C. Aguilera

Christina Maria Aguilera (Christina Maria Aguilera) was born December 18, 1980 in New York, USA, in the family Irish and Ecuadorians. The first five years of his life, yet parents are not separated, Christina said in Spanish. The mother's husband was military, and the family always had to move from place to place. As a young mother Christine professional musician. She played the violin in the Juvenile Symphony Orchestra, but after the marriage was forced to desist from further performances. But her daughter received the education that allowed her to fully develop their creative inclinations. The girl's parents separated, and the family settled in a suburb of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania). For five years Christine knew by heart all the songs from the repertoire of "The Sound of Music" and often sang at parties with their neighbors. Before school, she decided that when he grows up to become a famous singer.In nine years, Christina Aguilera for the first time confronted with the glory and frustration that often accompanies the performers. At the competition, which took place on the TV show "Star Search", a song she sang Whitney Houston "The Greatest Love of all" and took second place, although the firm was counting on the first. Upset girl returned home, and there it waited for new troubles. Classmates who she praised their hopes, greeted her with jeers. It is hard to say what exactly happened between the children, but normal relations with classmates Christine restore did not succeed. Later, my mother even had to take the girl out of school and teach her privately at home.However, all these problems did not affect the desire to Christine's music career. In 1990, in Pittsburgh were playing hockey cup, and a ten-year old girl was entrusted to perform the national anthem. In the same year she passed the open stage plays for participation in the Disney TV Club. Organizers of the show drew attention to the gifted child. By age, she was still too small, but when two years later in "Mickey Mouse Club" appeared vacancies, she was invited to participate in the transfer. Aguilera sang, danced and performed a number of new friends Mickey: Britney Spears (Britney Spears), Justin Timberlake (group "N'Sync") and future star of the television series "Felicity" Keri Russell. Later, she recalled with pleasure the holding in the club two years: "It was a huge opportunity for growth. I liked to be among the kids who have had the same passion that I have."However, sooner or later ends, and the show closed. Christine has participated in various festivals, and in Japan she sang a duet with local pop star Keizo Nakanishi became a hit song "All I Wanna Do" and starred in the clip for this track. Finally she returned home, and here it awaited a tempting offer. Even in those days, when Aguilera performed a show, it drew the attention of renowned manager, Steve Kurtz. Taking the lead in the young singer's career, Kurtz ordered to make a demo tape of her songs, which then sent the head of RCA Records Feira Ron (Ron Fair). Struck "amazing voice and the beauty of the blossoming" Aguilera, he decided to offer 15-year-old girl a record deal.Negotiations were in full swing, when the Fairy asked one of his friends with a request to recommend to the young singer for singing the song "Reflection" for Disney's "Mulan". Fair immediately offered Aguilera. Untreated really a demo tape of Christine (she sang a karaoke song Whitney Houston "I Wanna Run To You") was sent to Los Angeles and should be sent herself a performer - her singing made a deep impression on the leadership of the studio. During the additional plays on the spot, the singer showed the broadest range of his voice. She took note of "to" middle octave to "mi" the top. The girl sang "Reflection", and then took part in a promotional tour in support of the cartoon. The song enjoyed great success and was nominated in the following year at Alma Award, and Golden Globe as "Best new song in the movie.While Christine helped untwist cartoon, she signed a contract with RCA. Affairs were very many, but work on their debut album Aguilera began immediately. Were invited to the most famous American pop composers (Diane Warren, David Frank and Carl Strunken), to write songs. Studio has done everything it can to ensure that the world was able to appreciate the extraordinary voice of a girl of eighteen.June 22 released the single "Genie in a Bottle". The song won first place in the pop charts, and sales in the month after the release amounted to almost 500,000 copies. The video for the track was in fourth place in the MTV Total Request Live.Meanwhile, advertising the upcoming album was in full swing. Christine performed in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Minneapolis, Las Vegas. She sang, using the piano as the sole musical accompaniment. In addition to solo concerts, Aguilera performed at the heating-known musicians, where he again sang at the piano. Also, she participated in several popular television talk show. Radio stations playing the song, the rumors grew, and the universal expectation of the promised debut, reached the highest point.

Album "Christina Aguilera" was released on August 24 and has fulfilled all its promises. Also charming melodies "Genie in a Bottle", it sounded dance anthem "Love Will Find A Way", heartfelt ballad "So Emotional", and the blockbuster Diane Warren "I Turn To You". Critics praised Aguilera for the flexibility of her voice and confident treatment of various musical styles, while the record-buying public has contributed to the fact that CD sales has won the first place. During the week of the stores took more than 250,000 copies. Interest buyers continued, and by the end of the year the album went four times platinum.However, as time showed, ahead of Christine waited for even greater success. In February 2000, she received an unexpected surprise. During a Grammy award in the category "best newcomer" on the stage sounded her name. Although the ceremony Christina wore a dazzling dress by Versace, however, and she had no idea that it will be victorious. Aguilera does not even taken care to prepare just in case an answering speech. "I expect that will hand the award to someone who more singles than me. Macy Grey, for example - her skill is not in doubt, so I thought I should win it. Or some other candidate," - she said, glance in the direction of his former colleagues on the "Mickey Mouse Club" Britney Spears. In May, the girl was waiting for a new award. At the ceremony, Blockbuster Awards, she won two categories - "Best New Artist" and "Favorite Pop Single" for "Genie in a Bottle".The attention of the audience was riveted to the young rising star, and Aguilera was able to show themselves. At a concert in Milwaukee (Wisconsin) 19-year-old singer, accompanied by six dancers, arranged a show - the team immediately was replaced countless costumes, and she even met Aguilera reverse somersault. However, the greatest impression on the audience once again made no dances and costumes, but her concerns trills. Demonstrating the vocal riffs that you do not hear of her studio work, Aguilera was shouting lyrics like a young Aretha Franklin or Chaka Khan, ending the 70-minute show is a stunning performance of hits from her debut album, "What a Girl Wants".Hard work and vocal fatigue, caused by the exhausting schedule, Aguilera was forced to cancel several concerts in September. Although she appeared at a ceremony in 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, where the video for the song "What a Girl Wants" won several awards, including Best Female Video, "Aguilera canceled concerts in Boston, Virginia Beach, Syracuse, and appearing on the telethon" the Jerry Lewis Telethon ".In September, she released her first Spanish-language album "Mi Reflejo", reminding the public about the origin of the singer. "I have always been proud of her Ecuadorian roots. Recording the album in Spanish gives me a chance to better know their Latin American part", - said Kristina. In the disk contains translated versions of five songs from her debut album, the traditional bolero and a few new tunes, which were just as good. "Mi Reflejo" won first place in the Latin Billboard and 27 th on the Billboard album charts. The single "Ven Conmigo" topped the charts of Spain, reaffirming the immense popularity Aguilera.The day after the release of held its first annual Awards ceremony Latin Grammy Awards. Invited Aguilera sang at the ceremony of "Contigo en la Distancia" and "Genio Atrapadio" (Spanish version of the famous "Genie in a Bottle").The autumn the singer held a large-scale tour of South America, Mexico and Puerto Rico, during which his singing Spanish songs to the accompaniment of horns. In October, released a holiday album "My Kind of Christmas", which sounded her duet with Dr. John (Dr. John).And then started studio work on a new album. Aguilera's new disc is called "Silent Night", and he has a brother in Spanish "Noche de Pas". Most of the components of its songs - the classic ballads.

Stephanie Seymour

Another massively famous supermodel, Seymour has appeared on over 300 magazine covers. A serial dater back in the early 90’s, Seymour was attached to various famous men such as Warren Beatty and Axl Rose.

Heidi Klum

A lot of debate went into this ranking, but when the dust settled we had to name Heidi Klum the hottest model of all time. In all fairness however, any of the top seven would have fit, and I’m sure arguments could be made for many of the other girls in this list. In the end though, it has to be Klum. She’s managed to stay at peak hotness for something like fifteen years now, and for that alone she deserves the top spot.

Brande Roderick

"Not one to rest on her laurels..." In a city where beautiful women are a dime a dozen, Brande Roderick stands out as a star among the masses. She recently shot a co-starring role in the much anticipated feature film Starsky and Hutch opposite Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. The movie will be released by Warner Brothers Pictures in April of 2004 and will be a remake of the famous 1970�s television series. She also began production on an independent movie, Out of Control in May of 2003.
In addition she recently completed a starring role in Dracula II: Ascension to be released in June 2003 by Dimension Films. Within her first year in Tinsel Town, Brande landed a co-starring role in the hugely popular Aaron Spelling drama, �Beverly Hills 90210.
She followed that with a string of guest starring roles on shows like Just �Shoot Me�, �Jesse,� �Love Boat: The Next Wave,� as well as being cast in a string of national commercials for products like Snickers, Mentos and Dr. Pepper. Brande�s big break came in 2000 when she was asked to audition for �Baywatch Hawaii.� During Brande�s screen test, executive producer/writer Frank South felt she �hit it out of the park,� and gave her the starring role of Leigh Dyer in the enormously popular show, which is syndicated to countries all around the world. Brande followed Baywatch by taking a bite out of reality, as one of the stars in �The Surreal Life� for The WB network that aired in January 2003. She also reprised her starring role as Leigh Dyer in the Baywatch reunion movie, �Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding, which also aired as a ratings bonanza for Fox in February. Not one to rest on her laurels, Brande will next play Susan in the independent feature Out of Control. Production on the movie starts on May 10 in Switzerland. The film is a coming of age story about a young man following his dreams and having to choose between those dreams and his family. Brande�s character is the driving force that helps him realize what�s really important in life. Since arriving in Los Angeles, Brande has trained under famed theatrical coach, Ivana Chubbuck, as well as Howard Fine and Jim Crenna.
Her outside interests include playing softball in her local league where she lives in Los Angeles, hiking in the canyons with her cocker spaniel and bowling.

Dita Von Teese

Born in a small town in Michigan and raised in a historic antique-filled home, Dita Von Teese's longtime fascination with 1940s cinema and classic retro style has made her name and image synonymous with classic vintage glamour. As a very young girl, Dita became enchanted by the films and stars of Hollywood's Golden Age and spent her childhood dreaming of the high pastiche elegance of 1940s glamour and it's stars like Hedy Lamarr, Rita Hayworth and Betty Grable.
It's no wonder that her childhood fondness for the beauty of yesteryear led her to be revered as not only the most celebrated vintage pinup model and burlesque star, but as one of Hollywood's most glamorous women. At age twelve, she moved out west from Michigan to Orange County, California with her parents and two sisters. Her teen years were spent continuing the classical ballet training she has studied since the age of four, and at age thirteen, she danced as a soloist with a local ballet company.
She idolized Cyd Charisse, a well known film star during the 1950s who was famous for using her classical ballet training for risqu� dance numbers, epitomizing the classic femme fatale...an image Dita longed to grow up to be. For Dita, the appeal of mid nineteenth century glamour carried on into her adulthood, and she began collecting vintage clothes from the 1920s through the 1950s and learned about the details of dressing vintage from head to toe. She soon discovered that not only were women impeccably dressed, but that the underpinnings of the era were divine! In fact, her interest in elegant lingerie led her to pursue her first job at age 15 at a luxury lingerie boutique where she went on to become not only an excellent salesperson, but the shop's buyer of high end lingerie.(Not to mention collector!) In college, she studied historic costuming and had aspirations to work as a stylist for period films, but eventually found a niche for her love of vintage elegance as a model specializing in cheesecake.
Her love of feminine finery, particularly of classic seamed stockings and garters soon inspired her to acquire the ultimate lingerie piece�.a Victorian corset! Having also admired the look of corsets in the films and photos set in the 1800s, she would have no idea at that time that her desire to tight-lace at age eighteen would lead her to a fetish boutique specializing in this type of exotic apparel. It was during one of her many visits to this fetish shop when she first saw an image of Bettie Page by famed artist Olivia.
In 1991, Dita set out to recreate some of Bettie's intriguing images in an effort to bring back nostalgic elegance to the pages of fetish magazines. Since then, Ms. Von Teese has often been compared to Bettie not only for her spirit and for her enduring image, but as the premiere fetish supermodel with countless magazine covers and as one of artist Olivia's favorite art muses. Her career as a glamour model skyrocketed, and it wasn't long before she gained worldwide mainstream press for popularizing retro style and vintage eroticism. Dita began one of the very first model websites ever created on the internet, and as the first retro styled pinup on the web, her site contains an extraordinary collection of over 10,000 impeccably self-styled photographs. Some of the best in the business have photographed her, including Ellen Von Unwerth, Dewey Nicks, Juergen Teller, P.R Brown, Rankin, Lionel Deluy, Sean McCall, Perou, Christophe Mourthe, Pierre et Gilles and famed artist Gottfried Helnwein. Dita has most recently been seen in major pictorials and on covers for magazines such as Maxim's Blender, GQ, Arena, The Face, Flaunt, The London Sunday Times, Women's Wear Daily, Esquire, Jane, Elle and Vogue.
Known for both her onstage elegance and off, her personal style has gained much attention in the pages of fashion and celebrity magazines Dita's career in burlesque began in 1993 as she made a hobby of collecting men's magazines from the 1930s and 40s. In these magazines, there were not only cheesecake photographs of her favorite sex goddesses, but also pages and pages of the burlesque dancers from the era. Dita first began performing her tribute to Sally Rand's feather fan dance at one of the biggest fetish events in the US in 1993, and in 1996, she tipped her hat to striptease icon Lili St Cyr by taking a champagne bath in a crystal-clear glass bathtub.
Her unsurpassed showmanship earned her the spotlight as the headlining performer at all three years of Teaseorama, the most highly publicized and attended showcase of the burlesque revival and she has since toured the United States and Europe as a solo performer. In 2002, Dita was singled out with rave reviews from Variety and The Los Angeles Times for her "girl in the glass" solo performances with Carmen Electra's Pussycat Dolls, and the film Charlie's Angels II features a nightclub scene that pays tribute and gives acknowledgment to Dita's trademark act.
During a run of performances in Hollywood, Dita caught Hugh Hefner's eye and put her on the cover of Playboy's coveted Holiday Gala issue showing off her astonishing sixteen and half inch corseted wasp-waist and a featuring a fabulously luxurious ten page pictorial of her signature 40's style. Whether she is lounging on her sparkling crescent moon, riding a brilliant rhinestone-encrusted carousel horse, bathing in a decadent jeweled clawfoot bathtub, or spinning around in a giant filigree sparkling heart, fans of the burlesque resurgence delight at the sophisticated and lavish spectacles that reflect her devotion to details and dedication to the time honored tradition of classic striptease. Dita regularly performs at The Playboy Mansion's special events, and toured the country for their 50th Anniversary tour. She regularly travels worldwide, and has captivated audiences at some of the most exclusive affairs on the planet for clients such as Louis Vuitton, In Style Magazine, Spike TV, Maxim Magazine, MTV, and at the televised New Years Eve and wedding party for The Osbournes. In Fall 2003, she made news with her risqu� burlesque performances for the fashion set while draped in priceless jewels for a performance at London fashion week's most exclusive party for Garrard Diamonds, the British Crown Jewelers. Aside from continuing to make personal appearances worldwide and creating images for her website, Dita spends her free time collecting vintage couture hats, art deco era clothing and rare antique books about the history of burlesque and her favorite stars.
She drives a restored original 1939 Chrysler New Yorker and is an accomplished ballet, swing and argentine tango dancer. She spends her time off from traveling to relax at home in Hollywood with her fianc� Marilyn Manson, their two Devonshire Rex cats Lily and Aleister, and two dachshunds Greta and Eva.
The year 2004 brings many new ventures for Dita. The Erotic Museum on Hollywood Boulevard currently features a special exhibit of Dita's stage costumes and her famous pink ostrich feather fans. Her first book "Burlesque and The Art of the Teese" published by Harpers Collins is due out November 2004, and the second, a vintage style cookbook will be released in January 2005. Also available are her signature brand of authentic 1940's seamed stockings and a line of couture stiletto shoes and a cosmetics are to be launched late 2004.

Angela Taylor

I was born in Santa Barbara California. I'm one of five girls in my family. I have one older sister and 3 younger sisters. My father who moved to Las Vegas shortly after I was born raised me. I attended elementary and middle school in Las Vegas, only to figure out this city wasn�t enough for me. Not to rush over my school years or anything, but to be quite honest with you, I don�t have any memories other than being completely boy crazy. I was boy crazy as far back as the first grade. I don�t know if any of you remember this, but in school kids used to name the days, Monday - marriage day, Tuesday - toes day, etc. This is the way it worked, if you wore a skirt or dress to school on Friday, all the boys would flip it up all day long. Some of the girls would get upset and cry because they forgot it was Friday flip up day, not me, I loved it! In fact, I always wore a dress and little pink panties that said Friday. Of course I would act shy and shocked but between you and I, there was not a shy or shocked bone in my body. Which might I add, did not exist until the age of about 20 or 21.
Oh yeah, I heard it all, daddy long legs, beanpole, and bones brigade. I guess you can say that wasn�t really the reaction I was looking for, but I guess it�s better than no attention at all. My Father, which by this time having three girls, tried everything to keep us busy, especially me. I took basketball, tap, jazz, baton twirling and my favorite, gymnastics. I took 1st Place at the vault in the state meet and I always placed high in the floor routines. After about 6 years of gymnastics, I grew too tall for the sport and had to quit, which was devastating. Shortly after I auditioned for a sing and dance group called Reflections.
We performed all over. My favorite performance we did was Grease. By this time my dad had remarried and his wife was studying photography and always had these assignments due for her class. I was more than happy to volunteer to be the model in the picture. Even thought it wasn�t necessary, I would always dress up and put on make-up. By the time she took the pictures to class they were probably all wondering who the clown in the picture was. Well, what do you expect; I was no make-up artist at 12 years old. At that time Madonna was just hitting it big with Material Girl, so you can imagine the shots. So I guess you can say that this was my first experience as a model.
When I turned 13 I decided to move to California and live with my Mom. That was another devastating time for me because I had become so close to my dad over the years. He had always made sure I did well in school, my grades were always above average, and I was always participating in a lot of school activities. He had rules and I followed them and that was that. I was definitely a daddy�s girl. Off to California I go! Now you have to imagine what it's like for a mother to finally get a chance to raise her daughter after 13 years. It seems like she didn't know how to be the parent. At first she was afraid to tell me to do anything. It seems like she played the best friend instead of the mother. Going from rules and tight schedules to no rules was quite a change. I had no curfew, I was allowed to have boys over, have a boyfriend, dress how I wanted, and wear make-up. I thought I had the coolest mom on the block and so did all my friends. Everybody loved to stay over at my house because they knew we could do whatever we wanted, and the boys wouldn�t have to leave until about 2 am. That soon started to backfire on my mom.
I went completely wild and there was no telling me what to do from then on. She would punish me and ground me to my room, but I would just sneak out the window as soon as she fell asleep. That started to get old and we began fighting all the time.
The following year I moved out. I lived all over California until I finally got situated in Newport Beach. I worked at this very upscale hair salon where I met a bunch of fabulous girls that started taking me out to clubs, remember, at this point I was still seventeen.
I learned a lot and grew up very fast. I was already living in the fast lane as far as clubs, shopping, expensive restaurants, and rich men. Mind you, this wasn�t just any group of girls, they were all blonde bombshells. Some of them were dancers at this bikini bar, some worked at my salon and some just got taken care of by their boyfriends. I started to commute to Los Angeles to sign-up with some modeling agencies. I booked a couple of commercials and got my first job with Playboy. I was so excited, my very first issue was a newsstand special called Latin Girls. I was spending so much time in Las Angeles that I decided to start looking for an apartment. About that same time I met this guy that I thought was so charming, so I decided to move in with him.
We found this beautiful place on Doheny and Sunset , and started playing house. If you have ever been to Las Angeles, you know there are a lot of strip clubs. I remember how glamorous my friends made it look, so I danced a couple of armature night contests. At the time I loved everything about dancing, the money, the sexy clothes, dancing on stage, and getting to be very flirtatious without having to be responsible. By that time I was starting to realize the guy I was dating wasn�t what I thought he was going to be.
He was very jealous and started to cheat on me. It soon became a nightmare, this guy turned into a complete psycho. Obviously I moved out as soon as possible. Every girl has a stalker story, so here is mine. He would break into my apartment before I got home and be standing in my living room, I would have threatening phone calls, he keyed my car, he would provoke girls into starting fights with me and also turned my two closest fiends against me.
By the way, to whoever is reading this, if you live in the Los Angeles area, beware of a guy named Timmy Ianello!!! It became so unbearable that my girlfriend and I took off to New York. I was only with this guy a short while, but I have to say he really did a job on me. I was so hurt that I lost myself for the next 4 months, and was not in character with myself. I tried so hard to forget everything he had done to me. I started dancing at Scores and was partying every single night. I was making so much money, shopping all day, living in a hotel with two other girls and actually started taking an extreme liking to one of them.
I wouldn�t say that I decided against men, but for the time I decided to give women a try. I think all girls that have danced or even been around the atmosphere of the whole strip club life had to have all taken a liking or at least a curiosity towards other women.
I really have to say for a while I didn�t miss being with a man. Girls are so soft, sexy and just in tune with other girl�s feelings. It seems like a no brainer right, women with women and men with men, don�t worry, I�m just kidding.
It was fun, I wouldn�t take that back. After a while you do start to miss a mans big strong hands, and being held in his arms where you feel so safe. Anyways, I�ll always have an attraction towards women and if I end up with a girl here and there, great. Don�t worry guys, at the end of the day I�m always going to come running home to you.
Being the California beach bum that I am, you can imagine how the city starts to close in on you after a while. Don�t get me wrong, I loved New York, I just really missed being able to see the beautiful ocean view, smell the cool breeze, and hear the seagulls. A couple of friends and I started making weekend trips to Miami Beach. The nightlife there is by far the wildest!! Maybe it�s the hot weather, it�s so warm all the time, and so the girls always dress so sexy, which makes all the guys crazy.
There is also a good mix of cultures in Miami, which makes it very interesting. Can you guess what I did next? You got it, Miami here I come. I made the move from New York to Miami Beach and have been there ever since. I have a great condo in a high rise right on the water; it has the most amazing view you�ve ever seen. I have two cats, Simon, and Sabra, and one ferret, Sasha. All girls of course, there is only room for one man in my house. Life in Miami is very relaxed.
I�m working full time with Wilhelmina Miami and have been very lucky with work. I�ve done dozens of national commercials anywhere from Bally�s, Budweiser, Nair, and Coors. As far as print ads, I don�t do a lot of catalogs; they told me I�m too sexy. Actually that is one of the unfortunate things because Miami is all catalog and that is definitely where the money is. I do a lot of fitness, swimwear, lingerie, and anything that calls for a great body.
The biggest job I had, and the one I brag about is when I got hired to back-up sing and dance for Julio Inglesias for his �Noche de Quatro Lunas� tour. I worked with two other girls, one was the sexiest Cuban girl you ever saw, and man could she dance. She helped me out a lot and gave me pointers. The other girl was a tall thin redheaded Spanish girl who was the funniest sweetest thing. We saw the whole world in the blink of an eye.
We visited Milan, London, Paris, Sweden, Switzerland, Russia, Brazil, Venezuela, and Argentina. Being on tour can get very trying at times. You don�t eat properly, and the food is so different everywhere you go. Sleep definitely starts to be an issue, the jet lag can be unbearable.
Tempers flared, but as soon as the show begins, everything is put aside and we all had a great time. Don�t get me wrong; the shows were always followed with fabulous dinners with Julio and his people from Sony. We stayed in very fancy hotels, flew on his jet from country to country, and saw many amazing places. The Luvre in Paris, and Red Square in Russia to name a few.
It�s funny with all this excitement you think it would be enough to keep anybody happy, not me, one night while we were in Paris, the Cuban girl and I snuck out to go for a stroll and ended up on a bungy jump. It cost us all our money we were given for the day, but we did it anyway. It was amazing and definitely the adrenaline rush I needed after such a hectic week.
If you were wondering why I say snuck out, it�s because we weren�t really supposed to stray too far from the hotel or leave without and escort. That gets annoying after a while so sneaking out happened quite often. When I�m home I enjoy my time tanning, shopping, and hanging with my friends. I�ve also recently started fashion and interior design.
I�ve decorated a few apartments that came out looking gorgeous. Right now I just design cloths for myself to wear out, and the response to them has been surprising. I guess I�m very well rounded when it comes to my talents.
I really don�t think there is anything I can�t do, and not much I haven�t done. My goals now are to land some covers and start working on the big screen. I intend to continue to expand in my study of dance.
I learned Latin dance with Julio, but now I want to take some ballet, jazz and some belly dancing. I�ll take some pictures in class for all of you to see. Until then a� tout a l�heure. That means �talk to you later� in French.

Love Angela

Miki Black

The early years
Here's my life story in a nutshell: I was born and eventually I will die. Oh, you want more? I'm flattered!
OK, I was born on May 31st and due to the fact that I have stopped aging, I cannot disclose the year (that was part of the deal). I am definitely a Gemini, a very strange breed and the sign of the Twins.
My ethnicity is Japanese/Caucasian. My mother and father met in Okinawa, Japan when my father was in the Army Special Forces. They married, had my brother, moved back to the States and had me. No, I was not raised as your stereotypical "military brat", but we did attend many crazy Special Forces reunions growing up
I spent my early childhood in the Midwest, my elementary and junior high years in Saudi Arabia of all places, and back to the Midwest for high school and college. I was quite the problem child back in the day so we'll leave most of those details out. Believe me, I was an unusually evil teen. What saved my ass throughout were my art, music and a supportive family.
During my years overseas, I was lucky enough to have traveled with my family all over the world. Before my teens, I had already traveled to Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Greece, Italy, France, England, Ireland, Thailand, Japan, Singapore, Korea, and Saudi Arabia, and I'm probably even forgetting a couple places. These were mostly vacations that we took as a family during just about every holiday break that we were given. After all, living in Saudi Arabia was no picnic so we took advantage of every travel opportunity that we could. As a result of living in a foreign country for six years, combined with all the traveling that we did, the experiences and sights that I've seen have caused me to view the world from a very unique perspective. It's also contributed well to my insanity!
What I'm doing now
During my years overseas, I was lucky enough to have traveled with my family all over the world. Before my teens, I had already traveled to Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Greece, Italy, France, England, Ireland, Thailand, Japan, Singapore, Korea, and Saudi Arabia, and I'm probably even forgetting a couple places. These were mostly vacations that we took as a family during just about every holiday break that we were given. After all, living in Saudi Arabia was no picnic so we took advantage of every travel opportunity that we could. As a result of living in a foreign country for six years, combined with all the traveling that we did, the experiences and sights that I've seen have caused me to view the world from a very unique perspective. It's also contributed well to my insanity!
I always had a love for the arts, so when it came time for college I pursued the field of Graphic Design. I received my B.F.A. in Commercial Art/Computer Design from Millikin University, a small private liberal arts college in Illinois and worked as a Graphic Designer for a few years. Meanwhile, I had been dreaming about making the journey across the country to Southern California and I finally did just that in the fall of 1999. No regrets! This is truly the best weather in the country and the job opportunities are unreal.
I started modeling in 2001, after realizing that desk jobs are just not for me. You see, I'm a little hyper and I tend to complain just a bit when I'm confined, so sitting for eight hours a day is like a form of torture for me. Modeling has definitely been rewarding. I've modeled quite a range from beauty to glamour to fashion.
In 2002, I began focusing on music, namely the guitar, which I've been playing since my early teens. I'm now working on some amazing music projects and I only wish that I had moved to Cali years ago.
I love what I'm doing now. Every day is an adventure. I meet tons of people and it sure breaks the monotony of a nine-to-fiver. There is still so much more that I have yet to accomplish. What does the future hold? I couldn't tell you. I can tell you this...it will definitely be an interesting journey.