Selita Ebanks

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Selita Ebanks
Selita Ebanks entering the Bryant Park tents during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, September 9, 2007. Photograph by Christopher Peterson.
Birth name	Selita Ebanks
Date of birth	February 15, 1983 (1983-02-15) (age 25)
Place of birth	George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Dark Brown
Measurements	(US) 33C-24-34 ; (EU) 84-61-86.5
Weight	122
Dress size	(US) 4 ; (EU) 34
Shoe size	(US) 9 ; (EU) 41
Agency	Women Model Management

Selita Ebanks (born February 15,^[1] 1983) is a British (Caymanian) model. She is best known for her work with Victoria's Secret and is one of the Victoria's Secret Angels.

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Selita Ebanks was born on February 15, 1983 in George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory. She is of Caymanian, Jamaican, and Indian^{[disambiguation needed]} descent.^[2] She was raised in a large family that includes seven brothers. Influenced by her brothers, Ebanks played many sports growing up, such as basketball, soccer and tennis. The Ebanks family was quite poor, living in what she described as "a little blue, zinc-roof shack on Walkers Road". Often, Ebanks didn't have shoes to wear to George Town primary school. Her family, her mother in particular, encouraged her development through extracurricular programs.^[3]

[edit] Education

Later in life, Ebanks moved to the United States, and settled in Staten Island, New York. After moving to New York City she was accepted at Spelman College, Columbia University, and New York University.^[3] However, she graduated from none of these institutions. She had planned to study Law before she started modeling. However, she did not study law. Ebanks was a former attendee of the prestigious institution John F. Kennedy Middle School. While attending the institution she was a member of the debate team. However, she did not graduate from this institution.

[edit] Career

Victoria's Secret Angels Adriana Lima (left), Marisa Miller and Selita Ebanks ride in the Guantanamo Bay Christmas Parade Dec. 1, 2007.

At 17 years old, while walking through the turnstiles at Six Flags Great Adventure, Ebanks was scouted by an agent from Elite Model Management.^[4][2] Ebanks worked with some of the world's most noted photographers, including Peter Lindbergh, Bruce Weber, Steven Klein, Carter Smith and Mikael Jansson, and for some of the most quintessential American fashion campaigns, including Ralph Lauren, Abercrombie & Fitch, Levi's and Tommy Hilfiger.

Ebanks is currently working as a model for Victoria's Secret. She had previously done work for their Ipex Bra line, before being signed.^[2] She and fellow up-and-coming model Izabel Goulart made their major début in the 2005 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. She is now officially one of the Victoria's Secret Angels.^[2] The contract has afforded Selita the opporunity to enhance her breasts and is the only noted VS model who has done so-although she has been noted as sometimes denying the claim. She views Tyra Banks as a mentor. In 2005, Tyra Banks said she was proud of Ebanks to be representing for black women at Victoria's Secret.^[5]

After Selita's breast augmentation in 2007 where she went from an A-cup to a size 33C, 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 is featured in the Victoria's Secret "Christmas Dreams and Fantasies 2007" catalogue wearing the bra set and will wear 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 November 26, 2007 with her fellow Victoria's Secret supermodels (Miranda Kerr, Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima, Marisa Miller, and Alessandra Ambrosio).

She made her first appearance on Sports Illustrated's 2007 Swimsuit Issue.^[4]

She started to become an all-around-entertainer. She has recorded some music and appeared on the UPN-series South Beach.

Selita promotes across the country for Victoria Secret, but was unfortunately booed at Gillette Stadium while at a New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles game in Foxboro for a Victoria's Secret promotion. ^[6][7]

[edit] Personal life

Ebanks was engaged to rapper, actor, and comedian Nick Cannon.^[8][9] On October 4, 2007, People magazine announced that the couple has ended their engagement.

Selita likes to date athletes and has been very successful running into them at events. Although she has been linked to Tennis player James Blake ^[10], star Quarterback for the New England Patriots, Tom Brady ^[11], the star Quarterback for Dallas Cowboys, Tony Romo and Saskatchewan Roughriders football player Tad Kornegay^[12], she is currently dating star defensive lineman for the New York Giants, Osi Umenyiora^[13] and rapper Kanye West ^[14].

Selita also dated her ex-manager Marc Chamberlin and allegedly moved on quickly to Nick Cannon for relationship more strategic to her career. ^[15]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Feb 07 Selita Ebanks Interview at PR.com
• Selita's Who2 profile
• Selita Ebanks in the Fashion Model Directory
• Article on the 2005 Victoria's Secret fashion show, featuring Selita
• Article on Selita's Cayman Stardom Youth Foundation
• Selita Ebanks' Imdb Info
• Selita Ebanks Interview in Complex Magazine, March 2007

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