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Eric Dearborn
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His
mother is Black and his father is White. A model and actor who has
been a print and catalogue model for Abercrombie & Fitch, Wilson's
Leather, Old Navy, Nike and Levi. He also appeared in Music Videos,
the movie Bedazzled and the television shows MTV Undressed and All
My Children portraying "Gabriel Devane". He is also the
nephew of Sue Simmons. |
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Kimora Lee Simmons
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Her
father is Black her mother is Japanese (from an article in New
York Magazine). She became a force in the fashion world at the
tender age of 13, when designer Karl Lagerfeld hand-picked her to
represent the face of the fashion house of Chanel. She provided the
partnership and inspiration for Baby Phat (Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons
women's counterpart to Phat Farm), overseeing the design of the line
as Creative Director. She also hosts Russell Simmons' Oneworld Music
Beat. |
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Shakara Ledard
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Her
mother is Caribbean (from the Bahamas) and her father is French Normandy
descent (from Phenommag.com).
The editors and casting people at Sports Illustrated, had seen Shakara
in Vibe magazine in a Mecca jeans and got her into their annual swimsuit
edition. She is also a Victoria's Secret model. |
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Carole Hand
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She
says on her website, "I am African-American, Native American,
Black Irish, English and much more. I am Creole." She is best
know for her Jazz-inspired paintings. She's been dedicated to her
art for 3 plus decades. |
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Elizabeth Atkins Bowman
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Her
mother is Black and her father was White. A former reporter on race
relations for The Detroit News and Best selling author of White
Chocolate, Dark
Secret and Twilight.
At Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism she wrote
her graduate thesis on being biracial. The New York Times published
a segment of her thesis on the growing number of groups for mixed
race students on campuses from Stanford to Harvard. That generated
a flurry of interest and landed her on the CBS News with Dan Rather,
Our Voices with Bev Smith on BET, Good Morning America Sunday, and
The Faith Daniels Show. |
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Dorian McLaine
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His
mother is Black and Mexican his father is Black and White. A model
with the Q Model Management. He has modeled for The Gap, Replay, Skechers,
Droog, GQ, and is in Janet Jacksons "Someone to Call My Lover"
video. |
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Aneesa
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From
MTV.com
"The younger of two children, Aneesa is the product of an interracial
marriage--her father is black and her mother is Jewish." She
is on the current cast of MTV's the Real World, set in Chicago. |
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Paulina Christina Hinton
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Her
mother is White (Austrian/Swedish) and her father is African American
and part Cherokee Indian. She is a model and actress. She was Miss
Alberta Canada Venus Swim Wear 2000, Miss Alberta Canada Hawaiian
Tropics 2001, Miss Alberta Canada Molson Indi Sports Model 2001, and
Miss Western Canada World Of Wheels 2002. |
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Derek Alton Walcott
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According
to Britanica.com he was of mixed Black, Dutch, and English descent.
He was a West Indian poet and playwright noted for works that explore
the Caribbean cultural experience. He received the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1992. |
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Irulan
(Real World 12)
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According
to MTV she was born to a white mother and a black father. Recently,
she has been discovering and honing her artistic and intellectual
talents through her studies at Parsons School of Design. See
her bio on MTV.com for more details. |
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Arissa
(Real World 12)
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According
to MTV she is half-black, half-Italian. Cast member of Real World
12 in Las Vegas. See
her bio on MTV.com for more details. |
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Erika Harold
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From
an
AP article: Her mother is part black, part American Indian and
part Russian; her father, Robert, is Greek, German, Welsh and English.
Miss America 2003 a 22-year-old Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University
of Illinois, was to enroll this fall at Harvard law school but put
it off so she could compete in the Miss America Pageant. |
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Karim Rashid
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According
to his website he was, "born
in Cairo, Egypt in 1960; Half-English, half Egyptian and raised mostly
in Canada." He is the best-known and most prolific young designer
practicing in America today, he is already a superstar among design
aficionados. He is the author of more than two hundred designs, ranging
from coat racks to mailboxes, perfume packaging to lighting, tableware
to high fashion. His work is in the collections of museums worldwide,
including The Museum of Modern Art, New York, San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art, and The Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts. He recently
published the book Karim
Rashid : I Want to Change the World. |
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Jehan Sadat
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Her
mother is British and her father is Egyptian. She was the first lady
of Egypt from 1970 to 1981. She used her platform as the first lady
to touch the lives of millions, change the world’s image of Arab
women, and fulfill her own life-long yearning for participation and
service. She is the recipient of national and international awards
for public service and humanitarian efforts for women and children.
She also received more than 20 honorary doctorate degrees from national
and international colleges and universities. She has published an
autobiography, A
Woman of Egypt, as well as poetry in Arabic. |
