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Miss Universe 1977 Crowning

Miss Universe 1977 Crowning

Janelle Commissiong: The First Black Miss Universe Janelle Commissiong (born 1953) was born in Trinidad and Tobago. Commissiong migrated to the United States at the age of 13, and returned to Trinidad and Tobago ten years later. After winning the Miss Trinidad and Tobago title, she went on to be crowned Miss Universe 1977 in […]

alek wek

alek wek

Alek Wek is a Sudanese-British model who first appeared on the catwalks at the age of 18 in 1995, sparking a career lasting to date.   She is from the Dinka ethnic group in Southern Sudan, but in 1991 she and some family members fled to Britain to escape the civil war in Sudan.   She […]

Keisha Sharp

Keisha Sharp

Nationality: American Place of birth: Brooklyn, N.Y. Keesha Sharp is best known for her role as ‘Monica Charles Brooks’ on the hit CW series “Girlfriends.” Her role garnered her a nomination for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.   Attended The Boston Conservatory. She has a passion for healthy organic living […]

Roshumba Williams

Roshumba Williams

Nationality: American 6-foot-tall Roshumba Williams, a Chicago native, was discovered as a teenager in Paris by Yves Saint Laurent and taken under his wing.   The late designer was very supportive of black models like Roshumba and Iman. During the 80s when many black models had long hair, Roshumba stood out with her signature short-cropped […]

80’s-90’s Supermodel:Stephanie Roberts

80’s-90’s Supermodel:Stephanie Roberts

Nationality: Jamaican                   

Miss Universe Tanzania: flaviana matata

Miss Universe Tanzania: flaviana matata

Amazing beauty from Tanzania Flaviana was the first bald woman to compete in a beauty pageant, defying the notion of beauty. Her star started shining when she rose to international fame in 2007 after she won the Miss Universe Tanzania title and became the first woman to represent her country in Miss Universe.   Her […]

Model: Fatima Siad

Model: Fatima Siad

Nationality: American Ethnicity: Somali and Ethiopian Fatima Siad raised in Boston, Massachusetts, she placed third on America’s Next Top Model, Cycle 10. Personnel Quote: Be Comfortable in your Own Skin And You Won’t Hate on Others in Theirs Personal Quotes: I don’t want to be known as ‘Baby Iman.  I want to make a name for myself.    […]

Model: Juliana Nepomuceno

Model: Juliana Nepomuceno

Nationality: Brazilian Place of Birth: Sao Paulo, Brazil                

From Soviet Red, two black Ukrainians were born

From Soviet Red, two black Ukrainians were born

Born to Angolan fathers and Ukrainian mothers on the tail end of the USSR’s collapse, these two young ladies epitomize the inadvertent consequences of Soviet Cold War foreign policy. Continue: http://www.kyivpost.com/blog/terrell-j-starr/from-soviet-red-two-black-ukrainians-were-born-305677.html  

Who is Latino?

Dash asks people on the street to identify Latinos based on physical appearance. Do stereotypes guide people’s perception of a certain “look” of Latino ethnicity? http://youtu.be/-ztOVRSKxqw

The International Hair Business

http://youtu.be/2653J_aaE_I A jaw-dropping documentary (Part 1 of 3) by Aron Ranen, detailing how Koreans now dominate the black hair care market and have been covertly and strategically displacing black owned companies out of the market for decades even though black peoples are 90% of the consumer base. A truly puzzling, thought provoking as well as troubling piece. […]

Pop singer Jamelia goes in search of the truth

http://youtu.be/A9rXFskeFRM

Pop singer Jamelia goes in search of the truth behind the multi-million pound human hair extensions industry. Jamelia grew up experimenting with hair extensions and nowadays they have become an essential part of her stage persona. From celebs to schoolgirls, women will spend anything from £20 to £2,000 to clip, glue or sew another girl’s hair on to their heads. This film accompanies Jamelia as she follows a trail of hair back to its roots. The international road trip takes her from the exclusive London salons to a dingy Moscow apartment where men trade human ponytails for cash, and to the hair sacrificing temples of Southern India. The journey brings her face to face with some of her worst fears when she witnesses hair being shaved from toddlers’ heads and a 13 year old who’s flogging her hair in exchange for pocket money. But she’s also humbled by her experience when she connects with women who still choose to sacrifice it for financial or religious purposes.

multi-billion dollar industry

http://youtu.be/TGigLa23vuA

How does a deeply spiritual offering from Indias poor become a must-have accessory in the salons of Europe? As fashion and faith collide, religious sacrifice is fuelling a multi-billion dollar industry.
Every year millions of Hindus shave their heads in offering to the gods. Its called tonsuring, and its big business. On average we are getting in excess of five tonnes, says hair dealer Mayoor Balsara as he finalises his latest purchase from the temples. Its a classic globalisation story: the sacrificial hair is cheaply sourced in the developing world, and is lining the pockets of those in the west. David Gold is one of them. Each year his company turns over $150 million selling hair extensions sourced from Indias temples. He deflects questions of ethics, arguing that the temples pour profits back into local welfare projects. Its a dubious claim, and yet many Hindus seem happy for their hair to be spun into gold: We gave it to God, and its come back like this. Its beautiful.

Great Lengths hair extensions featured on MTV Fabulous Life

http://youtu.be/pYF7Flx7iwY

80’s Supermodel Waris Dirie

80’s Supermodel Waris Dirie

80’s supermodel Waris Dirie was born into a nomadic tribe in Somalia.   Ms. Dirie ran away at age thirteen to avoid marriage a much older man.   After working odd jobs in London, she was discovered by photographer Terence Donovan, who shot her for her the cover of the 1987 Pirelli calendar.   From […]

Brazilian Model: Daniela Braga

Brazilian Model: Daniela Braga

Nationality: Brazilian    Brazil has an indigenous Indian population of around 450,000, comprising more than 200 peoples who speak more than 180 different languages. According to the National Foundation for the Indian (FUNAI) the indigenous population has been growing at a rate of more than 3.5% per year and is now four times greater than in […]

Anais

Anais

Nationality: American Place of birth: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Anais (birth name Anais Martinez) She won a Casandra Award (which is the Dominican version of the Grammy’s) for “Most Outstanding Artist Located In Another Country”.    She attended The Door academy in New York where study dance and singing with Juanita Williams, who is a gospel and jazz […]

Stacey Dash

Stacey Dash

Nationality: American Place of birth: Bronx, New York, US Ethnicity: Mexican and Afro-Bajan descent. Stacey Dash was born in the Bronx, New York. Stacy knew that she wanted to act, and from an early age began to act professionally. She made regular appearances on “The Cosby Show” (1984), “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” (1990), and also “St. Elsewhere”(1982). At 22 she […]

Model & Beauty Queen: Leila Arcieri

Model & Beauty Queen: Leila Arcieri

Nationality: American Ethnicity:Her father is Italian and mother is African American. She was crowned Miss San Francisco in 1997.   Her mother worked for Lucasfilm. Her father is Italian and her mother is black.     Parents divorced when she was 2; she was raised by her mother.   Became a cheerleader in Junior High School to […]

Applachia’s Melungeon

Applachia’s Melungeon

“There were a whole lot of people upset by this study,” lead researcher Roberta Estes said. “They just knew they were Portuguese, or Native American.” In recent decades, interest in the origin of the Melungeons has risen dramatically with advances both in DNA research and in the advent of Internet resources that allow individuals to […]

phyllis hyman

phyllis hyman

Nationality and Ethnicity: African American Deep-voiced and statuesque, Phyllis Hyman sang with a life-affirming energy and emotional intensity found in few other female vocalists. Born in Philadelphia in 1949 (and raised in Pittsburgh), her professional career began in New York City where, during an engagement, she was spotted by producer Norman Connors and contemporaries Jean Carne and Roberta Flack, among […]

Michael Michele

Michael Michele

Nationality: American Ethnicity: African American and Caucasian   Michael Michele has won acclaim for her portrayals of strong and capable women on television as well as in feature films.    Born in Evansville, Indiana, on August 30, 1966, she, like practically everyone in the Hoosier State, grew up a big basketball fan. Michele played roundball […]

The Genius Gene

The Genius Gene

The Genius Sperm Bank was created in the late 1970s by Robert Klark Graham, an American millionaire optometrist. Officially named the Repository for Germinal Choice, its aim was to breed highly intelligent people in order to save the world from genetic decline.Graham believed he could achieve this by getting clever men to donate sperm. To be […]

Chrishell Stubbs

Chrishell Stubbs

Nationality: British Place of birth: Turks and Caicos Islands Ethnicity: Caribbean / British                 

South African Royalty: Tsidii Le Loka

South African Royalty: Tsidii Le Loka

  Tsidii Le Loka was studying economics and music at the University of Massachusetts when she got a call to come to New York and audition for “The Lion King.” Not only did she get the part of Rafiki, but she went on to receive a Tony nomination for her work. It was a defining […]

Princess Esther Kamatari of Burundi

Princess Esther Kamatari of Burundi

     Princess Esther Kamatari, 60 is a writer, model, and exiled Burundian princess. Esther Kamatari grew up in Burundi as a member of the royal family. Following independence in 1962, the king was overthrown in a military coup d’etat, and the monarchy abolished in 1966. Kamatari fled the country in 1970 after her father’s […]

Ancient Egyptian Beauty Secrets and Tips.

Ancient Egyptian Beauty Secrets and Tips.

An Introduction Exfoliants, depilatories, anti-wrinkle cream. Methods for the elimination of stretch-marks, halitosis and unpleasant body odors. Hair extensions. This all sounds pretty modern, doesn’t it? It could perhaps be a list of advertisers from a fashion magazine on the newsstand on the street today. Yet all of the above were also concerns and creations of […]

Daiane Sodré for Victoria’s Secret

Daiane Sodré for Victoria’s Secret

Daiane Sodré for Victoria's Secret