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Tyra Banks
Age: 35 Height: 5' 9"
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA Born: Dec. 4th, 1973
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TRIVIA:
- Attended Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles, California, a popular Catholic girls' school, where she claims that her classmates made fun of her because of her height and weight.
- Professional model.
- One of only four African Americans and seven women to have repeatedly ranked among the world's most influential people by Time magazine.
- Created TZONE, a leadership and life skills development program for primarily disadvantaged teen girls in the greater Los Angeles area. As of 2005, more than 240 girls have gone through the program.
- Played as herself in the 1996 Nike commercials with basketball star 'Anfernee 'Penny' Hardaway' (qv) and "Little Penny" Hardaway (voice of 'Chris Rock (I)' (qv)).
- Paid $30,000 of her own money to finance the music video for her song "Shake Ya Body," which appeared on her show _"America's Next Top Model" (2003)_ (qv).
- In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated her earnings for the year at $18 million.
- Claims that her career was difficult in part because of a rivalry with another black top model, 'Naomi Campbell (I)' (qv). Banks has said that Campbell, who was more famous, would get her thrown off of fashion shows.
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