• Who Wore It Best? Selita Ebanks vs. Alessandra Ambrosio

  Latina.com - Found Nov. 4, 2009 Nearly six months ago, Selita Ebanks wore the lace cutout dress with strappy black stilettos and minimal makeup to the New York premiere of...

• Selita Ebanks As 'Slutty Devil' For Halloween

  HotOnlineNews.com RSS Feed - Found Nov. 2, 2009 Quite possibly the hottest costume of the year, Victoria's Secret Angel Selita Ebanks was absolutely dazzling as she took part in the Halloween

• Vote For Your Favorite Celebrity Halloween Costume

  Talking makeup: daily cosmetics and makeup blog. - Found Nov. 1, 2009 Blake Lively in a flight attendant costume Audrina Patridge in a genie costume Selita Ebanks in a red devil costume Audrina Patridge...

• Inside Heidi Klum's Infamous Halloween Party

  FOXNews.com - Found Nov. 3, 2009 ... up the pap attention outside and Derek Hough who combined superman and Clark Kent, snake-lady Selita Ebanks and hippie-lovin? Cisco Adler. Paris gets back to work on album? - Metro.co.uk Paris Hilton attends Heidi Klum's Halloween party at the Voyeur ... - CHINAdaily Obituaries: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - Henderson Dispatch Explore All

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• Top 30 Hottest Ever Sports Illustrated Swimwear Models

  Hecklerspray - Found Nov. 2, 2009 ... roll on the pictures of half-naked women? 30. Isabeli Fontana 29. Angela Lindvall 28. Selita Ebanks 27. Julie Henderson 26. Irina...

• Upcoming Celebrity Apprentice Contestants Leaked

  Reality TV Online - Found Oct. 20, 2009 ?America?s Got Talent? judge) Cyndi Lauper (singer) Darryl Strawberry (former MLB player) Selita Ebanks (Victoria Secret?s model...

• Tweets Of The Week: Banana Republic On The Runway, Victoria Beckham ...

  Glamour Magazine - Found Oct. 21, 2009 VS angel selita ebanks will be serving up burgers for charity at burger heaven on 62nd and lex in NYC today till 2pm!

• Woody Allen May Want to Cast Adriana Lima; Penn Badgley Likes ...

  New York Magazine - Found Oct. 19, 2009 There's something so sensual about it.' [Cosmopolitan] ' Model Selita Ebanks is one of the new contestants on the next season of Donald Trump...

• Meet the new cast of 'Celebrity Apprentice'

  New York Daily News - Found Oct. 17, 2009 They'll join contenders including Holly Robinson Peet, Summer Sanders, Maria Kanellis, Selita Ebanks and funnyman Sinbad. The Celebrity Apprentice Season 3: List of celebrities - In Entertainment Hot foodie: Aussie chef gets a Trump card - Brisbane Courier-Mail 'The Celebrity Apprentice's third season begins production, cast ... - Reality TV World Aussie chef gets a Trump card - NEWS.com.au Explore All

Selita Ebanks
Ebanks in June 2009
Birth name	Selita Ebanks
Date of birth	February 15, 1983 (1983-02-15) (age 26)
Place of birth	George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Height	5 ft 9.25 in (1.76 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 Management New York, Milan, and Paris

Selita Ebanks (born February 15,¹ 1983) is a Caymanian fashion model. She is best known for her work with Victoria's Secret and as a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2005-2009.

Biography

Early life

Selita Ebanks was born on February 15, 1983 in George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory. 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".^{citation needed} Often, Ebanks didn't have shoes to wear to George Town primary school.^{citation needed} Her family, her mother in particular, encouraged her development through extracurricular programs.²

Education

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.² However, she graduated from none of these institutions. She had planned to study Law before she started modeling.^{citation needed}

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.³⁴ 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 first modeled for Victoria's Secret for their Ipex Bra line, before being signed as an Angel.⁴ She and fellow up-and-coming model Izabel Goulart made their major débuts in the 2005 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show,⁴ working as an Angel until early 2009. She views Tyra Banks as a mentor.^{citation needed} In 2005, Tyra Banks said she was proud of Ebanks to be representing for black women at Victoria's Secret.⁵

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.³

She has recorded some music² and appeared on the UPN-series South Beach.

Selita, while promoting Victoria Secret, was booed at Gillette Stadium while at a New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles game in Foxboro for a Victoria's Secret promotion. ⁶⁷

Personal life

Ebanks was engaged to rapper, actor, and comedian Nick Cannon.⁸⁹ On October 4, 2007, People magazine announced that the couple ended their engagement.

References

External links

• Feb 07 Selita Ebanks Interview at PR.com
• Selita's Who2 profile
• Selita Ebanks at 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