Tyra Banks is without doubt one of the most iconic supermodels of all time.
Hailing from Inglewood, California, Banks, 51, has made a reputation for herself and strutted her stuff down the catwalk for a few of the greatest manufacturers and designers round.
The American star shouldn’t be solely a supermodel, but additionally a profitable TV host, businesswoman and entrepreneur.
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Banks lately made a triumphant return to the Victoria’s Secret catwalk to stroll within the 2024 Victoria’s Secret Vogue Present alongside the likes of Gigi and Bella Hadid, Kate Moss, Candice Swanepoel, Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio.
As she prepares to launch her new ice cream retailer in Sydney, referred to as Smize & Dream, Banks tells 9honey Movie star about her return to the Victoria’s Secret runway after 19 years, the place she closed the present in an unbelievable and show-stopping second.
Banks says she had an unbelievable second backstage with fellow supermodel Kate Moss, 51, who like Banks, rose to fame within the modelling world within the ’90s.
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“I by no means stated this, there have been so many cameras and stuff so, Kate Moss, I am saying this to you!” she says with amusing.
“She got here [up] and I did not have my glasses on, I am near-sighted, however I did not know who it was, got here to a make-up mirror trigger there was 50 of us in a single room and sat down and goes, ‘Hello Tyra!’ And I used to be like, ‘Hiii!'” Banks explains.
“However I did not know who it was. I ought to most likely DM her or one thing. We’re not associates, we weren’t associates [during their modelling careers], however we weren’t enemies.”
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However Banks says the second “touched her coronary heart”.
“However the hey she gave me was so touching, as a result of we weren’t associates again within the day, so It simply was like, ‘Ohhhh.’ It touched my coronary heart, touched my coronary heart,” she explains.
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“I’ve to DM her or one thing. However there have been these kind of moments.”
She goes on to recall her “stunning” second with Bella Hadid, who additionally walked the runway for the lingerie big.
“And I had a second with Bella Hadid, she was the sweetest factor on the planet and I advised her, ‘woman, on that runway you appeared like AI, you didn’t look actual, her outfit and her,” Banks explains, saying how unbelievable Hadid appeared.
“Each of the women are actually candy!” she provides.
Banks, who has been dwelling in Australia lately, says she would possibly quickly make a return to modelling for good, and Down Underneath. She retired in 2005.
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“I am fascinated by modelling once more, I believe I’d do one thing right here, get an agent in Sydney and perhaps I will name miss Elle!” she says about Aussie supermodel Elle Macpherson.
As for her ice cream retailer and following her enterprise ambitions, Banks provides that it is all the time necessary to observe your goals.
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“Goals are the whole lot and I really feel like if you cannot see somebody that both seems such as you or has your background or one thing out of your city, or is a lady, or black lady, or no matter it’s, it is exhausting so that you can dream it,” she explains.
“You want the mentors and the position fashions to see it and know it is potential as a result of it is exhausting to simply breakthrough proper… Smize & Dream Darling Harbour is all about goals,” she teases.
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