Real Name: Tyra Lynne Banks Was Born: December 4, 1973. Inglewood, California, United States Bio: Tyra Lynne Banks is an American supermodel, television personality, and talk show host. She first emerged to prominence on the catwalks of Paris, Milan, London, Tokyo, and New York, but her work in the commercial world was her breakthrough. She is best known 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-nominated talk show, The Tyra Banks Show. Banks is one of only four African Americans and seven women to have repeatedly ranked among the world's most influential people by Time magazine...
