Tyra Banks

== Early life and education==
Tyra Lynne Banks<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tyra-banks/bio/177758|title=Tyra Banks Biography|work=[[TV Guide Network]]|access-date=June 23, 2012}}</ref> was born in [[Inglewood, California]], on December 4, 1973.<ref name="biochannel" /> Her mother, Carolyn London (now London-Johnson), is a medical photographer,<ref name="biochannel">{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/articles/Tyra-Banks-16242328 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620065801/http://www.biography.com/articles/Tyra-Banks-16242328 |archive-date=June 20, 2009 |title=Tyra Banks Biography |publisher=[[The Biography Channel]] |access-date=July 17, 2011 }}</ref> and her father, Donald Banks, is a computer consultant.<ref name="bod">{{cite web|url=http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-biography/tyra-banks/|title=Tyra Banks:Biography on MSN|first=Jason|year=2008|publisher=[[MSN]]|author=Clark|access-date=July 18, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080902013801/http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-biography/tyra-banks/|archive-date=September 2, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.filmreference.com/film/26/Tyra-Banks.html|title= Tyra Banks Biography|publisher = FilmReference.com}}</ref> She has a brother, Devin, who is five years older.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/tyra-banks/biography.html |title=Tyra Banks |publisher=Movies.yahoo.com |access-date=June 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109011758/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/tyra-banks/biography.html |archive-date=November 9, 2013 }}</ref> In 1979, when Banks was six years old, her parents divorced. Banks attended John Burroughs Middle School and graduated in 1991 from [[Immaculate Heart High School (Los Angeles)|Immaculate Heart High School]] in Los Angeles. Banks has said that while growing up, she was teased for her appearance and considered an "ugly duckling";<ref>{{cite web|first=Wendy|last=Shanker|title=About Tyra Banks|url=http://www.supermodels.nl/tyrabanks/about|publisher=Supermodels.nl|access-date=November 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109053306/http://www.supermodels.nl/tyrabanks/about|archive-date=November 9, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Fat Girl's Guide to Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aI-tCMdjklwC&q=tyra+banks+interview+on+being+an+ugly+duckling&pg=PT81|access-date=November 9, 2014|isbn = 9781408806623|last1 = Shanker|first1 = Wendy|date = August 17, 2009| publisher=A&C Black }}</ref> when Banks was 11 years old, she grew three inches and lost 30 pounds in three months.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tyra Banks Opens Up About Body and Weight Battles|url=http://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/tyra-banks-opens-up-about-body-and-weight-battles-37919|first=Chantal|last= Waldholz|access-date=November 9, 2014|work=[[Life & Style (magazine)|Life & Style]]|date=May 5, 2014}}</ref> On ''[[America's Next Top Model]]'', Banks discussed the results of an [[Ancestry.com]] [[genealogical DNA test]] that gave her "79% African, 14% British, and 6% Native American" results.<!-- Include numbers for all major groups --><ref>{{cite web|url= http://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/2014/12/29/tyra-banks-gets-surprising-dna-results-on-americas-next-top-model/|title= Tyra Banks Gets Surprising DNA Results on 'America's Next Top Model'|publisher = [[Ancestry.com]] | first=—Sabrina Rojas |last=Weiss|date = n.d. |access-date=October 3, 2017}}</ref> In an interview, she added that she is also "1% [[Finnish Americans|Finnish]]", saying: "I'm 14% British, 6% Native American, 1% Finnish, and all the rest African."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/a33991/tyra-banks-interview-recipe/ |title=At Home With Tyra Banks |date=August 20, 2015 |website=[[Good Housekeeping]] |access-date=September 2, 2020}}</ref>
In February 2012, Banks completed a nine-week course at Harvard University's Owner/President Management non-degree extension program.<ref>{{cite news|last=Anne |first=Sarah |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/tyra-banks-graduates-from-harvards-executive-education-program/2012/02/24/gIQASv0vXR_blog.html |title=Tyra Banks graduates from Harvard's executive education program |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2012-02-24 |access-date=2022-02-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/flyby/article/2012/9/17/tyra-banks-harvard-girl/|title=Tyra Banks: Dropping H-Bombs Like Nobody's Business &#124; Flyby &#124; The Harvard Crimson|first=Amy L.|last=Weiss-Meyer|website=thecrimson.com|access-date=April 13, 2022}}</ref>