TYRA BANKS

Worlds most Accomplished Model

By: Ashley Cassone

What Tyra has Over come

• Couldn’t get into Modeling

businesses because of her color

• Teased about her height 5’11 and

having a big forehead

Tyra’s Back Round

• Born in Los Angeles on December

4, 1973

• Her parents were Carolyn London

and Don Banks

• Grew up in Inglewood, California

Known As the Power House

• Tyra is a Super model

• She became the first

African-American model

featured on the cover of the

Sports Illustrated swimsuit

issue

• Creator , Host,

Executive producer of

her own show

• In 2003 she began

producing and hosting

the reality series

America's Next Top

Model

• Banks also began

hosting her own talk

show, The Tyra Banks

Show, in 2005

• Established a group called T- zone to help young girls out

• Empowers girls and young women to live their dreams

• Discover new possibilities within themselves

• Take on life's challenges with fierce determination and drive

How far Tyra has Come• Tyra has over come many issues to

be where she is today • She now helps young inspiring

models to start a career • Also helps girls with problems

they are facing