Tyra Banks

Renowned television personality Tyra Banks is a model, actress, businesswoman, and media mogul. Her successful career earned her a net worth of $90 million. While still in high school, she already started her career in modeling. However, she was rejected by many modeling agencies before she eventually landed a contract with L.A. Models. At 16 years old, she then signed with Elite Model Management, which made her move to Milan.

She has worked with American-based cosmetics brand CoverGirl in 1993. A few years after that, she then came back to America to continue commercial modeling. Throughout her career, she was featured on the covers of Elle, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, and Harper’s Bazaar, and walked the runways for brands like Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, Fendi, and Givenchy. The 47-year-old television host is given credit as the first African-American model to make it on the covers of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue and G.Q. magazine.