• Larter, Tamblyn, and Azria at Whitney Art Party

  New York Magazine - Found Jun. 23, 2009 Recently I bought two huge pieces of coral reef for my home in L.A. Lindsay Price Selita Ebanks What possession could you never auction off?

• AMBER TAMBLYN'S SOOTHING DATE

  New York Post - Found Jun. 22, 2009 ... perusing art at the BCGB Max Azria event were Mena Suvari, Bradley Cooper (who was very cozy with Lake Bell), Maggie Rizer and Selita Ebanks.

• Exclusive: Behind Leighton Meester's Sex Tape Saga

  FOXNews.com - Found Jun. 22, 2009 Pop Tarts Scene & Herd Brooklyn Decker, Selita Ebanks and Hilary Rhoda the center of attention at Whitney Contemporaries Art Party and Auction... Leighton Meester, Madonna - Herald Sun Gossip Girls Leighton Meesters Sex Tape Surfaces - Access Hollywood Roadie in Sex Video? - Mid Day Gossip Girl's sex tape scandal - Straits Times Explore All

  Monsters and Critics

• Megan Fox is world's sexiest

  Thelondonpaper - Found Jun. 22, 2009 Gisele B�ndchen (37th), Selita Ebanks (65th) and Karolina Kurkova (79th). Now in its 15th year, nearly ten million votes were cast by FHM... Foxiest babe on earth - The Sun Angelina no longer top 10 sexiest - Telegraph and Argus 'Transformers' star Fox tops FHM list of 100 sexiest women - Tampa Bay Online Angelina no longer top 10 sexiest - Evesham Journal Explore All

  Tampa Bay Online

• Party for Art's Sake ...

  FashionWeekDaily.com - Found Jun. 22, 2009 ... as a new crop of guests like Malcolm Carfrae, Roopal Patel, Gilles Mendel, Lisa Cant, Selita Ebanks, Lela Rose, Brooklyn Decker, Allison...

• Sugar Shout Out: Father's Day Gifts Under $25

  POPSUGAR - Insanely addictive. - Found Jun. 18, 2009 ... or Kill Is Bruno exposing or encouraging homophobia? Exploring the farmers market of Oahu How-to: Selita Ebanks's "Breaking the Rules...

• Nick Cannon's Child Wish

  MaleFirst Mens Magazine - Found Jun. 18, 2009 Before meeting Carey singer Cannon dated Christina Milian and Kim Kardashian as well as being engaged to Selita Ebanks. Mariah Carey CDs Can Mariah Carey finally win top Grammy Awards by dissing Eminem? - Los Angeles Times Mariah hits West End - Yahoo! Music Carey plans theatre debut - Yahoo! Music Mariah Carey divides both critics and fans with 'Obsessed' - Los Angeles Times Explore All

  Gold Derby

• 20 celebrities who should watch their backs following Katy Perry ...

  Examiner.com - Found Jun. 17, 2009 Owen Wilson : soccer balls for underprivileged families. Selita Ebanks : an online banking firm. Sofia Vergara : Viagra pill for women. Katy Perry Sues Katie Perry - TheCelebrityCafe.com Katy Perry vs Katie Perry - Yahoo! Music Perry threatens to sue Aussie designer - Yahoo! Music Katy bullies name twin? - Metronews Explore All

• Jim Donaldson: Tweets from twits? Get a life

  Providence Journal - Found Jun. 17, 2009 ?Hey! I?m in Orlando, watching the game with my BFF Selita Ebanks, gossiping. I?ve only seen two or three plays. LOL,? Williams posted.

• Paul Shaffer coulda been on 'Seinfeld'

  New York Daily News - Found Jun. 12, 2009 Victoria?s Secret stunner Selita Ebanks shimmying with friends late at night at club Tantra in St. Maarten. The Late Shows Paul Shaffer Was Almost Seinfelds George Costanza - Access Hollywood Explore All

Selita Ebanks
Selita Ebanks entering the Bryant Park tents during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, September 9, 2007.
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 9.5 in (1.77 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.

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 is currently working as a model for Victoria's Secret. She had previously done work for their Ipex Bra line, before being signed.⁴ She and fellow up-and-coming model Izabel Goulart made their major début in the 2005 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, working as a Victoria's Secret Angel until early 2009. ⁴ 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 has ended their engagement. She has been linked to tennis player James Blake¹⁰ and Saskatchewan Roughriders football player Tad Kornegay¹¹, and dated defensive lineman for the New York Giants Osi Umenyiora, and has since been seen with rapper Kanye West.¹²

Ebanks also dated her ex-manager Marc Chamberlin.¹³

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