Quiana Grant is an American model who appeared in the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.[5] She was featured in a bodypainting layout as a canvas for bodypaint artist Joanne Gair who is in her tenth year of producing bodypaint art for the Swimsuit Issue.[6] She was part of a record-setting class of seven rookie Swimsuit Issue models along with Jessica Gomes, Melissa Haro, Yasmin Brunet, Melissa Baker, Jeisa Chiminazzo and Jarah Mariano.
Quiana Grant | |
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| Born | March 21, 1982 Newport News, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Height | 5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m) |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Black |
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Biography edit
Grant attended Menchville High School and graduated in 1999.[7] She now lives Harlem in New York, New York, but she considers Newport News, Virginia, to be her hometown.[8] Although Grant was highly sought after for modeling at age 14, she stayed in school until age 16.[9] At age 16, while her mother underwent a series of eye surgeries, she served as her mother's eyes.[9] Her mother had chorioretinitis and could not even recognize Grant until she was 13.[8] Her parents are Tony and Regina Grant,[10] and she has a younger brother.[8]
Experience edit
Grant was twenty-six years old with over ten years of modeling experience at the time of the release of her debut in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.[10] She has modelled for GAP (photos by Steven Meisel)[9] and Maybelline ad campaigns as well as done runway work for numerous leading fashion houses and designers such as Karl Lagerfeld, Michael Kors, Anne Klein and Bill Blass.[9][11] She is represented by IMG in New York, Modelwerk in Germany, City Models in Paris, France, as well as Vision Model Management.[11]
Notes edit
- ^ http://www.imgmodels.com/quiana/new-york/women [dead link]
- ^ http://www.imgmodels.com/quiana/paris/women [dead link]
- ^ http://www.imgmodels.com/quiana/london/women [dead link]
- ^ http://www.imgmodels.com/quiana/sydney/women [dead link]
- ^ "Quiana Grant". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ^ "Bodypainting". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ^ Holtzclaw, Mike (2008-02-15). "Newport News model makes SI swimsuit debut". Daily Press. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ^ a b c "Quiana Grant's Q&A". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ^ a b c d "Quiana Grant". Maybelline. Archived from the original on 2008-03-16. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ^ a b Holtzclaw, Mike (2008-02-16). "Her career's going swimmingly". Daily Press. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ^ a b "Quiana Grant". Fashion Model Directory. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
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