Toccara Jones

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Toccara Jones (born March 13, 1981) from Dayton, Ohio, is an American fashion model and occasional actress and television personality. Jones was a contestant on the third season of the UPN series "America's Next Top Model".

Biography

Jones attended Stivers School for the Arts in Dayton, where she majored in dance.

She was the seventh 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. [ [http://entertainment.aol.ca/article/top-model-memorable-contestants/97152/ Top Model Contestants We Can't Forget - AOL Entertainment Canada ] ] Jones is of African American descent. [http://www.whosdatedwho.com/celebrities/people/dating/toccara-jones.htm]

Modeling career

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).

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". [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/fashion/19BLACK.html?ref=world Critic’s Notebook - Conspicuous by Their Presence - NYTimes.com ] ] 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. With 14 pages, she has the most pages in a Vogue spread ever.

She has been featured in Cycle 11 as CoverGirl's very first Top Model in Action

Television career

In addition to print modelling, Jones has worked in television. She has co-hosted an episode of "106 & Park". 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 lbs. Toccara wanted to weigh 180 lb (82 kg) because it was "good for her career".Fact|date=November 2007 Toccara gained 14 lbs back and currently appears on , 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.

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 made a cameo appearance in Trina's music video for the song "I Got a Thang for You".

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

External links

* [http://thefabuloustoccara.com/ Official Website]
*MySpace|thefabuloustoccara
*imdb name|id=1861625|name=Toccara Jones