Mrs. Johnson, who ran the Ebony Fashion Fair shows for decades, is featured in the Wall Street Journal’s Style section today: How a Couture Pioneer Changed Fashion.
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Royalty Peggielene Bartels
King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed An African Village. The book chronicles how Peggielene Bartels went from being a secretary at Ghana’s Embassy in Washington, D.C to becoming African royalty of her late uncle’s village Otuam. Visit her official website on where to buy her book […]
Read MoreRita Hayworth aka Margarita Carmen Cansino
Before and After Spanish dancer Eduardo Cansino‘s daughter Margarita trained as a dancer from early childhood. At age 12, mature-looking Rita joined Eduardo’s stage […]
Read MoreBright Boulevards, Bold Dreams
Spanning sixty years, this deliciously entertaining history uncovers the audacious manner in which many blacks made a place for themselves in an industry that originally had no place for them. Through interviews and the personal recollections of Hollywood luminaries, Bogle pieces together a remarkable history that remains largely obscure to this day. We discover that […]
Read MoreSalma Hayek aka Salma Valgarma Hayek-Jimenez
Is of Spanish and Lebanese descent, and fluent in Arabic, Spanish, Portugese and English. Studied international relations & drama at college in Mexico City. Father was born in Lebanon and came to Mexico to start a small business where he met her mother. Her Lebanese-Mexican father was a rich businessman and her mother was an […]
Read MoreFlash Dance actress Jennifer Beals
She is African-American and Irish Jennifer Sue Beals was born in Chicago on December 19, 1963 as the second child of Jeanne Anderson and Alfred Beals. Her mother, an Irish-Catholic retired elementary schoolteacher, still lives in Chicago. Her African-American father owned a grocery store on the South Side of Chicago where she spent the first […]
Read MoreCHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN is A world famous Luxury Shoe Designer
His Parents/Family are from Cameroon, Africa. Mr. Louboutin was born in France. Celebrated for his vertiginously high stilettos with their signature lacquer-red soles, Louboutin has achieved cult status with celebrities as well as fashionistas. His eclectic and exotic designs, often incorporating feathers, beads, and sequins, are a constant and dramatic presence on the red carpet […]
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Exotics at Victoria Secret Fashion Show – Vintage
Great runway walk and personalities *Tyra Banks *Naomi Campbell *Liya Kebede *Oluchi Onweagba *Alek Wek *Omahyra Mota
Read MorePriyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra is an Indian actress, singer-songwriter and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000.
Read MoreModel: Israela Avtau
Nationality and Place of birth: Israel Ethnicity: Ethiopian, African She won the Iaraeli Top Model competition at 16 years old. Article about Miss Avtau below: www.scribd.com/fullscreen She left Israel to seek a modelling career in New York. Israela signed a multi-million dollar deal with Avon Cosmetics in the US. She is the highest paid model after Bar […]
Read MoreAnais Mali
Nationality:French Place of birth: Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France Ethnicity: Polish / Tchad
Read MoreMicaela Reis
Angolan and Portuguese ancestry http://youtu.be/inAoK4Qq8gk http://youtu.be/tSKXJWQ-bp4 the beauty pageant titleholder who was a Top 10 finalist at Miss Universe 2007 and placed first runner-up to Miss World 2007, becoming Miss World Africa. She was the highest placed Miss Angola at both Miss Universe and Miss Worldbefore the win of Leila Lopes in Miss Universe 2011 She was also named Miss World Continental Queen of […]
Read MoreDavid Bowie & Iman’s Wedding & Daughter
David Bowie and supermodel Iman were married on June 6, 1992 at St. James Church in Florence, Italy St. James Church, an Episcopalian house of worship built in the 18th century, is only authorized to bless civil ceremonies, the father of glam rock and the glamorous Somali-born model were first wed in Lausanne, Switzerland before celebrating […]
Read MoreModel: Yasmin Warsame
Nationality: Canadian Ethnicity and place of birth: Mogadishu, Somalia, African. She stands at 5’11 Ft tall. This woman also looks similar to Nefertiti. I can see her or other women with similar appearances portraying the ancient Egyptian/African Queen. Yasmin Warsame is a Somali-born Canadian supermodel. She moved from Somalia to Toronto, Canada when she was fifteen. Warsame […]
Read MoreAnother Beautiful Ancient Egyptian Beaded Dress
Beauty and fashion in Ancient Egypt. A spectacular dress made of beads in a fishnet pattern. This dress, traditionally worn over a white sheath, is a masterpiece of Ancient Egyptian fashion design. One of twenty such dresses worldwide. One of the exhibition’s visitors stood there gazing at the dress for a long time, long enough for […]
Read More4,500 year old Egyptian beaded dress
This beadnet dress is the earliest surviving example of such a garment. It has been painstakingly reassembled from approximately seven thousand beads found in an undisturbed burial of a female contemporary of King Khufu. From Giza, tomb G 7440 Z. 1927: excavated by the Harvard University. Although their string had disintegrated, a few beads still lay […]
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