Tyra Banks
American television personality
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| January 2025 | Banks' home in Los Angeles was destroyed by a wildfire while she was in Australia. |
| 2024 | Returned to the runway after retirement to walk as the closing model in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. |
| March 2023 | Decided to leave Dancing with the Stars after three seasons to focus on business commitments. |
| 2021 | Guest stars as an Inglewood Mayor in the TV show Insecure |
| 2021 | Banks collaborated with musician Todrick Hall, recording a song called 'Fashón' for his album Femuline. |
| 2020 | Tyra Banks founded Smize & Dream, a boutique ice cream brand inspired by her childhood memories of eating ice cream with her mother Carolyn on Friday nights. The brand initially sold packaged ice cream in California and later expanded to pop-up shops in Los Angeles, Dubai, Washington, D.C., and Sydney. |
| July 2020 | Announced as the new host of Dancing with the Stars. |
| 2019 | Tyra Banks was nominated for Favorite TV Host at the Kids' Choice Awards for her work on America's Got Talent |
| 2019 | Came out of modeling retirement to pose for one of the three Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue covers, marking her third cover 22 years after her first. Announced her new modeling name 'BanX'. |
| 2018 | Co-authored a book with her mother Carolyn London titled 'Perfect is Boring'. |
| December 2 2018 | Starred in Life-Size 2, which premiered on Freeform. |
| 2017 | Becomes a recurring advisor on The New Celebrity Apprentice |
| 2017 | Tyra Banks was nominated for Choice TV: Personality at the Teen Choice Awards for her role in America's Got Talent |
| 2017 | Hosts America's Got Talent for its 12th season. |
| 2016 | Tyra Banks appeared in Drake's music video for 'Child's Play' |
| August 2016 | Tyra Banks began teaching as a guest lecturer on personal branding at Stanford University, expanding her career beyond modeling and entertainment into academic instruction. |
| January 2016 | Banks and Erik Asla welcomed their son York Banks Asla via gestational surrogacy after struggling with infertility. |
| 2015 | Banks hosts FABLife talk show |
| 2015 | Launched 'tyra.com', an interactive cosmetic e-commerce website. |
| 2015 | Tyra Banks hosts the Daytime Emmy Awards |
| 2015 | Tyra Banks appeared in her own music video for 'BOOTYful' |
| 2014 | Banks founded the cosmetics brand Tyra Beauty after completing a non-degree certificate program at Harvard Business School. She conducted a casting call to select original beauty models: Melody Parra, Monique Hayward, Katy Harvey, and Marita Gomsrud. |
| 2013 | Collaborated with fashion photographer Udo Spreitzenbarth to transform herself into 15 different supermodels, showcasing her versatility and creativity. |
| 2012 | Harvard professor Rohit Deshpande prepared a case study on Banks's company, Bankable Productions, for use in future OPM program coursework. |
| February 2012 | Completes a nine-week course at Harvard University's Owner/President Management non-degree extension program. |
| 2011 | Banks enrolled in the nine-week Owner/President Management Program (OPM) at Harvard Business School. |
| October 2011 | 'Modelland' topped The New York Times Best Seller list. |
| September 2011 | Published her novel 'Modelland', which was intended to be the first of a planned three-part series. |
| September 16 2011 | The final rerun of The Tyra Banks Show aired on The CW affiliates, concluding its syndication run. |
| March 2011 | Tyra Banks launched her fashion and beauty website 'typeF.com' in collaboration with Demand Media. |
| 2010 | The show was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for 'Outstanding Talk Show Episode' for the episode 'Hell to Pay – Gay Teen Exorcism' during the 21st GLAAD Media Awards. |
| 2010 | The Tyra Banks Show began airing reruns on weekdays from 3:00–4:00pm on The CW affiliates during the 2010-2011 television season. |
| 2010 | Re-signed with her former modeling agency IMG Models, continuing her professional modeling career. |
| 2010 | Tyra Banks began dating Norwegian photographer Erik Asla during this decade. |
| May 2010 | Banks announced her plans to write a novel called 'Modelland', which would be based loosely on her modeling experiences. |
| May 28 2010 | The Tyra Banks Show concluded its run. |
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