Supermodel Tyra Banks has revealed why she decided to return to modeling after announcing her retirement from the fashion industry 13 years ago, BuzzFeedNews reported.
It happened 22 years after her debut solo appearance on the cover of this popular publication. In 1997, she became the first black woman to receive this honor.
“I decided to come back to Sports Illustrated because it is the magazine that changed my life,” Banks, 45, said in an interview. “I was a very known model, high fashion model," she said, "but I got on the cover of SI and it made me a household name, almost like in 24 hours, back when the whole world was looking at the same thing all at once.
Tyra officially ended her modeling career in 2005.
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