Selita Ebanks was born on February 15, 1983 in Georgetown,Cayman Islands, USA. Ebanks played many sports such as basketball, football andtennis. She was from very poor family. At the age of 17, she was discovered bya modeling agent at New Jersey’s Six Flag Great Adventures. Selita started formodeling for catalogues and commercials, and soon she was gracing the pages ofmagazines such as Sports Illustrated, Glamour, Marie Claire, Vogue and Nylon.