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Veronica Webb in Miami and "Yappy Hour" on Las Olas

South Florida Sun-Sentinel - Found Oct. 23, 2008
Oct.25: Super-duper model Veronica Webb (pictured at left) will join local glamazon Tracy Mourning for the grand opening of the En Avance...

Posted on October 23, 2008, 6:51 am

Yes, we can change the face of fashion

Globe and Mail - Found Nov. 15, 2008
Earlier this year, on NBC's Today Show, veteran model Veronica Webb attributed the scarcity of black models to the lack of blacks in power...

Posted on November 15, 2008, 2:26 am

Mixed reaction in Bristol to new powers to tackle prostitution

Bristol Evening Post - Found Nov. 19, 2008
Veronica Webb, aged 26 and 25, live in the area. They say they regularly see women selling sex and that kerb crawlers have approached Veronica...

Posted on November 19, 2008, 3:07 am

Runway To Red Carpet - End Of The Week Round Up

Red Carpet Fashion Awards - Found Nov. 9, 2008
Spring 2009 Mischa Barton in Dsquared˛ Spring 2009 June Ambrose in Louis Vuitton Fall 2008 Veronica Webb in Rachel Roy Spring...

Posted on November 9, 2008, 3:04 am

The 3rd Annual Black Girls Rock! Awards

Young, Black, and Fabulous - Found Nov. 3, 2008
Lots more pics when you read the rest? Veronica Webb hit the red carpet in a pretty green, black, and white dress.

Posted on November 3, 2008, 8:30 am

CELEBS REACT TO OBAMA WIN: Oprah, Diddy, Madonna, Kanye, Moore, ...

EURweb - Found Nov. 6, 2008
I guess he was trying to bring people together.' Model Veronica Webb, at designer Tracey Reese's party at her shop, told the Daily News: 'We...
OMG! Oprah Forced To Use A Port-a-Potty! - Starpulse
'I'm unleashed', declares Oprah in jubilant on-air celebration of ... - Mail Online UK
Mega-rich Oprah Winfrey claims on TV to have been 'unleashed' by ... - Mail Online UK
Madonna celebrates Obama victory - Telegraph and Argus
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Posted on November 6, 2008, 5:30 am

Tila Tequila lives it up -- with tequila

Miami Herald - Found Nov. 1, 2008
... opening celebration of new Design District boutique En Avance last Saturday, hosted by supermodel Veronica Webb, Tracy and Alonzo Mourning...

Posted on November 1, 2008, 1:43 pm

Gunn's "Style" could be shorter

Seattle Times - Found Oct. 15, 2008
Gunn's Guide to Style,' under way Thursdays with a new co-host stylist Gretta Monahan has replaced model Veronica Webb at Gunn's side I'm...
The Debate or Project Runway? - Time
TIM GUNN MEASURES UP 'RUNWAY' SHOWDOWN - New York Post
How to watch debate and 'Project Runway' finale - Chicago Tribune
How to watch both debate, 'Runway' - Chicago Tribune
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Posted on October 15, 2008, 3:54 am

'Style' could be shorter

Miami Herald - Found Oct. 1, 2008
... gets under way Thursday (11 p.m., Bravo) with a new co-host - stylist Gretta Monahan has replaced model Veronica Webb at Gunn's side - I'm...
Gretchen Monahan: A Makeover Story - Boston Magazine
Bravo's "Tim Gunn's Guide To Style" Season 2 (Television Review) - EdgeBoston.com
'Style' could be shorter - Fresno Bee
'Style' could be shorter - Sun Herald
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Posted on October 1, 2008, 5:04 am

'Style' could be shorter

Fort Mills Times - Found Oct. 2, 2008
... gets under way Thursday (11 p.m., Bravo) with a new co-host - stylist Gretta Monahan has replaced model Veronica Webb at Gunn's side - I'm...
Tim Gunn tosses woman's cable-knits - Detroit News
Bravo to 'Tim Gunn's Guide to Style' - New York Daily News
"Tim Gunn's Guide to Style" just doesn't know when to quit - Denver Post
'Style' could be shorter - Modesto Bee
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Posted on October 2, 2008, 9:19 am

Veronica Webb Biography

Veronica Webb
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Veronica Webb (born February 25, 1965) is an African-American model, actress, writer, journalist and television personality. Webb was the first African-American to have a major cosmetics contract . Webb appeared on covers of Vogue, Essence and Elle magazines and on the runway for Victoria's Secret and Chanel.

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Biography

Webb was born in Detroit, Michigan. She grew up in a working class community. Her father Doug was an electrician at the tank division of Chrysler; he died in 1993.. Her mom Marion was a nurse at Detroit General Hospital. One of Webb's sisters became an oncologist1 and another is a mathematician.

As a youth Webb looked at magazines and admired the freedom of women who were involved in the fashion industry. Models controlled the way they appeared while other women did not. She enjoyed comic books and dreamed of becoming an animator. She identified with characters in comics who usually came from ordinary places. Webb understood that superheroes first fantasized intensely prior to being placed into a fantastic situation. At which point they realize they have superpower 1.

Webb graduated in 1983 from Detroit's Waldorf School and moved to New York to study design. After a makeup artist saw her in a housewares boutique, Webb dropped out of school to become a model2.

Personal

She learned French (language) from Karl Lagerfeld whom she moved in with for almost a year1.

Ms. Webb dedicates her time to several charitable organizations: LIFEBeat, Product Red and the RPM Nautical Foundation. She married George Robb in 2002. Their daughters are Leila Rose Robb (12 Oct 2002) and Molly Blue Robb(21 May 2004). They live in the Florida Keys.

Career

She moved to New York City to earn her college degree and was discovered on the streets by a New York makeup artist 2 In New York, Webb pursued a modeling career and eventually became a spokesmodel for Revlon. She was the first black supermodel to win an exclusive contract for a major cosmetics company 3 In 1991 Webb made her feature film debut in Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever" Her film credits include “Animal Husbandry,” “The Big Tease” and Spike Lee’s “Malcolm X” and “Jungle Fever.” She has also been featured in a recurring role on the television show “Damon” and has appeared in “Just Shoot Me,” and “Clueless”. She admits that comedy comes much easier for her than drama2.

As a runway model she was in demand to be photographed wearing fashions from the collections of Azzedine Alaia, Isaac Mizrahi, Karl Lagerfeld, and Todd Oldham4. Alaia and Lagerfeld became her friends.

Webb credits as a broadcaster include "Good Morning America", Vogue magazine's syndicated style show "Trend Watch". Veronica has also been named on American Vogue's best dressed list three times.

She served as editor-at-large of Interview magazine, and was also monthly columnist for Paper Magazine, New York City's style guide to downtown cool, for five years. Veronica wrote a weekly column on American culture in Panorama, Italy’s popular weekly news magazine, and has contributed as a writer for Details, Elle, The Sunday Times (UK) and The New York Times Syndicate. Webb was recently added as a contributing editor for Conde Nast's Cookie magazine a lifestyle guide redefining modern motherhood. Esquire (magazine) commissioned her to write an essay on cigars after she did a photo shoot with the publication with Regis Philbin. The periodical's editors were interested that she enjoyed brainy, self-made men, who enjoyed smoking cigars.4

In 1998 Miramax Books published Veronica Webb Sight: Adventures In The Big City. The volume is a remembrance of her life with a collection of her essays. Harvey Weinstein approached her while she was in line at the White House about publishing her essays and memoir. He had been a fan of her writing for some time. In the book Webb is especially frank about both her naivety and arrogance as a youth 2.

Currently

Webb was the co-host during the first season of Bravo's Tim Gunn's Guide To Style. Eric Wilson wrote in the New York Times Style section that as the co-host of Bravo TV's Tim Gunn's Guide To Style. Veronica Webb is "Saving humanity one make-over at a time."

This Christmas Webb plays a high powered fashion editor opposite Rockman Dunbar in the independent feature film "Dirty Laundry".

Partial filmography

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Model, Michael Gross (writer), William Morrow and Company, 1995, pgs. 443-448.
  2. ^ a b c d Odds And Ends, Five Questions, European Stars and Stripes (newspaper), May 24, 1998, pg. 85.
  3. ^ Veronica Webb - Fashion Model. Accessed 2007-12-22.
  4. ^ a b More Than A Pretty Face, New York Times, June 19, 1994, pg. V1.

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Veronica Webb video Profile of this supermodel from the 90s. Christy Turlington speaks about her! clip
Title: Veronica Webb
Description: Profile of this supermodel from the 90s. Christy Turlington speaks about her!
Veronica Webb video Model and journalist Veronica Webb meets Lennox Lewis as he prepares for his fight against Tommy Morrison in Atlantic City on the 7th of October ... clip
Title: Lennox Lewis & Veronica Webb (Unseen)
Description: Model and journalist Veronica Webb meets Lennox Lewis as he prepares for his fight against Tommy Morrison in Atlantic City on the 7th of October ...
Veronica Webb video A fantastic glimpse backstage at the Giorgio di SantAngelo show in 1989. Cindy Crawford does double duty as fashion reporter and supermodel and ... clip
Title: A rare 1989 Glimpse of Legendary Supermodels Backstage
Description: A fantastic glimpse backstage at the Giorgio di SantAngelo show in 1989. Cindy Crawford does double duty as fashion reporter and supermodel and ...
Veronica Webb video Jada Yuan talks with Isaac Mizrahi and Veronica Webb backstage at the Isaac Mizrahi spring  09 runway show clip
Title: Party Lines: Isaac Mizrahi
Description: Jada Yuan talks with Isaac Mizrahi and Veronica Webb backstage at the Isaac Mizrahi spring 09 runway show
Veronica Webb video DIRTY LAUNDRY is a modern day prodigal son story with a twist. It follows Patrick, a magazine writer, who seems to have the "perfect life," until ... clip
Title: Dirty Laundry TRAILER. Opens 12/28. Stars Lorreta Devine.
Description: DIRTY LAUNDRY is a modern day prodigal son story with a twist. It follows Patrick, a magazine writer, who seems to have the "perfect life," until ...
Veronica Webb video Linda, Veronica Webb, Yasmeen, Helena, Karen clip
Title: Jill Sander, Norma Kamali and Alberta Ferretti SS 1993
Description: Linda, Veronica Webb, Yasmeen, Helena, Karen
Veronica Webb video Shalom Veronica Webb Naomi Carla Bruni Tyra Banks clip
Title: Isaac Mizrahi FW 1993
Description: Shalom Veronica Webb Naomi Carla Bruni Tyra Banks
Veronica Webb video A STAMPEDE OF STILETTOS HAS TAKEN OVER BRYANT PARK THIS WEEK FOR NEW YORK CITY’S FAMED FASHION WEEK.
MEGAN MEANY HIGHLIGHTS THE HITS FROM ... clip
Title: NY FALL FASHION WEEK 08 WRAP UP
Description: A STAMPEDE OF STILETTOS HAS TAKEN OVER BRYANT PARK THIS WEEK FOR NEW YORK CITY’S FAMED FASHION WEEK. MEGAN MEANY HIGHLIGHTS THE HITS FROM ...