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Selita Ebanks
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Height

175 cm / 5 ft 9 in
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Hair Color

Dark Brown
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Eye Color

Brown
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Bust

86 cm / 34 in, Cup Size: C
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Waist

61 cm / 24 in
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Hips

89 cm / 35 in
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Dress Size

EU 36 / US 4 / UK 8
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Shoe Size

Ladies EU 41 / US 10 / UK 7.5 / JP 26
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Type(s)

  • Fashion/Runway Model
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Active?

Yes
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Ethnicity

Mixed
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Nationality

flag Cayman Islands
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Birth Place

George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
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Date of Birth

15 February 1983 ( Age: 29 )

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Selita Ebanks (born February 15,1983) 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 to 2009.

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". 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.

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. However, she graduated from none of these institutions. She had planned to study Law before she started modeling.

At 17 years old, while walking through the turnstiles at Six Flags Great Adventure, Ebanks was scouted by an agent from Elite Model Management. 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 was working as a model for Victoria's Secret. She had previously done work for their Ipex Bra line. 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. 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. She made her first appearance on Sports Illustrated’s 2007 Swimsuit Issue.

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 has recorded some music 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.

Ebanks was engaged to rapper, actor, and comedian Nick Cannon. On October 4, 2007, People magazine announced that the couple has ended their engagement. She has been linked to tennis player James Blake and Saskatchewan Roughriders football player Tad Kornegay, and dated defensive lineman for the New York Giants Osi Umenyiora, and has since been seen with rapper Kanye West. Ebanks also dated her ex-manager Marc Chamberlin.

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