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Selita Ebanks Profile |
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Birth Date: 1983
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Birth Place: George Town, Cayman Islands
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Birth Name: Selita Ebanks
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Height: 5'9½"
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Biography |
Selita Ebanks is something of a rarity: a supermodel born
not in Brazil or Germany but in the Cayman Islands. Ebanks
grew up on Walker's Road in the capital city of George Town.
She began modeling at age 17 and has since appeared in
fashion magazines from Glamour and Marie Claire to Vogue and
Nylon. She has also appeared in advertising campaigns for
Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren and Levis Jeans. In 2005 her
career took another step upwards when she was chosen to
appear alongside established models like Heidi Klum and Tyra
Banks in the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
television special.
Tyra Banks, who was retiring from modeling, symbolically
passed her Victoria's Secret wings to Ebanks on a November
2005 edition of The Tyra Banks Show... According to a 2005
CBS press release for the Victoria's Secret TV special,
Ebanks "was discovered at the age of 17 at New Jersey's Six
Flags Great Adventure by Women Model Management" and is "of
Caymanian, Jamaican, Irish, Indian, and African heritage."
Ebanks appears with Karolina Kurkova and Adriana Lima in the
loop The Models of Victoria's Secret. |
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Other
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At seventeen, she was discovered at Six Flags Great
Adventure in New Jersey by a modeling scout.
Has seven brothers.
Her father is a New York police captain.
Was accepted to Columbia, Spellman, and New York University.
Helped start the Stardom Youth Foundation in the Cayman
Islands.
Served as a mentor in the Seamen's Society of Staten Island. |
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