In Re-View: Tyra Banks

Fashion Re-View as its name suggests isn’t just about the best buys and best trends. And since it’s been quite awhile since it first conceived in my mind, I thought it’s time for its revolution and time to take it on a higher notch.

That is to say to bring you a more insightful look in the fashion industry. We will be doing reviews on brands, people, new releases, and everything that pertains to fashion, beauty, and shopping.

Anyway, as its kick off for this said “revolution” let’s start by a review with a name that seems to be synonymous with the word fashion: Tyra Banks.

Hailed by the Time magazine as one of the world’s most influential people, Tyra Banks is an American supermodel, television personality and talk show host. Tyra has first appeared to prominence on the catwalks of Paris, Milan, London, Tokyo and New York. She is simply the well known hostess/judge of the reality television show “America’s Next Top Model” and she is also currently hosting her very own Daytime Emmy Award-nominated talk show which is “The Tyra Banks Show.”

It was in 1991 when she decided to pursue her modeling career instead of studying to Loyola Marymount University. During her first week in Paris, Banks caught the attention of many designers so she booked for 25 shows which is a record for someone who is an amateur in the business. She had come a long way in modeling for the fashion/advertising giants like Anna Sui, Coors Light, CoverGirl, Bill Blass, Cynthia Rowley, Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karan, Nike, Inc., Victoria’s Secret, Swatch, Tommy Hilfiger, McDonald’s and a lot more. Banks also appeared on the covers of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan and Elle. For a record, Banks was the first African American woman who was on the covers of GQ and on the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

She had received the Michael Award for Supermodel of the year in 1997 and in the same year, she was chosen as the cover girl of the Victoria’s Secret catalog. It was in 2005 when Banks decided to retire from modeling and had concentrated on her television show.

Well I guess Tyra’s one example of some girls getting it all…