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Model: Tsanna Latouche
Nationality: (Ajax, Ontario) Canadian Ethnicity: Indian and Jamaican She is 5’10 ft tall. Quote: The craziest thing I’ve ever had to do on a shoot: Shooting at night in the sea with what I was convinced were baby sharks. I’m best known for my (eyes, freckles, hips, etc.): Cat like eyes. She has been jetting around the […]
Read MoreModel: Nicole Murphy
Nationality: (Sacramento, California) American Ethnicity: British caucasion mother and African American father who was an Air Force pilot . She is 5’10 and has aqua eyes in-between blue and green. She is an American fashion model, television personality, designer, occasional actress and business woman. Nicole began her modeling career at age 13. Within a year, Nicole won […]
Read MoreModel: Chrystèle Saint-Louis Augustin
Nationality: French Ethnicity: Guadeloupean / Martiniquais (Caribbean /West Indies) African descent. Ms. Augustin speaks French and English. She is 5’10 1/2 ft tall with blue eyes. Quote: Both my parents and my brother are dark skinned but the West Indies are a mix of genes from different countries and you never know what skin color your baby […]
Read MoreActress & Singer: Eartha Kitt as Catwoman
Nationality: American Ethnicity: Mother is Cherokee & African American & Father Dutch or German descent. Her surname Kitt is said to be of Dutch or German origin. In the late 1960s, Batman featured recurring villain Kitt as Catwoman after Julie Newmar had left the role, in season 3. She had sung and danced her way out […]
Read MoreInside America’s Black Upper Class
Debutante cotillions. Arranged marriages. Summer trips to Martha’s Vineyard. All-black boarding schools. Memberships in the Links, Deltas, Bouleacute, or Jack and Jill. Million-dollar homes. An obsession with good hair, top credentials, and colleges like Howard, Spelman, and Harvard… This is the world of the black upper class– an exclusive, mostly hidden group that lives awkwardly […]
Read MoreThe Man Who Stopped the Desert
In Burkina Faso, the rapid desertification of the once fertile plains of the Sahel caused droughts and ruined harvests, sparking a mass exodus of village inhabitants and famines that decimated populations. Yet remarkably, one illiterate peasant farmer and his ingenious farming methods have proved the key to achieving what experts have failed to do: stop […]
Read MoreEconomics and Children Risking it all
Brazilian children at the Tajaparu river risk getting cut to pieces as they fasten their canoes onto fast-moving tourist boats in order to sell their goods. They are risking death in order to make a few pennies selling sweets and jams.
Read MoreBrazil, Religion, History and Beauty
Brazil An Inconvenient History BBC http://youtu.be/SRpx8qK7GLs It’s a religious festival like no other, featuring skimpy bikinis and non-stop drinking and dancing. But for black Brazilians, the festival of Yemanja is as much about spirituality as partying. “Today the party is for Yemanja, Queen of the Ocean”, explains Carlinhos Brown. Candomble, the worship of African Gods, […]
Read MoreUgandan baseball players make history
A team of young baseball players from Uganda is about to make history. They’re the first African team to compete in the Little League Baseball World Series in Pennsylvania – and they’ve been given a huge welcome.
Read MoreGrowing Farmers
Earthworks Urban Farm is a highly-productive urban agriculture and education hub that supplies Detroit’s farmers with everything they need from support to seedlings, and teaches students how to make a living from small organic plots.
Read MorePortuguese migrants seek better opportunities in Africa
Portugal’s poor economic outlook has driven tens of thousands of people to leave in search of a better life. Many are heading to the country’s former colonies, including Mozambique, where the economy’s expected to grow by seven and a half per cent this year.
Read MoreOut of Africa and into China
African’s keen to explore business opportunities in the East are moving to China to live and work.
Read MoreChina mulls immigration changes
A growing influx of migrants is causing the China to draft its first-ever immigration legislation to control the number of foreigners coming to work in the country.
Read MoreChristian Louboutin Fashion Party in Beijing!
BEIJING – FashionTV is at the Christian Louboutin fashion party in Beijing, China where dozens of glittery, glamorous, and high style Christian Louboutin shoes and bags are on display. Check out the ones with sequins, studs, prints, and Louboutin’s signature red sole.
Read MoreInside The Diamond Trading Company of Botswana
Before rough diamonds can become the sparklers seen on jewelry around the world, they make a stop at a sorting company like The Diamond Trading Company of Botswana (DTC), a joint venture between the government of Botswana and Debeers. With over 12,000 different classifications used, it takes both machine and human to sort through each […]
Read MoreAustria
We are introduced to Austria and her family in the Dominican Republic. Cato, Madeline and Austria are introduced to New York Fashion Week and tons of castings. New York Fshion Week is here. Shows, press, runways, photo shoots, parties. All in a day’s work. They’ve walked New York and London. Now Madeline, Cato and Austria […]
Read MoreMiss 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 […]
Read Morealek 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 […]
Read MoreKeisha 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 […]
Read MoreRoshumba 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 […]
Read MoreMiss 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 […]
Read Moremodel and Columbia University student Carolyn Giles
Nationality: American Place of birth: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA Ethnicity: Japanese / French / Belgian / English http://www.businessinsider.com/model-carolyn-giles-is-suing-volvo-for-making-her-look-like-an-escort-2012-8
Read More80’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 […]
Read MoreAn 1.8 mile (3km) Veil
CASAL DI PRINCIPE, Naples, Italy — Thousands of people were seen taking to the streets of Casal di Principe, Naples, Italy, to watch bride Elena De Angelis’ wedding dress and her 1.8-MILE (3 km) veil, (designed by Gianni Molaro Campania) which required 600 people to carry the headpiece – setting the world record for the […]
Read MoreXiao Wen Ju
Place of birth: China Xiao Wen Ju (born May 19, …., in Xi’an, Shaanxi, China) is a professional fashion model who is considered one of the Chinese supermodels. She tried her luck in Europe during the F/W 11 season, and had a great start in New York, Paris, and Milan. She has walked the […]
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