Tyra Banks

===Education===
[[File:Defense.gov News Photo 031219-F-0464D-071.jpg|thumb|Banks visiting patients at [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], on December 19, 2003]]
In 2011, Banks enrolled in the nine-week<ref name="opm">[http://www.exed.hbs.edu/programs/opm/Pages/admissions.aspx/ "Owner/President Management: Program Objectives"]. Executive Education. Harvard Business School. Retrieved 2013-07-30.<!--expanded on 2015-03-25 revisit--></ref> Owner/President Management Program (OPM) at [[Harvard Business School]]. Banks completed the executive education training program in February 2012, earning a certificate.<ref>Hughes, Sarah Ann (February 24, 2012). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/tyra-banks-graduates-from-harvards-executive-education-program/2012/02/24/gIQASv0vXR_blog.html?tid=pm_entertainment_pop "Tyra Banks graduates from Harvard's executive education program"]. ''Celebritology'' (blog). Washington Post.</ref><ref>Sauers, Jenna, {{cite web|title=Model Behaviors |url=http://jezebel.com/tyra-banks-harvard |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150407192123/http://jezebel.com/tyra-banks-harvard |archive-date=April 7, 2015 |access-date=August 25, 2011 |publisher=Jezebel.com }} <!--excluded from the Internet Archive--></ref> She has come under criticism for implying she is a Harvard graduate.<ref>{{cite web |last=Manuel-Logan|first=Ruth|title=Tyra Banks a Harvard Business School Graduate? Not! |url=http://newsone.com/2033192/tyra-banks-harvard |publisher=NewsOne.com |date=August 30, 2012 |access-date=March 25, 2015 }}</ref> Jenna Sauers, writing for ''[[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]]'', referred to her statements on Harvard as "disingenuous", and called upon her to "stop lying" about Harvard.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sauers|first=Jenna|title=Tyra Banks Needs to Stop Lying About Going to Harvard Business School |url=http://jezebel.com/5937660/tyra-banks-needs-to-stop-lying-about-going-to-harvard-business-school|work=Jezebel|publisher=Gawker Media |date=August 24, 2012  |access-date=March 25, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bennett-Smith|first=Meredith |title=Tyra Banks A Harvard Business School Graduate? Well, Not Exactly |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/27/tyra-banks-a-harvard-busi_n_1834728.html |newspaper=[[The Huffington Post]] |date=August 27, 2012 |access-date=March 25, 2015 }}</ref> As of 2012, Harvard professor Rohit Deshpande was preparing a case study on Banks's company, [[Bankable Productions]], for use in future coursework in the OPM program.<ref>Zhang, Brian C. (February 27, 2012). [https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/2/27/tyra-banks-leaves-HBS "Tyra Finishes HBS Program"]. ''The Harvard Crimson''. Retrieved July 30, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.harbus.org/2012/tyra-banks "Tyra Banks: Fun, Fierce, and Financially Savvy"]. Features. The Harbus (harbus.org). February 15, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2013.</ref>