Tyra Banks is an African-American supermodel pioneer who has been featured on magazine covers like CQ, Victoria's Secret catalog and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Tyra Banks is an American television personality, Emmy Award-winning talk show host, actress, supermodel, former teen idol, and businessperson.She became famous first as a model in Paris, Milan, London, Tokyo, and New York, but television appearances were her commercial breakthrough. She is known best as hostess/judge of the reality television show America's Next Top Model since its 2003 debut, and is currently hosting her own Daytime Emmy Award- winning talk show, The Tyra Banks Show. Banks is one of four African Americans and seven women to have repeatedly ranked among the world's most influential people by Time magazine.Tyra Banks has been named America's OK! magazine's Woman of the Year.Tyra is currently living with upcoming-model and close-friend Amber Rives in Manhattan,New York City. She is also good friends with R&B/ New Jack Swing singer Janet Jackson.
Banks has appeared in several music videos including Michael Jackson's "Black or White," Tina Turner's "Love Thing," Mobb Deep's "Trife Life" and George Michael's "Too Funky" (with fellow supermodel Linda Evangelista). In 2004, she recorded her first single, "Shake Ya Body", which had a music video featuring the final 6 America's Next Top Model, Cycle 2 contestants.(Music Video) The video's world premiere was on UPN, but the single was a failure for Banks.Banks released a single with NBA star Kobe Bryant, titled "K.O.B.E.", which was performed on NBA TV, and had a single/soundtrack from the Disney movie Life-Size called "Be A Star". She is also credited with performing the theme song to America's Next Top Model.
