Tyra Banks, born on the 4th of December 1973 at Inglewood, California under computer consultant, Donald Banks and a business manager and medical photographer Carolyn(ne’e London) is a talk show host, television personality and formal Supermodel. Her mom and dad divorced when she was 6.She attended high school in Los Angeles, California and moved to Paris to pursue her modeling career at the age of 15. On her first week in Paris, designers were so entraced by her presence on the runway that she was booked for 25 shows – a record in the making, and Banks became the first African American – to be on the cover of GQ and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is her first appearance in her television career and made many appreances throughout the series and her other well know presence is on the sets of Coyote Ugly and The price is right. Now, Banks is the television hostess and executive producer of television show America’s Next Top Model and also hosted The Tyra Banks Show.