Toccara Jones
Toccara Jones | |
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fashion model | |
Modeling information | |
Hair color | Brown |
Eye color | Dark brown |
Agency | Wilhelmina Models |
Toccara Elaine Jones (born March 13, 1982)
Biography
Jones attended Stivers School for the Arts in Dayton, where she majored in theatre and dance.[3] Jones was honored by the Middletown, Ohio NAACP at the Freedom Fund Gala. She received a key to the city.[4]
Modeling career
She is the twelfth finalist selected for
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), Plus Model Magazine (October 2011). She appeared in the December 2008 issue of Ebony magazine.[6]
Jones has modeled for line for full-figured females.
Jones continues to model by participating in BET's Rip the Runway. At the 2009 Rip the Runway, which was held at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, Jones featured several items by designers including Project Runway's Korto Momolu and Portege.[7]
She was photographed by Steven Meisel for the July "Black Issue" of Vogue Italia, the highest selling issue ever, and had a 14-page spread in the magazine.[8][9] The "Black Issue" featured significant past and current black models in response to the "black out" of black models preventing them from getting hired for print and runway jobs.[10]
She was featured in
As of May 2010, she has landed her first major UK modelling job with High Street store Evans, modelling their Summer collection.[11][12]
Television career
She has co-hosted an episode of
She occasionally appears on The Tyra Banks Show.[13] 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.
In 2006, Jones appeared in another reality show for VH1, Celebrity Paranormal Project.
In 2008, Jones was a competitor on the second season of the
In 2011, Jones starred in the second season of the reality series The Ultimate Merger.[14]
Acting
She made an appearance in Trina's music video for the song "I Got a Thang for You". She participated in a 2009 national tour of The Vagina Monologues with an all-black cast.[15] She also made an appearance in the 2012 movie Think Like a Man.
Filmography
- "Will I Ever" extra in Lyfe Jennings' music video (2009)
- "I Got a Thang for You" extra in Trina's music video (2008)
- Celebrity Fit ClubTV Series .... Herself (season 6, 2008)
- 1st Annual Fiercee Awards (The Tyra Banks Show) .... Herself (2008)
- Take the Cake .... Host (2007)
- 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)
- America's Next Top Model .... Herself (Cycle 3, 2004 * Cycle 12, 2009 * Cycle 14, 2010)
- Are We There Yet? ... (season 2, 2011)
- Hotel California (Tyga Album).... Tyga (Hotel California 2014)
References
- ^ "Twitter / Toccara Jones". March 12, 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2011.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ Kimmy (March 11, 2011). "Toccara Jones Celebrates Her 30th Birthday". Necole Bitchie. Archived from the original on March 13, 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ^ "Toccara Jones" Retrieved June 26, 2015
- ^ "pr.com". Retrieved November 5, 2008.
- ^ "Model Contestants We Can't Forget". AOL Entertainment Canada. Retrieved December 13, 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "withlovetyra.com". Ebony. Withlovetyra.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
- ^ "BET's Rip The Runway 2009". GossipOnThis.com. February 24, 2009. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
- ^ Horyn, Cathy (June 19, 2008). "Critic's Notebook - Conspicuous by Their Presence". The New York Times. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ^ Stephens, Britt. "Toccara Jones". POPSUGAR Beauty. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
- ^ "Toccara Jones For Italian Vogue 'Black Issue'". Brown Sista Online Magazine. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
- ^ "Toccara Jones modeling for the Evans Summer 2010…". The Angry Black Woman. April 24, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
- ^ "TOCCARA JONES THE NEW FACE OF EVANS | Stylish Curves". Stylish Curves. July 1, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
- ^ "Toccara Jones - Vogue.it" (in Italian). Retrieved October 10, 2018.
- ^ "Harlem's Toccara Jones On TV Ones 'The Ultimate Merger'". Harlem World. July 7, 2011. Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
- ^ "Reality Stars Will Perform in the Vagina Monologues". REality Blurred. February 5, 2009.
External links
- Toccara Jones at IMDb