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Date of Birth: 1973 , December-4
Birth Nation: United States
Height: 5 Feet 10 Inch
Name Tyra Banks
Birth Name Tyra Lynne Banks
Nick Name Tyra Banks
Father Donald Banks
Mother Caroline London
Nationality American
Birth Place/City Inglewood, California, U.S.
Religion Christian
Ethnicity Black
Profession Acting, Modelling
Net Worth $90 Million USD
Eye Color Hazel
Hair Color Dyed Blonde
Body Measurements 36C-24-36 (Bust-Waist-Hip)
Breast Size 36 in
Waist size 24 in
Hip Size 36 in
Neck Size 9
Shoe Size 10
Weight in KG 58 kg
Famous for Model, Actress, Talk Show Host, Producer, Photographer
Affair with John Singleton,Will Smith,Chris Webber
Married N\A
Married to N\A
Education Claremont McKenna College
Online Presence Wikipedia,Twitter,Facebook
Movies Hannah Montana: The Movie
TV Show Glee
Siblings Devin Banks

Quick Timeline of Tyra Banks

1973 Born in Inglewood, California
1991 Graduated from Immaculate Heart High School
1979 Her parents got divorced
1993 Was seen with Will Smith
2001 Dated Chris Webber
2004 Separated with Chris Webber
1988 Began her modelling career
1993 Began her acting career
1994 Began her major movie role
2008 Won Daytime Emmy Awards
2007 Won Teen Choice Awards
2009 Won GLAAD Media Awards
2003 Started her singing career
2000 Was honored by Women of the year
2010 Wrote a novel
2022 Net Worth Update

Detail Timeline of Tyra Banks

December 4 , 1973

Born in Inglewood, California

She was form a middle class family.  She was born as Tyra Lynne Banks in Inglewood, California, United States of America. Her parents are Carolyn London and Donald Banks. Her mother was a former NASA photographer and her father was a computer supplier.

1991

Graduated from Immaculate Heart High School

She received her formal education from John Burroughs Middle School and Immaculate Heart High School. She graduated from Immaculate Heart High School in 1991. She also attended Harvard Business School and graduated from there some years later.

1979

Her parents got divorced

She was born to Carolyn London and Donald Banks. Her mother was a former NASA photographer and her father was a computer supplier. She also has one brother. Her parents got divorced in 1979 and she was then raised by her mother.

1993

Was seen with Will Smith

Tyra is not married yet, however, she is involved in lots of love affairs. Once she was found dating, John Singleton. He was a musician and also a film director. She also dated a renowned actor, Will Smith. At that time, she was playing her acting role in the television shows.

2001

Dated Chris Webber

She has dated lots of renowned celebrity but none of them was long enough. After dating actor, Will Smith, She had a romantic relationship with Chris Webber. She began dating him at the start of 2001. He is a basketball player.

2004

Separated with Chris Webber

Like all her other relationship, her love affairs with Chris Webber also ended after some years later. She began dating him at the start of 2001. However, they ended it in 2004. She also had a relationship with Mark Messier, a hockey player.

1988

Began her modelling career

Tyra began modeling at the age of fifteen. However, her start in modeling was full of hardship. She was not offered any contract by any modeling agencies. She was frustrated at that time. She consoled herself and finally a year later, she was offered a contract by L.A. Models.

1993

Began her acting career

We all know Tyra as a super model. But she is also a renowned actress. She began her acting career from 1993. At that time she appeared in the television shows. She was portraying her role in The Fresh Prince of Bel- Air.

1994

Began her major movie role

She started her career as a model. She then shifted in the television shows. She also made her appearance in the movies. It was 1994, when she played her first major movie role. She appeared in Higher learning and Disney films Life Size. 

2008

Won Daytime Emmy Awards

It was actually 2007, when she was first nominated in Daytime Emmy Awards. She was nominated in this award for Outstanding Talk Show. However, it was a year later, when she first won this award. She was also honored with this award in 2009.

2007

Won Teen Choice Awards

She has been nominated in Teen Choice Awards for seven times. First, she was nominated in this award in 2004 for Choice Reality/Variety TV Star - Female. She was also nominated in this award in 2005 but it was 2007 and 2008 when she won this award.

2009

Won GLAAD Media Awards

Tyra has been nominated in lots of prestigious awards and she has also claimed some of them. In 2009, she was nominated in GLAAD Media Awards. She won this award the same time. In 2007, she was also nominated in Astra Awards.

2003

Started her singing career

Tyra is not only a model, actress and a television personality. She is also a singer. In 2003, she began her singing career. Her debut song was Shake Ya Body. Since then, she has song lots of songs and has also appeared in some music videos.

2000

Was honored by Women of the year

She has not only won awards. She has also been honored by some prestigious organization too. In 2000, she received an honor by some sports illustrator. She was named Women of the year by them for the year.

2010

Wrote a novel

She is also an author. She has also written some popular novel, an inspirational one. In 2011, she released her novel named Modelland. It was written in 2010 and it was based in her modeling career. It broke lot of record in America. 

2022

Net Worth Update

Tyra Banks has an estimated net worth of $90 million. 

Content

Tyra Banks is not married yet, however, she is involved in lots of love affairs. Once she was found dating, John Singleton. He is a musician and also a film director. She also dated renowned actor Will Smith. At the start of 2001, she was having a romantic relationship with Chris Webber. He is a basketball player and this relationship also ended after just three years.

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She also had a relationship with Mark Messier, a hockey player. She was rumored to get married to him and make him her loving spouse, but it was just a rumor. In 2013, she started dating Erik Asla, a photographer based in Norway. The pair is also parents to a child, son York Banks Asla born in January 2016 via gestational surrogate. The pair called their relationship a quit in October 2017. 

Tyra CAPTION: Tyra Banks SOURCE: Instagram

Tyra Banks began modeling at the age of fifteen. However, her start in modeling was full of hardship. She was not offered any contract by any modeling agencies. She was frustrated at that time. She consoled herself and finally a year later, she was offered a contract by L.A. Models. She began her acting career in 1993. At that time she appeared on television shows. She also appeared in lots of popular movies.

Also Read: Who Is Tyra Banks Dating Currently After Splits From Erik Asla? Detail About Their Relationship

Tyra listed her mansion, 1926 Spanish Colonial in Beverly Hills, California in the market, for $7.5  in 2015. She bought her 6,000 square feet, four bedrooms, five full baths, and two powder rooms house in 2004, and the house was sold for $6.4 million in 2016. 

Tyra CAPTION: Tyra Banks SOURCE: Instagram

In 2016, Tyra bought an investment house with an ocean view in Pacific Palisades for $7.35 million from philanthropist and entrepreneur Bernard Kinsey. In 2015, she bought a turnkey property in Pacific Palisades for $3.295 million.    

She earned a huge salary from The Tyra Banks Show and her earning for this show was a net worth of $90 million.

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