Talk about a supermodel turned supermogul: Tyra Banks went straight from posing for the pages of the Victoria's Secret catalog to producing and hosting two hit TV shows:
America's Next Top Model and
The Tyra Banks Show. And then there's her down-time: since her modeling days, Banks has run T-Zone, a self-esteem camp for teenagers where she goes by the nickname of BBQ (after her love of barbeque ribs) and talks freely about the wigs and weaves that make her a small-screen glamazon. "No woman should feel insecure when she looks at a model in a magazine," she has said. "Nobody has any idea how much work goes into this." Hmmm, could it be that Tyra is a supermentor, too?
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1990: Banks modeled couture on the Paris runways, but her daily wardrobe was strictly down-home. "I had on my big overalls, hiking boots, a plaid shirt and no makeup," Banks has said. "I wasn't sleek. I was a bum."
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