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Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks info
COUNTRY:	American model

DATE OF BIRTH:	December 04, 1973

PLACE OF BIRTH:	Los Angeles, California, USA

EYES:	green

HAIR:	brown

Tyra Banks measurements
CHEST:	88 cm

WAIST:	60 cm

HIPS:	90 cm

HEIGHT:	178 cm

Tyra Banks biography

Bio:
Prior to graduating from Immaculate Heart High School in 1991, she wanted to give modeling a try. She applied and was accepted at Loyola Marymount University, that Elite modeling agency gave the 17-year-old, her first modeling job. Afterwards, she had been rejected many times for modeling assignments, which led her to drop out of college so quickly.

Within Banks's first week in Paris, other designers were so entranced by her presence on the runway that she was booked for an unprecedented 25 shows--a record in the business for a newcomer. She has done extensive print and/or runway work for fashion/advertising giants such as Anna Sui, Coors Light, CoverGirl, Badgley Mischka, Bill Blass, Cynthia Rowley, Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karan, Gemma Kahng, H&M, Isaac Mizrahi, Maria Snyder, McDonald's, Michael Kors, Milk, Nicole Miller, Nike, Inc., Oscar de la Renta, Pepsi, Perry Ellis, Randy Kemper, Richard Tyler, Rifat Ozbek, Swatch, Todd Oldham, Tommy Hilfiger, Victoria's Secret, XOXO, and Yves Saint Laurent. She has appeared on the covers of such magazines as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and Elle. Banks was the first African American woman on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. In 1997, she received the Michael Award for Supermodel of the Year. Also in '97, she was chosen for the cover of the Victoria's Secret catalog, making her the first African American to be so honored. Banks retired from modeling in May 2005 to concentrate on her television show. She walked the runway for the final time at the 2005 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. On numerous occasions, she has been sought after to appear in Playboy magazine; however, she has turned each request down.

Banks' television career began on the fourth season of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, in which she played lead character Will's ex-girlfriend Jackie Ames, and made eight appearances throughout the series. Other screen credits include Felicity, MADtv, Nick Cannon's Wild 'N Out (in which she was featured as special guest host and team captain), and The Price Is Right (guest-starring as a Barker's Beauty).

Currently, Banks can be seen on television as the hostess, head judge, and executive producer of the UPN (now the CW) television show America's Next Top Model. In addition, she does double duty as the host of The Tyra Banks Show, a daytime talk show which premiered on September 12, 2005 and recently began its second season, drawing over 1.9 million viewers an episode. The show features stories about everyday people mixed in with celebrity interviews, much like the early format of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Under the slogan "Every woman has a story...and it happened to Tyra too", Banks promotes her show using emotional flashbacks to her own childhood and adolescence. Many of the episodes deal with issues facing women today.

On the big screen, Banks has had minor roles in a few movies. Her first big screen role came in 1995 when she co-starred in the critically acclaimed drama Higher Learning. She went on to co-star with Lindsay Lohan in the Disney film Life-Size, playing a doll named Eve who comes to life. Other notable roles include 1999's Love Stinks, 2000's Coyote Ugly, and 2002's Halloween: Resurrection.

In personal life she has previously been linked romantically to musical artist Seal, NBA players Rick Fox and Chris Webber, hockey player Mark Messier, and director John Singleton. She has said repeatedly that she has no plans on dating or getting married any time soon. Currently, she is enjoying the single life and has recently moved to New York City where she focuses on both of her TV shows.

Campaigns:
Alma Couture, CoverGirl, Dolce & Gabbana, Elite chocolate, H&M, Milk, Rifat Ozbek, Swatch skin, Victoria's Secret, X-O-X-O and Yves Saint Laurent

Covers:
Photo, Max, Harper's Bazaar, Amica, Anna, Il Venerdi, L'Espresso, Elle, DT, Cosmopolitan, Maxim, Elle, GQ, Sports Illustrated, Details, Shape, Fitness, Ocean Drive

Shows:
Bella Freud, Victoria's Secret, Alberta Ferretti, Anna Molinari, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren, Yves Saint Laurent

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CANADIAN SUPERMODEL Linda Evangelista

Linda Evangelista

Linda Evangelista info
COUNTRY:	Canadian model

DATE OF BIRTH:	May 10, 1965

PLACE OF BIRTH:	St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

EYES:	Blue-green

HAIR:	Dark brown

Linda Evangelista measurements
CHEST:	86 cm

WAIST:	61 cm

HIPS:	89 cm

HEIGHT:	177 cm

WEIGHT:	55 kg

Linda Evangelista biography

Bio:
Evangelista was born to Italian parents and was raised in a working-class, traditional Catholic family in St. Catharines, Ontario. She knew she wanted to become a model when she was 12 years old. Evangelista got into the modeling industry when she was discovered by a talent agent at the 1978 Miss Teen Niagara Contest.

Evangelista later moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model Management there. She then moved to Paris, to further her career. She also appeared in music videos with George Michael.

Along with Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell, Linda is regarded as one of the few, true supermodels that changed the face of fashion in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The triumvirate of model friends that comprises Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington was affectionately dubbed "The Trinity" and is commonly credited as responsible for sparking supermodel mania. The Trinity pushed for better wages for models and for better projects and subsequently Evangelista was called the founder of the supermodel "union".

Evangelista uttered the quote, "We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day" (often misquoted as: "We don't get out of bed for less than..." or "I don't get out of bed for less than...") Spoken in Vogue (1990) to Jonathan Van Meyer, talking about money and how she and a few other models were calling the shots and changing the game.

In the late 1980s, she cut all her hair off to brandish a little-boy style haircut and was promptly cancelled from all the important runway shows that season. This was the first of her many, many dramatic hairstyle changes. Within months, she appeared on magazine covers everywhere and many women emulated the hairstyle.

Campaigns:
Alberta Ferretti, Alma, American Express, Ann Taylor, Anne Klein, Bally, Barneys, Bloomingdale's, Calvin Klein, Capezio Bags, Chanel, Chloe, Christian Dior make-up, Clairol, De Beers, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karan, El Corte Ingles, Elizabeth Arden 'Red Door' fragrance, Episode, Escada, Fendi, Gianfranco Ferre, Gianna Cassoli, Gianni Versace, Guy Laroche Fidji perfume, Hardob, Hermes, Izaac Mizrahi, Jil Sander, Jones New York, Kathleen Madden, Kenar, Lanvin, Loewe, Lux, MAC, Marc Cain, Marella, Marks & Spencer, MaxMara, Nars, Nicoletta Ruggiero, Oscar de la Renta, Perry Ellis, Phas, Pizza Hut, Ralph Lauren, Randy Kemper, Revlon 'Charlie' perfume, Rodier, Strenesse, Strenesse Blue, Trussardi, TSE Cashmere, Valentino, Versace, Wallis, Yardley, Yardley 'Baroque' & 'Panache' perfumes, Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent 'Opium' perfume.

Covers:
Vogue, Flare, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Numero, Photo, Marie Claire, XL Semanal, You, W, Mademoiselle, Elle Topmodel, Allure

Shows:
Valentino, Anna Sui, Chanel, Chloe, Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren, Todd Oldham, Christian Dior, Gianni Versace, John Galliano, Dolce & Gabbana, Chanel, Jean Paul Gailtier, Lanvin, Versace, Hermes, David Jones, DSquared2, Giles Deacon

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ITALIAN SUPERMODEL Eva Riccobono

Eva Riccobono

Eva Riccobono info
COUNTRY:	Italian model

DATE OF BIRTH:	February 7, 1983

PLACE OF BIRTH:	Palermo, Italy

EYES:	blue

HAIR:	blonde

Eva Riccobono measurements
CHEST:	85 cm

WAIST:	62 cm

HIPS:	89 cm

HEIGHT:	180 cm

Eva Riccobono biography

Bio:
Eva was born in 1983 in Palermo, the biggest city in Sicily. Her mother is from Germany, her father is Sicilian with Norman descent (like most people in that place). She has 3 older sisters and a brother who died when she was 4.

At 14, Eva was introduced to the fashion world by photographer Luca LoBosco. When she was only 17, the Italian magazine Corriere della Sera named her "the new Laetitia Casta" because her face (but not her body) is quite similar to Casta's. From that moment, she became one of the most important Italian fashion models and started travelling between Milan, New York, Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, London, Rome, Hamburg, Tokyo, and Los Angeles. She has appeared in magazines such as Vogue, Elle, and Cosmopolitan. She has also posed for the Pirelli Calendar in 2003.

In 2002, she appeared on the TV program Stasera pago io with host Fiorello, who is also from Sicily.

In 2006, she caused a scandal when she said that "anorexia and alimentary disorders between young girls are because of fashion system" and "stylists are guilty of it" in an interview of the Italian magazine Grazia about the death of Ana Carolina Reston.

Campaigns:
Alberto Biani, Audi, Celine, Carlo Pignatelli Couture, D&G, Fuzzi, Gianfranco Ferre, Gilli, Giorgio Armani Classico, Gliss Kur, GoldenPonit, Hybris, Kiton, La Perla, La Perla Eyewear, Lancetti, Leo Cut Diamond, L'Oreal Studioline, Love Sex Money, Marina Yachting, Marta Palmieri, Marvel, Pirelli, Regione Sicilia, Roberta Scarpa, Sonia Rykiel, Tim, Toni Gard, Trussardi 'Inside' fragrance, Valry Blu beachwear, Wolford by Missoni

Covers:
Vogue, Elle, Officiel, GQ, Anna, Gioia, Amica, Bmm, D, Cult, Notebook, NEO2

Shows:
Emporio Armani, Francesco Scognamiglio, Gianfranco Ferre, Giorgio Armani, Armani Prive, Zuhair Murad, Agatha Ruiz De La Prada, Alberto Biani, Balizza, Ermanno Scervino, John Richmond, Mariella Burani, Rene Lezard, Roberta Scarpa, Roccobarocco, Stefanel, Elie Saab, Paul Gaultier,Sarli, Ermanno Scervino, Valentino, Mariella Burani, Miss Bikini, Roberta di Camerino, Roberta Scarpa, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Aigner, Alessandro de Benedetti, Antonio Marras, Gai Mattiolo, Giuliana Teso, Krizia, Roberto Menichetti, Simoneta Ravizza, Dolce & Gabbana, Kenzo, Dries Van Noten, Emanuel Ungaro, Oscar de la Renta, Cerruti, Etro, Fendi, Hugo Boss, Iceberg, Imitation of Christ, Jennifer Nicholson, Just Cavalli, Krizia, La Perla, Lagerfeld Gallery, Leonard, Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti, Roberto Cavalli, Sonia Rykiel, Zac Posen, Paco Rabanne, Alexander McQueen, Andrew Gn, Atsuro Tayama, Balmain, Cacharel, Costume National, D&G, Emanuel Ungaro, Givenchy, Junya Watanabe, Lanvin, Leonard

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