As a business mogul and hosts to two shows (America's Next Top Model and America's Got Talent), Tyra Banks, 44, is one hardworking mother who wants her son, York Banks Asla, to know the value of earning! While recently speaking to In Touch, Tyra explains how important it is for her two-year-old son to appreciate everything that he has. "He needs to understand the reason we have a beautiful house is that Mommy kicks ass at work," Tyra says. "I don't want him to think, 'Oh, she's in the entertainment industry and all this stuff just comes with that.'" A post shared by Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) on Apr 23, 2017 at 11:12am Pdt Growing up in a one-parent household, Tyra learned a lot from just watching her mother, Carolyn London. Her mom would work two jobs to provide for their family and support her daughter's career. "I always understood the value of hard work,...
- 6/29/2018
- by Closer Staff
- Closer Weekly
She may be a boss on the runway, but at home Tyra Banks' two-year-old son, York Banks Asla, is the man of the house! While recently speaking to Entertainment Tonight, the former supermodel joked about her baby boy taking charge at home. "I think every two-year-old has some terrible moments. And he definitely, definitely has that," she shared. "But, he's also like in charge so when he's eating I try to tell him you must sit at the table when you eat, you cannot run around, you must sit. So the other day, yesterday, my mom is eating at the counter in the kitchen. He's like, 'Nana, sit down. You eating. Sit down, Nana.'" A post shared by Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) on May 8, 2016 at 7:47am Pdt Using a surrogate, Tyra welcomed York back in January 2017 after multiple failed IVF attempts with her now ex-boyfriend, Erik Asla. The...
- 6/25/2018
- by Joyann Jeffrey
- Closer Weekly
Grandma may know best! In a candid new interview, Tyra Banks revealed her mom, Carolyn London, is pressuring her to have more kids to give her two-year-old son, York Banks Asla, a sibling. "God, my mom wants more grandbabies," Tyra, 44, revealed on Sunday, June 24. "My son is rolling and running around and she's like, 'You see? He needs a friend. He's saying that these stuffed animals are his babies and he's calling himself a big brother,'" she told Entertainment Tonight. "He calls himself a big brother. I'm like there's nobody underneath you... What does that mean 'big brother?'" A post shared by Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) on May 8, 2016 at 7:47am Pdt So, does Tyra actually want more kids? In a previous interview, the single mom-of-one said, "I don’t just want one child. I want a litter! And I want to be the kind of mom where my...
- 6/25/2018
- by Closer Staff
- Closer Weekly
Tyra Banks remembers the day her mother helped her change the direction of her career.
She was a young model barely out of her teenage years. As she grew into womanhood, she was becoming a little too curvy for the traditional catwalk, particularly when it came to her posterior. Banks had been told by an agent that she would not be hired by top designers or advertisers unless she lost weight.
Banks was distraught and planning to shift to a diet of “one egg white a day.” Her mother’s response? Let’s go out for pizza.
“She took my by the shoulders and she shook me like a rag. She said ‘I will be damned if my daughter starves for this industry,'” Banks recalls. She and her mother, Carolyn London, sat at a restaurant place in Milan, munching away and making a list of potential clients who favored “big ass” on models.
She was a young model barely out of her teenage years. As she grew into womanhood, she was becoming a little too curvy for the traditional catwalk, particularly when it came to her posterior. Banks had been told by an agent that she would not be hired by top designers or advertisers unless she lost weight.
Banks was distraught and planning to shift to a diet of “one egg white a day.” Her mother’s response? Let’s go out for pizza.
“She took my by the shoulders and she shook me like a rag. She said ‘I will be damned if my daughter starves for this industry,'” Banks recalls. She and her mother, Carolyn London, sat at a restaurant place in Milan, munching away and making a list of potential clients who favored “big ass” on models.
- 6/12/2018
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Tyra Banks and her "crazy, fierce" mother prove that beauty, power and a penchant for modeling simply runs in the family. The America's Next Top Model host and Carolyn London, who together recently wrote the book Perfect Is Boring, recreated photos of famous mother-daughter duos when they were featured in Paper Magazine. From powerhouse singer Beyoncé and her designer mom Tina Knowles, Lisa Bonet and Zoe Kravitz, to actress Tracee Ellis Ross and her performer mother Diana Ross, the duo expertly mastered the looks and grace of the powerful women who they emulate in honor of this year's Mother's Day. In the photo of them as Beyoncé and Tina, Tyra...
- 5/10/2018
- E! Online
Even Tyra Banks gets down about her physical appearance from time to time. The legendary supermodel recently revealed that in the early days of her career, Banks elected to undergo rhinoplasty to fix her nose that she had unknowingly broken as a toddler. Her plastic surgery confession spurred a bit of controversy, but Tyra is here to tell fans that even the most flawless of celebs aren't perfect. "It's obvious to me that I did my nose," she told E! News while promoting her new book, which she co-authored with mom Carolyn London. "I want them to understand that people don't wake up like this." Banks said it "takes a village" to help transform...
- 4/5/2018
- E! Online
Welcoming her two-year-old son, York, wasn't the easiest thing for Tyra Banks. In a new interview with People, the model opened up about her difficult IVF process before eventually turning to surrogacy to welcome her baby boy. The 44-year-old said she tried "for a while" with her now ex-boyfriend, Erik Asla, to get pregnant. After not being able to conceive naturally, the couple then turned to in vitro fertilization, but suffered a year of failed attempts. "It was emotional," Tyra confessed. It was especially hard for Tyra's mother, Carolyn London, to watch her daughter go through something so difficult. "It hurt me so much to watch her struggle through that. She set up a nursery and in the bathroom, she put a tile in the floor that said, 'Mommy Already Loves You.' And then she found out the IVF had failed," London shared. "It ripped my heart out." Tyra...
- 4/3/2018
- by Samantha Faragalli
- Closer Weekly
Fix it or flaunt it! When it came to her nose, Tyra Banks opted for the former. After decades in the industry, the supermodel and famed America's Next Top Model host has opened up about the nose job she underwent when she was a young model. Having first revealing the plastic surgery in her new book co-written with her mother Carolyn London, Perfect Is Boring, the star recalled to Today's Hoda Kotb what led her to going under the knife. As the story goes, she had unknowingly broken her nose around 3 years old. While she said her aunt noticed, Tyra was not having any problems breathing and life went on. "Cut to years later, I'm constantly scratching my nose...
- 4/2/2018
- E! Online
Tyra Banks is opening up about her personal and professional life in her new memoir, Perfect Is Boring. The America's Next Top Model host wrote the book, set for release on April 3, with her mom, Carolyn London. In the memoir, Banks shares details about the early days of her career and the decision she made during that time to get a nose job. "I had bones in my nose that were growing and itching," Banks, who rose to fame as a model in the '90s, tells People. "I could breathe fine, but I added cosmetic surgery. I admit it! Fake hair, and I did my nose." Banks adds, "I feel I have a responsibility to tell the truth." "Natural beauty is unfair," Banks says....
- 3/28/2018
- E! Online
Tyra Banks celebrated her first Mother's Day Sunday as a new mom. The 42-year-old supermodel and America's Next Top Model and FABLife star posted on her Instagram page a sweet three generations pic showing her carrying her baby son York Bank Asla and smiling widely while standing beside her mother Carolyn London, who dotes upon the little man. "I'm hearing, 'Happy Mother's Day' and I can't believe how lucky I am!" she wrote. "Of all the fashionable hats I wear, I love being a #mother the most. #HappyMothersDay from me and my mama to all the wonderful women of the world!" Tyra had announced York's birth in January. This is...
- 5/8/2016
- E! Online
Tyra Banks is not one to keep her self-doubt a secret. When the supermodel and her mother, Carolyn London, launched a program in 1999 to mentor young girls - the Tzone Foundation - Banks realized the importance of sharing the insecurities she experienced while growing up. "The summer I turned 11 years old, I lost 30 lbs. and I had a growth spurt," Banks, 40, tells People in this week's issue. "And it wasn't even supermodel thin. It was more than that. Some people thought I had an eating disorder." She didn't. "There was nothing I could do to gain weight," she says, "It...
- 5/5/2014
- by Liz McNeil
- PEOPLE.com
Tyra Banks is not one to keep her self-doubt a secret. When the supermodel and her mother, Carolyn London, launched a program in 1999 to mentor young girls - the Tzone Foundation - Banks realized the importance of sharing the insecurities she experienced while growing up. "The summer I turned 11 years old, I lost 30 lbs. and I had a growth spurt," Banks, 40, tells People in this week's issue. "And it wasn't even supermodel thin. It was more than that. Some people thought I had an eating disorder." She didn't. "There was nothing I could do to gain weight," she says, "It...
- 5/5/2014
- by Liz McNeil
- PEOPLE.com
Today, Tyra Banks turns 37 years young. The youngest of Carolyn London-Johnson and Donald Banks' two children, the Inglewood, California native has proven herself in nearly every area of entertainment. Banks began modeling in the 11th grade and was the first African American woman to grace the covers of GQ and Sports Illustrated magazines. She is also the first African American woman chosen to pose in Victoria's Secret's lingerie catalogues. In 2010 Banks celebrated the 15th season of her reality TV show "America's Next Top Model." She also, chose to say farewell to her Daytime Emmy Award-winning talk show, The Tyra Show and she penned a book -- "Modelland" to boot. As she celebrates all the milestones in her life thus far, we wish Tyra Banks a happy birthday.
- 12/4/2010
- Essence
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