Claim to fame creating, producing, and presenting the long-running reality television series America's Next Top Model, and for hosting the two-time Emmy award-winning daytime talk show The Tyra Banks Show

updated field High school Immaculate Heart High School, Los Angeles, California, USA

updated field Place of birth Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA

updated field University Harvard Business School (2011)

updated field Build Voluptuous

updated field Weight 150

updated field Ethnicity Black

updated field Hair color Brown - Dark

updated field Eye color Hazel

added trivia She has appeared on the cover page of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue two times in the past.

added trivia Banks had been ranked multiple times by TIME magazine in their “Most Influential People List”. She has become one of the four African Americans to have received this status.

added trivia Her parents divorced when she was only 6 and her brother was 11.

added trivia She faced the situation of “Ugly Duckling” (what she calls herself) in her childhood. This is because she lost 30 pounds (13.6 kg) of weight in three months and also added three inches to her ...

added trivia She started modeling at 15 when she was still going to school in Los Angeles.