Brooke Banker's 47-inch legs take up two-thirds of her body
Brooke Banker, the 5-foot, 11-inch model has legs that measures 47 inches from heel to hip bone. / Huffington Post
Brooke Banker, the 5-foot, 11-inch model has legs that measures 47 inches from heel to hip bone.
“When I was in high school, I would have preferred to be 4-11 rather than 5-11. But my height has helped me to play volleyball at a high level and to make a career out of modeling,” she told the New York Post.
Banker has studied to be an air traffic controller and majored in public relations at Penn State, where she played for a national championship volleyball team.
However, her fame kicked into high gear last year when she started modeling with the Monarch Agency a year ago.
Banker's proportionately longer limbs attract a lot of attention, positive and negative.
“Most days someone will tell me I'm tall and have long legs. As if I didn't know," she said, according to HuffPost UK.
“But I don’t have a problem with being tall. I try to use it for my benefit and be grateful for what I have. “I get a lot of support from women who tell me they would love to have my height and legs."