Quiana Grant

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Quiana Grant
Born (1982-03-21) March 21, 1982 (age 39)
Newport News, Virginia, U.S.
Modeling information
Height5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m)
Hair colorBlack
Eye colorBlack
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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.

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Biography

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

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

  1. ↑ http://www.imgmodels.com/quiana/new-york/women
  2. ↑ http://www.imgmodels.com/quiana/paris/women
  3. ↑ http://www.imgmodels.com/quiana/london/women
  4. ↑ http://www.imgmodels.com/quiana/sydney/women
  5. ↑ "Quiana Grant". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
  6. ↑ "Bodypainting". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
  7. ↑ Holtzclaw, Mike (2008-02-15). "Newport News model makes SI swimsuit debut". Daily Press. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
  8. 1 2 3 "Quiana Grant's Q&A". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Quiana Grant". Maybelline. Archived from the original on 2008-03-16. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
  10. 1 2 Holtzclaw, Mike (2008-02-16). "Her career's going swimmingly". Daily Press. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
  11. 1 2 "Quiana Grant". Fashion Model Directory. Retrieved 2008-02-15.


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