How tall is Tyra Banks?

Tyra Banks's listed height is 178 cm (5'10"). She is taller than about 98% of women in the United States.

Where 178 cm sits among women in the United States

Taller than about 98% of women in the United States born in 1973 (average 164 cm).

Banks next to her co-stars

Blake Lively is the same height than Tyra Banks (178 cm), Gossip Girl co-star.

Michelle Trachtenberg is 8 cm shorter than Tyra Banks (170 cm), Gossip Girl co-star.

Krysten Ritter is 3 cm shorter than Tyra Banks (175 cm), Gossip Girl co-star.

About Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks is an American model, television personality, producer, writer, actress and businesswoman, born Tyra Lynne Banks on 4 December 1973 in Inglewood. She began her career as a model at the age of 15 and was the first African American woman to be featured on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, on which she appeared three times. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1997 to 2005.

Banks began acting in the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1993 and made her film debut in Higher Learning in 1995. In 2003 she created America's Next Top Model, which she executive produced and presented for its first twenty-two seasons. She also had her own talk show, The Tyra Banks Show, from 2005 to 2010, and hosted America's Got Talent in 2017 and 2018. In 2010 she published the novel Modelland.

At a listed 178 cm (5'10"), Banks shares the same listed height as Blake Lively, her co-star in Gossip Girl. Michelle Trachtenberg, listed at 170 cm (5'7"), is 8 cm shorter than her, and Krysten Ritter, listed at 175 cm (5'9"), is 3 cm shorter.

Frequently asked

How tall is Tyra Banks in feet and inches? Tyra Banks is 5'10" tall, which is 178 cm, 70.1 inches or 1.78 m.

How tall is Tyra Banks compared to Blake Lively? Blake Lively is the same height than Tyra Banks: 178 cm (5'10") vs 178 cm (5'10").

How tall is Tyra Banks compared to Michelle Trachtenberg? Michelle Trachtenberg is 8 cm shorter than Tyra Banks: 170 cm (5'7") vs 178 cm (5'10").

How tall is Tyra Banks compared to Krysten Ritter? Krysten Ritter is 3 cm shorter than Tyra Banks: 175 cm (5'9") vs 178 cm (5'10").

Is Tyra Banks tall for women in the United States? At 178 cm she is taller than about 98% of women in the United States born in 1973, whose average height is 164 cm.

Sources

• Tyra Banks on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Tyra Banks on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 178 cm.
• Tyra Banks on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Celebrity heights are based on widely reported public figures and can vary slightly between sources.