Tyra Banks

===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>