SELITA EBANKS
Selita Ebanks (born 17 February 1983) is a Cayman-born fashion model and actress.[3] Ebanks has worked for high fashion brands Neiman Marcus and Ralph Lauren, and appeared in magazines such as the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Vogue, and Glamour, but she is best known for her work with Victoria's Secret, as one of the brand's "Angels" from 2005 to early 2009.[3]Ebanks made her debut in February 2001 at the fall show for Tuleh. After working for the likes of Catherine Malandrino, James Coviello, Abercrombie & Fitch, and DKNY, she signed a contract with Victoria's Secret in 2005.[5]
Ebanks first modeled for Victoria's Secret for their Ipex Bra line, before being signed as an Angel.[7]She and Izabel Goulart made their major débuts in the 2005 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show,[7] working as an Angel until 2008. In 2005, Tyra Banks said she was proud of Ebanks to be representing black women at Victoria's Secret.[8]
In 2007, Ebanks was selected to wear the "Very Sexy" Holiday Fantasy Bra Set with a price tag of $4,500,000 dollars that contains diamonds, emeralds, rubies and yellow sapphires—which she wore in the Victoria's Secret "Christmas Dreams and Fantasies 2007" catalogue. She also wore the fantasy bra set during the Victoria's Secret fashion show on December 4, 2007.
Ebanks made a special guest appearance on How I Met Your Mother (episode: "The Yips") on 26 November 2007 with her fellow Victoria's Secret supermodels (Miranda Kerr, Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima, Marisa Miller, and Alessandra Ambrosio).
According to Forbes, Ebanks ranked the twelfth highest paid supermodel for 2008, earning $2.7 millionEbanks has run her own talent school "Stardom Youth Foundation" since 2004[5] in her hometown Cayman Islands, providing career guidance for teenagers.[4]
She also formed a charity organization, "Women’s Coalition for Empowerment and Opportunity", after a trip to Sierra Leone in 2008. The organization helps to support women’s educational and professional programs in the civil war-torn African nation.[4]
She was engaged to comedian Nick Cannon for five months.[12- "Selita Ebanks" Twitter.com. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ^ ab c "Selita Ebanks" Fashion Model Directory
- ^ ab c d e "Selita Ebanks" AskMen
- ^ ab c "Selita Ebanks Beautiful From the Inside Out", 10 August 2010, The Boulevard Magazine
- ^ ab c "Selita Ebanks" New York Magazine
- ^ ab "2007 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Bio - Selita Ebanks", 2007, Sports Illustrated
- ^ ab "[1]".pr.com,Retrieved on 2007-06-08.
- ^ "[2]".The Tyra Banks Show, Retrieved on 2007-06-08.
- ^ NY Daily News. Retrieved 2009-11-27
- ^ "The-Dream - Make Up Bag ft. T.I.". YouTube. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ "Mehcad Brooks, Selita Ebanks star in State Farm ad". USA Today. 2010-11-23.
- ^ "Nick Cannon, Selita Ebanks Split Up", 3 October 2007, People
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