Tyra Banks Optimistic About America’s Next Top Model Making a Comeback
With the constant comparisons to Gigi Hadid, plus the skills to avoid the dreaded bottom two, the Seattle native’s 2017 victory wasn’t all that shocking. Nor is the fact that she’s been steadily working in the years since, a job for Las Vegas’ Ambra Italian Kitchen + Bar earning her a massive billboard on the side of the MGM Grand. “I have been modeling for over 8 years and have done everything from magazines to look books to TV to web campaigns to commercials, and more,” she shared in a November 2019 post. “But never have I EVER had a big campaign like this.”
Still, she noted in an April 2024 Instagram video, posing was never enough to pay the bills. “Even since the very early days of my modeling career, I have never worked just as a model,” she said of her various side gigs, like working at a golf course or a bar.
Her current 9 to 5 is as a social media manager for a beauty brand. “I create content for them,” she explained. “I book their influencers to do brand collaborations. I post to their page, write the captions.” But she’s still hustling. “I’m ramping up my podcast soon,” she revealed. “I’m going to be interviewing America’s Next Top Model contestants from the past.”