Tyra Banks

==Other ventures==
[[File:Tyra_Banks_1995.jpg|thumb|Banks at a book signing in 1995]]

===Cosmetics===
In 2014, Banks founded the cosmetics brand Tyra Beauty, which she completed a non-degree certificate program at [[Harvard Business School]] specifically for.<ref name="beauty">{{cite web|title = Tyra Beauty|url = https://tyra.com/www/en/us/about-brand|website = tyra.com|access-date = September 29, 2015|archive-date = October 1, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151001011129/https://tyra.com/www/en/us/about-brand}}</ref> Tyra Beauty uses a [[multi-level marketing]] system to recruit sales distributors, who are called "beautytainers" by the company.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Marthe|first1=Emalie|title=More Than Meets the Smize: A Look Inside Tyra Banks's Exploitative Empire|url=https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/more-than-meets-the-smize-a-look-inside-tyra-bankss-exploitative-empire|access-date=November 26, 2015|work=Broadly (Vice)|date=October 20, 2015}}</ref> Banks held a casting call to find faces for her line, eventually selecting Melody Parra, Monique Hayward, Katy Harvey and ''[[Top Model Norge]]'' contestant Marita Gomsrud as the cosmetic line's original beauty models.
In March 2011, Banks launched her fashion and beauty website called "typeF.com", which she co-created with Demand Media.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.typef.com/about-us/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504134848/http://www.typef.com/about-us/|archive-date=May 4, 2011|title=About Us|work=eHow|access-date=September 27, 2014}}</ref> In 2015, she launched "tyra.com", an interactive cosmetic e-commerce site.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title = Tyra Beauty|url = https://tyra.com/www/en/us/|website = tyra.com|access-date = September 29, 2015}}</ref>

===Music===
Banks has appeared in several music videos, including [[Michael Jackson]]'s "[[Black or White]]", [[Mobb Deep]]'s "Trife Life", [[Tina Turner]]'s "[[Love Thing]]", [[George Michael]]'s "[[Too Funky]]" (with models [[Linda Evangelista]], [[Estelle Lefébure]], [[Emma Sjoberg]] and [[Nadja Auermann]]) and [[Lionel Richie]]'s "Don't Wanna Lose You". In 2004, she recorded her first single, "Shake Ya Body", which had a music video featuring contestants from [[America's Next Top Model (cycle 2)|cycle 2]] of ''America's Next Top Model''. The video premiered on UPN.<ref name="bioarchive">{{cite web|url=http://www.biographyarchive.com/biography-of-tyra-banks.html|title= Biography of Tyra Banks|work=Biography Archive|date= August 2, 2014|access-date=September 27, 2014}}</ref>
Banks released a single with [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] player [[Kobe Bryant]], entitled "K.O.B.E.", which was performed on [[NBA TV]].<ref name="ABOUT TYRA BANKS"/> She also had a single on the ''[[Life-Size]]'' (2000) soundtrack called "Be a Star".<ref name="ABOUT TYRA BANKS"/>  Banks recorded a song with musician [[Todrick Hall]] for his 2021 album ''Femuline'', entitled "Fashón".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Todrick-Hall-Releases-New-Album-Femuline-20210608|title=Todrick Hall Releases New Album 'Femuline'|first=TV News|last=Desk|website=BroadwayWorld.com|access-date=April 13, 2022}}</ref>

===Writing===
In 1998, Banks co-authored a book entitled ''Tyra's Beauty, Inside and Out''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorktimesbestsellerlist.org/reviews/tyra-banks|title=Tyra Banks, Supermodel, Talk Show Host, and Actress|work=[[The New York Times]] Bestsellerlist|access-date=October 2, 2008|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327223248/http://www.newyorktimesbestsellerlist.org/reviews/tyra-banks}}</ref> She announced in May 2010 that she would be writing a novel, titled ''[[Modelland]]'',<ref>Nudd, Tim. [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20368179,00.html Tyra Banks to Publish Her First Novel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911043114/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20368179,00.html |date=September 11, 2015 }}. ''[[People (magazine)|People]]''. May 11, 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2011.</ref> loosely based on her own modelling experience.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nyulocal.com/tyra-banks-modelland-a-masterwork-of-modern-literature-978b648ea325|title=Tyra Banks' Modelland: A Masterwork of Modern Literature|work=NYU Local|first=Jocelyn|last=Silver|date=November 30, 2011|access-date=May 22, 2019}}</ref>  It was published in September 2011, intended to be the first of a planned three-part series;<ref>Krupnick, Ellie. [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/21/tyra-banks-book-harvard_n_905779.html?ir=Books Tyra Banks Talks 'Modelland', Harvard Business School (VIDEO)]. ''[[The Huffington Post]]''. July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2011.</ref> ''Modelland'' topped [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]] in October 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/10/tyra-banks-new-york-times-best-seller_n_1003369.html|title=Tyra Banks Is A New York Times Bestselling Author|date=October 10, 2011|publisher=Huffingtonpost|access-date=November 9, 2014}}</ref> In 2018, Banks and her mother, Carolyn London, co-authored a book entitled "Perfect is Boring".<ref>PerfectIsBoring.com</ref>

===Teaching===
In August 2016, Banks accepted a position as a [[personal branding]] guest lecturer at [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bazzaz|first1=Dahlia|title=Tyra Banks to Teach Stanford M.B.A. Class|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/tyra-banks-to-teach-stanford-m-b-a-class-1471798434|access-date=August 22, 2016|work=wsj.com|date=August 21, 2016}} {{subscription required}}</ref>