Tyra Banksis one of the biggest names ever to grace modeling.
She’s shown her talents extend to other areas of entertainment, from acting to music to entrepreneurship.
Banks' rise to fame seemed like a fairy-tale.
With time, Banks would grace screens for both television and film.
Banks also made TV of her own.
Banks earned a cool $18 million a year for the hosting gig (perGood Housekeeping).
Then, there’s her reality series, “America’s Next Top Model.”
Banks has also served as a guest lecturer at Stanford University.
There, she continues to talk to eager students about the art of personal branding (perForbes).
Hosting has been a big part of Banks' business, even in the days after “ANTM.”
From 2011 to 2018, she served as host of “America’s Got Talent” (perIMDb).
She reportedly walked away from the show to pursue more production projects (perGood Housekeeping).
“ModelLand is not just an attraction,” she toldVogue.
“It’s a place full of stories that battle what attractive means.”
“I was always more interested in experiences over things.
Things didn’t make me happy,” Banks shared in an interview withMoney.
“I saved saved saved.
But I saved to a fault.
About 15 years ago, my accountants pulled me aside, and they were like ‘Tyra.
You’re not spending money.
You’re just giving it away to the government.
you oughta spend some damn money!'”
“So we created something called the ‘F Account’ which was the ‘frivolous account.’
And I had a budget to spend frivolously for the year, every year.
I needed that to feel safe.”
“I look forward to retiring one day.
What I’m trying to do now is the portfolio.
Businesses, the television shows.
Things that are in the moment, capturing pop culture.
[But] it’s not a sustainable business.
There are more legacy businesses that I’m creating that will sustain past me being on this Earth.
That’s very important to me: Creating things that live beyond me.”
