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Selita Ebanks

Selita Ebanks's photoGETTY

Nationality:
Caymanian
Birthday:
February 15, 1983
Born in:
George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Lives now:
New York, NY
Agencies:
Women
Known for:
My body, my smile
Status:
Good girl, sexy girl
Dated:
Nick Cannon (2/07-10/07)
Friends with:
Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Heidi Klum, Izabel Goulart, Jessica White, Karolina Kurkova, Marisa Miller, Miranda Kerr, Tyra Banks
Model turned…
Activist (The Stardom Youth Foundation, 2004)
Interests:
Basketball, football, tennis, writing

Photos

Off the Runway

Parties, covers, ads, etc.View slideshow »

Career

Esquire, 2008

Feb 15, 1983
Born in George Town, Grand Cayman
2000
Discovered by a modeling agent at Six Flags amusement park in New Jersey
Feb 2001
Debuts at the fall Tuleh show in New York
Sep 2001
Walks the spring Catherine Malandrino and James Coviello shows in New York
2002
Models for Abercrombie & Fitch and DKNY
2004
Starts the Stardom Youth Foundation, a talent school in her native hometown
2005
Signs contract with Victoria's Secret
Nov 2005
Walks the runway alongside Heidi Klum and Tyra Banks at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
Nov 21, 2005
Appears on The Tyra Banks Show
Feb 2006
Walks the fall Baby Phat and Sweetface by Jennifer Lopez shows in New York
2006
Featured on Inside Edition in a special behind-the-scenes look at the making of a Victoria’s Secret commercial for bronzer and body lotion with other model Izabel Goulart Video »
Nov 2006
Walks in the annual Victoria’s Secret fashion show Video »
Dec 2006
Appears with models Izabel Goulart and Adriana Lima on CBS’s Inside Edition, talking about the Christmas Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Video »
2007
Appears in a Victoria’s Secret Testimonial commercial, touting the new Secret Embrace bra Video »
2007
Appears in a Victoria’s Secret Valentine’s Day commercial Video »
2007
Reveals all about her first kiss and her first love in a CBS special Video »
Feb 2007
Makes her first appearance in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue Video »
Feb 4, 2007
Meets Nick Cannon at a Super Bowl party in Miami and the two begin dating
Apr 2007
Chosen as one of People magazine’s Most Beautiful People in the World Video »
May 7, 2007
Engaged to rapper, actor, and comedian Nick Cannon after the Costume Institute gala Video »
Sep 2007
Writes for New York's Show & Talk blog during fashion week Story »
Oct 3, 2007
Splits from Nick Cannon Story »
Nov 2007
Walks in the annual Victoria's Secret fashion show
Feb 2008
Featured on the cover of Esquire magazine alongside Adriana Lima, Karolina Kurkova, and Izabel Goulart under the headline "75 Years of Women" Video »
Apr 30, 2008
Named the world’s twelfth highest-paid model by Forbes, having made a reported $2.7 million in the past year Story »

Quoted

“I grew up with a complex, being around all these beautiful, voluptuous women, and me being this little skinny girl. I had such a complex. I drank Myoplex weight gainer, and ate oatmeal every morning. Anything to gain a little bit of weight, and it never happened. It’s so funny because this whole industry is about losing weight, and my whole life I've been trying to gain some booty!”

PR.com

“There is only room for a certain amount of black actresses in this industry. I don't want to fall into the zone of playing the 'ghetto bootalicious baby mama drama.' I want to play something with depth, like a crackhead or something.”

AskMen.com

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