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Video: Throwback to Tyra Bank's 1990's runway highlights

An American model achieved her success after moving to Milan.In her first runway season, she booked 25 shows in the 1991 Paris Fashion Week. In 2003, Banks created and began presenting the long-running reality television series America's Next Top Model. Source: Runway Collection, YouTube.

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Tyra Banks to open Modelland, a theme park in Santa Monica

Supermodel turned media tycoon Tyra Banks is launching a theme park inspired by her modelling years. Set to open in late 2019 at Santa Monica Place, the open-air shopping mall next to Santa Monica beach, the park will be called “Modelland” -- the same title as the 2010 novel Banks wrote based on her own life. Spanning across 21,000 square feet,...