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Book “Skin Deep”
Barbara Summers’ is a former Ford model. Summers traveled to three continents to do research for this book.
Model interview: Ubah Hassan
The color of beauty
A Few Exotic Victoria’s Secret Models
http://youtu.be/Oh6ROu6eC-8
*Tyra Banks
*Selita Ebanks
*Naomi Campbell
*Emanuela de Paula
*Oluchi Onweagba
*Chanel Iman
*Sessilee Lopez
*Noemie Lenoir
*Ajuma Nasenyana
*Arlenis Sosa Peña
*Aminata Niaria
*Jessica White
*Lyndsey Scott
Paula Patton
She is African and German American or Dutch Paula’s family lived across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing up and she was a fan of films from her earliest years. Her mother, who also appreciated good films, was a schoolteacher, and her father was a lawyer. Study film at […]
The Human Stain: Wentworth Earl Miller III
The American actor is the star of the Television series Prison Break, playing Michael Scofield. He was born to a father of African-American, Jamaican, English, German, Jewish and Cherokee ancestry and a mother of Russian, French, Dutch, Lebanese and Syrian descent. Regarding his ethnicity and his experience with racism, he made the comment on an interview: “My […]
Rita 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 […]
Bright 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 […]
Salma 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 […]
Flash 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 […]
Beauty Nina Alu and Iggy Pop
She is Nigerian and Irish. Iggy Pop has been dating Ms. Alu for at least 10 years.They are now married. Nina had originally planned to go into broadcast journalism. Iggy is a songwriter who met Nina when she was a flight attendant.
Arlenis Sosa on the cover of BeN
Model: Jenny Boussaert
Brazilian Model: Adriana Lima
Nationality & Country of origin: Brazil Ethnicity: Swiss, African, Japanese and Native American Indian. Born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The Brazilian-born model is of mixed ethnicity. In an interview on Fashion TV she stated that she is of Swiss, African and Native American heritage. While on another interview she mentioned that she also has Japanese heritage. […]
Jordan Richardson
Model: Brandi Quinones
Model: Yasmeen Ghauri
Exotics at Victoria Secret Fashion Show – Vintage
Great runway walk and personalities *Tyra Banks *Naomi Campbell *Liya Kebede *Oluchi Onweagba *Alek Wek *Omahyra Mota
Priyanka 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.
Top 10 African American Inventors
Model: 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 […]
Anais Mali
Nationality:French Place of birth: Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France Ethnicity: Polish / Tchad
Geneticist and mother of a mixed race child
Aarathi Prasad, a geneticist and mother of a mixed race child, sets out to challenge the ideas of racial purity and examines provocative claims that there are in fact biological advantages to being mixed race. Is It Better To Be Mixed Race? on Vimeo < View Documentary here It’s a controversial subject that has […]
SKIN – National Geographic
Skin Synopsis: Obsessed with its beauty, humbled by it flaws, humans are covered by a unique ultra-thin shield that instantly defines and shapes the body living inside it. Now, National Geographic invites you on an in-depth adventure revealing not just the science but the vital cultural meanings we attach to this largest of all human […]
25 years in the business
http://youtu.be/QlYcm34-NfQ
Eddie Murphy–Party All The Time
http://youtu.be/iRBsKwG2-kc
African Tribal Dance
From the movie “Coming to America”. Choreography by Paula Abdul Her father (Harry Abdul) is of Sephardic Jewish background from Syria. Her mother is also Jewish and was born in Canada. Her parents have lived in Syria, Brazil, and Canada – and this varied background has contributed to incredibly different stories in the press […]