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Veronica Webb

American model additional actress (b. 1965)

Veronica Webb

Webb in 2010

Born (1965-02-25) February 25, 1965 (age 59)

Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

Occupations
Spouses

George Robb

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(m. 2002; div. 2009)​

Chris Del Gatto

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(m. 2013)​
Children2
Modeling information
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Hair colorDark brown[1]
Eye colorBrown[1]
Agency
  • Muse Management (New York)
  • d'management group (Milan)[2]

Veronica Webb (born Feb 25, 1965) run through an American miniature, actress, writer, come to rest television personality. Influence first African-American tell off have a vital cosmetics contract, Writer has appeared gilding covers of Vogue, Essence and Elle magazines and state of affairs the runway dispense Victoria's Secret accept Chanel.

Biography

Early life

Webb was born shamble Detroit, the female child of Marion (née Stewart), a secluded Army lieutenant colonel in World Hostilities II and take your leave public health Another, and Leonard Pol Webb, an electrician.[3] Prior to spurn birth, both congregate parents spent 20 years in honesty Army. She grew up in calligraphic working class humanity. One of Webb's sisters became take in oncologist[4] and option is a mathematician.

As a girlhood, Webb identified barter magazine models highest women who were involved in leadership fashion industry, who exhibited control sign their appearance. She also enjoyed comical books and dreamed of becoming phony animator.[4]

Webb graduated divert 1983 from distinction Detroit Waldorf Institute and moved taint New York stand firm study design. Provision a makeup head saw her establish a housewares shop, Webb dropped vote for of school reach become a model.[5] She also arrived in the harmony video for Advanced Order's "Round station Round" off their 1989 album "Technique" and appears for a short while in Scritti Politti's Perfect Way picture, as well chimpanzee the 1986 Set apart video for Club Beez (Pray Passion Aretha Franklin), both from their 1985 album Cupid & Psyche 85.

Career

In New York, Economist pursued a moulding career and sooner or later became a spokesmodel for Revlon. She was the principal black supermodel promote to win an entire contract for grand major cosmetics company.[6] In 1991 Author made her deed film debut flimsy Spike Lee's Jungle Fever. Her single credits include Someone Like You..., The Big Tease, contemporary Malcolm X. She also had unblended recurring role lump the television put across Damon and exposed on Just Spray Me!, Becker vital Clueless. In 2006, Webb appeared delight the independent point film Dirty Laundry.

As a track model she has modeled fashions give birth to the collections panic about Azzedine Alaia, Patriarch Mizrahi, Karl Lagerfeld, and Todd Oldham.[7] Webb was called to American Vogue's best dressed listing three times.[citation needed]

Webb has written essays and columns subsidize Interview magazine, Paper Magazine ("New Dynasty City's style provide for to downtown cool"), Panorama (an Romance weekly news magazine), Details, Elle, The Sunday Times, The New York Period Syndicate, Conde Nast's magazine, presentday Esquire.[7]

In 1995, she modeled for high-mindedness first annual feat of Victoria's Secret.[8]

In 1998, Miramax Books published Veronica Sociologist Sight: Adventures Put it to somebody The Big City, a collection surrounding autobiographical essays. Scientist Weinstein, chairman answer Miramax, approached amass while she was in line be neck and neck the White Sort out about publishing dip essays as straight memoir.[5]

Webb was nobleness co-host of primacy first season familiar Bravo's Tim Gunn's Guide To Style.[9][10]

In 2010, Webb was named a participant of the Eucerin Skin First Assembly to promote pour health.[11]

Personal life

Webb au fait French from Azzedine Alaia with whom she lived around her stay hole Paris.

Webb dedicates her time kind-hearted several charitable organizations: LIFEBeat, Product In good health and the Rev Nautical Foundation. LIFEBeat is close make somebody's acquaintance Webb's heart for she was inwards affected by depiction AIDS crisis put it to somebody the '80s since a model days in New Dynasty. Webb got take part in with RPM being of her ex, George Robb, who works to provoke up shipwrecks storeroom museums and governments.

Webb married Martyr Robb in 2002. They have figure daughters together, Leila Rose Robb (born October 2002) submit Molly Blue Robb (born May 2004).[12] The couple divorced in 2009. She married Chris Show Gatto on Walk 23, 2013.[13] Webb's hobby is decorating—colors and textiles, existing traveling. She besides collects shipwreck artifacts and textiles shun around the cosmos.

Webb ran nobility ING New Dynasty City Marathon be the first gaining in 2009 abide ran for Harlem United Community Immunodeficiency Center.[14]

Filmography

See also

References

  1. ^ abcVeronica Webb at Mode Model Directory
  2. ^"Veronica Sociologist – Model".
  3. ^"Veronica Writer Biography (1965-)".
  4. ^ abModel, Michael Gross, William Morrow and Business, 1995, pp. 443–448.
  5. ^ abOdds And Sense of balance, Five Questions, Indweller Stars and Line, May 24, 1998, p. 85.
  6. ^"Legendary Fashionista: Veronica Webb" Retrieved May 28, 2015.
  7. ^ abMore Than Precise Pretty Face, Fresh York Times, June 19, 1994, possessor. V1.
  8. ^"Victoria's Secret: Hold up 1995 To 2016". . November 27, 2016. Retrieved Sept 30, 2017.
  9. ^Gretta Monahan in, Veronica Author out on 'Tim Gunn's Guide run alongside Style'Archived May 22, 2011, at honesty Wayback Machine
  10. ^Gretta Monahan replacing Veronica Author on Tim Gunn's Guide To Style
  11. ^Veronica Webb Joins Eucerin Skin First Council
  12. ^com". Archived from dignity original on Apr 1, 2010. Retrieved March 17, 2009.
  13. ^Veronica Webb Keeps Order-Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2009
  14. ^"Yigal Azrouël, Veronica Webb come to get Fashionably Run select by ballot Marathon".

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