Do YOU have the younger gene? Scientists identify genetic recipe that knocks years off our age – and you’re twice as likely to have it if you are black. Harvard scientists led a study involving almost one million people with private genetic database 23andMe and found one in ten white and a fifth of black […]
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Nationality: Brazilian Ethnicity: Mix Heritage Ms. Clara Paixão, has showed her powerful samba dance style not only in Rio, Brazil, but many other Brazilian states and countries, like Argentina, and presentations Japan and Europe to name a few. The ethnic and racial melting pot that is Brazil has led Henry Louis Gates Jr. to call […]
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Nostalgia is a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. Model: Sola When I was a college student, I would go on commercial castings in my spare time. I was signed to 4 modeling agencies and 1 acting agency. I was over worked and overwhelmed. During that period […]
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Estrogen makes women have soft skin and curves, high lilting voices, and breasts. –Photography by Krishphoto. Model Tyrie Rudolph. In the skin, estrogens affect skin thickness, wrinkle formation and skin moisture. Estrogens can increase glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), such as Hyaluronic Acid, to maintain fluid balance and structural integrity. They can also increase collagen production in the skin, where […]
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Nationality: Georgia, American Ethnicity: African American She stands at 5’9 Ft tall with green eyes. Griffin was discovered in Miami Beach while vacationing. She joined IMG Models in New York City and has appeared in a multitude of advertising campaigns throughout magazines, billboards, storefronts, websites, music videos, and television commercials around the world. After attending […]
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Nationality: British Ethnicity: Mix Heritage Ms. Blackburn is 5’11 Ft tall with green eyes. She competed in the make me a supermodel competition and won. What is your favorite character trait? Openness – most of my closest friends are that because of how open they are. They don’t have to hide anything from me, as […]
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A common aim is to identify specific features that possibly evolved as signals indicating mate breeding potential. Several cross-cultural studies have already determined that men from all countries and from all races tend to find hourglass-shaped women more appealing. Even from ancient times, women with larger, curvier hips have been associated with fertility, and so, strictly […]
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But what about women of color? Perkins study of television images showed that black females have been deeply and profoundly affected by the politics of skin color, hair texture, and facial features. Their feelings related to self worth, intelligence, success, and attractiveness are warped by what appears to the greater society as benign and arbitrary […]
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Evolutionary psychologists have suggested that females, because of their role as primary caretakers, are wired to quickly and accurately decode or detect distress in preverbal infants or threatening signals from other adults to enhance their chances at survival. –Models Ebony Anderberg, Malika & Chelsea Dleah. Women are better than men at distinguishing between emotions, especially fear and disgust, […]
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Nationality: Netherlands/Dutch Ethnicity: Her mother is Dutch & her father is from Senegal, West Africa. She speaks English & Dutch. Ms. Niang stands at 5’9 Ft tall & currently resides in New York City. If you weren’t a model what would you be? Probably doing something with music or create some kind of art. Your personal […]
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Nationality: American Ethnicity: Father is Danish and her mother is Ethiopian, African. She stands at 5’8 1/2 Ft tall. Ms. Peschardt is a Los Angeles, California based model. How and when did you start your modeling career? I started my modeling career at the young age of 5 years old. My mother was a model […]
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She is a beauty queen and a favorite of many museum visitors, her tranquil demeanor and introspective gaze expressing what the Yoruba people consider a person’s inner spirituality. Crowned by a simple ridged headdress, this royal portrait head was part of a larger figure now lost. Her neck is creased as though with fat, a […]
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Nationality: Guadeloupéenne, Caribbean Ethnicity: Mix Heritage Ms. Herbeth is 5’9 Ft tall, with green eyes and dark blonde hair. She speaks English & French. This beauty has been in international magazines like Women’s health, Elle, Glamour, Cosmopolitan and modeled for H & M, Desigual, Esprit & Fabio Salsa to name a few. The turning point came about […]
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This image was published in Augsburg, Germany; ca 1542. As early as the late middle ages, people of African descent began appearing in European treatises on swordsmanship and the martial arts, such as the book of Hans Talhoffer (1467), plates of which are featured below: Colonists of African descent also undoubtedly learned from less savory […]
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Researchers at the University of St Andrews have shown for the first time that women with higher levels of estrogen do indeed have more attractive faces. The team photographed 59 young women’s faces aged between 18 and 25 and analysed their sex hormone levels. Women with higher levels of estrogen were rated as more attractive, […]
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What is makeup highlighter for? The lightness on the inner crease will open up your eyes and the brow bone contouring will give you a brow lift effect. Applying highlighter to your lips is less common but can reap great results. Before applying your lipstick, blend some highlighter in the Cupid’s bow and underneath the […]
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A fashion accessory is an item used to contribute, in a secondary manner, to the wearer’s outfit, often used to complete an outfit and chosen to specifically complement the wearer’s look. The term came into use in the 19th century. –Fatima Siad is a Somali-American fashion model. Raised in Boston, Massachusetts, she placed third on America’s […]
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Which physical features light the flames of passion when we see a stranger across a crowded room? And why do women’s faces subtly change over the course of every month? –Model Panii Shirazi What makes you sexy and attractive to the opposite sex? Everyday, attraction starts the same way for millions of people around the world […]
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Nationality: Haitian Ethnicity: Filipino & African descent. She speaks 5 languages: English, French, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and German. She stands at 5’11 Ft tall. She is pursuing Master’s Degree in Scientific Research in Optometry and Vision. One of her goals is to help find a cure for blindness. It’s an issue close to her heart as glaucoma […]
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We all have really different looking locks but what actually make our hair straight or curly? Hosted by: Michael Aranda If you like (or don’t like) your curly hair, you can thank (or blame), your genes, your shampoo, your climate and your hairdresser. –The Physics of Curly Hair—Because You Deserve to Know | TIME –Model […]
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Nationality: American Ethnicity: Mix heritage. She is 5’8 1/2 Ft tall with grey eyes. Quote: I was confronted by comments from family and schoolmates, taunting me for my low weight, my thick eyebrows, big hair, and my skin color (to some I wasn’t white enough, to others I wasn’t black enough) and after a while […]
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Drawing of Cleopatra made by Michelangelo between 1533 and 1534. –Wiki This is one of the few authenticated drawings of Michelangelo and was drawn for Tommaso de’ Cavalieri, a young artist that Michelangelo passionately loved. This is the only drawing, of what Michelangelo claimed many drawings presenting to Cavlieri, that we have left. The drawing […]
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Vanity is as old as civilization, and the ancient Egyptians were no exception. Both men and women were known to wear copious amounts of makeup, which they believed gave them the protection of the gods Horus and Ra. These cosmetics were made by grinding ores like malachite and galena into a substance called kohl. It was […]
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Nationality: British Ethnicity: Eritrea, African Ms. Yemane is 5’9 Ft tall. She speaks English & Eritrean language. A model who has graced numerous editorials, runways, represented brands like Adidas, Galaxy & Pantene to name a few in and out of UK. What’s the biggest misconception about Eritrean people in your opinion? That the country doesn’t even exist! Most […]
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Aethiopian adventures: or, The history of Theagenes and Chariclea Ancient Aethiopia (Greek: Αἰθιοπία) first appears as a geographical term in classical documents in reference to the upper Nile region, as well as all certain areas south of the Sahara desert and south of the Atlantic Ocean. –medievalpoc.tumblr.com/post Illustration of the story of Theagenes and Charicleia […]
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History of the depiction The Magi are popularly referred to as wise men and kings. –The art of Hieronymus Bosch, Adoration of the Magi, c. 1485-1500, Oil on panel Occasionally from the 12th century, and very often in Northern Europe from the 15th, the Magi are also made to represent the three known parts of […]
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Nationality: American Ethnicity: Liberia, African. Ms. Howard is studying to be a Doctor. Quote: “There are many beautiful black models and they are not represented the way they should be.” In addition to Fashion, I’m also very passionate about medicine, helping people and the study of the human body. I’m currently finishing my bachelor’s degree […]
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Amazing Colors! Beautiful on her skin tone. Metal Morphosis005 by Pat Mcgrath (Make-Up) Sudanese Model: Nyadak “Duckie” Thot patmcgrath.com International Make-Up Artist Extraordinaire: Pat McGrath Model: Nyadak “Duckie” Thot Sudanese Model: Nyadak “Duckie” Thot Unknown or Forgotten Meroe pyramids surrounded with dunes in Sudan, Africa. Queen Qalhata’s tomb in Sudan Nubian pyramids are pyramids that were […]
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Nationality: Canadian Ethnicity: African She stands at 5’10 Ft tall. Samira is a female given name which has its various origins in Sanskrit, Persian, and Arabic as well as being common to other Semitic languages. In Persian, Samira is the first part of Semiramis‘s name who was a Persian princess, a Babylonian warrior, and the legendary wife […]
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Gilded silver mask of Nubian Queen Malakaye who wears a striated wig and broad collar. Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid 59. Napatan Period, reign of Tanwetamani 664–653 B.C. From Nuri, pyramid 59 (tomb of Quen Malakaye). There are 200+ pyramids in Sudan. Most of the rulers were Nubian Queens. 1918: excavated by the Harvard […]
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Nationality: Angolan Ethnicity: African She stands at 5’9 ft tall. Ms. Francisco was a National Finalist for ELITE MODEL LOOK ANGOLA 2011. Eve, is that you? This woman is gorgeous and we would like to see more of her. She is a Glamour model as well, if the opportunity is given. The colorful make-up looks great with her […]
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What is a pendant ? It’s a piece of jewelry that hangs from a chain worn around the neck hanging downward. This ancient gold ram’s-head was made during the Kushite Period. Representations show these pharaohs wearing a ram’s-head amulet tied around the neck on a thick cord. Rams were associated with the god Amun, particularly in Nubia, […]
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