Toccara Jones
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| Toccara Jones | |
 Toccara Jones at the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta. October 14, 2007. Photo by Travis Hudgons/PictureAtlanta.Net | |
| Date of birth | March 13, 1981 |
| Place of birth | Dayton, Ohio, United States |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Dark Brown |
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st) |
| Agency | Wilhelmina Models |
Toccara Jones (born March 13, 1981) from Dayton, Ohio, is an American fashion model, occasional actress and television personality. Jones was a contestant on the third season of the UPN series America's Next Top Model.
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Biography
Jones attended Stivers School for the Arts in Dayton, where she majored in theatre and dance. Jones was honored by the Middleton, Ohio NAACP at the Freedom Fund Gala. She received a key to the city[1]
Modeling career
She was the eighth contestant eliminated on the third cycle of America's Next Top Model, where she won "Covergirl of the Week" four times. She was recently voted as one of the most memorable contestants by AOL Entertainment.[2]
Since ANTM, Jones signed with Wilhelmina Models as a plus-size model. She has been on the covers of Be, The Next Level Magazine (November 2005), Black Men magazine, Black Hair magazine, Braids magazine, and King magazine (February/March 2006, March/April 2006, and April 2008). She appeared in the December 2008 issue of Ebony magazine.[3]
Jones has modeled for Ashley Stewart, Avon, Torrid, New York and Company, Target, Essence magazine, Vibe magazine and Smooth magazine. Her runway shows include Hot 97's Third Annual Full Frontal Hip hop Fashion Show, Luxe & Romance Fall 2005, BET Presents: Rip The Runway 2, Elle Girl presents Dare To Be You: Wal-Mart Meets America's Next Top Models 2005 and Alice & Olivia Fall 2006. Jones was also selected to be part of the 2007 Rocawear "I Will Not Lose" campaign representing the Rocawear plus-size line for full-figured females.
She was photographed by Steven Meisel for the July, all black issue of Vogue Italia and had a 14 page spread in the magazine.[4] This makes her the first black plus-size model to appear in the pages of a Vogue issue, and the third America's Next Top model contestant to be in a Vogue publication, along with Cycle 6's Mollie Gondi and Cycle 7's Anchal Joseph.
She was featured in Cycle 11 as CoverGirl's very first Top Model in Action
Television career
She has co-hosted an episode of 106 & Park. She was a correspondent for The Black Carpet and a co-host on the game show Take the Cake both for the BET network.
She also occasionally appears on The Tyra Banks Show. In one talent episode, she served as a judge. She also hosted America's Next Thick and Sexy Model on the show. She recently was one of the former Top Model girls who appeared in post show interviews in America's Next Top Model: Exposed.
She also appeared on the second season of the VH1 series Celebrity Fit Club. During the show, she lost 32 lb (15 kg) to get down to 173 lb (78 kg). Toccara wanted to weigh 180 lb (82 kg) because it was "good for her career". Toccara gained 14 lb (6.4 kg) back and currently appears on Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp, which puts celebrities from past seasons up against new celebrities, and which premiered in March 2008. She ended the show weighing in at 166 pounds, surpassing her weight loss goal by 7 pounds. Jones also appeared in another reality show for VH1, Celebrity Paranormal Project in 2006.
Acting
She made a cameo appearance in Trina's music video for the song "I Got a Thang for You". She will participate in a 2009 national tour of the Vagina Monologues with an all-black cast.[5]
Appearances
- "I Got a Thang for You" (2008) extra in Trina's music video
- Celebrity Fit Club (2008) TV Series ....Herself (Season 6)
- 1st Annual Fiercee Awards (Tyra Banks Show(2008) .... Herself
- Take the Cake (2007) .... Host
- Celebrity Paranormal Project (1 episode, 2006)
- E! True Hollywood Story .... Herself (1 episode, 2006)
- The Tyra Banks Show .... Herself (6 episodes, 2005-2006)
- Girlfriends .... Waitress (1 episode, 2005)
- All of Us .... Marsha (1 episode, 2005)
- Celebrity Fit Club (2005) TV Series .... Herself (season 2)
- America's Next Top Model .... Herself (Season 3, 2004)
References
- ↑ "pr.com". http://www.pr.com/press-release/109472. Retrieved on 5 November 2008.
- ↑ Model Contestants We Can't Forget - AOL Entertainment Canada
- ↑ Ebony Magazine
- ↑ Critic’s Notebook - Conspicuous by Their Presence - NYTimes.com
- ↑ Reality Stars Will Perform in the Vagina Monologues REality Blurred, February 5, 2009
External links
- Official Website
- Toccara Jones at the Internet Movie Database
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