
Also known as Tyra Lynne Banks, BanX
Tyra Lynne Banks is an American model, television personality, producer, writer, and actress. She began her career as a model at the age of 15 and was the first African American woman to be featured on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, on which she appeared three times. Banks was one of only a few Black models to achieve supermodel status. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1997 to 2005. By the early 2000s, Banks was one of the world's top-earning models.
Tyra Banks is an American model, television personality, producer, writer, and actress who began her modeling career at age 15 and became one of the world's top-earning models by the early 2000s. She broke significant barriers in the modeling industry as the first African American woman to appear on the covers of GQ and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and was among only a few Black models to achieve supermodel status.
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