Born December 4, 1973, Tyra
Banks nude has gone from ugly duckling as a child to a supermodel on top
of the world today. The Los Angeles born nymph has been a breakthru model
for the African American community. Tyra was the first black female to
appear solo on the cover of Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue.
Tyra hadn't always had dreams of becoming a supermodel, as a child Tyra
was made fun of by her schoolmates and as she says in a recent interview
"They knew I was sensitive and they'd tease me all the time. I'd go
home crying to my mom. But I got the last laugh. Now I say, 'Is that
really me?' " The issue of being 'really me' also is being brought
into question with Tyra. Several have said Banks has had a nose job and
breast implants, and if true one could hardly argue with the results. Tyra
recently discussed her childhood trauma's and current beauty problems in
her book Tyra's Beauty Inside & Out, where she talks about her stretch
marks, cellulite, mustache, and warts (errr... hardly a book we'd be
interested in buying given the sounds of it!). Whatever the case, those
flaws must not have been very noticeable when Elite modeling agency
spotted the beautiful woman in Paris just after she had graduated. They
signed her up, preventing her intended college plans at Loyola Marymount. Tyra
Banks Nude had become
only the third African American woman to sign an exclusive contract with a
cosmetics company. Then her curvy figure was featured prominently in
several Victoria's Secret ads and magazines (to which they still are to
this day).