#1935 miss universe pageant

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Illustration detail from the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant poster - 1935.

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The title "Miss Universe" was first used by the International Pageant of Pulchritude in 1926. This contest was held annually until 1935, when the Great Depression and other events preceding World War II led to its demise.

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BEST DRESSED

July 18, 1936

"There are few well-dressed women in Hollywood, avers Bernard Newman, de- signer-in-chief to RKO Radio. "There is no incentive to dress well because of the lack of functions, night clubs and theaters. Many of the stars, unfortunately, are not interested in clothes. 

"Katharine Hepburn, for Instance, would far rather wear a shirt and a pair of slacks than the fanciest, most feminine creation in the world. She lives only for her work. Kay , Francis is not over-interested in clothes, but in spite of this manages to achieve a chic effect with everything she wears. Ginger Rogers is a little more dress-minded than she used to be and now spends several hours a day before her picture work discussing clothes with me. Carole Lombard stands alone in the fashion field with the exception of a dress discovery of my own Lucille Ball. 

If duplicates of the same dress were given Miss Lombard, Marlene Dietrich, Kay Francis and Lucille Ball, the comparatively unknown Miss Ball would win first prize on the score of chic from Mr. Newman.' According to the designer. Miss Ball will one day be the best dressed girl in Hollywood for the reason she has one of the best figures, coupled with that certain something that made the late Lilyan Tashman queen of Hollywood’s fashion kingdom. 

Because of this belief, Mr. Newman has taken it upon himself to supply Miss Ball with all the evening gowns, furs, etc., she requires when dining, wining and dancing, from the lavish supply belonging to the studio. 

New Frock Made of Crepe.

A GLIMPSE into the wardrobe of this paragon of dress-sense might be a profitable expenditure of time. Cleverly fashioned . collar and cuffs of starched white pique are used to trim Miss Balls newest street frock of satin-backed crepe. The entire skirt fullness of the simple dress is concentrated in the center front, as though caught in place by the gold and Jet belt buckle. The black felt hat is worn over the cap veil. Accessories are black suede, the handbag featured by gold initials and chain. 

White fox, one of the most flattering and luxurious of furs, has been chosen by Lucille for her newest formal cape. The wrap is waist-length, fastening in front with an Intricate knot of white silk. With it she wears a wine red silk dinner gown printed in a pattern of stylized gold fans. 

Hollywood’s best-dressed girl boasts a gown created of hunter green imported mohair taffeta printed with tiny rings of white. The three-quarter short-sleeved coat wean over it is white sharkskin and is the adaptable kind which can be worn either with daytime or evening frocks. Her gauntlet gloves are green suede. Faille sandals In the same shade and the tiny banding on her white pique off-the-face hat complete a stunning picture. 

Cape Sets Off Gown. 

A CLEVERLY designed sleeve cape features a striking evening gown of gold lame designed by Newman for Miss Ball to wear on ceremonial occasions.  The cape is merely a pair of sleeves banded with sable. The gown is styled with a high neckline, slightly cowled and straight skirt with gracefully draped train. At the waistline, a vertical row of tiny tucks creates the effect of a wide, gathered girdle. With the ensemble, Miss Ball wears two wide bracelets made of gold leaves, a coronet of gold leaves In her hair, and gold leather sandals. 

“Money does not play as important a part as good taste in the well-dressed woman wardrobe,” Mr. Newman told your correspondent. “Some of the richest star here are the worst dressed. One of Lucille own self-designed dresses cost her $9 - the hat $7 or $8 - and the shoes - these have to be expensive to be good - $15. The complete ensemble, $30. I know many stars whose gowns cost $200 each without achieving for them the effect of Lucille’s inexpensive print.

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Bernard Newman (1903-1966) spent  twelve years at Bergdorf-Goodman in New York, initially as a window dresser. He eventually worked his way up to chief designer. He then moved to Hollywood, working at RKO from 1934 to 1936, designing gowns for several musicals starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. He returned to Bergdorf-Goodman afterward, but continued working for film occasionally.  Newman designed for five films starring Lucille Ball between 1935 and 1936. 

Julie Carter (1913-1991) was an actress best known for The Boys from Syracuse (1940).

Gloria Stuart (1910-2010) appeared with Lucille Ball in 1933′s Roman Scandals. She is perhaps best known for playing Old Rose in Titanic (1997). 

Priscilla Lawson (1914-1958) was crowned "Miss Miami Beach" in 1935 and found work as an Earl Carroll chorus girl in an area casino. Her pageant title caught the eye and attention of Universal Pictures and earned her a contract. Her uneventful career ended in 1941 with an uncredited role in Billy the Kid. 

An ideal travelling outfit of hunter green mohair taffeta, printed with tiny rings of white. The three-quarter, short-sleeved coat is white sharkskin and can be worn either with daytime or evening frocks. Gloves are green suede and sandals are the same shade. 

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Thelma Alice Todd (July 29, 1906 – December 16, 1935) was an American actress and businesswoman often referred to by the nickname "The Ice Cream Blonde", as well as "Hot Toddy". Appearing in around 120 feature films and shorts between 1926 and 1935, she is best remembered for her comedic roles opposite ZaSu Pitts and in films such as Marx Brothers' Monkey Business and Horse Feathers and a number of Charley Chase's short comedies. She co-starred with Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante in Speak Easily. She also had roles in several Wheeler and Woolsey and Laurel and Hardy films, the last of which (The Bohemian Girl) featured her in a part that was truncated by her suspicious death in 1935 at the age of 29.

Todd was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to John Shaw Todd, an upholsterer from Ireland, and Alice Elizabeth Edwards, an immigrant from Canada. She had an older brother, William, who died in an accident in 1910. She was a bright student who achieved good academic results. She intended to become a schoolteacher and enrolled at the Lowell Normal School (now University of Massachusetts, Lowell) after graduating from high school in 1923. In her late teens, she began entering beauty pageants, winning the title of Miss Massachusetts in 1925. While representing her home state, she was spotted by a Hollywood talent scout and began her career in film at Paramount.

During the silent film era, Todd appeared in numerous supporting roles that made full use of her beauty but gave her little chance to act. With the advent of the talkies, Todd was given opportunity to expand her roles when producer Hal Roach signed her to appear with such comedy stars as Harry Langdon, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy.

In 1931, Roach cast Todd in her own series of slapstick comedy shorts, running 17 to 27 minutes each. In an attempt to create a female version of Laurel and Hardy, Roach teamed Todd with ZaSu Pitts for 17 shorts, from "Let's do Things" (June 1931) through "One Track Minds" (May 1933). When Pitts left in 1933, she was replaced by Patsy Kelly, appearing with Todd in 21 shorts, from "Beauty and the Bus" (September 1933) through "An All American Toothache" (January 1936). These Roach shorts often cast Todd as a levelheaded working girl having all sorts of problems and trying her best to remain poised and charming despite the embarrassing antics of her ditzy sidekick.

In 1931, Todd starred in Corsair, a film directed by Roland West, with whom she would later become romantically involved.

Todd became highly regarded as a capable film comedian, and Roach loaned her out to other studios to play opposite Wheeler & Woolsey, Buster Keaton, Joe E. Brown, and the Marx Brothers. She also appeared successfully in such dramas as the original 1931 film version of The Maltese Falcon starring Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade, in which she played Miles Archer's treacherous widow. During her career she appeared in around 120 feature films and shorts.

In August 1934, Todd opened a successful cafe, Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe, at 17575 Pacific Coast Highway in the Los Angeles coastal neighborhood of Pacific Palisades. It attracted a diverse clientele of Hollywood celebrities as well as many tourists.

Todd continued her short-subject series through 1935 and was featured in the full-length Laurel and Hardy comedy The Bohemian Girl. This was her last film; she died after completing all of her scenes, but most of them were re-shot. Producer Roach deleted all of Todd's dialogue and limited her appearance to one musical number.

On the morning of Monday, December 16, 1935, Thelma Todd was found dead in her car inside the garage[ of Jewel Carmen, a former actress and former wife of Todd's lover and business partner Roland West. Carmen's house was approximately a block from the topmost side of Todd's restaurant. Her death was determined to have been caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. West is quoted in a contemporaneous newspaper account[18] as having locked her out, which may have caused her to seek refuge and warmth in the car. Todd had a wide circle of friends and associates as well as a busy social life.

Police investigations revealed that she had spent the previous Saturday night (December 14) at the Trocadero, a popular Hollywood restaurant, at a party hosted by entertainer Stanley Lupino and his actress daughter, Ida. At the restaurant, she had a brief, but unpleasant, exchange with her ex-husband, Pat DiCicco. However, her friends stated that she was in good spirits and were aware of nothing unusual in her life that could suggest a reason for her committing suicide. She was driven home from the party in the early hours of December 15 by her chauffeur, Ernest O. Peters.

The detectives of the LAPD concluded that Todd's death was accidental, the result of her either warming up the car to drive it or using the heater to keep herself warm. A Coroner's Inquest into Todd's death was held on December 18, 1935. Autopsy surgeon A. P. Wagner testified that there were "no marks of violence anywhere upon or within the body" with only a "superficial contusion on the lower lip." There are informal accounts of greater signs of injury. The jury ruled that the death appeared to be accidental but recommended "further investigation to be made into the case, by proper authorities."

Subsequently, a grand jury probe was held to determine whether Todd's death was a murder. After four weeks of testimony, the inquiry was closed with no evidence of murder being brought forward. The case was closed by the Homicide Bureau, which listed the death as "accidental with possible suicide tendencies." However, investigators were unable to find any motive for suicide or a suicide note.

Todd's memorial service was held at Pierce Brothers Mortuary at 720 West Washington Blvd in Los Angeles.

Todd's body was cremated. After her mother's death in 1969, Todd's remains were placed in her mother's casket and buried in Bellevue Cemetery in her hometown of Lawrence, Massachusetts.

For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Todd has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6262 Hollywood Blvd.

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Adrienne Dore (born Elizabeth Himmelsbach; May 22, 1907 – November 26, 1992) was an American model and beauty pageant winner. She was first runner-up in the Miss America 1925 pageant, competing as Miss Los Angeles. Dore was also an actress and went on to have a modest career in motion pictures.

Adrienne Dore was born Elizabeth Himmelsbach on the army base of Fort Sherman in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho before moving to Yakima and then Seattle, Washington where she attended school at a convent. She performed in her first musical there at age three. Her education at Forrest Ridge Convent was in general studies but she focused on dancing and the theater.

Dore moved to Los Angeles, California, and pursued a career in acting, obtaining a job at the Century Roof. She was a singer in the musical review "Elliott, Comstock, and Gest", performing on the roof of the Century Theater at the Grove. She competed in the Miss Los Angeles Beauty contest in 1925, winning, and went on to the Miss America pageant placing second in the competition. The contestants signed promissory contracts for film appearances with the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation upon winning; Dore's was with Universal Pictures for 5 years.

Dore returned to Los Angeles where she began acting in silent pictures and two reelers such as Johnny's Week-End and Adam's Eve, before moving on to full feature talkies. First receiving top billing in minor pictures like Beyond London Lights (1928), then continuing with minor roles alongside such stars as Clara Bow in The Wild Party (1929). In 1931, she obtained a contract from Warner Brothers, and had supporting roles in Union Depot (1932) and The Rich Are Always with Us (1932) with Bette Davis. She met and married independent or B film producer Burt Kelly, who, along with Sam Bischoff and William Saal, headed KBS productions. Dore's last role was in Undercover Men, a 1934 Kelly film that was not released until 1935.

Dore and Kelly remained married until his death in 1983. Dore died at the age of 85 and is buried in an unmarked grave in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.

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Thelma Alice Todd (July 29, 1906 – December 16, 1935) was an American actress and businesswoman often referred to by the nickname "The Ice Cream Blonde", also "Hot Toddy". Appearing in around 120 feature films and shorts between 1926 and 1935, she is best remembered for her comedic roles opposite ZaSu Pitts and in films such as Marx Brothers' Monkey Business and Horse Feathers and a number of Charley Chase's short comedies. She co-starred with Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante in Speak Easily. She also had roles in several Wheeler and Woolsey and Laurel and Hardy films, the last of which (The Bohemian Girl) featured her in a part that was truncated by her suspicious death in 1935 at the age of 29.

Todd was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to John Shaw Todd, an upholsterer from Ireland, and Alice Elizabeth Edwards, an immigrant from Canada. She had an older brother, William. She was a bright student who achieved good academic results. She intended to become a schoolteacher and enrolled at the Lowell Normal School (now University of Massachusetts, Lowell) after graduating from high school in 1923. In her late teens, she began entering beauty pageants, winning the title of Miss Massachusetts in 1925. While representing her home state, she was spotted by a Hollywood talent scout and began her career in film at Paramount.

During the silent film era, Todd appeared in numerous supporting roles that made full use of her beauty but gave her little chance to act. With the advent of the talkies, Todd was given opportunity to expand her roles when producer Hal Roach signed her to appear with such comedy stars as Harry Langdon, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy.

In 1931, Roach cast Todd in her own series of slapstick comedy shorts, running 17 to 27 minutes each. In an attempt to create a female version of Laurel and Hardy, Roach teamed Todd with ZaSu Pitts for 17 shorts, from "Let's do Things" (June 1931) through "One Track Minds" (May 1933). When Pitts left in 1933, she was replaced by Patsy Kelly, appearing with Todd in 21 shorts, from "Beauty and the Bus" (September 1933) through "An All American Toothache" (January 1936). These Roach shorts often cast Todd as a levelheaded working girl having all sorts of problems and trying her best to remain poised and charming despite the embarrassing antics of her ditzy sidekick.

In 1931, Todd starred in Corsair, a film directed by Roland West, with whom she would later become romantically involved.

Todd became highly regarded as a capable film comedian, and Roach loaned her out to other studios to play opposite Wheeler & Woolsey, Buster Keaton, Joe E. Brown, and the Marx Brothers. She also appeared successfully in such dramas as the original 1931 film version of The Maltese Falcon starring Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade, in which she played Miles Archer's treacherous widow. During her career she appeared in around 120 feature films and shorts.

In August of 1934, Todd opened a successful cafe, Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe, at 17575 Pacific Coast Highway in the Los Angeles coastal neighborhood of Pacific Palisades. It attracted a diverse clientele of Hollywood celebrities as well as many tourists.

Todd continued her short-subject series through 1935 and was featured in the full-length Laurel and Hardy comedy The Bohemian Girl. This was her last film; she died after completing all of her scenes, but most of them were re-shot. Producer Roach deleted all of Todd's dialogue and limited her appearance to one musical number.

On the morning of Monday, December 16, 1935, Thelma Todd was found dead in her car inside the garage[14] of Jewel Carmen, a former actress and former wife of Todd's lover and business partner, Roland West. Carmen's house was approximately a block from the topmost side of Todd's restaurant. Her death was determined to have been caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. West is quoted in a contemporaneous newspaper account as having locked her out, which may have caused her to seek refuge and warmth in the car. Todd had a wide circle of friends and associates as well as a busy social life.

Police investigations revealed that she had spent the previous Saturday night (December 14) at the Trocadero, a popular Hollywood restaurant, at a party hosted by entertainer Stanley Lupino and his actress daughter, Ida. At the restaurant, she had a brief, but unpleasant, exchange with her ex-husband, Pat DiCicco. However, her friends stated that she was in good spirits and were aware of nothing unusual in her life that could suggest a reason for her committing suicide. She was driven home from the party in the early hours of December 15 by her chauffeur, Ernest O. Peters.

The detectives of the LAPD concluded that Todd's death was accidental, the result of her either warming up the car to drive it or using the heater to keep herself warm. A Coroner's Inquest into Todd's death was held on December 18, 1935. Autopsy surgeon A. P. Wagner testified that there were "no marks of violence anywhere upon or within the body" with only a "superficial contusion on the lower lip." There are informal accounts of greater signs of injury. The jury ruled that the death appeared to be accidental but recommended "further investigation to be made into the case, by proper authorities."

Subsequently a grand jury probe was held to determine whether Todd's death was a murder. After four weeks of testimony, the inquiry was closed with no evidence of murder being brought forward. The case was closed by the Homicide Bureau, which listed the death as "accidental with possible suicide tendencies." However, investigators were unable to find any motive for suicide or a suicide note.

Visitation was held at Pierce Brothers Mortuary at 720 West Washington Blvd in Los Angeles.

Todd's body was cremated. After her mother's death in 1969, Todd's remains were placed in her mother's casket and buried in Bellevue Cemetery in her hometown of Lawrence, Massachusetts.

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[TASK 146: GEORGIA]

In celebration of Asian American Heritage Month and May 26th being Georgian Independence Day, here’s a masterlist below compiled of over 750+ Georgian faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. If you want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever faceclaim or whichever project you desire.

Any questions can be sent here and all tutorials have been linked below the cut for ease of access! REMEMBER to tag your resources with #TASKSWEEKLY and we will reblog them onto the main! This task can be tagged with whatever you want but if you want us to see it please be sure that our tag is the first five tags, @ mention us or send us a messaging linking us to your post!

THE TASK - scroll down for FC’s!

STEP 1: Decide on a FC you wish to create resources for! You can always do more than one but who are you starting with? There are links to masterlists you can use in order to find them and if you want help, just send us a message and we can pick one for you at random!

STEP 2: Pick what you want to create! You can obviously do more than one thing, but what do you want to start off with? Screencaps, RP icons, GIF packs, masterlists, PNG’s, fancasts, alternative FC’s - LITERALLY anything you desire!

STEP 3: Look back on tasks that we have created previously for tutorials on the thing you are creating unless you have whatever it is you are doing mastered - then of course feel free to just get on and do it. :)

STEP 4: Upload and tag with #TASKSWEEKLY! If you didn’t use your own screencaps/images make sure to credit where you got them from as we will not reblog packs which do not credit caps or original gifs from the original maker.

THINGS YOU CAN MAKE FOR THIS TASK -  examples are linked!

Stumped for ideas? Maybe make a masterlist or graphic of your favourite faceclaims. A masterlist of names. Plot ideas or screencaps from a music video preformed by an artist. Masterlist of quotes and lyrics that can be used for starters, thread titles or tags. Guides on culture and customs.

Screencaps

RP icons [of all sizes]

Gif Pack [maybe gif icons if you wish]

PNG packs

Manips

Dash Icons

Character Aesthetics

PSD’s

XCF’s

Graphic Templates - can be chara header, promo, border or background PSD’s!

FC Masterlists - underused, with resources, without resources!

FC Help - could be related, family templates, alternatives.

Written Guides.

and whatever else you can think of / make!

MASTERLIST!

F:

Lamara Chkonia (1930) Georgian - singer.

Medea Amiranashvili (1930) Georgian - singer.

Gyulli Chokheli (1935) Georgian - singer.

Nani Bregvadze (1936) Georgian - singer.

Ariadna Shengelaya (1937) Georgian - actress.

Rivka Michaeli (1938) Georgian Jewish - actress, comedian, television hostess, and entertainer.

Makvala Kasrashvili (1942) Georgian - singer.

Selda Alkor (1943) Georgian / Circassian Turkish - actress, singer, beauty pageant titleholder, and painter.

Nebahat Çehre (1944) Georgian / Laz - actress, model, singer, and Miss Turkey 1960.

Anastasiya Vertinskaya (1944) Georgian / Russian - actress.

Şerif Sezer (1946) Georgian, Laz, Rumelian - actress.

Nana Jorjadze (1948) Georgian - actress, director, and screenwriter.

Rusudan Bolkvadze (1959) Georgian - actress.

Maryam d’Abo (1960) Georgian / English, Dutch, Scottish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish - actress.

Natela Nicoli (1961) Georgian - singer.

Tamara Gverdtsiteli (1962) Georgian Jewish - actress, singer-songwriter, and composer.

Mircan Kaya / Mircan Kaia (1963) Georgian - singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, composer, and author.

Nino Kirtadze (1968) Georgian - actress, director, and journalist.

Aziza Mustafa Zadeh (1969) Georgian / Azerbaijani - singer, pianist, mugham player, and composer.

Lela Tsurtsumia (1969) Georgian - actress and singer.

Maka Chichua (1971) Georgian - actress, singer, and makeup artist.

Nino Katamadze (1972) Georgian - singer-songwriter and artist.

Liza Bagrationi (1974) Georgian - singer.

Tina Kandelaki (1975) Georgian, Pontian Greek / Turkish, Armenian - tv presenter and producer.

Kristi Kipshidze (1977) Georgian - actress and model.

Akasya Asıltürkmen (1977) Georgian, Tatar, Turkish, Circassian, Laz - actress, acting coach, and dialect coach.

Manana / Manana Japaridze (1978) Georgian - singer.

Marina Nadiradze (1978) Georgian - pianist.

Marie Amachoukeli (1979) Georgian - film director and screenwriter.

Tika Patsatsia / Tinatin Patsatsia (1981) Georgian - singer, model, tv host, guitarist, and pianist.

Tamta / Tamta Goduadze (1981) Georgian - singer.

Irina Shabayeva (1982) Georgian, Jewish, Russian - model and fashion designer.

Keti Khitiri (1982) Georgian - actress.

Nino Machaidze (1983) Georgian - singer.

Tamara Gachechiladze (1983) Georgian - actress and singer-songwriter.

Nutsa Kukhianidze (1983) Georgian - actress.

Maria Katzarava (1984) Georgian / Mexican - singer.

Anita Rachvelishvili (1984) Georgian - singer.

Katie Melua / Ketevan Melua (1984) 3/4 Georgian, 1/8 Russian, 1/8 Unspecified - singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and violinist.

Sopho Gelovani (1984) Georgian - singer.

Mariko Ebralidze (1984) Georgian - singer.

Algı Eke (1985) Georgian - actress.

Keti Topuria / Keta Topuria / Ketevan Topuria (1986) Georgian, Italian, Polish - singer.

Eka Gurtskaia (1986) Georgian - model and Miss Universe Georgia 2011.

Sopho / Sopho Khalvashi (1986) Georgian, Laz - singer.

Elena Satine (1987) Georgian - actress and singer.

Lika Ordzhonikidze (1987) Georgian - model and Miss Universe Georgia 2009.

Ana Giorgelashvili (1987) Georgian - model and and Miss Universe Georgia 2007.

Shorena Janiashvili (1988) Georgian - singer.

Nanuka Gogichaishvili (1989) Georgian - model and Miss Universe Georgia 2010.

Sofia (1989) Georgian - youtuber (SofiaStyled).

Tsira Suknidze (1989 or 1990) Georgian - model and Miss World Georgia 2009.

Sofia Nizharadze / Sopho Nizharadze (1990) Georgian - actress and singer-songwriter.

Kristy Garett / Kristy Goretskaya (1990) Georgian - model.

Khatuna Skhirtladze (1990) Georgian - model and Miss World Georgia 2008.

Sophie Villy (1990) Georgian / Ukrainian, Polish - singer-songwriter and composer.

Tina Dalakishvili / Tinatin Dalakishvili (1991) Georgian - actress and model.

Aleksandra Paichadze (1991) Georgian - model.

Tamo Vashalomidze (1991) Georgian - actress and model.

Nuka Karalashvili (1991) Georgian - model, Miss Universe Georgia 2016, and Miss World Georgia 2015.

Janet Kerdikoshvili (1991) Georgian - singer, model, Miss Universe Georgia 2015, Miss Universe Georgia 2013, and Miss World Georgia 2011.

Moran Mazor (1991) Georgian Jewish - singer-songwriter.

Tiko Chulukhadze / Tinatin Chulukhadze (1991) Georgian - singer.

Tamar Shedania (1992) Georgian - model, Miss Universe Georgia 2012, and Miss World Georgia 2013.

Salome Khomeriki (1992) Georgian - model and Miss World Georgia 2012.

Nini Gogichaishvili (1993) Georgian - model, tv personality, and Miss World Georgia 2019.

Lara Yan / Larissa Petrosyan (1993) Georgian / Armenian - model and Miss Universe Georgia 2018.

Nia Tsivtsivadze (1993) Georgian - model and Miss World Georgia 2018.

Ana Zubashvili (1993) Georgian - model, Miss Universe Georgia 2014, and Miss World Georgia 2014.

Tako Adamia (1994) Georgian - model and Miss Universe Georgia 2019.

Victoria Kocherova (1994 or 1995) Georgian - model and Miss World Georgia 2016.

Nina Sublatti / Nino Sulaberidze (1995) Georgian - singer-songwriter, model, and pianist.

Mariam Chachkhiani (1995) Georgian - singer.

Mariam Kakhelishvili (1995) Georgian - singer-songwriter, model, guitarist, and dancer.

Mariam Khorguashvili (1995) Georgian - model.

Natia Todua (1996) Georgian - singer.

Marita Gogodze / Mariam Gogodze (1996) Georgian - model and Miss Universe Georgia 2017.

Nutsa Buzaladze (1997) Georgian - singer.

EKUNA / Ekuna Kanchaveli (1997) Georgian - singer-songwriter.

Tako Natsvlishvili (1998) Georgian - model.

Kesaria Abramidze (?) Georgian - actress, model, and Miss Trans Star International Georgia 2018. - Trans!

Helen Kalandadze (?) Georgian - singer and tv presenter.

Keti Shekelashvili (?) Georgian - model and Miss World Georgia 2017.

Dea Arakishvili (?) Georgian - model and Miss World Georgia 2010.

F - Athletes:

Maia Azarashvili (1964) Georgian - sprinter.

Elvira Urusova (1968) Georgian - athlete.

Tamara Shanidze (1969) Georgian - sprinter.

Anna Dogonadze (1973) Georgian - trampoline gymnast.

Asmat Diasamidze (1973) Georgian - archer.

Khatuna Narimanidze (1974) Georgian - archer.

Victoria Ravva (1975) Georgian - volleyball player.

Maka Obolashvili (1975) Georgian - track and field athlete.

Yuliya Lobzhenidze (1977) Georgian - archer.

Nino Louarsabishvili (1977) Georgian - tennis player.

Sofia Akhmeteli (1981) Georgian - alpine skier.

Valentina Liashenko (1981) Georgian - high jumper.

Margalita Chakhnashvili (1982) Georgian - tennis player.

Julia Dubina (1984) Georgian - triple jumper.

Gulnara Gabelia (1985) Georgian - footballer.

Mariam Kevkhishvili (1985) Georgian - shot putter.

Kristine Esebua (1985) Georgian - archer.

Salome Devidze (1986) Georgian - tennis player.

Kristina Shadoba (1987) Georgian - footballer.

Anna Salnikova (1987) Georgian - swimmer.

Esther Stam (1987) Georgian - judoka.

Tatia Mikadze (1988) Georgian - tennis player.

Nino Chkuaseli (1988) Georgian - footballer.

Sofia Kvatsabaia (1988) Georgian - tennis player.

Lela Chichinadze (1988) Georgian - footballer.

Khatia Tchkonia (1989) Georgian - footballer.

Sofia Shapatava (1989) Georgian - tennis player.

Manana Shapakidze (1989) Georgian - tennis player.

Tatiana Matveeva (1990) Georgian - footballer.

Tamar Nadirashvili (1990) Georgian - footballer.

Elene Gedevanishvili (1990) Georgian - figure skater.

Natia Skhirtladze (1990) Georgian - footballer.

Tamar Kvelidze (1990) Georgian - footballer.

Luba Golovina (1990) Georgian - trampolinist.

Anna Tatishvili (1990) Georgian - tennis player.

Maiko Gogoladze (1991) Georgian - long jumper.

Ekaterine Gorgodze (1991) Georgian - tennis player.

Nino Pasikashvili (1991) Georgian - footballer.

Tamari Tatuashvili (1991) Georgian - footballer.

Nino Sutidze (1992) Georgian - footballer.

Teona Todadze (1993) Georgian - footballer.

Nino Tsiklauri (1993) Georgian - alpine skier.

Teona Sukhashvili (1994) Georgian - footballer.

Mariam Gigolashvili (1994) Georgian - gymnast.

Ana Zakhaidze (1995) Georgian - footballer.

Tamari Chalaganidze (1995) Georgian - tennis player..

Teona Bakradze (1996) Georgian - footballer.

Teona Bostashvili (1998) Georgian - swimmer.

Mariam Bolkvadze (1998) Georgian - tennis player.

Meri Mumladze (2001) Georgian - swimmer.

Rusudan Goginashvili (2001) Georgian - swimmer.

Irma Khetsuriani (?) Georgian - wheelchair fencer.

M:

Kakhi Kavsadze (1935) Georgian - actor.

Nicolas Zourabichvili (1936) Georgian - composer.

Avtandil Makhar (1943) Georgian - actor.

Alexander Toradze (1952) Georgian - pianist.

Fuat Saka (1952) Georgian / Turkish - singer-songwriter, guitarist, and arranger.

Simon Osiashvili (1952) Georgian, Ukrainian - singer and poet.

Vano Yantbelidze (1954) Georgian - actor.

Nikolai Svanidze (1955) Georgian, Russian Jewish / Russian - tv host and radio host.

Emmanuel Carrère (1957) Georgian - author, screenwriter and film director.

Zaza Kolelishvili (1957) Georgian - film and television actor, film director and artist.

André Andersen (1961) Georgian, Russian, Danish - guitarist, pianist, keyboardist, producer, and composer.

André Andersen (1961) Georgian - musician.

Grigory Leps / Grigory Lepsveridze (1962) Georgian - singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and drummer.

Soso Pavliashvili / Ioseb Pavliashvili (1964) Georgian - actor, singer-songwriter, pianist, and violinist.

Merab Ninidze (1965) Georgian - actor.

Badri Maisuradze (1966) Georgian - singer.

Beyaz / Beyazıt Öztürk (1969) Georgian / Turkish - actor, comedian, and tv personality.

Leo Gabriadze / Levan Gabriadze (1969) Georgian - actor and director.

Giorgi Nakashidze (1971) Georgian - actor.

Guillaume Gallienne (1972) Georgian, Russian / French - actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter.

Niaz Diasamidze (1973) Georgian - musician, singer, songwriter, calligrapher and actor.

Murat Cemcir (1976) Georgian - actor.

Giorgi Maskharashvili (1977) Georgian - actor, director and artist.

Giorgi Latso / Giorgi Latsabidze (1978) Georgian - pianist.

Romeo Muradyan (1979) Georgian - actor.

Dima Oganesian (1979) Georgian, Armenian - drummer.

Karim Khudsiani (1979) Georgian, Iranian - actor, tv presenter, and screenwriter.

Nika Kocharov (1980) Georgian - singer and guitarist.

Anri Jokhadze (1980) Georgian - singer.

Gela Guralia (1980) Georgian - singer.

Brandon Stone / Besik Shpetishvili (1980) Georgian - singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and composer.

Vaniko Tarkhnishvili (1981) Georgian - actor, director, and TV presenter.

Nick Shanshiashvili (1984) Georgian, Unknown / Unknown  - guitarist and keyboardist.

Giorgi Marr (1984) Georgian - bassist.

George Andguladze (1984) Georgian - singer.

L’One / Levan Gorozia (1985) Georgian - singer and rapper.

Nodar Tatishvili / Nodiko Tatishvili (1986) Georgian - singer.

Leo Jee / Levan Jibladze (1987) Georgian - singer.

Yuri Sardarov (1988) Georgian / Armenian - actor and producer.

Oto Nemsadze (1989) Georgian - singer.

George Finn (1990) Georgian - actor.

Devi Khajishvili (1991) Georgian / Iranian, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian - actor and model.

Luka Zakariadze (1993) Georgian - singer.

Luca Chikovani (1994) Georgian - actor, singer-songwriter, and guitarist.

FaZe Testy (1996) Georgian - youtuber (FaZe Testy).

Luka Kutsia (1997) Georgian - tiktoker (Luka_kkk).

George Berry (1998) Georgian - tiktoker (GeorgeDaBerry).

Erik Shokov (2000) Georgian - youtuber (Shoke CS:GO, Канал Шока).

Paataly (2001) Georgian - tiktoker (Paataly).

Roblox Minigunner (2003) Georgian - youtuber (Roblox Minigunner).

George Gagnidze (?) Georgian - singer.

M - Athletes:

Rafael Chimishkyan (1929) Georgian - weightlifter.

Revaz Tsirekidze (1934) Georgian - fencer.

Revaz Kvachakidze (1938) Georgian - long jumper.

Zarbeg Beriashvili (1939) Georgian - wrestler.

Guram Sagaradze (1939) Georgian - wrestler.

Levan Moseshvili (1940) Georgian - basketball player.

Nodar Khokhashvili (1940) Georgian - wrestler.

Guram Gudashvili (1941) Georgian - discus thrower.

Omar Bliadze (1942) Georgian - wrestler.

Guram Gogolauri (1944) Georgian - judoka.

Zorbeg Ebralidze (1944) Georgian - footballer.

Revaz Dzodzuashvili (1945) Georgian - footballer.

Viktor Saneyev (1945) Georgian - triple jumper.

Michel Yachvili (1946) Georgian - rugby player.

Vakhtang Koridze (1949) Georgian - footballer.

Shota Khinchagashvili (1951) Georgian - footballer.

David Kvachadze (1951) Georgian - boxer.

Nodar Khizanishvili (1953) Georgian - footballer.

Otar Gabelia (1953) Georgian - footballer.

Tengiz Khubuluri (1955) Georgian - judoka.

Tengiz Sulakvelidze (1956) Georgian - footballer.

Oleg Zurabiani (1957) Georgian - judoka.

Samson Pruidze (1957) Georgian - footballer.

Shota Khabareli (1958) Georgian - judoka.

Zaur Svanadze (1958) Georgian - footballer.

Igor Kushpelev (1959) Georgian - swimmer.

Igor Omelchenko (1960) Georgian - swimmer.

Otar Korgalidze (1960) Georgian - footballer.

Nugzar Kakilashvili (1960) Georgian - footballer.

Gocha Chikovani (1962) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Tenadze (1962) Georgian - judoka.

Merab Katsitadze (1962) Georgian - footballer.

Melori Bigvava (1963) Georgian - footballer.

Gocha Tkebuchava (1963) Georgian - footballer.

Gia Guruli (1964) Georgian - footballer.

Gocha Gogrichiani (1964) Georgian - footballer.

Avtandil Gogolishvili (1964) Georgian - wrestler.

Malkhaz Arziani (1964) Georgian - footballer.

Zaza Turmanidze (1965) Georgian - wrestler.

Giorgi Pirtskhalava (1965) Georgian - footballer.

Merab Jordania (1965) Georgian - footballer.

Soso Chedia (1965) Georgian - footballer.

Zviad Endeladze (1966) Georgian - footballer.

Kakhaber Kacharava (1966) Georgian - footballer.

Gela Inalishvili (1966) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Chikhradze (1967) Georgian - footballer.

Temur Kabisashvili (1967) Georgian - footballer.

Varlam Kilasonia (1967) Georgian - footballer.

Gia Jishkariani (1967) Georgian - footballer.

Davit Tsomaia (1967) Georgian - footballer.

Zaza Revishvili (1968) Georgian - footballer.

Said Tarba (1968) Georgian - footballer.

Kakhaber Tskhadadze (1968) Georgian - footballer.

Mevlud Lobzhanidze (1968) Georgian - judoka.

Besik Beradze (1968) Georgian - footballer.

Kakhaber Gogichaishvili (1968) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Kilasonia (1968) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Dzneladze (1968) Georgian - footballer.

Temur Ketsbaia (1968) Georgian - footballer.

Iuri Gabiskiria (1968) Georgian - footballer.

Koba Guliashvili (1968) Georgian - wrestler.

Kakhi Kakhiashvili (1969) Georgian - weightlifter.

Kakhaber Tsakadze (1969) Georgian - ski jumper.

Tengiz Meskhadze (1969) Georgian - boxer.

Revaz Arveladze (1969) Georgian - footballer.

Gela Papashvili (1969) Georgian - wrestler.

Vaso Sepashvili (1969) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Zoidze (1969) Georgian - footballer.

Murtaz Shelia (1969) Georgian - footballer.

Amiran Totikashvili (1969) Georgian - judoka.

Mikheil Jishkariani (1969) Georgian - footballer.

Mamuka Jugeli (1969) Georgian - footballer.

Akaki Chachua (1969) Georgian - wrestler.

Besa Tsintsadze (1969) Georgian - figure skater.

Archil Lortkipanidze (1970) Georgian - fencer.

Kakhaber Kvetenadze (1970) Georgian - footballer.

Mamuka Machavariani (1970) Georgian - footballer.

Goderdzi Natroshvili (1970) Georgian - footballer.

Levan Abramishvili (1970) Georgian - skier.

Gela Shekiladze (1970) Georgian - footballer.

Vladimeri Dgebuadze (1970) Georgian - judoka.

Jondo Muzashvili (1970) Georgian - judoka.

Soso Liparteliani (1971) Georgian - judoka.

Akaki Devadze (1971) Georgian - footballer.

David Khakhaleishvili (1971) Georgian - judoka.

Nugzar Lobzhanidze (1971) Georgian - footballer.

Mamuka Minashvili (1971) Georgian - footballer.

Andreas Niniadis (1971) Georgian - footballer.

Vazha Tarkhnishvili (1971) Georgian - footballer.

Soso Grishikashvili (1971) Georgian - footballer.

Davit Kizilashvili (1971) Georgian - footballer.

Mikheil Kavelashvili (1971) Georgian - footballer.

Nikoloz Togonidze (1971) Georgian - footballer.

Kakhaber Sidamonidze (1971) Georgian - footballer.

Gocha Gujabidze (1971) Georgian - footballer.

Zurab Ionanidze (1971) Georgian - footballer.

Gocha Jamarauli (1971) Georgian - footballer.

Mukhran Gogia (1971) Georgian - weightlifter.

Aleksandre Geladze (1972) Georgian - footballer.

Davit Janashia (1972) Georgian - footballer.

Georgi Nemsadze (1972) Georgian - footballer.

Vakhtang Khvadagiani (1972) Georgian - footballer.

Georgi Kinkladze (1972) Georgian - footballer.

Eldar Kurtanidze (1972) Georgian - wrestler.

Besik Amashukeli (1972) Georgian - footballer.

Tengiz Sichinava (1972) Georgian - footballer.

Temur Tugushi (1972)Georgian - footballer.

Badri Akhvlediani (1972) Georgian - footballer.

Guram Mchedlidze (1972) Georgian - wrestler.

Ruslan Rusidze (1973) Georgian - sprinter.

Zviad Jeladze (1973) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Gudushauri (1973) Georgian - footballer.

Levan Mikadze (1973) Georgian - footballer.

Davit Janelidze (1973) Georgian - footballer.

Bakur Gogitidze (1973) Georgian - wrestler.

Mukhran Vakhtangadze (1973) Georgian - wrestler.

Koba Gogoladze (1973) Georgian - boxer.

Gocha Tsitsiashvili (1973) Georgian Jewish - wrestler.

Zurab Dzhidzhishvili (1973) Georgian - skier.

Ramaz Paliani (1973) Georgian - boxer.

Grigol Chanturia (1973) Georgian - footballer.

Shota Arveladze (1973) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Balashvili (1973) Georgian - footballer.

Archil Arveladze (1973) Georgian - footballer.

David Pogosian (1974) Georgian - wrestler.

Georgi Kandelaki (1974) Georgian - boxer.

Aleksandre Rekhviashvili (1974) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Vazagashvili (1974) Georgian - judoka.

Levan Khomeriki (1974) Georgian - footballer.

Avtandil Gvianidze (1974) Georgian - footballer.

Amiran Mujiri (1974) Georgian - footballer.

Tamaz Pertia (1974) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Revazishvili (1974) Georgian - judoka.

Alexander Davitashvili (1974) Georgian - judoka.

Giorgi Asanidze (1975) Georgian - weightlifter.

Roin Oniani (1975) Georgian - footballer.

Mikheil Potskhveria (1975) Georgian - footballer.

Valter Guchua (1975) Georgian - footballer.

Shalva Khujadze (1975) Georgian - footballer.

Levan Kebadze (1975) Georgian - footballer.

Davit Gvaramadze (1975) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Gakhokidze (1975) Georgian - footballer.

Mamia Jikia (1975) Georgian - footballer.

Ramaz Chochosvili (1975) Georgian - judoka.

Davit Chichveishvili (1975) Georgian - footballer.

Nestor Khergiani (1975) Georgian - judoka.

Emzarios Bentinidis (1975) Georgian - wrestler.

Darren Huckerby (1976) Georgian - footballer.

George Kobaladze (1976) Georgian - weightlifter.

Tarieli Melelashvili (1976) Georgian - wrestler.

Giorgi Kiknadze (1976) Georgian - footballer.

Zaza Janashia (1976) Georgian - footballer.

Revaz Mindorashvili (1976) Georgian - wrestler.

Giorgi Tsmindashvili (1976) Georgian - judoka.

Levan Silagadze (1976) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Vashakidze (1976) Georgian - footballer.

Sevasti Todua (1976) Georgian - footballer.

Levan Tskitishvili (1976) Georgian - footballer.

Gocha Trapaidze (1976) Georgian - footballer.

Besarion Vardzelashvili (1976) Georgian - boxer.

Iveri Jikurauli (1976) Georgian - judoka.

Davit Aslanadze (1976) Georgian - footballer.

David Chaladze (1976) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Demetradze (1976) Georgian - footballer.

Givi Didava (1976) Georgian - footballer.

Mirian Giorgadze (1976) Georgian - wrestler.

Vakhtang Natsvlishvili (1976) Georgian - basketball player.

Levan Kobiashvili (1977) Georgian - footballer.

Mikheil Ashvetia (1977) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Gemazashvili (1977) Georgian - footballer.

Levan Maghradze (1977) Georgian - footballer.

Lasha Monaselidze (1977)Georgian - footballer.

Vasil Gigiadze (1977) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Revazishvili (1977) Georgian - footballer.

Aleksandre Iashvili (1977) Georgian - footballer.

Aleksandre Gogoberishvili (1977) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Chankotadze (1977) Georgian - footballer.

Grégoire Yachvili (1977) Georgian / Unknown - rugby player.

Valeri Sarava (1978) Georgian - weightlifter.

Spartak Gogia (1978) Georgian - footballer.

Georgi Kipiani (1978) Georgian - footballer.

Aleksandr Kaidarashvili (1978) Georgian - footballer.

Otar Tushishvili (1978) Georgian - wrestler.

Kakhaber Mzhavanadze (1978) Georgian - footballer.

Shalva Mumladze (1978) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Megreladze (1978) Georgian - footballer.

Archil Sakhvadze (1978) Georgian - footballer.

Valerian Zirakadze (1978) Georgian - footballer.

Zviad Sturua (1978) Georgian - footballer.

Mikheil Makhviladze (1978) Georgian - footballer.

Davit Mujiri (1978) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Gogshelidze (1979) Georgian - wrestler.

Badri Khasaia (1979) Georgian - wrestler.

Manuchar Kvirkvelia (1978) Georgian - wrestler.

Alex Modebadze (1978) Georgian - wrestler.

Ilia Giorgadze (1978) Georgian - gymnast.

Rati Aleksidze (1978) Georgian - footballer.

Kakhaber Chkhetiani (1978) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Davitnidze (1978) Georgian - footballer.

Shota Chomakhidze (1978) Georgian - footballer.

Vladimer Chanturia (1978) Georgian - boxer.

Georgi Gugava (1978) Georgian - judoka.

Tornike Aptsiauri (1979) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Gabidauri (1979) Georgian - footballer.

Akvsenti Gilauri (1979) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Krasovski (1979) Georgian - footballer.

Revaz Kemoklidze (1979) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Lomaia (1979) Georgian - footballer.

Levan Melkadze (1979) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Nikuradze (1979) Georgian - footballer.

Givi Kvaratskhelia (1979) Georgian - footballer.

Mikheil Khutsishvili (1979) Georgian - footballer.

Avtandil Khurtsidze (1979) Georgian - boxer.

Zurab Beridze (1979) Georgian - swimmer.

Irakli Chochua (1979) Georgian - wrestler.

Vakhtang Murvanidze (1979) Georgian - figure skater.

Klimenti Tsitaishvili (1979) Georgian - footballer.

Mamuka Tsereteli (1979) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Shashiashvili (1979) Georgian - footballer.

Teimuraz Khurtsilava(1979) Georgian - boxer.

Valeryan Khuroshvili  (1979) Georgian - swimmer.

Grigol Bediashvili (1980) Georgian - footballer.

Davit Dighmelashvili (1980) Georgian - footballer.

Davit Bolkvadze (1980) Georgian - footballer.

Vladimir Burduli (1980) Georgian - footballer.

Zurab Menteshashvili (1980) Georgian - footballer.

Lasha Nozadze (1980)Georgian - footballer.

Jaba Mujiri (1980) Georgian - footballer.

Yasha Manasherov (1980) Georgian Jewish - wrestler.

Zurab Khomasuridze (1980) Georgian - swimmer.

Lasha Jakobia (1980) Georgian - footballer.

Davit Kvirkvelia (1980) Georgian - footballer.

Merab Dzodzuashvili (1980) Georgian - footballer.

Levan Gvazava (1980) Georgian - footballer.

Levan Korgalidze (1980) Georgian - footballer.

Grigol Imedadze (1980) Georgian - footballer.

Valeri Abramidze (1980) Georgian - footballer.

Gela Saghirashvili (1980) Georgian - wrestler.

Dimitri Yachvili (1980) Georgian, Armenian - rugby player.

David Margoshvili (1980) Georgian - judoka.

Roman Akhalkatsi (1980) Georgian - footballer.

Uri Kokia (1981) Georgian Jewish - basketball player.

Georgi Adamia (1981) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Dekanosidze (1981) Georgian - footballer.

Malkhaz Asatiani (1981) Georgian - footballer.

Mikheil Bobokhidze (1981) Georgian - footballer.

Revaz Gotsiridze (1981) Georgian - footballer.

David Odikadze (1981) Georgian - footballer.

Zurab Khizanishvili (1981) Georgian - footballer.

Aleksandre Koshkadze (1981) Georgian - footballer.

Vladimir Boisa (1981) Georgian - basketball player.

Robert Makharashvili (1981) Georgian - skier.

Edik Sajaia (1981) Georgian - footballer.

Lasha Salukvadze (1981) Georgian - footballer.

David Siradze (1981) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Shengelia (1981) Georgian - footballer.

Tengiz Ugrekhelidze (1981) Georgian - footballer.

David Ilariani (1981) Georgian - hurdler.

Zurab Zviadauri (1981) Georgian - judoka.

Irakli Labadze (1981) Georgian - tennis player.

Grigol Mamrikishvili (1981) Georgian - judoka.

David Loria (1981) Georgian Jewish - footballer.

Vladimir Akhalaia (1982) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Tsirekidze (1982) Georgian - judoka.

Zurab Mamaladze (1982) Georgian - footballer.

Nukri Manchkhava (1982) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Sirbiladze (1982) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Nergadze (1982) Georgian - footballer.

Aleksandre Amisulashvili (1982) Georgian - footballer.

Grigol Dolidze (1982) Georgian - footballer.  

Haim Megrelashvili (1982) Georgian Jewish - footballer.

Revaz Chanturia (1982) Georgian - handball player.

Anatoli Boisa (1983) Georgian - weightlifter.

David Kevkhishvili (1983) Georgian - judoka.

Giorgi Oniani (1983) Georgian - footballer.

Zviadi Khanjaliashvili (1983) Georgian - judoka.

Kakhaber Aladashvili (1983) Georgian - footballer.

Gaga Chkhetiani (1983) Georgian - footballer.

Zaza Kedelashvili (1983) Georgian - judoka.

Gogita Gogua (1983) Georgian - footballer.

Georgi Kizilashvili (1983) Georgian - judoka.

Giorgi Tsimakuridze (1983) Georgian - footballer.

Dimitri Tatanashvili (1983) Georgian - footballer.

Luka Razmadze (1983) Georgian - footballer.

Besarion Gochashvili (1983) Georgian - wrestler.

Ramaz Nozadze (1983) Georgian - wrestler.

Konstantine Kupatadze (1983) Georgian - boxer.

Kote Tugushi (1983) Georgian - basketball player.

Irakli Turmanidze (1984) Georgian - weightlifter.

Davit Imedashvili (1984) Georgian - footballer.

Nugzar Kvirtia (1984) Georgian - footballer.

Roman Goginashvili (1984) Georgian - footballer.

Aleksei Muldarov (1984) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Liluashvili (1984) Georgian - footballer.

Omar Migineishvili (1984) Georgian - footballer.

Koba Shalamberidze (1984) Georgian - footballer.

Zaza Sakhokia (1984) Georgian - footballer.

Otar Martsvaladze (1984) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Modebadze (1984) Georgian - footballer.

Mamuka Lomidze (1984) Georgian - footballer.

Aleksandr Kvakhadze (1984) Georgian - footballer.

Zaza Pachulia (1984) Georgian - basketball player.

Lasha Gujejiani (1985) Georgian - judoka.

Albert Kuzilov (1985) Georgian - weightlifter.

Gia Machavariani (1985) Georgian - weightlifter.

Zaal Eliava (1985) Georgian - footballer.

Davit Lomaia (1985) Georgian - footballer.

Aleksandre Guruli (1985) Georgian - footballer.

Teimuraz Gongadze (1985) Georgian - footballer.

Sandro Iashvili (1985) Georgian - footballer.

Levan Khmaladze (1985) Georgian - footballer.

Nikoloz Gelashvili (1985) Georgian - footballer.

Gocha Khojava (1985) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Canava (1985) Georgian - footballer.

Jaba Dvali (1985) Georgian - footballer.  

Nikoloz Izoria (1985) Georgian - boxer.

Levan Razmadze (1985) Georgian - judoka.

David Bedinadze (1985) Georgian - wrestler.

Guram Pherselidze (1985) Georgian - wrestler.

Jakob Makarashvili (1985) Georgian - wrestler.

Giorgi Seturidze (1985) Georgian - footballer.

Manuchar Tskhadaia (1985) Georgian - wrestler.

Vladimer Gegeshidze (1985) Georgian - wrestler.

Ilias Iliadis (1986) Georgian - judoka.

Giorgi Chelidze (1986) Georgian - footballer.

Georgi Kenchadze (1986) Georgian - figure skater.

Davit Modzmanashvili (1986) Georgian - wrestler.

Nikolaos Kourtidis (1986) Georgian - weightlifter.

Besik Lezhava (1986) Georgian - weightlifter.

Giorgi Gamqrelidze (1986) Georgian - weightlifter.

Malkhaz Zarkua (1986) Georgian - wrestler.

Vladimir Dvalishvili (1986) Georgian - footballer.

Akaki Khubutia (1986) Georgian - footballer.

Mate Ghvinianidze (1986) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Loria (1986) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Merebashvili (1986) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Popkhadze (1986) Georgian - footballer.

Jaba Kankava (1986) Georgian - footballer.

Shota Grigalashvili (1986) Georgian - footballer.

Manuchar Markoishvili (1986) Georgian - weightlifter.

Giorgi Tsintsadze (1986) Georgian - basketball player.

Zurab Tsiskaridze (1986) Georgian - footballer.

Zviad Gogotchuri (1986) Georgian - Paralympic judoka.

Otar Japaridze (1987) Georgian - ice dancer.

Zaza Chelidze (1987) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Geperidze (1987) Georgian - footballer.

Jaba Lipartia (1987) Georgian - footballer.

Kakhi Makharadze (1987) Georgian - footballer.

Ucha Lobjanidze (1987) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Kakhelishvili (1987) Georgian - footballer.

Guram Kashia (1987) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Kortua (1987) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Alaverdashvili (1987) Georgian - footballer.

Lasha Dekanosidze (1987) Georgian - footballer.

Davit Devdariani (1987) Georgian - footballer.

Mikheil Berishvili (1987) Georgian - basketball player.

Saba Gavashelishvili (1987) Georgian - judoka.

Rauli Tsirekidze (1987) Georgian - weightlifter.

Boleslav Skhirtladze (1987) Georgian - long jumper.

Zviadi Samukashvili (1987) Georgian - wrestler.

Nukri Revishvili (1987) Georgian - footballer.

Bachana Tskhadadze (1987) Georgian - footballer.

Lasha Gogitadze (1987) Georgian - wrestler.

Soso Jabidze (1987) Georgian - wrestler.

Giorgi Nadiradze (1987) Georgian - cyclist.

Levan Zhorzholiani (1988) Georgian - judoka.

Irakli Dzaria (1988) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Maisuradze (1988) Georgian - footballer.

Davit Mchedlishvili (1988) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Khidesheli (1988) Georgian - footballer.

Tornike Gorgiashvili (1988) Georgian - footballer.

Beka Gotsiridze (1988) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Ganugrava (1988) Georgian - footballer.

Revaz Barabadze (1988) Georgian - footballer.

Mirza Bjhalava (1988) Georgian - footballer.

Iason Abramashvili (1988) Georgian - skier.

Besik Gavasheli (1988) Georgian - cyclist.

Davit Kiria (1988) Georgian - kickboxer.

Levan Patsatsia (1988) Georgian - basketball player.

Revaz Lashkhi (1988) Georgian - wrestler.

Giorgi Edisherashvili (1988) Georgian - wrestler.

Giorgi Rekhviashvili (1988) Georgian - footballer.

Revaz Tevdoradze (1988) Georgian - footballer.

Gulverd Tomashvili (1988) Georgian - footballer.

Lasha Totadze (1988) Georgian - footballer.

Rati Tsinamdzgvrishvili (1988) Georgian - footballer.

Akaki Tskarozia (1988) Georgian - footballer.

Mate Vatsadze (1988) Georgian - footballer.

Matt Janning (1988) Georgian - basketball player.

Bekir Özlü (1988) Georgian - judoka.

Amiran Papinashvili (1988) Georgian - judoka.

Giorgi Tskitishvili (1988) Georgian - rugby union player.

Giorgi Shermadini (1989) Georgian - basketball player.

Levan Makashvili (1989) Georgian - mixed martial artist.

Vakhtang Pantskhava (1989) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Chantouria (1989) Georgian - tennis player.

Elizbar Odikadze (1989) Georgian - wrestler.

Giorgi Bakhtadze (1989) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Janelidze (1989) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Gabedava (1989) Georgian - footballer.

Roin Kvaskhvadze (1989) Georgian - footballer.

Lasha Kasradze (1989) Georgian - footballer.

Elgujja Grigalashvili (1989) Georgian - footballer.

Gia Grigalava (1989) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Ivanishvili (1989) Georgian - footballer.

Aleksi Benashvili (1989) Georgian - footballer.

Murtaz Daushvili (1989) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Revishvili (1989) Georgian - swimmer.

Ilia Londaridze (1989) Georgian - basketball player.

Varlam Liparteliani (1989) Georgian - judoka.

Amiran Sanaia (1989) Georgian - footballer.

David Targamadze (1989) Georgian - footballer.

Beka Tugushi (1989) Georgian - footballer.

Data Sitchinava (1989) Georgian - footballer.

Adam Okruashvili (1989) Georgian - judoka.

Giorgi Sharabidze (1990) Georgian - basketball player.

Gogita Gogatishvili (1990) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Kvekveskiri (1990) Georgian - footballer.

Ucha Gogoladze (1990) Georgian - footballer.

Levan Kenia (1990) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Khutsidze (1990) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Makaridze (1990) Georgian - footballer.

Levan Mchedlidze (1990) Georgian - footballer.

Levan Kakubava (1990) Georgian - footballer.

Givi Ioseliani (1990) Georgian - footballer.

Temuri Shonia (1990) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Sikharulidze (1990) Georgian - footballer.

Davit Khutsishvili (1990) Georgian - wrestler.

Zakaria Beglarishvili (1990) Georgian - footballer.

Levan Berianidze (1990) Georgian - wrestler.

Michael Dixon (1990) Georgian - basketball player.

Davit Askurava (1990) Georgian - cyclist.

Nugzar Tatalashvili (1990) Georgian - judoka.

Eli Zizov (1991) Georgian Jewish - footballer.

Giorgi Maisuradze (1991) Georgian - footballer.

Alex Beniaidze (1991) Georgian - skier.

Iakob Apkhazava (1991)  Georgian - footballer.

Vladimer Khinchegashvili (1991) Georgian - wrestler.

Avtandil Ebralidze (1991) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Gvelesiani (1991) Georgian - footballer.

Revaz Nadareishvili (1991)  Georgian - wrestler.

Dato Marsagishvili (1991) Georgian - wrestler.

Zebeda Rekhviashvili (1991) Georgian - judoka.

Tornike Shengelia (1991) Georgian - basketball player.

Avtandil Tchrikishvili (1991) Georgian - judoka.

Zurab Datunashvili (1991) Georgian - wrestler.

Akaki Gogia (1992) Georgian - footballer.

Zurabi Iakobishvili (1992) Georgian - wrestler.

Tornike Okriashvili (1992) Georgian - footballer.

Elguja Lobjanidze (1992) Georgian - footballer.

Nikoloz Mnatobishvili (1992) Georgian - footballer.

Goderdzi Machaidze (1992) Georgian - footballer.

ano Ananidze (1992) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Chelebadze (1992) Georgian - footballer.

Gega Diasamidze (1992) Georgian - footballer.

Otar Arveladze (1992) Georgian - footballer.

Daviti Kharazishvili (1992) Georgian - runner.

Lasha Shavdatuashvili (1992) Georgian - judoka.

Florian Chakiachvili (1992) Georgian - hockey player.

Nikoloz Basilashvili (1992) Georgian - tennis player.

Nika Dzalamidze (1992) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Iluridze (1992) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Kimadze (1992) Georgian - footballer.

Nika Kvekveskiri (1992) Georgian - footballer.

Jaba Jighauri (1992) Georgian - footballer.

Mamuka Kobakhidze (1992) Georgian - footballer.

Solomon Kvirkvelia (1992) Georgian - footballer.

Teimuraz Sharashenidze (1992) Georgian - footballer.

Lasha Shergelashvili (1992)  Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Shekiladze (1992) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Kobalia (1992) Georgian - footballer.

Sandro Aminashvili (1992) Georgian - wrestler.

Dimitri Gedevanishvili (1993) Georgian - skier.

Otar Javashvili (1993) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Jgerenaia (1993) Georgian - footballer.

Davit Kokhia (1993) Georgian - footballer.

Merab Gigauri (1993) Georgian - footballer.

Kakhaber Kakashvili (1993) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Kvilitaia (1993) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Papava (1993) Georgian - footballer.

Guga Palavandishvili (1993) Georgian - footballer.

Lasha Parunashvili (1993) Georgian - footballer.

Valeri Qazaishvili (1993) Georgian - footballer.

Davit Khocholava (1993) Georgian - footballer.

Tornike Grigalashvili (1993) Georgian - footballer.

Iakob Kajaia (1993) Georgian - wrestler.

Robert Kobliashvili (1993) Georgian - wrestler.

Ioseb Chakhvashvili (1993) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Chanturia (1993) Georgian - footballer.

Vakhtang Chanturishvili (1993) Georgian - footballer.

Sandro Bazadze (1993) Georgian - fencer.

Jaba Gelashvili (1993) Georgian - skier.

Davit Skhirtladze (1993) Georgian - footballer.

Saba Tavadze (1993) Georgian - footballer.

Lasha Shindagoridze (1993) Georgian - footballer.

Vazha Margvelashvili (1993) Georgian - judoka.

Zaza Nadiradze (1993) Georgian - canoeist.

Giorgi Nareklishvili (1993) Georgian - cyclist.

Aleksandre Metreveli (1993) Georgian - tennis player.

Lasha Talakhadze (1993) Georgian - weightlifter.

George Tsivadze (1993) Georgian - tennis player.

Lasha Torgvaidze (1993) Georgian - triple jumper.

Bachana Khorava (1993) Georgian - long jumper.  

Nika Kacharava (1994) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Magaldadze (1994) Georgian - footballer.

Andro Mumladze (1994) Georgian - footballer.

Papuna Mosemgvdlishvili (1994) Georgian - footballer.

Saba Lobzhanidze (1994) Georgian - footballer.

Luka Koberidze (1994) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Gadrani (1994) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Goginashvili (1994) Georgian - footballer.

Shota Mishvelidze (1994) Georgian - weightlifter.

Geno Petriashvili (1994) Georgian - wrestler.

Shmagi Bolkvadze (1994) Georgian - wrestler.

Ushangi Margiani (1994) Georgian - judoka.

Bachana Arabuli (1994) Georgian - footballer.

Nika Sandokhadze (1994) Georgian - footballer.

Nika Sichinava (1994) Georgian - footballer.

Budu Zivzivadze (1994) Georgian - footballer.

David Chigoev (1994) Georgian - footballer.

Beka Burjanadze (1994) Georgian - weightlifter.

Irakli Bolkvadze (1994) Georgian - swimmer.

Lucas Hufnagel (1994) Georgian / Unknown - footballer.

Beka Gviniashvili (1995) Georgian - judoka.

Irakli Chomakhashvili (1995) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Gorozia (1995) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Papunashvili (1995) Georgian - footballer.

Oleg Mamasakhlisi (1995) Georgian - footballer.

Otar Kakabadze (1995) Georgian - footballer.

Dato Dartsimelia (1995) Georgian - footballer.

Lasha Dvali (1995)  Georgian - footballer.

Guram Tushishvili (1995) Georgian - judoka.

Mate Tsintsadze (1995) Georgian - footballer.

Davit Volkovi (1995) Georgian - footballer.

Levan Shengelia (1995) Georgian - footballer.

Avtandil Kentchadze (1995) Georgian - wrestler.

Giorgi Aburjania (1995) Georgian - footballer.

Vakh Abdaladze (1996) Georgian - rugby player.

Jemal Tabidze (1996) Georgian - footballer.

Luka Zarandia (1996) Georgian - footballer.

Roman Chanturia (1996) Georgian - footballer.

Otar Kiteishvili (1996) Georgian - footballer.

Andro Giorgadze (1996) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Kharaishvili (1996) Georgian - footballer.

Goga Chkheidze (1996) Georgian - weightlifter.

Beka Mikeltadze (1997) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Biganishvili (1997) Georgian - swimmer.

Giorgi Beridze (1997) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Chkheidze (1997) Georgian - weightlifter.

Levan Eloshvili (1997) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Kantaria (1997) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Bezhanishvili (1998) Georgian - basketball player.

Revaz Davitadze (1998) Georgian - weightlifter.

Giorgi Arabidze (1998) Georgian - footballer.

Nika Kvantaliani (1998) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Chochishvili (1998) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Bugridze (1998) Georgian - footballer.

Vato Arveladze (1998) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Chkheidze (1999) Georgian - weightlifter.

Goga Bitadze (1999) Georgian - basketball player.

Luka Asatiani (1999) Georgian - footballer.

Giorgi Chakvetadze (1999) Georgian - footballer.

Irakli Maysuradze (2000) Georgian - figure skater.

Levan Kharabadze (2000) Georgian - footballer.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (2001) Georgian - footballer.

Elizabeth Stone (?) Georgian - paralympic swimmer.

Giorgi Baindurashvili (?) Georgian - judoka.

Ameran Bitsadze (?) Georgian - mixed martial artist.

Bakouri Gogitidze (?) Georgian - mixed martial artist.

Problematic:

Tamar Iveri / Tamar Javakhishvili (1971) Georgian - singer. - Homophobic comments encouraging violence against and even threatening death against those who experience same-sex attraction.

Diana Gurtskaya (1975) Georgian, Russian - singer-songwriter. - Supports Vladimir Putin.

Shorena Begashvili (1982) Georgian - actress and tv host. - Blackface.

Luca Biani / Anna Gurji / Anna Biani / Anna Luca Biani (1991) Georgian - actor and filmmaker. - Appropriation of the term “two-spirit”.

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Armi Kuusela. Miss Universe 1952 from Finland. Here in 2018. She is recognized as the first winner of the Miss Universe pageant,. However the pageant was really started in 1926 as “International Pageant of Pulchritude”.

Then in 1935 the pageant was interrupted by the Great Depression and World War II,. Later a swimwear company named Pacific Knitting Mills took over the pageant in 1952 and gave it the name of “Miss Universe”.

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Archives: A funny thing happened on the way to Convention

By Patti Cords Levitte, Archivist, and Susan Beard, Archives Committee Chairman

Zeta Tau Alpha has hosted Convention in a wide range of locales—twice on an island, twice in another country, and on both the Atlantic and Pacific seashores. Convention has been interrupted by tornadoes and well-meaning men’s fraternities. In the past, Convention was truly an adventure, and getting there was half the fun.

The process of getting to Convention these days is dramatically different from what it once was. Convention 2018 attendees will most likely take a flight lasting no more than a few hours to get to Orlando, Florida. Before they arrive, they will have a schedule of events and know from social media and the Convention blog what to expect. It’s hard to picture today, but going to a ZTA Convention in the past meant a very long journey and a lot of mystery about what was going to happen there.

Pictured: Alumnae waited to board the “Zeta Special” train from Chicago to Pasadena, California, for Convention 1935.

Prior to the advent of air travel, getting to Convention required a significant chunk of one’s summer vacation. Daring sisters would drive, which, before the national highway system existed, could be very dangerous, but most opted to take the train, which entailed a week of travel just to get there and a week to get back. Zetas had to set aside close to three weeks in the summer to be able to attend. Since there were fewer Zetas with fulltime jobs then, it was less of a sacrifice than it would be for a member to try to take three weeks off from work today. ZTA often chartered trains for the most direct route to Convention. Many of our “Zeta Specials” originated in Chicago—sisters would take whatever train got them to Chicago’s Union Station, then board a reserved train full of Zetas to make the final leg of the journey. Most train trips took three to five days, so the Convention trains included a huge, extended slumber party on wheels and sightseeing with new friends. Packing for the trip required a lot of specialized luggage, like hat boxes and trunks for formal gowns, but there were no limits for carry-on bags then, so every delegate had a mountain of personal baggage.

Pictured: Zetas arrived at the dock on Mackinac Island, Michigan, for Convention 1950.

ZTA also offered post-Convention trips for those who wanted to extend sisterhood fun. In the 1920s, going on a ZTA-sponsored trip to Europe after Convention was popular; in the 1930s, Alaska and Canada were hot spots; and in the 1950s, Zetas extended their vacations on cruises or in major cities near the Convention sites. We had two Conventions on Mackinac Island, Michigan—one in 1939 and one in 1950—which required boat trips. Convention 1928 was held in northern Ontario, Canada. Instructions for those brave enough to drive there were printed in Themis  (pictured below). Imagine trying to get there with that kind of information and no GPS. Convention 1960 was in Quebec, Canada, where most of the city only spoke French at that time.

Pictured: Detailed instructions on how to drive to the location for Convention 1928 warned members to watch out for bears.

In addition to the difficulties of travel in earlier years, our Conventions were also much less structured, and there were often a lot of unexpected  surprises for attendees. One of our very first Conventions, in Galveston, Texas, in 1910, turned into more of a house party than a formal meeting. Dr. May Agnes Hopkins, our Grand President at the time, was in her last year of medical school at The University of Texas at Austin, and she was the only female “brother” of UT’s Alpha Kappa Kappa medical fraternity. Thinking it would be a great surprise for her, her AKK brothers drove to Galveston and turned our Convention into a week of beach parties, boat rides and car trips. Needless to say, not much ZTA business was conducted. After that, rules that only Zetas could participate in business meetings and guests had to be registered were put in place.

Pictured: Zetas and a group of fraternity men enjoyed many car trips during Convention 1910 in Galveston, Texas.

We had some odd Convention traditions that disappeared over time. In 1930, Grand Chapter thought it would be fun to have a bathing beauty contest, like the early Miss America pageants. No talent was necessary, just a cute swimsuit. The delegates that participated were voted on by other hotel guests at the West Baden Hotel in French Lick, Indiana, and one was crowned “Miss Zeta.” Over time, this evolved to become the Province Parade, in which delegates wore costumes that best represented their Provinces or schools. By the 1950s, the winner received a trophy proclaiming her to be “Miss Zeta” for the biennium. This competition went out of favor by the 1960s, when feminism was becoming a topic on college campuses, and evening events turned toward celebrating chapter achievements instead of individual talents. We also had swim meets, where all the collegiate delegates competed, and for decades, men were invited from military academies and men’s colleges to attend a formal dance. Skit nights, with elaborate song and dance routines created to entertain sisters, were also a large part of Convention into the early 2000s. In 2006, recognizing that members have extremely busy lives, Convention was shortened by one day, and smaller events throughout the course of Convention replaced “Fun Night.”

Pictured: A banquet at Convention 1923.

Today, Convention continues to be fun, full of tradition and focused on the achievements of our chapters and Fraternity. Although our time together is shorter than it was years ago, we make the most of every minute at Convention, whether it is in a voting session, meeting, poolside sisterhood event or meal. Attendees come away with lasting memories, inspired and motivated to be better leaders and sisters.

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Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American actress, singer, and fashion designer. She initially gained recognition as the first African-American recipient of the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984 in September 1983. However, a few weeks prior to the end of her reign, she learned that Penthouse magazine would be publishing unauthorized nude photographs of her in an upcoming issue. Williams thus resigned as Miss America on July 22, 1984 (under pressure from the Miss America Organization), and was replaced by first runner-up Miss New Jersey Suzette Charles. A few years later, she rebounded as an entertainer with the song "The Right Stuff." She then had a string of successful albums and singles and also found success as an actress (she is particularly well known for her roles as Teri Joseph in the 1997 feature film Soul Food, Wilhelmina Slater in Ugly Betty, and Renee Perry in Desperate Housewives).

Thirty-two years after resigning as Miss America, the current CEO of the Miss America Organization, Sam Haskell, offered Williams a public apology at the beginning of the Miss America 2016 pageant (where she was serving as head judge) stating: "I have been a close friend of this beautiful and talented lady for 32 years. You have lived your life in grace and dignity, and never was it more evident than during the events of 1984, when you resigned. Though none of us currently in the organization were involved then, on behalf of today's organization, I want to apologize to you and to your mother, Miss Helen Williams. I want to apologize for anything that was said or done that made you feel any less the Miss America you are and the Miss America you always will be."

Early life and education

Vanessa Lynn Williams was born in the The Bronx, New York, with a birth announcement that read: "Here she is: Miss America." Later in life, she participated in a DNA test with the following results: 23% from Ghana, 17% from the British Isles (specifically English, Welsh and Irish), 15% from Cameroon, 12% Finnish, 11% Southern European, 7% from Togo, 6% from Benin, 5% from Senegal, and 4% Portuguese.

Her maternal great-great grandfather was William A. Feilds, an African-American legislator in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Her mother, Helen Tinch, met her father, Milton Augustine Williams Jr. (1935–2006), while both were music education students at Fredonia State Teachers College in the late 1950s. They both became elementary school music teachers after marriage, though their teaching positions were in separate districts. Milton also served as the Assistant Principal of his school for an extended period of time.

Williams was raised Roman Catholic, the religion of her father. Her mother, who had been raised Baptist, converted to Catholicism when she got married. Williams was baptized at Our Lady of Grace Church in the Bronx. Williams' mother played the organ at St. Theresa's Church in Briarcliff Manor for weddings and at mass and Williams used to assist her mother by turning the pages of sheet music.

Williams and her younger brother Chris (who would later become an actor) grew up in a predominantly white middle-class suburb of New York City. Williams believes that she may have been the first African-American student to go from the first grade to the 12th grade in the Chappaqua Central School District.

As the child of music teachers, Williams grew up in a musical household, studying classical and jazz dance, French horn, piano, and violin. She was offered the Presidential Scholarship for Drama to attend Carnegie Mellon University during the college application period, (one of 12 students to receive it) but decided instead to attend Syracuse University on a different scholarship. Thus, in 1981, Williams joined Syracuse's College of Visual and Performing Arts, Department of Drama as a musical theater major. She stayed at Syracuse through her sophomore year, until she was crowned Miss America 1984 in September 1983.

Twenty-five years later in May 2008, Syracuse granted Williams a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. According to Syracuse News, "Williams earned the remaining credits for her degree through industry experience and her substantial performances on stage and screen." Williams also delivered the 2008 convocation address, telling Syracuse seniors to "treasure this moment. These days are irreplaceable and are the beginning of the rest of your life."

Name

Williams is most often referenced and publicly recognized simply as "Vanessa Williams." There is, however, occasional confusion with similarly named actress Vanessa A. Williams, who is just two months younger. It has been reported that Williams first became aware of Vanessa A. in the 1980s when her New York University registrar told her that another, similarly aged student with the same name and from the same state had applied. When Williams appeared as Miss America in a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Vanessa A. accidentally received her check for the appearance, which she returned.

In the area of acting, the two ran into name conflict when Screen Actors Guild rules prohibited duplicate stage naming. Vanessa A. had registered the name "Vanessa Williams" first, so as a compromise, Williams was occasionally credited as "Vanessa L. Williams" in acting credits. To compound the confusion, both actresses starred in versions of the drama Soul Food (Williams in the film version, and Vanessa A. in its TV series adaptation). The Screen Actors Guild eventually took the issue to arbitration and decided that both actresses could use the professional name "Vanessa Williams".

Miss America

Williams, who was Miss New York 1983, initially gained public recognition as the first African-American woman to win the title of Miss America when she was crowned Miss America 1984 in September 1983. Several weeks before the end of her reign, however, a scandal arose when Penthouse magazine bought and published unauthorized nude photographs of Williams. Williams was pressured to relinquish her title, and was succeeded by the first runner-up, Miss New Jersey 1983, Suzette Charles. Thirty-two years later, in September 2015, Williams served as head judge for the Miss America 2016 pageant. At the beginning of the event, Miss America CEO Sam Haskell made a public apology to Williams for what was said to her during the events of 1984.

Entertainment and fashion

Music

Williams first received public recognition for her musical abilities when she won the preliminary talent portion of the Miss America pageant with her rendition of "Happy Days Are Here Again" (Williams would later be crowned Miss America 1984). Four years later in 1988, Williams released her debut album, The Right Stuff. The first single, "The Right Stuff", found success on the R&B chart, while the second single, "He's Got the Look", found similar success on the same chart. The third single, "Dreamin'", was a pop hit, becoming Williams' first top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 8, and her first number one single on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The album reached platinum status in the U.S. and earned her a NAACP Image Award and three Grammy Award nominations, including one for Best New Artist.

Her second album The Comfort Zone became the biggest success in her music career. The lead single "Running Back to You" reached top twenty on the Hot 100, and the top position of Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart on October 5, 1991. Other singles included "The Comfort Zone" (#2 R&B), "Just for Tonight" (#26 Pop), a cover of The Isley Brothers' "Work to Do" (#3 R&B), and the club-only hit "Freedom Dance (Get Free!)." The most successful single from the album, as well as her biggest hit to date, is "Save the Best for Last". It reached No. 1 in the United States, where it remained for five weeks, as well as No. 1 in Australia, the Netherlands, and Canada, and was in the top 5 in Japan, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The album sold 2.2 million copies in the U.S. at its time of release and has since been certified triple platinum in the United States by the RIAA, gold in Canada by the CRIA, and platinum in the United Kingdom by the BPI. The Comfort Zone earned Williams five Grammy Award nominations.

The Sweetest Days, her third album, was released in 1994 to highly-favorable reviews. The album saw Williams branch out and sample other styles of music that included jazz, hip hop, rock, and Latin-themed recordings such as "Betcha Never" and "You Can't Run", both written and produced by Babyface. Other singles from the album included the adult-contemporary and dance hit "The Way That You Love" and the title track. The album was certified platinum in the U.S. by the RIAA and earned her two Grammy Award nominations.

Other releases include two Christmas albums, Star Bright in 1996, and Silver & Gold in 2004; Next in 1997, and Everlasting Love in 2005, along with a greatest-hits compilation released in 1998, and a host of other compilations released over the years. Notable chart performances from subsequent albums, motion picture and television soundtracks have included the songs "Love Is", which was a duet with Brian McKnight, the Golden Globe- and Academy Award-winning "Colors of the Wind", "Where Do We Go from Here?", and "Oh How the Years Go By".

Television and film

Williams has had a successful career in television. Her first television appearance was on a 1984 episode of The Love Boat followed by guest appearances in a number of popular shows. In 1995, Williams starred as Rose Alvarez in a television adaptation of the 1960 Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie and portrayed the nymph Calypso in the 1997 Hallmark Entertainment miniseries The Odyssey. In 2001, Williams starred in the Lifetime cable movie about the life of Henriette DeLille, The Courage to Love and in 2003, Williams read the narrative of Tempie Herndon Durham from the WPA slave narratives in the HBO documentary Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives. In 2006, Williams received considerable media attention for her comic/villainess role as former model/magazine creative director turned editor-in-chief Wilhelmina Slater in the ABC comedy series Ugly Betty. Her performance on the series resulted in a nomination for outstanding supporting actress at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards and in 2008 and 2009, she was nominated in the outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series category for Ugly Betty. Williams next joined the cast of Desperate Housewives for its seventh season, where she portrayed Renee Perry, an old college "frenemy" of Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman). In 2017, she is slated to appear as Maxine in VH1's 2017 series, Satan's Sister's, which is based on the book with the same name by Star Jones, a fictionalization of Jones' time with The View. It was announced in May 2016 that Williams will join the cast of TNT's series, The Librarians, as recurring villainess General Rockwell.

Williams has also appeared in a number of feature films. She received a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for her portrayal of Teri Joseph for the 1997 feature film Soul Food. In 2007, she starred in the independent film My Brother, for which she won Best Actress honors at the Harlem International Film Festival, the African-American Women in Cinema Film Festival, and at the Santa Barbara African Heritage Film Festival. She also notably co-starred with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Eraser, Samuel L. Jackson in the 2000 remake of Shaft, the characters from Sesame Street in The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (as the Queen of Trash), and with Miley Cyrus in Hannah Montana: The Movie.

Theatre

Williams began her career on stage in the 1985 production, One Man Band, as one of "the women." She followed it in 1989 as "Laura" in Checkmates. In 1994, she broadened her ascendant music career into a theatrical role when she was cast as the understudy for Aurora in the Broadway production of Kiss of the Spider Woman. In 1998, she portrayed Della Green in the revival of St. Louis Woman, and Carmen Jones in the 2002 Kennedy Center Special Performance of Carmen Jones. In the same year, she was also featured in the Tony/Drama Desk Award winning revival production of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods, for which she was nominated a Tony and Drama Desk Award for her performance as the Witch. This production included songs revised for her. In 2010, Williams starred in a new Broadway musical revue entitled Sondheim on Sondheim, a look at Stephen Sondheim through his music, film and videotaped interviews. Sondheim ran from March 19 to June 13 at Studio 54 in New York City. In 2013, she starred as Jessie Mae Watts in the Horton Foote play The Trip to Bountiful, which was later turned into a 2014 television film. In 2014, she starred in the Broadway musical, After Midnight and in 2015 she appeared in a PBS production of Show Boat as Julie La Verne.

Additional roles

Williams served as the host of the 1994 Essence Awards, co-host of Carnegie Hall Salutes the Jazz Masters: Verve Records at 50, host of the 1998 NAACP Image Awards, host of the 2002 documentary, It's Black Entertainment, host of The 6th Annual TV Land Awards in 2007, host of the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in 2009, and finally host of the documentary Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation (2009).

Williams is a spokesmodel for Proactiv Solution, and was the first African-American spokesmodel for L'Oréal cosmetics in the late 1990s. She appeared on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2000 as a contestant, and once again on August 10, 2009, as a celebrity guest during the show's 10th anniversary prime-time special editions, winning $50,000 for her charity. In a commercial that began running during Super Bowl XLVI in 2012, Williams voiced the new character Ms. Brown, a brown M&M.

Fashion

In March 2016, Williams launched her own clothing line, V. by Vanessa Williams for EVINE Live.

Personal life

Williams and her mother Helen co-authored a memoir entitled You Have No Idea, published in April 2012. In the book, Williams discusses her childhood, rise to fame, and personal struggles (including life with type 1 diabetes), including the fact that she was sexually molested by a woman when she was 10 years old. She also spoke candidly about having an abortion while she was in high school.

Williams is a Roman Catholic, something she spoke about on the ABC News program, Focus On Faith with Father Edward L. Beck.

Williams is also involved with a number of humanitarian causes. She is a supporter of gay rights and same sex marriage, and in 2011 she participated in a human rights campaign entitled “New Yorkers for Marriage Equality". She is also partnered with Dress For Success, an organization that provides professional attire for low-income women, to help support their job-search and interview process. In addition, Williams is involved with The San Miquel Academy of Newburgh, a school for boys at risk.

Williams has been married three times. She married her first husband, Ramon Hervey II, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in 1987 just a few years after giving up her crown, and gave birth to her first child at this time (Hervey is a public relations specialist who was hired to resuscitate her career after her resignation as Miss America in July 1984). They have three children (Melanie, Jillian Hervey, and Devin) and divorced in 1997. She then married NBA basketball player Rick Fox in 1999. They have one daughter, Sasha Gabriella Fox, and divorced in 2004. In 2015, Williams married Jim Skrip, a businessman from Buffalo, New York.

Honors and awards

Williams is the recipient of many awards and nominations including Grammy nominations for hits such as "The Right Stuff", "Save the Best for Last", and "Colors of the Wind". In addition, she has earned multiple Emmy nominations, a Tony Award nomination, seven NAACP Image Awards, and four Satellite Awards.

She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 19, 2007.

Discography

Studio albums

1988: The Right Stuff

1991: The Comfort Zone

1994: The Sweetest Days

1996: Star Bright

1997: Next

2004: Silver & Gold

2005: Everlasting Love

2009: The Real Thing

Book

Williams, Vanessa; Williams, Helen (April 17, 2012). You Have No Idea: A Famous Daughter, Her No-Nonsense Mother, and How They Survived Pageants, Hollywood, Love, Loss (and Each Other). New York: Gotham Books. ISBN 978-1-5924-0759-0. 

Wikipedia

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Gender: Female

Origin: Latin

Meaning: Work

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1. Meaning of the name "Amelia"

A blend of medieval names Emilia and Amalia. In Latin, it means "hard work" and "striving". Its Teutonic meaning is "defender". Famous Amelia: pilot Amelia Earhart; title character in the children's book Amelia Bedelia.

2. Variation of the name "Amelia"

Amilya:

  According to the Indian Astrology, the persons whose names start with the letter 'A' are creative. Astrology shows due to the letter 'A' effect these persons are very passionate about their own creative works.

They will achieve great success if they choose any creative field that is their professional field. They also have strong minds. Determination for their work helps them succeed on their own path.

They will have many opportunities and through these opportunities, they will elevate their lives in their own way. Their promising nature attracts others to them. Their promising nature sometimes makes them stubborn about their work and decisions.

They are famous among their friends. Their good deeds and pleasant nature will help them gain popularity. The 'A' makes these people love and care for nature. Love is in their air for all seasons. They love to live with good and happy moods throughout the years.

These persons are with perfection. They always try to finish their work with perfect perfection. The determination and perfection for their work make them successful in their careers. According to Vedic astrology, they are very responsive to their elders and superior.

Amilia:

  There are some who think that Emilio German origin and derived from elemental amal (work).

3. Top 3 Famous Person Named Amelia

Amelia Earhart:

Amelia Earhart (born July 24, 1897; missing July 2, 1937; She was officially notified of the death on January 5, 1939) is an American female pilot and writer. She was the first woman to receive the American Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic.

Amelia Earhart set many records, in which her fly experience became the best-selling books of the time, she also played a key role in founding The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.

Earhart became a member of Purdue University's aviation department in 1935 with the task of giving advice to women wishing to become pilots. She is also a member of the National Woman's Party and a supporter of the amendment of equal rights.

In an attempt to make a 1937 round-earth flight in the Lockheed Model 10 Electra, Earhart went missing in the center of the Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. The US government spent a lot of money to search for her.

But in the end, this search was unsuccessful. Earhart's disappearance remained a controversial topic until December 2010, when a college student group found the remains of a young woman on Nikumaroro Island (Phoenix, Kiribati).

DNA tests do not have conclusive conclusions about whether or not this is a famous female pilot.

Amelia Vega:

Amelia Vega (born November 7, 1984) is a beauty queen who won the Miss Universe 2003 pageant held in Panama City, on June 3, 2003. There are many documents claiming that she was the heaviest candidate for this beauty contest before she was crowned Miss [citation needed].

Currently, her father is a family doctor practicing in New York and Miami. Her mother, Patricia Polanco, is also a beauty of Dominicana, who represented the country in the Miss World pageant of 1980.

Amelia Warner:

Warner started her acting career as a member of the Royal Court's youth theatre group. She also starred in the BBC adaptation of Lorna Doone in 2000 and has had supporting roles in films like Æon Flux and Stiled.

In 2015, she released a classic EP instrument, called Arms. In 2016, Amelia began grading movies starting with Mom's List, followed by Mary Shelley. In 2017, she released a second EP, Visitor under her name, Amelia Warner.

In 2018, Amelia Warner won the International Film Music Critics Association Award for Breakthrough Composer of the Year for her debut mainstream score on the film, Mary Shelley.

She has come to be recognized as one of the new and leading female composers in the movie industry along with Carly Paradis, Nainita Desai, Jessica Jones, Kate Simko, and Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch.

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GOVERNOR'S NOTE: Building the Nation

Have you ever knew that the essay "Building the nation" written by Butch Dalisay, one of the respected Romblon -born writer, who won 16 Palanca Awards were actually written as his mere reflection essay? The writer himself, mentioned that he's attending that time the 2nd edition of "Taboan"-the Philippine International Writers Festival way back February for celebrating National Arts Month. The event has Dr. Resil Mojares, an internationally recognized scholar of Philippine literature — who drew such deliberately provocative topic for his address: “Will Magdalena Jalandoni Ever Be a National Artist?” Jalandoni, is an Ilonggo writer who wrote 36 various novels, and sich number of fiction, poems, and plays. Writer (Jalandoni) produced such detailed and noticeable works of art, yes but its not actually the criteria being mentioned to be the national artist. So what is that thing that hinders Jalandoni's nomination as National Artist? The reason is very simple and indeed unacceptable-THE LANGUAGE USED IN HER WORKS. The speaker, (Resil) even mentioned "he simply didn’t know her work well enough to make that judgment." Indeed, this topic may not be that noticeable unlike various teleseryes pr news that gets thousands of shares or retweets but this is a hot topic that everyone should pay attention: this is one of the century old issues of the nation: REGIONALISM VS NATIONALISM. More likely, the council who reviewed the nomination of Jalandoni, followed procedires yet sadly, 2 of them haven't read Jalandoni's works due to an absurd reason: either due to language, unavailability of texts or translations, or simply because Jalandoni did not fall within their area of expertise. At this point, the presence of politics within the selection or should I say, "Partial Discrimination" to the works of Jalandoni due to the language used, is really unacceptable. What does it really makes us to be recognized? Is it we have to be a native Tagalog Speaker, or a fluent English Speaker or just to use what language we are comfortable? This issue is not different on the usage of interpreters at Miss Universe or any International Pageants. Sad to say, that we seem to be not proud of the language that nurtured us. We have Ilocano. We have Kapampangan. We have Hiligaynon. Yet many of the works remain unrecognized due to "language used." Writers wh uses these dialects were even considered as "Regional Writers" while the people hailed from NCR or Luzon Area who speaks Tagalog or English fluently, were considered "National Artists"-this is not different upon the comparison made by the writer, that addresses to the superiority of Manila Region, or mostly Tagalog Region. As Rizal quotes on his poem "Sa aking mga Kabata (To my Fellow Youth): "Ang hindi marunong magmahal sa sariling wika, masahol pa sa hayop at malansang isda" (He that knows not to love his own language, is worse than beasts and putrid fish) he doesnt mean that the Tagalog is the National Language. Of course, history has a way of redefining itself: ultimately, as the Constitution was passed way back 1935, instead of all languages, it ended up that the national language should be based on one language, hence why we have the wikang pambansang batay sa Tagalog, that people outside the Katagalugan , the Tagalog heartland to which Manila belongs, so despise. This is what the writer addresses: the equality within the languages. Any council, be it from the government or any NGO must play a proactive role in ensuring the survival of our so called "local languages", sustaining and intellectualizing our people to destroy those who want to impose their hegemony over everybody else. We must ensure equal opportunities, appreciation and recognition to all Filipinos across the nation, for their various works that promoted equality, liberty and fraternity towards enlightenment of our people so that Filipinos in general should be able to speak their local, regional, national and official languages with equal fluency to be able to stay alive without the threat of being "overrun" by each other, so that they can get services in those languages without prejudice, and they can presented their ideas that really contributes in uplifting our nation-Be it Hiligaynon, Kapampangan or Ilocano, and other dialects across the archipelago. These languages, were all FILIPINO- and thats what makes us a FILIPINO. Ladies and gentlemen: Is it really the language really measures the intelligence of a person, or his abilities to contribute for the success of our nation?

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Thelma Alice Todd (July 29, 1906 – December 16, 1935) was an American actress and businesswoman often referred to by the nickname "The Ice Cream Blonde", also "Hot Toddy". Appearing in around 120 feature films and shorts between 1926 and 1935, she is best remembered for her comedic roles opposite ZaSu Pitts and in films such as Marx Brothers' Monkey Business and Horse Feathers and a number of Charley Chase's short comedies. She co-starred with Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante in Speak Easily. She also had roles in several Wheeler and Woolsey and Laurel and Hardy films, the last of which (The Bohemian Girl) featured her in a part that was truncated by her suspicious death in 1935 at the age of 29.

Todd was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to John Shaw Todd, an upholsterer from Ireland, and Alice Elizabeth Edwards, an immigrant from Canada. She had an older brother, William. She was a bright student who achieved good academic results. She intended to become a schoolteacher and enrolled at the Lowell Normal School (now University of Massachusetts, Lowell) after graduating from high school in 1923. In her late teens, she began entering beauty pageants, winning the title of Miss Massachusetts in 1925. While representing her home state, she was spotted by a Hollywood talent scout and began her career in film at Paramount.

During the silent film era, Todd appeared in numerous supporting roles that made full use of her beauty but gave her little chance to act. With the advent of the talkies, Todd was given opportunity to expand her roles when producer Hal Roach signed her to appear with such comedy stars as Harry Langdon, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy.

In 1931, Roach cast Todd in her own series of slapstick comedy shorts, running 17 to 27 minutes each. In an attempt to create a female version of Laurel and Hardy, Roach teamed Todd with ZaSu Pitts for 17 shorts, from "Let's do Things" (June 1931) through "One Track Minds" (May 1933). When Pitts left in 1933, she was replaced by Patsy Kelly, appearing with Todd in 21 shorts, from "Beauty and the Bus" (September 1933) through "An All American Toothache" (January 1936). These Roach shorts often cast Todd as a levelheaded working girl having all sorts of problems and trying her best to remain poised and charming despite the embarrassing antics of her ditzy sidekick.

In 1931, Todd starred in Corsair, a film directed by Roland West, with whom she would later become romantically involved.

Todd became highly regarded as a capable film comedian, and Roach loaned her out to other studios to play opposite Wheeler & Woolsey, Buster Keaton, Joe E. Brown, and the Marx Brothers. She also appeared successfully in such dramas as the original 1931 film version of The Maltese Falcon starring Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade, in which she played Miles Archer's treacherous widow. During her career she appeared in around 120 feature films and shorts.

In August of 1934, Todd opened a successful cafe, Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe, at 17575 Pacific Coast Highway in the Los Angeles coastal neighborhood of Pacific Palisades. It attracted a diverse clientele of Hollywood celebrities as well as many tourists.

Todd continued her short-subject series through 1935 and was featured in the full-length Laurel and Hardy comedy The Bohemian Girl. This was her last film; she died after completing all of her scenes, but most of them were re-shot. Producer Roach deleted all of Todd's dialogue and limited her appearance to one musical number.

On the morning of Monday, December 16, 1935, Thelma Todd was found dead in her car inside the garage of Jewel Carmen, a former actress and former wife of Todd's lover and business partner, Roland West. Carmen's house was approximately a block from the topmost side of Todd's restaurant. Her death was determined to have been caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. West is quoted in a contemporaneous newspaper account as having locked her out, which may have caused her to seek refuge and warmth in the car. Todd had a wide circle of friends and associates as well as a busy social life.

Police investigations revealed that she had spent the previous Saturday night (December 14) at the Trocadero, a popular Hollywood restaurant, at a party hosted by entertainer Stanley Lupino and his actress daughter, Ida. At the restaurant, she had a brief, but unpleasant, exchange with her ex-husband, Pat DiCicco. However, her friends stated that she was in good spirits and were aware of nothing unusual in her life that could suggest a reason for her committing suicide. She was driven home from the party in the early hours of December 15 by her chauffeur, Ernest O. Peters.

The detectives of the LAPD concluded that Todd's death was accidental, the result of her either warming up the car to drive it or using the heater to keep herself warm. A Coroner's Inquest into Todd's death was held on December 18, 1935. Autopsy surgeon A. P. Wagner testified that there were "no marks of violence anywhere upon or within the body" with only a "superficial contusion on the lower lip." There are informal accounts of greater signs of injury. The jury ruled that the death appeared to be accidental but recommended "further investigation to be made into the case, by proper authorities."

Subsequently a grand jury probe was held to determine whether Todd's death was a murder. After four weeks of testimony, the inquiry was closed with no evidence of murder being brought forward. The case was closed by the Homicide Bureau, which listed the death as "accidental with possible suicide tendencies." However, investigators were unable to find any motive for suicide or a suicide note.

Visitation was held at Pierce Brothers Mortuary at 720 West Washington Blvd in Los Angeles.

Todd's body was cremated. After her mother's death in 1969, Todd's remains were placed in her mother's casket and buried in Bellevue Cemetery in her hometown of Lawrence, Massachusetts.

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[TASK 134: LEBANON]

There’s a masterlist below compiled of over 1,170+ Lebanese faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. Special thanks to @folaevanakingbola for helping us out with this masterlist! If you want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever faceclaim or whichever project you desire.

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THE TASK - scroll down for FC’s!

STEP 1: Decide on a FC you wish to create resources for! You can always do more than one but who are you starting with? There are links to masterlists you can use in order to find them and if you want help, just send us a message and we can pick one for you at random!

STEP 2: Pick what you want to create! You can obviously do more than one thing, but what do you want to start off with? Screencaps, RP icons, GIF packs, masterlists, PNG’s, fancasts, alternative FC’s - LITERALLY anything you desire!

STEP 3: Look back on tasks that we have created previously for tutorials on the thing you are creating unless you have whatever it is you are doing mastered - then of course feel free to just get on and do it. :)

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Stumped for ideas? Maybe make a masterlist or graphic of your favourite faceclaims. A masterlist of names. Plot ideas or screencaps from a music video preformed by an artist. Masterlist of quotes and lyrics that can be used for starters, thread titles or tags. Guides on culture and customs.

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and whatever else you can think of / make!

MASTERLIST!

F:

Rosalind Elias (1929) Lebanese - singer.

Najah Salam (1931) Lebanese - singer.

Renée Roxana (1931) Argentinian [Lebanese, Syrian] - actress and screenwriter.

Hiyam Younes (1932) Lebanese - singer.

Fairuz / Nouhad Wadie' Haddad (1934) Lebanese Assyrian  - singer.

Samira Tewfik (1935) Lebanese / Armenian - singer and actress.

Mariam Nour (1936) Lebanese / Armenian - tv personality.

Jacqueline Monroe (1936) Lebanese - singer.

Marlo Thomas (1937) Lebanese Maronite / Italian - actress, producer, and author.

Samira Ahmed (1938) Lebanese - actress.

Valerie Sarruf (1940) Lebanese - actress.

Terre Thomas (1942) Lebanese Maronite / Italian - actress.

Sandra Zaiter (1943) Puerto Rican [Lebanese Maronite] - actress, singer, tv host, composer, and former athlete.

Huda Haddad (1944) Lebanese - singer.

Zulma Faiad (1944) Argentinian [Lebanese] - actress, vedette, and former model.

Eman / Liz Sarkissian (1945) Lebanese, Armenian - actress.

Sona Ghazarian (1945) Lebanese, Armenian - singer.

Wanderléa / Wanderléa Charlup Boere Salim (1946) Brazilian [Lebanese] - singer and tv host.

Wanda Seux (1948) Paraguayan [Lebanese, Syrian, French] - actress, vedette, and dancer.

Liliana Abud (1948) Mexican [Lebanese] - actress and screenwriter.

Sonia Fares (1949) Lebanese - fashion designer and former beauty pageant contestant.

Aida Chalhoub (1951) Lebanese - singer.

Georgina Rizk (1953) Lebanese / Hungarian - model, socialite, and Miss Universe 1971.

Elmaz Abinader (1954) Lebanese - performer, poet, and author.

Kuh Ledesma / Maria Socorro Ledesma (1955) Lebanese, Filipina - actress, singer, model, fashion designer, and painter.

Iara Jamra (1955) Brazilian [Lebanese] - actress.

Naji Hakim (1955) Lebanese - composer and organist.

Christine Hakim / Herlina Christine Natalia Hakim (1956) Lebanese, Yemeni, Minangkabau Indonesian, Acehnese Indonesian, Javanese Indonesian, Possibly Other - actress and producer.

Majida El Roumi (1956) Lebanese - singer.

Kathy Najimy (1957) Lebanese - actress.

Astrid Hadad (1957) Mexican [Lebanese] - actress and performing artist.

Callie Khouri (1957) Lebanese, Syrian / French, German, English - director, producer, and screenwriter.

Sandra Shamas (1957) Lebanese - actress, comedian, director, producer, and writer.

Arsinée Khanjian (1958) Lebanese, Armenian - actress and producer.

Sonia Abrão (1958) Brazilian [Lebanese, Possibly Other] - tv presenter and writer.

Jane Wiedlin (1958) Lebanese, Syrian / German, Swiss - singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress.

Inaya Jaber (1958) Lebanese - writer, artist and singer.

Catarina Abdala (1959) Brazilian [Lebanese] - actress.

Catherine Keener (1959) Lebanese / English, Scottish, German - actress.

Nadia Sahari (1960) Lebanese, Italian, French - producer.

Dalida Rahme (1960) Lebanese - singer.

Astrid Achi (1961) Ecuadorian [Lebanese, Possibly Other] - singer.

Adrienne Maloof (1961) Lebanese, Irish - businessperson, tv personality, and shoe designer.

Madeleine Tabar (1961) Lebanese - actress.

Marie Sleiman (1961) Lebanese - singer.

Amy Yasbeck (1962) Lebanese / Irish - actress.

Rose Abdoo (1962) Lebanese / Dominican - actress and comedian.

Misty McNichol (1962) Lebanese / Irish - actress, singer, comedian, and producer.

Doris Younane (1963) Lebanese - actress.

Mary Zilba (1963) Lebanese / French - singer and tv personality.

Carmen Lebbos (1963) Lebanese - actress.

Joelle Khoury (1963) Lebanese - pianist and composer.

Alejandra Darín (1964) Argentinian [Syrian, Lebanese, Italian] - actress.

Pascale Sakr (1964) Lebanese Maronite - singer.

Ana Zins (1964) Lebanese, Dutch, English / Spanish - director.

Yamila Cafrune (1965) Argentinian [Syrian, Lebanese, possibly other] - singer.

May Nasr (1965) Lebanese - singer and musician.

Péri Cochin / Périhane Chalabi Cochin (1965) Lebanese, Iraqi - tv host.

Malu Mäder / Maria de Lourdes da Silveira Mäder (1966) Brazilian [Lebanese, Portuguese, Luxembourgian] - actress.

Elizabeth Kenner (1966) Lebanese / English, Scottish, German - actress.

Lili Estefan / Liliana Del Carmen Estefan García (1966) Cuban [Lebanese, Spanish, Galician / Unspecified] - model and tv host.

Oumeima El Khalil (1966) Lebanese - singer.

Badi Assad (1966) Brazilian [Lebanese / Unspecified Other] - singer-songwriter, guitarist, and percussionist.

Najwa Karam (1966) Lebanese - singer and songwriter

Gricel Mamery / Gricel Mamery Muñoz (1967) Puerto Rican [Lebanese / Unspecified] - tv host and comedian.

Natasha Hovey (1967) Lebanese - actress.

Pascale Machaalani (1967) Lebanese - singer.

Maisara (1967) Lebanese / Egyptian - actress.

Dad Dáger (1967) Venezuelan [Lebanese, Possibly Other] - actress and singer.

Julia Boutros (1968) Lebanese / Palestinian, Armenian - singer.

Mona Abou Hamze (1968) Lebanese Druze - TV personality and presenter.

Susana Harp (1968) Mexican [Lebanese / Mixe] - singer.

Julie Nesrallah (1968) Lebanese - actress, singer, and radio host.

Khrystyne Haje (1968) Lebanese / Polish - actress.

Najwa Qassem (1968) Lebanese - tv presenter.

Darina Al Joundi (1968) Lebanese / Syrian - actress.

Nancy Dupláa (1969) Argentinian [Lebanese, possibly other] - actress.

Joana Hadjithomas (1969) Lebanese - director.

Luciana Gimenez (1969) Brazilian [Lebanese, Spanish, Portuguese, possibly other] - model and tv host.

Tania Saleh (1969) Lebanese - singer.

Karol Sakr (1969) Lebanese Maronite - singer.

Gariné Torossian (1970) Lebanese, Armenian - filmmaker.

Amani / Angel Nabil Ayoub (1970) Lebanese - actress, dancer, choreographer, and teacher.

Paola Turbay (1970) Colombian [1/8 Lebanese, 7/8 Spanish] - actress, model, tv presenter, and Miss Colombia 1991.

Barbara Abdeni Massaad (1970) Lebanese - tv host, blogger, photographer, author, and food consultant.

Myriam Klink (1970) Lebanese, Serbian - model and singer.

Tiffany / Tiffany Darwish (1971) Lebanese, Syrian / Cherokee, Irish - singer-songwriter and actress.

Elissa / Elissar Zakaria Khoury (1971) Lebanese / Syrian - singer.

Ward El Khal (1971) Lebanese - actress.

Janie Haddad Tompkins (1972) Lebanese, Irish - actress.

Nawal Al Zoghbi (1972) Lebanese - singer.

Ghada Shbeir (1972) Lebanese - singer.

Hiba Kawas (1972) Lebanese - singer.

Hiba Al Kawas (1972) Lebanese - singer.

Kerri Kasem (1972) Lebanese Druze / Unspecified - tv personality and radio personality.

Joumana Kidd (1972) Lebanese - actress and journalist.

Viktoria Lauterbach (1972) Lebanese - actress.

Carole Samaha (1972) Lebanese - singer, actress, and performer.

Madeline Matar (1972) Lebanese - singer.

May Hariri (1972) Lebanese - singer and actress.

Shannon Elizabeth (1973) Lebanese, Syrian / English, Irish, German - actress and former model.

Dina Azar (1973) Lebanese - Miss Lebanon 1995.

Hilda Khalife / Hilda Moudabbar (1973) Lebanese Maronite - model and tv presenter.

Viviane Ndour (1973) Lebanese / Mauritanian, Malian - singer.

Dania Khatib (1973) Lebanese - singer.

Coraima Torres (1973) Venezuelan [Lebanese, Possibly Other] - actress.

Sabine Nahas (1973) Lebanese - model and Miss Internet Asia 2001.

Noura Rahal (1973) Lebanese / Syrian - singer.

Bassima / Paula Al Turk (1973) Lebanese - singer.

Senta Moses (1973) Lebanese / Italian - actress.

Ana María Orozco (1973) Colombian [Lebanese, Possibly Other] - actress.

Razan Moughrabi (1973) Lebanese - singer, actress, and TV presenter.

Jillian Michaels (1974) 1/2 Lebanese, Syrian, 1/4 Italian, 1/8 Russian Jewish, 1/8 Austrian Jewish - tv personality, author, and personal trainer.

Nadine Naous (1974) Lebanese - director, screenwriter and actress.

Isabel Bayrakdarian (1974) Lebanese, Armenian - singer.

Aline Khalaf (1974) Lebanese - singer.

Rima Khcheich (1974) Lebanese - singer.

Alissar Caracalla (1974) Lebanese - dancer, choreographer, dance instructor, and art director.

Clauda Chemaly (1974) Lebanese - singer.

Marwa (1974) Lebanese - singer.

Nicole Saba / Nicole Chaba Elias (1974) Lebanese / Armenian - actress and singer.

Chenoa / Chenoa María Laura Corradini Falomir (1975) Argentinian [1/4 Lebanese, 1/4 Italian, 1/4 Basque, 1/4 Spanish] - singer.

Nadine Labaki (1975) Lebanese - actress and director.

Grace Deeb (1975) Lebanese - singer.

Sam Doumit / Samia Doumit (1975) Lebanese, Jewish, Irish, French, German - actress.

Roobz / Rouba / Rouba Zeidan (1975) Lebanese - singer.

Daniella Semaan (1975) Lebanese - instagrammer (daniellasemaan).

Ralana / Fadia Dirawi (1975) Lebanese, Palestinian - singer, songwriter, record producer and DJ.

Nada Abou Farhat (1976) Lebanese - actress.

Yamila Díaz / Yamila Díaz-Rahi (1976) Argentinian [1/4 Lebanese, 3/4 Spanish] - model.

Roula Chamieh (1976) Lebanese - actress and comedian.

Kym Marsh / Kym Ryder / Kym Lomas / Kimberley Marsh (1976) Lebanese / English - actress and singer-songwriter.

Marwan Naji (1976) Lebanese - actor, producer and director.

Mayssam Nahas (1976) Lebanese - singer.

Kenya Mori (1976) Uruguayan [Lebanese, Japanese, Basque, Spanish], some Mexican - actress.

Mireille Safa (1976) Lebanese - actress.

Laura Khalil (1976) Lebanese - singer.

Maya Nasry (1976) Lebanese - actress.

Ana Roces (1976) Lebanese, Filipina - actress, singer, and tv presenter.

Katia Kaady (1976) Lebanese - actress, tv presenter, and Miss Lebanon 1998 First Runner-Up.

Diana Haddad (1976) Lebanese Arab / Lebanese Maronite - singer, tv personality, and producer.

Joanna Mallah (1976) Lebanese - singer.

Yasmine Hamdan (1976) Lebanese - singer-songwriter and actress.

Maya Nasri / Maya Asmar (1976) Lebanese - singer and actress.

Paula Sharim (1977) Chilean [Lebanese Jewish, Egyptian Jewish, possibly other] - actress.

Joyce Chamaoun (1977) Lebanese - actress.

Carla Rahal (1977) Lebanese / Bulgarian - actress.

Nour / Marian Farid Abi Habib (1977) Lebanese - actress.

Michelle Buteau (1977) African-Haitian, some Lebanese / French, African-Jamaican - comedian, actress and podcast host.

Rima Maktabi (1977) Lebanese - tv presenter.

Joelle Mardinian (1977) 1/4 Lebanese, 1/4 Syrian, 1/4 Armenian, 1/4 Italian - tv host and makeup artist.

Amal Hijazi (1977) Lebanese - singer.

Cyrine Abdelnour (1977) Lebanese, Greek - singer, actress, and model.

Elissa / Elissar Zakaria Khoury (1977) Lebanese / Syrian - singer.

Raya Abirached (1977) Lebanese - tv presenter, tv personality, and producer.

Bibelot Mansur (1978) Lebanese / Mexican - actress.

Clarice Assad / Clarice Vasconcelos da Cunha Assad Simão (1978) Brazilian [1/4 Lebanese, 3/4 Unspecified Other] - singer, pianist, composer, arranger, and orchestrator.

Natalie Saleeba (1978) Lebanese - actress.

Mariam Ghani (1978) Lebanese / Pashtun Afghan - filmmaker and multimedia artist.

Rola Saad (1978) Lebanese - singer and model.

Bárbara Mori (1978) Uruguayan [Lebanese, Japanese, Basque, Spanish], some Mexican - actress, model, producer, and writer.

Nathalie Sader (1978) Lebanese - instagrammer (nathaliesader).

Amal Clooney (1978) Lebanese Druze - writer.

Maguy Bou Ghosn (1979) Lebanese - actress.

Re-Mi Bendali (1979) Lebanese - singer.

Dana Hamdan (1979) Lebanese, Palestinian, Jordanian - actress.

Nelly Makdessy (1979) Lebanese - singer, songwriter, record producer, instrumentalist and model.

Rindala Kodeih (1979) Lebanese / Unspecified - director, actress and producer.

Hala Shiha (1979) Lebanese / Egyptian - actress.

Darine Hamze (1979) Lebanese - actress.

Carole Ammoun (1979) Lebanese - actress and writer.

Nadine Al Rassi (1979) Lebanese - actress.

Nadine Saab (1979) Lebanese - singer.

Nadina Zarifeh (1979) Lebanese - singer.

Tulip Joshi (1979) Lebanese / Gujarati Indian - actress.

Petra Yared / Petra Jared (1979) Lebanese - actress

Juliana Paes (1979) Brazilian [Portuguese, African, Indigenous], some Syrian, Lebanese - actress and model.

Joelle Behlok (1979) Lebanese - fashion designer, tv presenter, actress, and winner of the Miss Lebanon 1997.

Tamar Vezirian (1979) Lebanese - actress.

Clemence Achkar (1979) Lebanese - Miss International Lebanon 1999.

Verónica Orozco (1979) Colombian [Lebanese, Possibly Other] - actress and singer.

Nadja Haddad (1980) Brazilian [Lebanese] - actress, tv presenter, dancer, and journalist.

Dolly Shahine (1980) Lebanese / Brazilian - former singer, actress, and fashion designer.

Jenna Dewan / Jenna Dewan-Tatum (1980) Lebanese, Polish / German, English - actress and dancer.

Viviane Mrad (1980) Lebanese - singer.

Cristina Abuhazi (1980) Venezuelan [Lebanese] - actress, model, and tv host.

Katee Sackhoff (1980) 1/16 Lebanese, Syrian, 1/4 Luxembourgian, 11/16 Irish, English, German - actress.

Naty Botero / Natalia Botero (1980) Colombian [Lebanese, Possibly Other] - singer and model.

Cynthya Karam (1980) Lebanese - singer.

Abeer Nehme (1980) Lebanese - singer.

Lamitta Frangieh (1980) Lebanese - actress, former beauty pageant contestant and fashion model.

Dominique Hourani (1980) Lebanese - recording artist, actress, beauty queen, and former top model.

Christina Sawaya (1980) Lebanese - model and Miss International 2002.

Maya Diab (1980) Lebanese - singer, entertainer, actress, and tv personality.

Valerie Domínguez (1981) Colombian [Lebanese / Unspecified] - actress, model, Miss Colombia 2005, and fashion designer.

Katia Khatchadourian (1980) Lebanese - actress.

Diala Makki (1981) Lebanese / Iranian - tv host, media personality, and journalist.

Aline Lahoud (1981) Lebanese - singer.

Majida Issa (1981) Colombian [Lebanese, Italian] - actress and singer.

Darine Hadchiti (1981) Lebanese - singer.

Sabrina Sato (1981) Brazilian [Japanese / Lebanese, Swiss] - tv presenter.

Elsa Zgheib (1981) Lebanese - actress.

Carla Haddad (1981) Lebanese - actress and tv host.

Bethany Kehdy (1981) Lebanese / Unspecified - Miss World Lebanon 2002, culinary expert and cookbook author.

Darine Chahine (1981) Lebanese - tv host and tv personality.

Mais Hamdan (1982) Lebanese, Palestinian, Jordanian - actress, singer, and tv personality.

Tamara Jaber (1982) Lebanese / Unspecified White - singer-songwriter and dancer.

Adriana Tarud (1982) Colombian [Lebanese / Unspecified] - model and Miss Colombia 2004.

Sandra Rizk (1982) Lebanese - Miss Lebanon 2000 and TV presenter.

Nadia Buari (1982) Lebanese / Ghanaian - actress.

Liz Kouri (1982) Lebanese / Unknown - actress, dancer, and elite gymnast.

Dina Hayek / Collet Bou Gergis (1982) Lebanese / Syrian - singer.

Marcelle Bittar / Marcelle Bittar de Almeida (1982) Brazilian [Lebanese, Portuguese] - model.

Layal Abboud (1982) Lebanese - singer, folk music entertainer, sound-lyric poet, concert dancer, and fit model.

Melissa / Myriam Shehab (1982) Lebanese, Iraqi - singer.

Rouwaida Attieh (1982) Lebanese, Syrian - singer.

Samia Ghadie / Samia Maxine Longchambon (1982) Lebanese, French / English - actress.

Nancy Ajram (1983) Lebanese / Palestinian Arab - singer.

Tammin Sursok (1983) Lebanese, Unspecified Other - actress and singer.

Nancy Nasrallah (1983) Lebanese - singer.

Yara / Carla Nazih al-Berkashi (1983) Lebanese - singer.

Lolita Chammah (1983) Lebanese, Italian / Hungarian Jewish, Slovakian Jewish, German Jewish, Austrian Jewish, French Jewish, French - actress.

Mai Selim (1983) Lebanese, Palestinian, Jordanian - actress and singer.

Daniella Sarahyba (1984) Brazilian [Lebanese / Spanish (including Galician), Portuguese, possibly other] - model.

Mashael (1984) Lebanese - singer.

Nourhanne (1984) Lebanese, Armenian - singer.

Nancy Afyouny (1984) Lebanese - singer.

Rola Yammout (1984) Lebanese / Egyptian - actress.

Sheila Scribner (1984) Lebanese, Possibly Other - singer-songwriter and voice over artist.

Amelia Vega (1984) Dominican [Lebanese, Cuban, Spanish, English] - actress, singer, model, and Miss Universe 2003.

Lara Maria Kay (1984) Lebanese - singer, model, and youtuber.

Nadine Nassib Njeim (1984) Lebanese / Tunisian - actress and Miss Lebanon 2004.

Valeska Saab (1984) Ecuadorian [Lebanese, Spanish] - model and Miss World Ecuador 2007.

Darine (1984) Lebanese / Romanian - singer-songwriter.

Kinda Hassan (1984) Lebanese - director.

Serina Krawczyk (1984) Lebanese / Unspecified - director, writer and producer.

Layla Iskandar (1984) Lebanese - singer.

Celeste Thorson (1984) 1/8 Lebanese, Syrian, 1/4 Korean, 3/16 Mexican [Mescalero Apache, Spanish], 7/16 Scottish, Irish, English - actress, model, and screenwriter.

Susie Youssef (1984) Lebanese - actress, comedian, and writer.

Hana Shiha (1985) Lebanese / Egyptian - actress.

Gabrielle Bou Rached (1985) Lebanese - actress, model, and Miss Lebanon 2005.

Jamie Gray Hyder (1985) Lebanese / German, English, Scottish - actress and model.

Maria Nalbandian (1985) Lebanese, Armenian - singer.

Rebecca Simonsson (1985) Lebanese Assyrian, Syrian Assyrian / Greek - singer, model, blogger, and designer.

Rima Fakih (1985) Lebanese - actress, model, professional wrestler, and Miss USA 2010.

Carolina Guerra (1986) Colombian [Lebanese, Possibly Other] - actress, model, and tv presenter.

Rima Ostwani Najjar (1986) Lebanese - model.

Sabrina Houssami (1986) Lebanese / Indian - actress, model, and Miss Australia 2006.

Hanine El Alam (1986) Lebanese - violinist.

Nanda Costa / Fernanda Costa Campos Cotote (1986) Brazilian [1/4 Lebanese, 3/4 Unspecified Other] - actress.

Malikah / Lynn Fattouh (1986) Lebanese - rapper.

Dolly Ayash (1986) Lebanese - TV host.

Elise Edwards (1986) Lebanese, Sicilian, Scottish, Welsh - actress, writer and comedian.

Sara Al Hani (1986) Lebanese - singer.

Xriss Jor (1986) Lebanese - singer and artist.

Juliet Ibrahim (1986) Lebanese / Liberian, Ghanaian - actress, singer, and producer.

Karen Wazen Bakhazi (1986) Lebanese - instagrammer (karenwazenb).

Yrahid Leylanni (1986) Mexican [Lebanese] - actress.

Sandy Farah Hakim (1986) Lebanese - actress and tv presenter.

Bruna Abdullah (1986) Brazilian [Lebanese / Italian, Portuguese] - actress.

Kamar / Kamar Al Tahech (1986) Lebanese - singer and artist.

Annabella Hilal (1986) Lebanese - model and TV presenter.

Rita Hayek (1987) Lebanese - actress.

Brigitte Yaghi (1987) Lebanese - singer.

May Matar (1987) Lebanese - singer and director.

Serene Assaad (1987) Lebanese, Thai - instagrammer (sereneassaad).

Hiba Dagher (1987) Lebanese - actress and model.

Manel Mallat (1987) Lebanese - singer.

Yasmin Mitri (1987) Brazilian [Lebanese / Unknown] - actress.

Ahed Ghraizy Otrok (1987) Lebanese - model and Miss Elegance Lebanon 2007.

Rita El Hajj (1987) Lebanese - instagrammer (elhagerita).

Hiba Tawaji (1987) Lebanese / Palestinian - singer, actress, and director.

Maya Nehme (1987) Lebanese - singer.

Bárbara de Regil (1987) Mexican [Lebanese, possibly other] - actress.

Aimée Sayah (1987) Lebanese - actress and tv personality.

Nour El-Refai (1987) Lebanese, Syrian - actress and comedian.

Dana Halabi (1987) Lebanese - actress and singer.

Taliana Vargas (1987) Colombian [Lebanese, Greek, Italian, Possibly Other] - actress, model, tv personality, and Miss Colombia 2007.

Stephanie Saliba (1987) Lebanese - actress and presenter.

Cristina Vee / Cristina Valenzuela (1987) Lebanese, Mexican, Unspecified Native American - actress and director.

Dalida Khalil (1987) Lebanese - actress.

Hayet Rida (1988) Lebanese / Ghanaian - model and blogger.

Jowy Khoury (1988) Lebanese - actress.

Rahaf Abdallah (1988) Lebanese - model, tv personality, and Miss Lebanon 2010.

Sabine / Sabine Fouchaux (1988) Lebanese / French - singer.

Nadine Njeim / Nadine Wilson Njeim (1988) Lebanese - Miss Lebanon 2007.

Alanna Masterson (1988) Lebanese / Irish - actress.

Nour Hage (1988) Lebanese - fashion designer.

Tania Safi (1988) Lebanese - filmmaker and ex-buzzfeed employee.

Nayer / Nayer Regalado (1988) Cuban [Lebanese, Brazilian, Spanish, possibly other] - singer.

Graziella Kamel (1988) Lebanese - tv host, MC, and writer.

Mariam Hassan (1988) Lebanese - actress.

Stephanie Siriwardhana (1988) Lebanese / Sinhalese Sri Lankan - model and Miss Sri Lanka 2011.

Nelly Maatouk (1988) Lebanese - singer.

Jessy Abdo (1988) Lebanese - actress.

Rosarita Tawil (1988) Lebanese - Miss Lebanon 2008.

Jessica Kahawaty (1988) Lebanese - model, Miss World Australia 2012, and tv host.

Nadia Aboulhosn (1988) Lebanese Druze / Unspecified White - model, fashion blogger, and clothing designer.

Pamela El Kik (1988) Lebanese - actress.

Sahar Khalil (1988) Lebanese - youtuber (Sahar khalil سحر خليل).

Houria Radwan (1988) Lebanese - instagrammer (houriaradwan).

Natasha Choufani (1989) Lebanese - actress.

Saly Greige (1989) Lebanese - model and Miss Lebanon 2014.

Edy Ganem / Edurne Ganem (1989) Mexican [Lebanese, possibly other] - actress.

Mayssa Karaa (1989) Lebanese - singer and pianist.

Sally Greige (1989) Lebanese - model and Miss Lebanon 2014.

Yasmien Kurdi / Yasmien Yuson Soldevilla (1989) Lebanese, Kurdish / Chinese, Filipina - actress, singer-songwriter, and model.

Mirna Tahan (1989) Lebanese - model.

Kristina Maria / Kristina Maria Chalhoub (1989) Lebanese - singer-songwriter.

Jamillette Gaxiola (1989) Mexican [Lebanese] / Cuban [Lebanese] - model and Miss Earth Cuba 2009.

Ghina Daou (1989) Lebanese - actress and director.

Feryal Fayad (1989) Lebanese - instagrammer (feryalfayad).

Joanna Hausmann (1990) Venezuelan [Lebanese Jewish, German Jewish] - actress, comedian, and writer.

Elaine Khawand (1990) Lebanese - actress and tv host.

Hanan Tehaili (1990) Lebanese - youtuber.

Laëtitia Eïdo (1990) Lebanese / French - actress.

Samia Halabi (1990) Lebanese - actress.

Kat Dahlia / Kat Hue / Katriana Huguet (1990) Cuban [Lebanese / Unspecified] - singer-songwriter and rapper.

Deyana Mounira (1990) Lebanese - instagrammer (deyana_mounira).

Rima Zeidan (1990) Lebanese / Taiwanese - actress, model, and tv presenter.

Daniella Rahme (1990) Lebanese - actress, tv host, and Miss Lebanon Emigrant 2010.

Martine Andraos (1990) Lebanese - Miss Lebanon 2009.

Lana El Sahely (1990) Lebanese - instagrammer (lanaelsahely).

Murielle Telio (1990) Lebanese, Jewish, Italian, Spanish, French, Lithuanian - actress.

Rasha Khatib (1990) Lebanese - tv host.

Abir Nameh (1990) Lebanese - singer.

Gabbie Hanna / Gabrielle Hanna (1991) Lebanese, Syrian, Slovak, Polish, French, German, possibly other - actress, singer-songwriter, youtuber, comedian, and author.

Claudia Doumit (1991) Lebanese, Italian, possibly Unspecified Indigenous Australian - actress and producer.

Karen Ghrawi (1991) Lebanese - designer, model and Miss Lebanon 2013.

Nicole Sabouné / Amanda Marina Nicole Sabouné (1991) Lebanese, French / Swedish - singer-songwriter.

Constanza Báez (1991) Ecuadorian [1/4 Lebanese, 3/4 Unspecified] - model and Miss Ecuador 2013.

Rina Chibany (1991) Lebanese - model and Miss Lebanon 2012.

Zahraa Ghandour (1991) Lebanese / Iraqi - actress and tv presenter.

Lea Makhoul (1991) Lebanese, French - singer.

Nadine Abdel Aziz (1991) Lebanese - model and reality tv star.

Bianca Vitale (1991) Lebanese / Italian - actress.

Farrah Laurel Abraham (1991) Syrian, Lebanese, Italian - actress and reality star.

Lara Zeidan (1991) Lebanese, Unspecified - filmmaker.

Sarina al-Sha’ar (1991 or 1992) Lebanese - Miss Big Arabian Beauty 2015.

Naya / Nibal (1992) Lebanese - singer.

Christina Karam Ramia (1992) Lebanese / French - tv personality.

Manal Issa (1992) Lebanese - actress.

Jessy Mendiola (1992) Filipina / Lebanese, British - actress.

Cynthia Khalifeh (1992) Lebanese - actress and tv personality.

Mira Al-Toufaily (1992) Lebanese - model and Miss World Lebanon 2018.

Roselyn Ashkar (1992) Lebanese, Ghanaian - model.

Yara Khoury-Mikhael (1992) Lebanese - model and Miss Lebanon 2011.

Sarah Jorge León (1992) Dominican [Lebanese, Canarian, Cuban, Venezuelan, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, French] - actress.

Valerie Abou Chacra (1992) Lebanese - actress, radio announcer, model and Miss Lebanon 2015.

Stephanie Karam / Stephanie Dash Karam (1992) Mexican [Lebanese] - model, makeup artist, and Miss International Lebanon 2016.

Nina Abdel Malak (1992) Lebanese - singer.

Mikaella Boulos (1992) Lebanese, Greek Cypriot - actress.

Guinwa Zeineddine (1992) Lebanese - model, Miss Arab USA 2014, and tv host.

Stephanie Atala (1993) Lebanese / French - actress.

Mia Khalifa (1993) Lebanese - social media personality, webcam model, sports commentator, and former porn actress.

Sofia Carson (1993) Colombian [Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian Arab, Spanish, possibly other], possibly English - actress and singer.

Lillian Safa (1993) Lebanese - instagrammer (lilliansafa).

Christina Khalil (1993) Lebanese, Russian - youtuber.

Reyan Abdallah / Reyan Haidar Abdallah (1993) Lebanese - instagrammer (reysignatureblog).

Shiraz (1993) Lebanese - singer and beauty pageant contestant.

Dima Safi (1993) Lebanese - model and Miss International Lebanon 2017.

Rasha Sarkis / Rasha Khawly Sarkis (1993) Lebanese - instagrammer (rashakhawly).

Jiana Ghantous (1993) Lebanese - singer and musician.

Nura Afia (1993) Moroccan / Lebanese, Swiss - youtuber.

Maya Ahmad (1993) Lebanese - instagrammer (themayaahmad).

Haya Maraachli (1994) Lebanese, Syrian - actress.

Emily Estefan (1994) Cuban [Lebanese, Spanish, Galician / Asturian, Castilian] - singer-songwriter.

Natasha Sabeh (1994) Lebanese - singer.

Maha Haider (1994) Lebanese - instagrammer (mahahaider).

Sarina Cross / Sarine Sagherian (1994) Lebanese, Armenian - singer.

Habiba Da Silva (1994) Lebanese, Syrian / Brazilian [Unspecified North African, Unspecified West African, Unspecified Indigenous Brazilian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian] - youtuber (Habiba Da Silva) and instagrammer (lifelongpercussion).

Nadine Asmar (1994) Lebanese - director.

Daniela Banikova (1995) Lebanese / Slovakian - youtuber and filmmaker.

Rachel Younan (1995) Lebanese - model and Miss International Lebanon 2018.

Gabriela Tafur (1995) Colombian [Lebanese] - model and Miss Colombia 2019.

Perla Helou (1995) Lebanese - model and Miss Lebanon 2017.

Laura González (1995) Colombian [Lebanese, Possibly Other] - actress, model, and Miss Colombia 2017.

Iman Othman (1995) Lebanese - instagrammer (imanothman).

Maya Reaidy (1995) Lebanese / Russian - model and Miss Lebanon 2018.

Cynthia Samuel (1995) Lebanese - actress, model, and Miss Universe Lebanon 2015.

Amina Sabbah (1995) Lebanese / German - model and Miss World Germany 2013.

Darin Al Bayed (1995) Lebanese - instagrammer (darin00013).

Sandy Tabet (1995) Lebanese - model and Miss Lebanon 2016.

Nat Weaves / Natalie Weaver (1996) Lebanese, Choctaw, French - singer and instagrammer (natweaves).

Laila Abdallah (1996) Lebanese - actress.

De'Laila Johnson (1996) Lebanese, Nigerian - Youtuber.

Rania Abdulla (1996) Lebanese / Bahraini - instagrammer (raniaabdulla9).

Sasha Elijah (1997) Lebanese - model and performer. - Trans!

Maritta Hallani (1997) Lebanese - singer.

Foreign Doll (1997) Lebanese / Persian Iranian, Azerbaijani, Armenian - youtuber.

Rayyan (1997) Lebanese - model (instagram: anotherarabgurl1).

Jana Sader (1997) Lebanese - model and Miss Universe Lebanon 2017.

Fit with Heba (1997) Lebanese - instagrammer (protein_babe).

Nadia Azzi (1998) Lebanese / Japanese - pianist.

Mabelle Chedid (1998) Lebanese - singer and dancer.

Natalie Sallaum (1998) Lebanese, Chilean, Swiss - instagrammer (nataliesallaum).

Karen Maalouf (1999) Lebanese - instagrammer (karenmaalouf_).

Amar Sibai (1999 or 2000) Lebanese - instagrammer (amarsibai).

Mika Abdalla (2000) Lebanese, Bulgarian, Greek, German - actress.

Josie Jay Totah (2001) Palestinian Arab / Lebanese Arab, Italian, Irish, German - actress, singer, and comedian. - Trans!

Rebecca Yammine (2002) Lebanese - instagrammer (rebeccayamm).

Yuliana Naim (2003) Lebanese, Mexican Dutch - actress.

Leen El Hayek (2003) Lebanese - singer.

Nicole Chamoun (?) Lebanese - actress.

Hollie Shay (?) Lebanese, Syrian, Turkish, Greek, Italian, Irish - actress.

Ranin El Sha'ar (?) Lebanese - singer.

Natacha Karam (?) Lebanese, French / Irish - actress.

Cynthia Karam (?) Lebanese - actress and singer.

Dawn Elder (?) Lebanese / Palestinian, possibly other - pianist, impresario, composer, producer, and promoter.

Maya Moussa (?) Lebanese - instagrammer (maya_b_moussa).

Jeannette Pualuan (?) Chilean [Lebanese, possibly other] - singer-songwriter.

Layal Ghosn (?) Lebanese - instagrammer (layalghosn).

Alexandra Ayoob (?) Lebanese, Syrian - actress and singer.

Christine Said (?) Lebanese - singer.

Samar Khoury (?) Lebanese / Congolese - actress, model, and dancer.

Ingrid Bawab (?) Lebanese - singer.

Hana Chamoun (?) Lebanese / Palestinian, possibly other - actress.

Niam Itani (?) Lebanese - filmmaker.

Lina Hayek (?) Lebanese, Palestinian - actress.

Zeina Makki (?) Lebanese - director.

Italia Toochi Kash (?) Lebanese, Cuban, Egyptian - actress, social media personality.

Diana Sharaneq (?) Lebanese - singer.

Kimberly McFarland (?) Lebanese, Italian, German, French, Scottish, Irish, Czechoslovakian - actress.

Fatima Haidar (?) Lebanese - instagrammer (exoticarabian).

Allyssa Barley (?) Lebanese, English, Irish, Jewish - actress.

Cynthia Farah (?) Lebanese - model and Miss International Lebanon 2015.

Layal Badaro (?) Lebanese, Unspecified - actress.

Mia Haddad (?) Lebanese - singer.

Hollie Shay (?) Lebanese, Syrian, Turkish, Greek, Italian, Irish - actress and producer.

Sara Boutine (?) Lebanese - actress.

Emma Apgar (?) Palestinian Arab, Jordanian, Lebanese, Iranian, Iraqi / Polish, Lithuanian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Unspecified Native American - actress.

Yumna Marwan (?) Lebanese - actress and director.

Rima Haddad (?) Lebanese - actress.

Vixen Romeo / Julia D. Romeo (?) Lebanese, Irish, Scottish - singer-songwriter, model, and dancer.

Lydia Canaan (?) Lebanese - singer-songwriter.

Nawal Ayoub (?) Colombian [Lebanese] - model and Miss Earth Lebanon 2014.

Joumana Kayrouz (?) Lebanese - actress.

Maxine Denis (?) Lebanese / Unspecified - actress.

Matia Karrell (?) Lebanese - director.

Christine Uhebe (?) Brazilian [Lebanese, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese] - actress.

Jennifer Chahoud (?) Lebanese - Miss Arab USA 2010.

Sarah Karjian (?) Lebanese / Swedish - actress.

Joyce El-Khoury (?) Lebanese - singer.

Sophia Eleni (?) Lebanese, Cypriot, British, Italian - actress and singer.  

Raya Meddine / Rana Alamuddin (?) Lebanese - actress, tv host, and writer.

Natalie Nasr (?) Lebanese, Danish - actress, director and writer.

Doris Saba (?) Lebanese - filmmaker, writer and producer.

Rayanna Dibs (?) Lebanese, British - actress.

Isis Kiwen (?) Mexican [Lebanese] - writer and producer.

Carol Abboud (?) Lebanese - actress and producer.

Ruba Zarour (?) Lebanese, Unspecified - actress.

Azizi Donnelly (?) Lebanese, Irish, German - actress.

Marie-Lou Nahhas (?) Lebanese - actress and model.

Amanda Abizaid (?) Lebanese, Mexican / Unspecified White - singer-songwriter.

Laila Debs (?) Lebanese - casting director, talent agent, theatre director and producer.

Jeanemarie Almulla (?) Lebanese, Brazilian - actress, singer and model.

Eimanne Zein (?) Lebanese - actress and model.

Rina Mimoun (?) Lebanese, Tunisian - producer and writer.

Marwa Khalil (?) Lebanese - actress.

Noor Gharzeddine (?) Lebanese - filmmaker.

Marie-Ann Umali (?) Lebanese, Filipina / Unspecified - model and Miss World Philippines 2009.

Suzanne Salhaney (?) Lebanese - actress.

Elizabeth Ayoub (?) Venezuelan [Lebanese] - actress and singer.

Nada Zeidan (?) Lebanese - model, archer, and roadracer.

Chantale Hannouch (?) Lebanese - director.

Nadia Dean (?) Lebanese / Unspecified - director.

Amber Fares (?) Lebanese - filmmaker, cinematographer, director, and documentarian.

Mia Soteriou (?) Lebanese / Greek - actress and musician.

Cynthia Moukarzel (?) Lebanese - actress, model, fashion designer, and Miss International Lebanon 2012.

Rouba Khoury / Rouba El Khoury (?) Lebanese - singer.

Jude Chehab (?) Lebanese, Unspecified - filmmaker.

Lara Ajouz (?) Lebanese - blogger.

Amber Kahwaji (?) Lebanese / Unspecified - actress.

Romy Melhem (?) Lebanese - actress, musician, and a bailaora.

Manar Asaad (?) Lebanese, Saudi Arabian - model and instagrammer (fadsandmilkshakes).

Caroline Hatem (?) Lebanese - dancer, actress, and writer.

Yara Bou Nassar (?) Lebanese - actress, stage director, and writer.

Nina Najjar (?) Lebanese / Korean - director.

Lia Saad (?) Lebanese - actress, model, and Miss International Lebanon 2014.

Adrienne Leigh Windus (?) Lebanese, Unspecified European - actress.

Marie-José Hnein / Marie-José Honein (?) Lebanese - model, photographer, and Miss Lebanon 2003.

Lana MacIver (?) Lebanese, Scottish - actress, writer, director and producer.

Giselle Khoury (?) Lebanese - talk show host.

Katrina Elias (?) Colombian [Lebanese, Chibcha, Spanish] - actress, director and writer.

Rola Nashef (?) Lebanese - director, screenwriter, producer, and multimedia artist.

Melanie Mahdessian (?) Lebanese, Armenian, Belgian - producer.

Layla Yarak (?) Lebanese - model and Miss International Lebanon 2013.

Wendy Bangura (?) Lebanese, Indian / Unknown -  actress.

Daniella M. Sakr (?) Lebanese - instagrammer (daniellasakr_).

Ines Skh (?) Lebanese - Instagrammer (ines_skh).

Valeria Mazraany (?) Lebanese - Miss Congeniality Lebanon 2017.

Nisrin Khalifeh (?) Lebanese, Qatari - model and instagrammer (nisrinkhalifeh).

Elian Ba'ini (?) Lebanese - singer.

Nadim Olivera Soudaiha (?) Lebanese, Mexican - fashion designer (Instagram: nadimski)

Rita Mhanna (?) Lebanese - instagrammer (ritamhanna).

Carla Boutros (?) Lebanese  - weather anchor (Instagram: carlaboutros).

Lara Ghraoui (?) Lebanese - model.

Haifa Mjk (?) Lebanese - model (instagram/other social media: Haifamjk). - Trans!

Irene White (?) Lebanese - actress.

Renee Ghosh (?) Lebanese - actress.

Razane Jammal (?) Lebanese - actress.

Mona Karim (?) Lebanese - actress.

Soledad Diab (?) Ecuadorian [Lebanese, Possibly Other] - model and Miss Ecuador 1992.

Zeina Daccache (?) Lebanese - actress and director.  

Nawal Hijazi (?) Lebanese - voice actress.

Asmahan Bitar (?) Lebanese - voice actress.

Diana Ibrahim (?) Lebanese - actress and voice actress.

Samara Nohra (?) Lebanese - actress and voice actress.

Rosie Al-Yaziji (?) Lebanese - actress and voice actress.

Jihan Malla (?) Lebanese - tv personality and voice actress.

Flavia Bechara (?) Lebanese - actress.

Liliane Nemri (?) Lebanese - actress and comedian.

Eliane Mahfouz (?) Lebanese - singer.

Georgette Sayegh (?) Lebanese - singer.

Sonia-Lynn Gabriel (?) Lebanese - model and Miss World Lebanon 2012.

Dalal Shemali (?) Lebanese - singer.

Salma Mousfi (?) Lebanese - singer.

Taroob (?) Lebanese - singer.

Marie Suleiman (?) Lebanese - singer.

Majdala / Naziha Moukarzel (?) Lebanese - singer.

Nay Sleiman (?) Lebanese - singer.

Marlène Talih (?) Lebanese - Miss Lebanon 1966.

Reem Acra (?) Lebanese - fashion designer.

Rola Bahnam (?) Lebanese, Iraqi - TV presenter.

Julia Kassar (?) Lebanese - actress.

Maria Farah (?) Lebanese - model and Miss International Lebanon 2011.

Soumaya Baalbaki (?) Lebanese - singer.

Nadine Khouri (?) Lebanese - singer.

Chantal Chamandy (?) Lebanese / Egyptian, Greek - singer.

Amal Hnayno (?) Lebanese - singer.

Star Manar (?) Lebanese - singer and model.

Lena Khater (?) Lebanese - singer.

Rima Karaki (?) Lebanese - tv host, trainer, and writer.

Sarah Barbosa Mansour (?) Lebanese - Miss International Lebanon 2010.

Rabia Zayyat (?) Lebanese - TV host.

Nathalie Aouad (?) Lebanese - instagrammer (nathalieaouad).

Cynthia Zeinoun (?) Lebanese - TV host.

Nour Nasrallah Danno (?) Lebanese - runner up Miss Lebanon 2015 (Instagram: veganwithnour).

Fadia Awad (?) Lebanese - model (Instagram: _fadia.awad).

Christelle Tarraf (?) Lebanese - model (Instagram: christelletarraf).

Mariam Shamoun (?) Lebanese - model (Instagram: mariam_shamoun).

Pascale Habib (?) Lebanese - actress.

Raquel Nakhoul (?) Lebanese - singer and actress.

Joy Salameh Hayek (?) Lebanese - actress and director.

Mouna Mousallem (?) Lebanese - Miss Tourism Arab World 2017.

Rola Beksmati (?) Lebanese - presenter and actress.

Pamela Koueik (?) Lebanese - vlogger and instagrammer (pamelakoueik).

Eve Do (?) Lebanese, Unspecified - instagrammer (evee_do).

Rawane Tahtouh (?) Lebanese - actress.

Nisrine Saade (?) Lebanese - model.

Dayane Abi Allam (?) Lebanese - Miss Lebanon Intercontinental 2016, •Miss Summer Lebanon 2015, actress, TV host and model.

Marita Nader (?) Lebanese - singer.

Rania Ziade Ashkar (?) Lebanese - TV host.

Aline Chrinian (?) Lebanese - Instagrammer (nouchaline).

Asdghik Melkonian (?) Lebanese - travel blogger (Instagram: thejetsetterdiaries)

Christina Naim (?) Lebanese - food and fitness blogger (Instagram: lebanoneats)

Maya Acra (?) Lebanese - Instagrammer (mayaacra).

Pamela Elia (?) Lebanese - Instagrammer (pamela_elia).

Nour Arida (?) Lebanese - fashion blogger (Instagram: nouraridaofficial)

Kholoud Reda (?) Lebanese - Instagrammer (cocoogram).

Dana Hourani (?) Lebanese - Instagrammer (dana.hourani).

Petra Hawi (?) Lebanese - singer (Fer2et 3a Nota)

Julia Sabra (?) Lebanese - musician (Postcards)

Hala Merheb (?) Lebanese - Miss Lebanon 2016 Runnerup.

Joanna Karaky (?) Lebanese - actress.

Jenny Harouny (?) Lebanese - Instagrammer (jennyharouny).

Micha Hachem (?) Lebanese - Instagrammer (michahachem).

Jessica Boustany (?) Lebanese - actress.

Sarah Saade Ghantous (?) Lebanese - TV presenter.

Elissa Azoury (?) Lebanese - model (Instagram: elissaazoury).

Tracy Harmoush (?) Lebanese - model (Instagram: tracyharmoush).

Zeinab Hind Khadra (?) Lebanese - actress.

Sara Abi Kanaan (?) Lebanese - actress.

Hiba Dandachli (?) Lebanese - model (Instagram: whatworksforhiba).

Gisèle Hachem (?) Lebanese - Miss Lebanon 1974.

Katia Fakhry (?) Lebanese - Miss Lebanon 1977.

Nicole Bardawil (?) Lebanese - Miss Lebanon 1992.

Nathalie Nasrallah (?) Lebanese - Miss International Lebanon 2004.

Mia Saiid (?) Lebanese - TV host and actress.

Margaritta Tannoury (?) Lebanese - Miss Top Model International 2015 and Miss Congeniality Summer 2016 |.

Yara Ghabris Dandash (?) Lebanese - Instagrammer (yaraghabrisd).

Rayanne Harake (?) Lebanese - Instagrammer (rayanneharake7).

Paméla G. BouZerdan (?) Lebanese - Instagrammer (pamelabouzerdan).

Batoul Sheet (?) Lebanese - model (Instagram: batoulsheet).

Nisrine Zawahra (?) Lebanese - TV host.

Marie Noelle Khattar (?) Lebanese - TV host.

Eliane Khawand (?) Lebanese - TV host and actress.

Marwa ALJawad (?) Lebanese, Saudi Arabian - model.

Carole Kahwagi (?) Lebanese - Miss lebanon 2017 semifinalist, Miss earth Lebanon 2016, and Miss summer Lebanon 2016.

Nazek Al-Helwe (?) Lebanese - model (Instagram: nazek_al_helwe).

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Carlos Balá (1925) Argentinian [Lebanese / Uruguayan, Montenegrin, Austrian] - actor and comedian.

Nissim Sharim (1932) Chilean [Lebanese Jewish, Egyptian Jewish] - actor.

John Bowab (1933) Lebanese - director and producer.

Dick Dale / The King of the Surf Guitar / Richard Monsour (1937) Lebanese, Syrian / Belarusian, Polish - singer and guitarist.

Don Shebib / Donald Shebib (1938) Lebanese / Irish - director, producer, writer, and editor.

Arnaldo Jabor (1940) Brazilian [Lebanese] - director, producer, and screenwriter.

Howard Hesseman (1940) Lebanese - actor.

Richard Maloof (1940) Lebanese - tubist and bassist.

Mounir Maasri (1940) Lebanese - actor, writer and director.

Nassim Maalouf (1941) Lebanese - trumpeter.

Roger Assaf (1941) Lebanese - playwright, director and actor

Paul Anka (1941) Lebanese / Syrian - singer-songwriter and actor.

Alberto Hassán (1942) Argentinian [Lebanese] - singer.

Samir Chamas (1942) Lebanese - actor, writer, and voice actor.

Joseph Azar (1942) Lebanese - singer.

Chuck Shamata / Charles Shamata (1942) Lebanese, Italian - actor.

Terrence Malick (1943) Lebanese Assyrian / English - director.

Jihad Al-Atrash (1943) Lebanese - actor and voice actor.

Ricky Shayne (1944) Lebanese / Egyptian - actor.

Adiss Harmandian (1945) Lebanese - singer.

Michael Nader (1945) Lebanese - actor.

Richard Romanus (1945) Lebanese, Syrian - actor, songwriter, and screenwriter.

Andy Kim / Andrew Youakim (1946) Lebanese - singer-songwriter.

Geoffrey Saba (1946) Lebanese - pianist.

João Bosco / João Bosco de Freitas Mucci (1946) Brazilian [Lebanese / Italian, possibly other] - singer-songwriter.

Georges Chamchoum (1946) Lebanese - director and producer.

Omar Al-Shammaa (1946) Lebanese - actor and voice actor.

Afif Chaya (1947) Lebanese - actor and singer.

Hossam Al-Sabah (1948) Lebanese - actor.

Sami Clark (1948) Lebanese - singer.

Louis Chedid (1948) Lebanese, Egyptian / French - singer-songwriter, guitarist, and author.

Joe Hasham (1948) Lebanese - actor and artistic director.

Tony Thomas (1948) Lebanese Maronite / Italian - director and producer.

Fagner / Raimundo Fagner / Raimundo Fagner Cândido Lopes (1949) Brazilian [Lebanese / Unspecified Other] - actor, singer, composer, and producer.

José Mayer / José Mayer Drumond (1949) Brazilian [Lebanese, possibly other] - actor.

Gabriel Yared (1949) Lebanese - composer.

Pierre Chammassian (1949) Lebanese Arab, Armenian - comedian.

Ali Al-Zein (1949) Lebanese - actor and voice actor.

George Noory (1950) 3/4 Lebanese, 1/4 Egyptian - radio host.

Marcel Khalife (1950) Lebanese - musician and singer.

Walid Aouni (1951) Lebanese - artist , dancer, choreographer and actor.

Sérgio Assad (1952) Brazilian [Lebanese / Unspecified Other] - guitarist, composer, and arranger.

Tom Shaker (1952) Lebanese / Italian - actor.

Jamey Haddad (1952) Lebanese - percussionist, drummer, and kanjira player.

Gabriel Yacoub (1952) Lebanese / French - singer and guitarist.

Tony Shalhoub (1953) Lebanese - actor.

Paul W. Smith (1953) Lebanese, Irish, Dutch, English - radio host.

Emilio Estefan (1953) Cuban [Lebanese / Spanish, Galician] - musician and producer.

Beto Barbosa / Raimundo Roberto Morhy Barbosa (1955) Brazilian [Lebanese] - singer and composer.

Walid Toufic (1954) Lebanese - singer and actor.

Emad Sayyah (1954) Lebanese - musician.

Muhammad Ibrahim (1955) Lebanese - actor and voice actor.

Ahmad Kaabour (1955) Lebanese - singer, songwriter, music composer and actor.

Checho Hirane (1955) Chilean [Lebanese, Possibly Other] - tv host and comedian.

Jorge Nasser (1956) Uruguayan [Lebanese, Possibly Other] - singer and composer.

Abed Mahfouz (1956) Lebanese - fashion designer.

Ziad Rahbani (1956) Lebanese - director, comedian, and pianist.

Bob Romanus / Robert Romanus (1956) Lebanese, Syrian - actor and musician.

Odair Assad (1956) Brazilian [Lebanese / Unspecified Other] - guitarist.

Time Winters (1956) Lebanese - actor.

Habib Yammine (1956) Lebanese - musician, composer and musicologist.

Almir Sater (1956) Brazilian [Lebanese, Possibly Other] - actor and singer-songwriter.

Ricardo Darín (1957) Argentinian [Lebanese, Syrian, Italian] - actor and filmmaker.

Rabih Abou-Khalil (1957) Lebanese - flutist, oud player, and composer.

Manuel Landeta (1958) Mexican [Lebanese, Basque] - actor and singer.

Jamal Hamdan (1958) Lebanese - actor and voice actor.

Tom Shadyac (1958) 3/4 Lebanese, 1/4 Irish - director, producer, screenwriter, and author.

Toufic Farroukh (1958) Lebanese - composer.

Abdel Rahman El Bacha (1958) Lebanese - pianist and composer.

Fauzi Beydoun (1958) Brazilian [Lebanese / Italian] - singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Phil Addis (1959) Lebanese - actor.

Raymond Khoury (1960) Lebanese - screenwriter and novelist.

Odiseo Bichir (1960) Mexican [Lebanese, possibly other] - actor.

Matthias Freihof (1961) Lebanese - actor and singer.

Alejandro Awada (1961) Argentinian [Lebanese / Syrian] - actor.

Gregory Jbara (1961) Lebanese / Irish - actor and singer.

Lee Habeeb (1961) Lebanese - radio host, talk show host, and columnist.

Jimmy McNichol (1961) Lebanese / Irish - actor, singer, and talk show host.

David Yazbek (1961) Lebanese / Italian, Jewish - musician, lyricist, composer, and writer.

Mani / Gary Mounfield (1962) Lebanese / Irish - singer and bassist.

Georges Hobeika (1962) Lebanese - fashion designer.

Ragheb Alama (1962) Lebanese - singer, dancer, composer, and tv personality.

Demián Bichir (1963) Mexican [Lebanese, possibly other] - actor.

Selim Mouzannar (1963) Lebanese - jeweler.

Ziad Doueiri (1963) Lebanese - director.

Khodr Alama (1963) Lebanese - music executive and entrepreneur.

Ghassan Rahbani (1964) Lebanese - producer, lyricist, composer, arranger, orchestra conductor, pianist, and singer.

Elie Saab (1964) Lebanese - fashion designer.

Maurício Mattar (1964) Brazilian [Lebanese, Unspecified Indigenous Brazilian] - actor.

Philippe Aractingi (1964) Lebanese, French - filmmaker.

Levon Ichkhanian (1964) Lebanese, Armenian - guitarist, oud player, mandolinist, bouzouki player, and composer.

John Leguizamo (1964) Colombian [1/4 Lebanese, 1/4 Mestizo, 1/4 Puerto Rican, 1/4 Italian] - actor, comedian, producer, screenwriter, and playwright.

Ron Affif (1965) Lebanese / Italian - guitarist.

Adriano Garib (1965) Brazilian [Lebanese, Syrian / Italian] - actor.

Oussama Rahbani (1965) Lebanese - musician and composer.

Geko Fattal (1965) Lebanese - singer.

André Abujamra (1965) Brazilian [Lebanese, Italian] - actor, singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, drummer, composer, lyricist, and producer.

Hisham Bizri (1966) Lebanese - actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and curator.

Ouday Raad (1966) Lebanese - actor.

Mo Gallini / Mohamed Ghalayini (1966) Lebanese / Cuban - actor.

Charbel Iskandar (1966) Lebanese - actor.

Bruno Bichir (1967) Mexican [Lebanese, possibly other] - actor.

Fred Coury (1967) Lebanese - drummer and composer.

Jalal Merhi (1967) Brazilian [Lebanese] - producer and director.

Zad Moultaka (1967) Lebanese - musician.

Serj Tankian (1967) Lebanese, Armenian - musician and singer.

Rabih Mroué (1967) Lebanese - actor, playwright, and visual artist.

Joe Kodeih (1967) Lebanese - writer, actor and director.

Norman Issa (1967) Lebanese Maronite / Palestinian Maronite - actor.

Jeff Becerra (1968) Mexican [Lebanese] - musician.

Marwan Khoury (1968) Lebanese - singer, writer, composer and music arranger.

Wajdi Mouawad (1968) Lebanese - actor, director, and writer.

Ara Malikian (1968) Lebanese, Armenian - musician.  

Tony Baroud (1968) Lebanese - tv host.

Zakar Keshishian (1968) Lebanese, Armenian - musician.

Elie Nakouzi (1969) Lebanese - tv presenter.

Fadl Shaker / Fadl Abdulrahman Shamandar (1969) Lebanese / Palestinian - singer.

Khalil Joreige (1969) Lebanese - director.

Yuri Mraqqadi (1969) Lebanese - singer.

Fadel Shaker (1969) Lebanese - singer.

Charlie Masso (1969) Puerto Rican [Lebanese, Possibly Other] - singer.

Alaa Zalzali (1969) Lebanese - singer.  

Ghazi Abdel Baki (1969) Lebanese - musician.

Vikter Duplaix (1969) Lebanese, African-American - singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, and producer.

Yuri Mrakadi (1969) Lebanese - singer.

El Dawi (1969) Lebanese - actor.

Anderson Müller / Anderson Müller David (1969) Brazilian [Lebanese, German] - actor and producer.

Assi Al Hillani (1970) Lebanese - singer.

Zaven Kouyoumdjian (1970) Lebanese / Armenian - tv presenter and writer.

Issa Hassan (1970) Lebanese - actor.

Tony Ward (1970) Lebanese - fashion designer.

Armand Van Helden (1970) Lebanese, French / Indonesian, Dutch - DJ, record producer, remixer, and songwriter.

Assi El Hallani / Mohammed El Hallani (1970) Lebanese, Iraqi - singer.

Zuhair Murad (1971) Lebanese - fashion designer.

-M- / Matthieu Chedid (1971) Lebanese, Egyptian, French / Unspecified - singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, keyboardist, drummer, and kazooist.

Thomas Langmann (1971) Lebanese / French Jewish - actor, producer, director, and screenwriter.

Adel Karam (1972) Lebanese - actor.

Kelly Slater (1972) 1/8 Lebanese, Syrian, 7/8 English, Irish, German - actor and professional surfer.

Christiano Cochrane / Christiano Baston de Toledo Haddad (1972) Brazilian [Lebanese, Spanish, Scottish] - actor and tv presenter.

RedOne / Nadir Khayat (1972) Lebanese / Moroccan - singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, drummer, and producer.

Ken Policard (1972) Lebanese, Haitian - producer.

Hovik Keuchkerian (1972) Lebanese, Armenian - actor.

Joe Ashkar (1972) Lebanese - musician.

James Bonamy (1972) Lebanese / Unspecified - singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Wentworth Miller (1972) 1/8 Lebanese, Syrian, 1/4 Afro-Jamaican, 1/4 African-American, 1/4 Rusyn, 1/8 Curaçaoan [Dutch, French, Swedish, Hispanic, Polish] - actor and model.

Moeen Charif (1972) Lebanese - singer.

Joseph Makkar (1972) Lebanese - actor.

Ziad Bourji (1973) Lebanese - singer.

John Dolmayan (1973) Lebanese, Armenian - drummer and songwriter.

George Calil (1973) Lebanese - actor.

Billy El Kaddour (1973) Lebanese - actor and director.

Geoff Johns / Geoffrey Johns (1973) Lebanese, Syrian / Unspecified White - producer, screenwriter, and comic book writer.

Jad Abumrad (1973) Lebanese - radio host, composer, and producer.

Fares Fares (1973) Lebanese Assyrian - actor.

Abdo Hakim (1973) Lebanese - actor and voice actor.

Otaviano Costa (1973) Brazilian [Lebanese / Unspecified Other] - actor, tv host, broadcaster, reporter, and journalist.

Fares Karam (1973) Lebanese - singer.

Rabih Kayrouz (1973) Lebanese - fashion designer.

Zein El Omr (1973) Lebanese - singer.

Nicolas Jebran (1974) Lebanese - fashion designer.

John Aboud (1974) Lebanese - comedian and writer.

Bashar Rahal (1974) Lebanese / Bulgarian - actor.

Hady Zaccak (1974) Lebanese - director.

Piter Marek (1974) Lebanese - actor.

Khaled Mouzanar (1974) Lebanese - music composer, songwriter and producer.

Wael Kfoury (1974) Lebanese - singer and musician.

Taleb Kanaan (1974) Lebanese - tv presenter.

Claude Chalhoub (1974) Lebanese - musician.

Rabih El-Amine (1974) Lebanese - photographer, writer and filmmaker.

Wissam Sabbagh (1974) Lebanese - actor.

Raphaël Fejtö (1974) Lebanese, Lebanese Jewish, Egyptian, Egyptian Jewish, Russian Jewish, Russian, Hungarian Jewish - actor, director, and author.

Ziad Touma (1974) Lebanese - director, producer, and screenwriter.

Bassem Moughnieh (1974) Lebanese - actor.

Tony Hajjar (1974) Lebanese - drummer.

Peter Macdissi (1974) Lebanese / Armenian - actor.

Weal Kfoury (1974) Lebanese - singer, musician, and songwriter.

Fadi Haddad (1974) Lebanese - director.

Juan Minujín (1975) Argentinian [Lebanese, Ukrainian Jewish, Russian, possibly other] - actor.

Nick E. Tarabay (1975) Lebanese - actor.

Samir Bazzi (1975) Venezuelan [Lebanese, Possibly Other] - actor, singer, and tv presenter.

Colette Boulos (1975) Lebanese - Miss Lebanon 1988.

DJ Antoine / Antoine Konrad (1975) Lebanese - DJ and producer.

Roberto Martino (1975) Haitian [Lebanese, Unspecified Other] - singer, guitarist, and composer.

Sleek the Elite / Paul Nakad (1975) Lebanese - actor, rapper, and technician.

Diego Spotorno (1975) Ecuadorian [Lebanese, Argentinian] - actor and tv host.

Michel Jureidini (1975) Lebanese - musician.

Mazen Kerbaj (1975) Lebanese - musician and comic book artist.

Haaz Sleiman (1976) Lebanese - actor.

Nemer Saadé (1976) Lebanese - fashion designer.

Georges Khabbaz (1976) Lebanese - actor, writer, director, comedian, musician, playwrite, producer and theater professor.

Kida Khodr Ramadan (1976) Lebanese - actor and director.

Wael Jassar (1976) Lebanese - singer.

Katia Harb (1976) Lebanese - singer.

Mazen Moadam (1976) Lebanese - actor.

Drew Powell (1976) Lebanese, Possibly Other - actor.

Kida Ramadan (1976) Lebanese Mhallami - actor.

Josef Fares (1977) Lebanese Assyrian - actor.

Mark Ghanimé (1977) Lebanese / Unspecified White - actor.

Youssef El Khal (1977) Lebanese - actor, singer, composer, show host

Tarééc / T-Soul / Tarek Hussein (1978) Lebanese, Palestinian - singer.

RAmez / Ramzi Khoury (1978) Lebanese - rapper.

Sebu Simonian (1978) Lebanese, Armenian - singer-songwriter and keyboardist.

Hisham Haddad (1978) Lebanese - actor, comedian, and tv host.

Reynaldo Martino (1978) Haitian [Lebanese, Unspecified Other] - singer, guitarist, and composer.

Bill Kanj (1978) Lebanese - actor.

Marc Nammour (1978) Lebanese - singer.

Taleb Adlah (1978) Lebanese - actor.

Levon Eskenian (1978) Lebanese - musician.

Joanna Gaines (1978) Korean / Lebanese, German - author and tv presenter.

David Ali Hamade (1978) Lebanese - actor.

Nicolas Mouawad (1979) Lebanese - actor.

Maral Adams (1979) Lebanese - actor and writer.

Philippe El Hage (1979) Lebanese - musician.

Stephen Karam (1979) Lebanese / Irish - playwright and screenwriter.

Karl Wolf / Carl Abou Samah (1979) Lebanese - musician.

Mark Masri (1979) Lebanese / Unspecified White - singer-songwriter, producer, and composer.

P-Thugg / Patrick Gemayel (1979) Lebanese - singer and keyboardist.

Fady Maalouf (1979) Lebanese / German - singer-songwriter and painter.

Said Serhan (1979) Lebanese - actor, writer and TV presenter.

Habib Azar (1979) Lebanese - director.

Raed Yassin (1979) Lebanese - musician.

Majid Michel (1980) Lebanese / Ghanaian - actor.

Elie Mitri (1980) Lebanese - actor, writer and comedian.

Kintaró Mori (1980) Uruguayan [Lebanese, Japanese, Basque, Spanish], some Mexican - singer-songwriter.

Lucien Bourjeily (1980) Lebanese - writer and director.

Silvestre Dangond (1980) Colombian [Lebanese, Possibly Other] - singer.

K.Maro / K-Maro / K’Maro / Cyril Kamar (1980) Lebanese - rapper, singer-songwriter, and producer.

Peter Scarf (1980) Lebanese / Greek - actor, producer and director.

Massari / Sari Abboud (1980) Lebanese - singer-songwriter and keyboardist.

Rodolph Hilal (1980) Lebanese - tv host.

GoRemy / Remy Munasifi (1980) Lebanese / Iraqi Arab - youtuber, musician, comedian, and video artist.

K. Maro / Kamar / Cyril Kamar (1980) Lebanese - singer.

George Al Rassy (1980) Lebanese - singer.

Aleph / Fady Abi Saad (1980) Lebanese - musician.

Ibrahim Maalouf (1980) Lebanese - trumpeter and composer.

Hassan Masri (1980) Lebanese - actor.

Iwan / Mohammed Marwan Ba'aseery (1980) Lebanese, Syrian - singer.

Ramy Ayach (1980) Lebanese Druze - singer, composer and actor.

Georges Al Rassi (1980) Lebanese - singer, musician, and songwriter.

Alain Moussi (1981) Lebanese / French - actor and stuntman.

Rami Khalifé (1981) Lebanese - pianist and artist.

Wissam Hanna (1981) Lebanese - actor, model, tv presenter, and Mr. Lebanon 2005.

Nicholas Joseph Kattar (1981) Lebanese, Irish, Scottish - actor, musician, songwriter, author, photographer, and poet.

Malek Maktabi / Malik Maktaby (1981) Lebanese - tv presenter.

Wissam Breidy (1981) Lebanese - tv host.

Sarbel / Sarbel Maronitis (1981) Lebanese Maronite / Greek Cypriot - singer.

Maher Zain (1981) Lebanese - singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, keyboardist, percussionist, composer, and producer.

IJK / Imad Jack Karam (1981) Lebanese - singer.

Fady Andraos (1981) Lebanese / Palestinian - singer.

Tony Yalda / Anthony Yalda (1981) Lebanese Assyrian - actor.

Dimitri Rassam (1981) Lebanese / French - producer.

Walid Al Massih (1982) Lebanese - producer.

Rodrigo Nehme (1982) Mexican [Lebanese / Probably Other] - actor.

Lee Majdoub (1982) Lebanese - actor.

Melhem Zein (1982) Lebanese, Iraqi - singer.

Raja Nasser Eldine (1982) Lebanese - tv presenter.

Felipe Abib (1982) Lebanese / Brazilian - actor.

Rik Makarem (1982) Lebanese - actor and songwriter.

Michael Malarkey (1983) Lebanese Arab, Maltese, Italian, British / Irish, German - actor and singer-songwriter.

Ycare / Assane Attyé (1983) Lebanese - singer-songwriter.

MIKA / Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr. (1983) Lebanese, Syrian / English, some Scottish - singer-songwriter.

Pierre Rabbat (1983) Lebanese - tv host.

Joe Bou Eid (1983) Lebanese - writer.

Tony D / Tony Damager / Muhamed Ayad (1983) Lebanese - rapper.

40 / Noah Shebib (1983) Lebanese, Irish / Scottish - actor, musician, songwriter, and producer.

Jad Shwery (1983) Lebanese - singer.

Zane Banyan (1983) Lebanese - actor, singer, model and comedian.

Javier Jattin (1983) Colombian [Lebanese] - actor and model.

Nemr / Nemr Abou Nassar (1983) Lebanese - comedian.

Bilal / Ban Bella El Hantir (1983) Lebanese Dom - singer.

Mike Massy (1983) Lebanese - singer, songwriter, performer, composer, arranger, pianist and actor.

Firass Dirani (1984) Lebanese - actor.

Rabih El Zein (1984) Lebanese - model and Mister Lebanon 2014.

Eddy Ghossein (1984) Lebanese - musician.

Joe Raad (1984) Lebanese - singer, composer, and music director.

Ghassan Bouz (1984) Lebanese - musician and actor.

Teddy Nasr (1984) Lebanese - music producer and composer.

Emilè Azar (1985) Lebanese - singer.

Simon Ghraichy (1985) Lebanese, Mexican - pianist.

Georges Najm (1985) Lebanese - singer.

Saad / Baba Saad / Saad El-Haddad (1985) Lebanese - rapper.

Nabil Ajram (1985) Lebanese - singer.

Marc Scibilia (1986) 1/4 Lebanese Arab, 1/4 Syrian Arab, 1/2 Italian - singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Jad Hadid (1986) Lebanese - actor and model.

Guillermo Zouain (1986) Dominican [Lebanese] - director, screenwriter, and producer.

Ali Dirani (1986) Lebanese - artist, musician and drummer.

Jordan Masterson (1986) Lebanese / Irish - actor.

Sinal Bou Aram (1986) Lebanese - actor.

Rabih El Zein (1986) Lebanese - model, tv presenter, Mr Lebanon 2014, and producer.

Elio Dakouny (1986) Lebanese - instagrammer (elio_dakouny).

Moe Sargi (1987) Lebanese - youtuber.

Niels Schneider (1987) Lebanese Jewish, Possibly Other - actor.

Carl Gerges (1987) Lebanese - drummer.

Adam Ayash (1987) Lebanese, Ukrainian, Slovenian - model.

Rabih / Rabih Jaber (1987) Lebanese - singer-songwriter and artist.

Saad Ramadan (1987) Lebanese - singer.

Imanol Landeta (1987) Mexican [Lebanese, Basque, Possibly Other] - actor and singer.

Farid Matar (1987) Lebanese - model and Mister Lebanon 2015.

Adam B (1987) Lebanese - singer.

Faydee / Fady Fatrouni (1987) Lebanese - singer.

Hadi Moussally (1987) Lebanese - filmmaker, director, and photographer.

Garen Boyajian (1987) Lebanese, Armenian / Italian - actor.

Kamel Raad (1987) Lebanese - model and Mister United Continents Lebanon 2015.

Nader Al Atat (1987) Lebanese - singer.

Alexander Koch (1988) Lebanese, Italian, German, English - actor.

MoTrip / Mohamed El Moussaoui (1988) Lebanese - rapper.

Hassan Akkouch (1988) Lebanese - actor.

Tino Coury (1988) Lebanese / Italian - singer-songwriter and producer.

Michel Azzi (1988) Lebanese - singer.

Nius / Pierre-Antoine Melki (1988) Lebanese - musician.

Moe Zein (1988) Lebanese - singer and comedian.

Hamed Sinno (1988) Lebanese / Jordanian - singer-songwriter.

Abdel Rahman Balaa (1988) Lebanese - model and Mister World Lebanon 2010.

Joseph Attieh (1988) Lebanese - singer.

Hassan Akkouch (1988) Lebanese - actor.

Ben Cura (1988) Argentinian [Lebanese, Spanish, Basque, Italian, possibly other] - actor.

Marc El Khoury (1989) Lebanese - actor.

Chino Darín (1989) Argentinian [Lebanese, Italian, possibly other] - actor.

Wissam Saliba (1989) Lebanese - actor and producer.

Ziad Khoury (1989) Lebanese - singer.

Manuel Tarrazo (1989) Dominican [Lebanese, Asturian] - actor, tv presenter, and fashion designer.

Abbas Jaafar (1989) Lebanese - actor and singer.

Richii / Richard Abicair (1989) Lebanese - singer, dancer, songwriter and music producer.

Tyler De Nawi / Mustafa Dennawi (1989) Lebanese, Syrian, Possibly Other - actor, dancer, and acrobat.

Joe Maalouf (1989) Lebanese - tv host.

Nader Dada (1989) Lebanese - instagrammer (naderdada).

Karem Thebian (1990) Lebanese - model and Mr Elegance Lebanon 2015.

Jordi Landeta (1990) Mexican [Lebanese, Basque, Possibly Other] - actor.

Elias Zayek (1990) Lebanese - actor.

Eric Saade (1990) Lebanese, Palestinian / Swedish - singer-songwriter, model, tv personality, and dancer.

Roy Imad (1990) Lebanese - model and Mister Lebanon 2011.

Thomas Rhett (1990) 1/8 Lebanese, Syrian, 7/8 German, Swiss, English, Irish, Scottish - singer-songwriter.

Jimmy Abou Nakad (1990) Lebanese - model.

Nadim Kobeissi (1990) Lebanese - actor.

Maddison Varas (1990) Brazilian [Lebanese, Palestinian] / Ecuadorian - actor.

Dory Zoughaib (1990) Lebanese - instagrammer (doryzogheib).

Jade Hassouné (1991) Lebanese - actor and producer.

Imad Creidi (1991) Lebanese - actor.

Ahmad Akkad (1991) Lebanese  singer, musician, and songwriter.

Garrett Clayton (1991) Lebanese, French, English, Scottish, possibly other - singer, actor and dancer.

Ramy Atallah (1991) Lebanese - model and Mister Lebanon 2018.

BELIME / Charbel Ghanime (1991) Lebanese - singer.

Mory Hatem (1991) Lebanese - singer.

Bhaskar / Bhaskar Achkar Peres Petrillo (1991) Lebanese - DJ, guitarist, keyboardist, and producer.

Alexander Saliba (1991) Lebanese - actor.

Skandar Keynes / Alexander Amin Casper Keynes (1991) Lebanese, Iranian, Turkish / English, Scottish, Welsh, French Huguenot - actor.

Jadingo (1991) Lebanese - tiktok star.

Alok / Alok Achkar Peres Petrillo (1991) Brazilian [Lebanese, Italian, Portuguese, possibly other] - musician, DJ, and producer.

Micheal Mrad (1992) Lebanese - model.

Andre Soueid (1992) Lebanese - violinist.

Lincoln Younes (1992) Lebanese / Unspecified White - actor.

Rodolphe Bou Nader (1992) Lebanese - model and Mister Lebanon 2012.

Elie Bitar (1992) Lebanese - singer.

Malek Rahbani (1992) Lebanese - actor and writer.

Naji Basma (1992) Lebanese - actor and artist.

Aliocha Schneider / Nicolas Schneider (1993) Lebanese Jewish, Possibly Other - actor and musician.

Ralph Alexander (1993) Lebanese - actor.

Tony Eli (1993) Lebanese - actor, writer and producer.   

Paul Iskandar (1993) Lebanese - model and Mister International 2016.

Antonio Darwiche (1993) Lebanese, Italian, Greek - filmmaker.

Paul Khoury (1993) Lebanese - actor, bassist, and tv personality.

Michael Khouri (1993) Lebanese - model and Mister Lebanon 2017.

Skate / Sk8 / Skate Maloley / Nate Maloley / Nathan Montgomery Maloley (1995) Lebanese - rapper-songwriter, singer, and producer.

Omar Dean (1993) Lebanese - singer.

Zuna (1993) Lebanese - rapper.

Marwan Youssef (1994) Lebanese - singer.

Daniel Sahyounie (1994) Lebanese - singer and comedian.

Omar Sebali (1994) Lebanese - youtuber.

Georgio Bassil (1994) Lebanese - snapchat influencer (Georgio.Copter).

Derrick Monasterio (1995) Jamaican [Lebanese, East Indian, Sephardi Jewish, Scottish], Italian / Filipino [Tagalog, Waray], Spanish [Castilian, Valencian], English - actor, dancer, and singer.

Ali Zoghdani (1995) Lebanese - director.

Wael Said (1995) Lebanese - singer.

Guy Hobeika (1995) Lebanese - youtuber and snapchat influencer.

Estephan Khattar (1995) Lebanese - director and photographer.

Vitor Assan / Vitor Assan Paulo (1996) Brazilian [Lebanese, Italian, Portuguese, possibly other] - singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist.

Jeremy Shayne (1996) Lebanese - singer.

Michael Asmar (1996) Lebanese - director.

James Yammouni (1996) Lebanese - rapper, DJ, and comedian.

Kazem Chamas (1996) Lebanese - singer.

Mohammad Darwish (1996) Lebanese - live.me star (KingDarwish).

Youssef Sawmah (1997) Lebanese, Egyptian - model.

Bazzi / Andrew Bazzi (1997) Lebanese / Unspecified - singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and producer.

Omar Parker (1997) Lebanese - producer, director, and writer.

Andrew Andraos (1997) Lebanese - singer, composer and music producer.

Sylvio Sarkis (1998) Lebanese - actor.

Mohamad Zoror (1998) Lebanese - comedian, instagrammer (mohamadzoror), and ex viner.

Sebastian Freudenthaller (1998) Lebanese, Possibly Other - LIKE star.

Theodore Burkhardt (1999) Lebanese - singer.

Karim Haidar (1999) Lebanese - model and photographer.

Omar / Omar Arnaout (2000) Lebanese / Romanian - singer.

Fadi Terro (2000) Lebanese - actor, singer, social speaker, and gamer.

Émile Azouri (2001) Lebanese / Syrian - actor, director of photography, assistant director, and model.

Ayman Moussa (?) Lebanese - singer.

Dani Eid (?) Lebanese, French, German - model.

Amer Sidawi (?) Lebanese - singer.

Zuhdi Boueri (?) Lebanese / Palestinian - actor.

Carlos Azar (?) Lebanese - actor, singer, and tv presenter.

Rany Abu-Elniaj (?) Lebanese, Palestinian - actor.

Anthony Hakim (?) Lebanese - model and Mister World Lebanon 2007.

Jamal Awar (?) Lebanese - actor.

Ayman Moussa (?) Lebanese - model and Mister Lebanon 2013.

Sammy Obeid (?) Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian, Italian, possibly other - actor, comedian, and writer.

Ali Hammoud (?) Lebanese - model and Mr International Lebanon 2012.

Bahij Kaddoura (?) Lebanese, Palestinian, Zambian - bodybuilder and instagrammer (bahijkaddoura).

Abdel-Rahman Balaa (?) Lebanese - model and Mr Lebanon 2009.

Farid Chehade (?) Lebanese, Palestinian - musician and singer (The Chehade Brothers).

Rony Nohra (?) Lebanese - model.

Jorge Saade (?) Ecuadorian [Lebanese] - violinist.

George Mekhael (?) Lebanese - model.

Rami Chehade (?) Lebanese, Palestinian - musician and singer (The Chehade Brothers).

Hussein Ayach (?) Lebanese - model and Mr Arab 2009.

Tony Yazbeck (?) Lebanese / Romanian, Ukrainian, Irish, German - actor, singer, and dancer.

Christopher Aoun (?) Lebanese - cinematographer.

Gino Salvano (?) Lebanese - actor.

Emile Ghantous (?) Lebanese, Turkish Cypriot - musician, songwriter, producer, and arranger.

Amro Majzoub (?) Lebanese - actor and comic.

Ricardo Karam (?) Venezuelan [Lebanese] - tv presenter, talk show host, and producer.

Ali Hammoud (?) Lebanese - model and Mister International 2012.

Brian Gattas (?) Lebanese - actor.

Jad Abi Haydar (?) Lebanese - singer.

Peter Ganim (?) Lebanese, Syrian, Slovak, Rusyn - actor.

Christian Abou Anni (?) Lebanese - singer.

Mark Hachem (?) Lebanese - actor, filmmaker, and youtuber.

Roni Al Shemali (?) Lebanese - singer.

Gil Perez-Abraham (?) Lebanese, Venezuelan - actor and musician.

Fouad Mikati (?) Lebanese - director.

Samir Succar (?) Lebanese / Colombian - actor and singer.

Dave Merheje (?) Lebanese - actor and comedian.

Ghazi Al Amir (?) Lebanese - singer.

Andre Rahal (?) Lebanese, Venezuelan - actor.

Houssam Chami (?) Lebanese - singer.

Marc Mansour (?) Lebanese - actor, model, and professional dancer.

Richard-John Seikaly (?) Lebanese, French, Italian, Greek - actor.

Najee Mondalek (?) Lebanese - actor and comedian.

Philippe A. Haddad (?) Mexican [Lebanese] / Austrian - actor.

Gaetan Osman (?) Lebanese - model, filmmaker, photographer, and Mister Manhunt International Lebanon 2017.

Ibrahim Mallouhi (?) Lebanese - singer.

Chris Rubeiz (?) Lebanese / Unspecified  - actor, writer and comedian.

Imaan Hadchiti (?) Lebanese - actor and comedian.

Mohamed Ali Arabi (?) Lebanese - model and Mister International Lebanon 2010.

Sean Fawaz (?) Lebanese / Taiwanese - actor, writer and producer.

Karim El Koussa (?) Lebanese - author.

Wael Al Muallem (?) Lebanese - singer.

Zayn Alexander (?) Lebanese - actor and director.

Chando Luna (?) Lebanese, Spanish, Danish, Caribbean - actor.

Bilal Zaweel (?) Lebanese - model and Mister Manhunt International Lebanon 2016.

Amine J. Hachem (?) Lebanese - singer.

Alle Ghadban (?) Lebanese - actor.

Winston George Tannis (?) Lebanese / Unknown - artist and producer.

Faris Al Bahri (?) Lebanese - actor.

Zahi Safiya (?) Lebanese - singer.

Joe Karam (?) Lebanese - actor.

Alex Kahuam (?) Mexican [Lebanese] - filmmaker.

Mohamed Hay (?) Lebanese - model and Mister Lebanon 2011.

Osmani Rodriguez (?) Lebanese, Italian - actor.

Rob Shehadie (?) Lebanese - actor, comedian, and writer.

Tom Ferrari (?) Lebanese, Irish / Italian, Irish - actor and model.

Walid Bechara (?) Lebanese - singer.

Geordie Sabbagh (?) Lebanese / Unknown - producer.

Adam Lowell Roberts (?) Lebanese - director.

Mazin Akar (?) Lebanese - actor.

Abdel-Halim Caracalla (?) Lebanese - dancer, choreographer, and art director.

Marc Codsi (?) Lebanese - actor.

Raphael Assaf (?) Lebanese, Irish, Lithuanian Jewish - director.

Sam Lahoud (?) Lebanese - producer.

Adel Serhan (?) Lebanese - director, writer and producer.

Ivan Caracalla (?) Lebanese - dancer, choreographer, and art director.

Wael Abou-Zaki (?) Lebanese - director and producer.

Zakaria Jaber (?) Lebanese -  filmmaker, writer and director.

Shadi Bahsoun (?) 3/4 Lebanese, 1/4 Spanish - actor.  

John A. Kuri (?) Lebanese - director, producer, and author.

Sam Osman (?) Lebanese / German - actor.

Richard El Khazen (?) Lebanese - actor.

Michael Shahen (?) Lebanese / Greek - actor.

Tamer Daher (?) Lebanese - singer.

Johannes Yachouh (?) Lebanese, Syrian - actor.

Maher Sinno (?) Lebanese - actor and director.

Mohamad Abbas (?) Lebanese - actor.

Taha Salah (?) Lebanese - actor.

Elio Kallassi (?) Lebanese - composer, orchestrator, arranger and pianist.

Daniel Khayat (?) 3/4 Lebanese, 1/4 Irish - actor.

Tamer Najem (?) Lebanese - singer.

Ibrahim Shukri Hussein (?) Lebanese - model and personal trainer (Instagram: bob_hussein).

Abbas Beydoun (?) Lebanese - actor and model (Instagram: abbasbeydoun).

George Diab (?) Lebanese - actor and voice actor.

Samir Maalouf (?) Lebanese - actor and voice actor.

Ahmad Hussein (?) Lebanese - singer.

Omar Elias (?) Lebanese - makeup artist and blogger.

Khaled El Sayed (?) Lebanese - actor and voice actor.

Alejandro Bichir (?) Mexican [Lebanese] - actor, director, and screenwriter.

Pierre Dagher (?) Lebanese - actor and voice actor.

Jean Chahid (?) Lebanese - singer.

Hasan Hamdan (?) Lebanese - actor and voice actor.

Patrick Dahrieh (?) Lebanese - actor, model, and Mister Manhunt International Lebanon 2018.

Saad Hamdan (?) Lebanese - actor and voice actor.

Nabil Lértora (?) Ecuadorian [Lebanese, Possibly Other] - singer and DJ.

Toni Maalouf (?) Lebanese - actor and voice actor.

Hossam Al Shami (?) Lebanese - singer.

Omar Mikati (?) Lebanese - actor and voice actor.

Dan Jbara (?) Lebanese / Irish - producer.

Fadi Rifai (?) Lebanese - actor and voice actor.

Marcelino Gebrayel (?) Lebanese - model, fitness instructor, and Mister Manhunt International Lebanon 2011.

Housam Tershishi (?) Lebanese - singer.

Ali Saad (?) Lebanese - actor and voice actor.

Murad Mouawad (?) Lebanese - model and Mister Manhunt International Lebanon 2010.

Hicham Abou Sleiman (?) Lebanese - actor and voice actor.

Pedro Kiwan (?) Lebanese - model and Mister Manhunt International Lebanon 2009.

Imad Feghaly (?) Lebanese - actor and voice actor.

Patrick Mubarak (?) Lebanese - actor.

Rafic Abou Zeid (?) Lebanese - tv presenter, model, and Mister Manhunt International Lebanon 2008

Saad Jamal Al-Dine (?) Lebanese - singer.

Milad Rizk (?) Lebanese - actor.

Sami Daher (?) Lebanese - actor.

Naji Shamil (?) Lebanese - actor.

Said Aboulrich (?) Lebanese - singer, musician, and songwriter.

Essam Farah (?) Lebanese - singer, musician, and songwriter

Mohammad Al Saleh (?) Lebanese, Palestinian - singer.

Ahmad Sultan (?) Lebanese - singer, musician, and songwriter.

Guy Manoukian (?) Lebanese, Armenian - musician.

Charbel Rouhana (?) Lebanese - musician.

Eslam Jawaad (?) Lebanese - rapper.

Haig Papazian (?) Lebanese, Armenian - violinist.

Gilbert Simon (?) Lebanese - actor, singer, filmmaker, and composer.

Rony Barrak (?) Lebanese - musician.

Georges Chakra (?) Lebanese - fashion designer.

Assaad Tarabay (?) Lebanese - model, producer, and Mister Lebanon 2003.

Robert Abi Nader (?) Lebanese - fashion designer.

Gaby Saliba (?) Lebanese - fashion designer and hairdresser.

Joseph Abou Malhab (?) Lebanese - singer.

Camille Allam (?) Lebanese - musician, painter, and sculptor.

Zeid Hamdan (?) Lebanese - musician.

Elie Najem (?) Lebanese - model and Mister Manhunt International Lebanon 2012.

Said Mrad (?) Lebanese - musician.

Clotaire K (?) Lebanese - singer.

Ibrahim Afif Ballout (?) Lebanese - model and Mister Lebanon 2009.

Mohammad Chamseddine (?) Lebanese - MC, model, and Mister Lebanon 2008.

Basel Bou Hamdan (?) Lebanese - model and Mister Lebanon 2007.

Anthony Hakim (?) Lebanese - model and Mister Lebanon 2006.

Omar Meyho (?) Lebanese - model and Mister Lebanon 2000.

Jay Wud (?) Lebanese - musician.

Bachar Mar-Khalifé (?) Lebanese - composer.

Zain Al Omar (?) Lebanese - singer.

Mohamad Taha (?) Lebanese - model and Mister International Lebanon 2018.

Fadi Abd El Khaliq (?) Lebanese - singer.

Winter Jones (?) Lebanese Assyrian - actor.

Paul Salem (?) Lebanese - musician.

Firas Abbas (?) Lebanese - model and Mister International Lebanon 2013.

Rabih Rabal (?) Lebanese - singer.

Ghady (?) Lebanese - singer.

Mohamad El Jafeel (?) Lebanese - singer.

Elie Asmar (?) Lebanese - singer.

Ali Chaaban (?) Lebanese - photographer.

Mario Sfeir (?) Lebanese - model and Mister Global Lebanon 2016.

Alain Abou Jaoude (?) Lebanese - Instagrammer (alainaboujaoude).

Mohamed Akel (?) Lebanese - model and Mister Global Lebanon 2015.

Anis Tabet (?) Lebanese - movie critic.

Carlo Nakhla (?) Lebanese - singer.

Rabih Salloum (?) Lebanese - writer.

Wajdi Abou Diab (?) Lebanese - pianist (Fer2et 3a Nota).

Zaher Hamadeh (?) Lebanese - guitarist (Fer2et 3a Nota).

Ali Sabbah (?) Lebanese - guitarist (Fer2et 3a Nota).

Raghid Jureidini (?) Lebanese - saxophonist (Fer2et 3a Nota).

Jihad Zgheib (?) Lebanese - drummer (Fer2et 3a Nota).

Ayman Sleiman (?) Lebanese - musician (Fer2et 3a Nota).

Marwan Tohme (?) Lebanese - musician (Postcards).

Rany Bechara (?) Lebanese - musician (Postcards).

Pascal Semerdjian (?) Lebanese - musician (Postcards).

Louis Lameh (?) Lebanese - Instagrammer (louislameh).

Georges Mikhael (?) Lebanese - Instagrammer (georges_mekhael).

Hisham Malaeb (?) Lebanese - Instagrammer (hishammalaeb).

Mounir Akkary (?) Lebanese - Instagrammer (mounir_akkary).

Séto Srabian (?) Lebanese - Instagrammer (setosrabian).

Roland Mattar (?) Lebanese - Instagrammer (rolandmattar).

Elie Bou Mosleh (?) Lebanese - model.

Ghassan Mawla (?) Lebanese - model and Mister Lebanon 1998.

Hadi Esta (?) Lebanese - model and Mister Lebanon 1996.

Youssef Boulos (?) Lebanese - actor.

Ghady Awwad (?) Lebanese - personal trainer (Instagram: ghadyawwad).

Joe Mouawad (?) Lebanese - fashion designer (Instagram: joemoawad).

NB:

Juliana Yazbeck (?) Lebanese Arab - Genderfluid (She/Her/Hers and They/Them/Theirs) - musician.

Problematic:

Jamie Farr (1934) Lebanese - actor and comedian. - Supported Reagan and both Bush presidencies.

Diane Rehm (1936) Lebanese Arab / Syrian Arab - radio host. - Anti-semitic remarks.

Lady C / Lady Colin Campbell (1949) Jamaican [Lebanese / Sephardic Jewish, Spanish, Portuguese, Irish, English] - tv host, radio host, socialite, and author. - Intersex! - Anti-black racist comments about Meghan Markle and Meghan and Harry’s baby and whorephobic comments.

Mario Kassar (1951) Lebanese, Italian - producer. - Executive producer on Lolita, which glorifies pedophilia.

Salma Hayek (1966) Mexican [Lebanese, Spanish, possibly other] - actress, producer, and former model. - Spoke over and attempted to rebuke Jessica Williams (a black actress)’s comment that black and trans women are constantly put in the center of conflict for the way they look with a tone deaf “what about the rest of us” and also used the condescending “baby” to refer to Jessica [Williams], called Jessica Lopez (a Puerto Rican actress and singer who, while not black, is darker than Salma) a “non-latina n***o”, and said that Ugly Betty (a show Salma is an executive producer on) tries to model Betty off black women (though they even casted a non black Latina for Betty) due to black women having “uglier facial features”.

Vince Vaughn (1970) Lebanese, Italian / Irish, Scottish, French, Swiss, Dutch, German, English - actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter. - Racist, homophobic, and pro-gun statements.

Haifa Wehbe (1976) Lebanese - actress and singer. - Anti-black racist statements about Nubians and xenophobic statements about Algerians.

Shakira / Shakira Mebarak Ripoll (1977) Colombian [Lebanese / Italian (including Sicilian), Spanish (including Castilian, Catalan), possibly other] - actress, singer-songwriter, model, dancer, producer, and philanthropist. - Use of the g slur, antiziganist lyrics suggesting Romani people are thieves and liars, appropriated and sexualized the Indian sari, appropriated and sexualized the Indian bharatanatyam dance, appropriated the Indian mahawar, appropriated other parts of Indian hinduism, and appropriated dreadlocks.

Zoë Saldaña / Zoë Saldaña-Perego (1978) Dominican, Puerto Rican, Lebanese, Haitian - actress and dancer. - Believes racism and “people of color” aren’t real, darkened her skin and used a prosthetic nose to play dark-skinned Nina Simone, and supported James Gunn’s pedophilic tweets.

Myriam Fares (1983) Lebanese - singer, dancer, actress, and songwriter. - Recent music video Goumi includes blackface, brownface, and cultural appropriation.

Jack Barakat (1988) Lebanese - singer, guitarist, and drummer. - Has made statements that encourage people to touch others without consent, dated then 17-year-old Abigail Breslin when he was 25, has made pedophilia jokes, has made lesbophobic statements, has made biphobic statements, and has made statements fetishizing breasts multiple times during multiple Breast Cancer Awareness Months.

Emeraude Toubia (1989) Mexican / Lebanese - actress and model. - Appropriated cornrows.

Saja Kamal (1989) Lebanese - tv host and sports commentator. - Appropriated box braids.

Gigi Gorgeous / Giselle Loren Lazzarato (1992) Lebanese, Italian, French - actress, model, youtuber, and socialite. - Trans! - Has made classist videos and statements as well as has made anti-Semitic video and statements.

Rowan Blanchard (2001) Armenian, Lebanese, Moroccan, Syrian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, English, German, 1/8 Portuguese - actress. - Has made biphobic statements.

Diva Maguy (?) Lebanese - model, DJ, performer, and dancer. - Trans! - Appropriated box braids.

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Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Gail Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she has been ranked the richest African-American, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and is currently North America's first and only multi-billionaire black person. Several assessments rank her as the most influential woman in the world. In 2013, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama and honorary doctorate degrees from Duke and Harvard.

Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a teenage single mother and later raised in an inner-city Milwaukee neighborhood. She has stated that she was molested during her childhood and early teens and became pregnant at 14; her son died in infancy. Sent to live with the man she calls her father, a barber in Tennessee, Winfrey landed a job in radio while still in high school and began co-anchoring the local evening news at the age of 19. Her emotional ad-lib delivery eventually got her transferred to the daytime-talk-show arena, and after boosting a third-rated local Chicago talk show to first place, she launched her own production company and became internationally syndicated.

Credited with creating a more intimate confessional form of media communication, she is thought to have popularized and revolutionized the tabloid talk show genre pioneered by Phil Donahue, which a Yale study says broke 20th-century taboos and allowed LGBT people to enter the mainstream. By the mid-1990s, she had reinvented her show with a focus on literature, self-improvement, and spirituality. Though criticized for unleashing a confession culture, promoting controversial self-help ideas, and an emotion-centered approach, she is often praised for overcoming adversity to become a benefactor to others. From 2006 to 2008, Oprah Winfrey's endorsement of Barack Obama, by one estimate, delivered over a million votes in the close 2008 Democratic primary race.

Early life

Winfrey was named "Orpah" on her birth certificate after the biblical figure in the Book of Ruth, but people mispronounced it regularly and "Oprah" stuck.

Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, to an unmarried teenage mother. She later said that her conception was due to a single sexual encounter and the couple broke up not long after. Her mother, Vernita Lee (born c. 1935), was a housemaid. Winfrey's biological father is usually noted as Vernon Winfrey (born 1933), a coal miner turned barber turned city councilman who had been in the Armed Forces when she was born. However, Mississippi farmer and World War II veteran Noah Robinson, Sr. (born c. 1925) has claimed to be her biological father. A genetic test in 2006 determined that her matrilineal line originated among the Kpelle ethnic group, in the area that today is Liberia. Her genetic makeup was determined to be 89% Sub-Saharan African, 8% Native American, and 3% East Asian. However, the East Asian may, given the imprecision of genetic testing, actually be Native American markers.

After Winfrey's birth, her mother traveled north and Winfrey spent her first six years living in rural poverty with her maternal grandmother, Hattie Mae (Presley) Lee (April 15, 1900 – February 27, 1963), who was so poor that Winfrey often wore dresses made of potato sacks, for which the local children made fun of her. Her grandmother taught her to read before the age of three and took her to the local church, where she was nicknamed "The Preacher" for her ability to recite Bible verses. When Winfrey was a child, her grandmother would hit her with a stick when she did not do chores or if she misbehaved in any way.

At age six, Winfrey moved to an inner-city neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with her mother Vernita Lee, who was less supportive and encouraging than her grandmother had been, largely as a result of the long hours she worked as a maid. Around this time, Lee had given birth to another daughter, Winfrey's younger half-sister, Patricia who later (in February 2003, at age 43) died of causes related to cocaine addiction. By 1962, Lee was having difficulty raising both daughters so Winfrey was temporarily sent to live with Vernon in Nashville, Tennessee. While Winfrey was in Nashville, Lee gave birth to a third daughter who was put up for adoption (in the hope of easing the financial straits that had led to Lee's being on welfare) and later also named Patricia. Winfrey did not learn she had a second half-sister until 2010. By the time Winfrey moved back in with Lee, Lee had also given birth to a boy named Jeffrey, Winfrey's half-brother, who died of AIDS-related causes in 1989.

Winfrey has stated she was molested by her cousin, uncle, and a family friend, starting when she was nine years old, something she first announced to her viewers on a 1986 episode of her TV show regarding sexual abuse. When Winfrey discussed the alleged abuse with family members at age 24, they refused to accept what she said. Winfrey once commented that she had chosen not to be a mother because she had not been mothered well.

At 13, after suffering years of abuse, Winfrey ran away from home. When she was 14, she became pregnant but her son was born prematurely and he died shortly after birth. Winfrey later stated she felt betrayed by the family member who had sold the story of her son to the National Enquirer in 1990. She began going to Lincoln High School; but after early success in the Upward Bound program, was transferred to the affluent suburban Nicolet High School, where she says her poverty was constantly rubbed in her face as she rode the bus to school with fellow African-Americans, some of whom were servants of her classmates' families. She began to steal money from her mother in an effort to keep up with her free-spending peers, to lie to and argue with her mother, and to go out with older boys.

Her frustrated mother once again sent her to live with Vernon in Nashville, Tennessee, though this time she did not take her back. Vernon was strict, but encouraging, and made her education a priority. Winfrey became an honors student, was voted Most Popular Girl, and joined her high school speech team at East Nashville High School, placing second in the nation in dramatic interpretation. She won an oratory contest, which secured her a full scholarship to Tennessee State University, a historically black institution, where she studied communication. Her first job as a teenager was working at a local grocery store. At the age of 17, Winfrey won the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant. She also attracted the attention of the local black radio station, WVOL, which hired her to do the news part-time. She worked there during her senior year of high school, and again while in her first two years of college.

Winfrey's career choice in media would not have surprised her grandmother, who once said that ever since Winfrey could talk, she was on stage. As a child, she played games interviewing her corncob doll and the crows on the fence of her family's property. Winfrey later acknowledged her grandmother's influence, saying it was Hattie Mae who had encouraged her to speak in public and "gave me a positive sense of myself".

Television

Working in local media, she was both the youngest news anchor and the first black female news anchor at Nashville's WLAC-TV. She moved to Baltimore's WJZ-TV in 1976 to co-anchor the six o'clock news. In 1977, she was removed as co-anchor and worked lower profile positions at the station. She was then recruited to join Richard Sher as co-host of WJZ's local talk show People Are Talking, which premiered on August 14, 1978. She also hosted the local version of Dialing for Dollars there.

In 1983, Winfrey relocated to Chicago to host WLS-TV's low-rated half-hour morning talk show, AM Chicago. The first episode aired on January 2, 1984. Within months after Winfrey took over, the show went from last place in the ratings to overtaking Donahue as the highest-rated talk show in Chicago. The movie critic Roger Ebert persuaded her to sign a syndication deal with King World. Ebert predicted that she would generate 40 times as much revenue as his television show, At the Movies. It was renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show, expanded to a full hour and broadcast nationally beginning September 8, 1986.Winfrey's syndicated show brought in double Donahue's national audience, displacing Donahue as the number-one daytime talk show in America. Their much-publicized contest was the subject of enormous scrutiny. TIME magazine wrote:

TV columnist Howard Rosenberg said, "She's a roundhouse, a full course meal, big, brassy, loud, aggressive, hyper, laughable, lovable, soulful, tender, low-down, earthy, and hungry. And she may know the way to Phil Donahue's jugular." Newsday's Les Payne observed, "Oprah Winfrey is sharper than Donahue, wittier, more genuine, and far better attuned to her audience, if not the world" and Martha Bayles of The Wall Street Journal wrote, "It's a relief to see a gab-monger with a fond but realistic assessment of her own cultural and religious roots."

In the early years of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the program was classified as a tabloid talk show. In the mid-1990s, Winfrey adopted a less tabloid-oriented format, hosting shows on broader topics such as heart disease, geopolitics, spirituality, and meditation, interviewing celebrities on social issues they were directly involved with, such as cancer, charity work, or substance abuse, and hosting televised giveaways including shows where every audience member received a new car (donated by General Motors) or a trip to Australia (donated by Australian tourism bodies). In addition to her talk show, Winfrey also produced and co-starred in the 1989 drama miniseries The Women of Brewster Place, as well as a short-lived spin-off, Brewster Place. As well as hosting and appearing on television shows, Winfrey co-founded the women's cable television network Oxygen. She is also the president of Harpo Productions (Oprah spelled backwards). On January 15, 2008, Winfrey and Discovery Communications announced plans to change Discovery Health Channel into a new channel called OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. It was scheduled to launch in 2009 but was delayed, and actually launched on January 1, 2011.

The series finale of The Oprah Winfrey Show aired on May 25, 2011.

Celebrity interviews

In 1993, Winfrey hosted a rare prime-time interview with Michael Jackson, which became the fourth most-watched event in American television history as well as the most watched interview ever, with an audience of 36.5 million. On December 1, 2005, Winfrey appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman to promote the new Broadway musical The Color Purple, of which she was a producer, joining the host for the first time in 16 years. The episode was hailed by some as the "television event of the decade" and helped Letterman attract his largest audience in more than 11 years: 13.45 million viewers. Although a much-rumored feud was said to have been the cause of the rift, both Winfrey and Letterman balked at such talk. "I want you to know, it's really over, whatever you thought was happening", said Winfrey. On September 10, 2007, Letterman made his first appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, as its season premiere was filmed in New York City.

In 2006, rappers Ludacris, 50 Cent and Ice Cube criticized Winfrey for what they perceived as an anti-hip hop bias. In an interview with GQ magazine, Ludacris said that Winfrey gave him a "hard time" about his lyrics, and edited comments he made during an appearance on her show with the cast of the film Crash. He also said that he wasn't initially invited on the show with the rest of the cast. Winfrey responded by saying that she is opposed to rap lyrics that "marginalize women", but enjoys some artists, including Kanye West, who appeared on her show. She said she spoke with Ludacris backstage after his appearance to explain her position and said she understood that his music was for entertainment purposes, but that some of his listeners might take it literally. In September 2008, Winfrey received criticism after Matt Drudge of the Drudge Report reported that Winfrey refused to have Sarah Palin on her show, allegedly because of Winfrey's support for Barack Obama. Winfrey denied the report, maintaining that there never was a discussion regarding Palin's appearing on her show. She said that after she made public her support for Obama, she decided that she would not let her show be used as a platform for any of the candidates. Although Obama appeared twice on her show, those appearances were prior to his declaring himself a candidate. Winfrey added that Palin would make a fantastic guest and that she would love to have her on the show after the election, which she did on November 18, 2009.

In 2009, Winfrey was criticized for allowing actress Suzanne Somers to appear on her show to discuss hormone treatments that are not accepted by mainstream medicine. Critics have also suggested that Winfrey is not tough enough when questioning celebrity guests or politicians whom she appears to like. Lisa de Moraes, a media columnist for The Washington Post, stated: "Oprah doesn't do follow-up questions unless you're an author who's embarrassed her by fabricating portions of a supposed memoir she's plugged for her book club."

Other media

Film

In 1985, Winfrey co-starred in Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple as distraught housewife Sofia. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. The Alice Walker novel went on to become a Broadway musical which opened in late 2005, with Winfrey credited as a producer. In October 1998, Winfrey produced and starred in the film Beloved, based on Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. To prepare for her role as Sethe, the protagonist and former slave, Winfrey experienced a 24-hour simulation of the experience of slavery, which included being tied up and blindfolded and left alone in the woods. Despite major advertising, including two episodes of her talk show dedicated solely to the film, and moderate to good critical reviews, Beloved opened to poor box-office results, losing approximately $30 million. While promoting the movie, co-star Thandie Newton described Winfrey as "a very strong technical actress and it's because she's so smart. She's acute. She's got a mind like a razor blade." In 2005, Harpo Productions released a film adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston's 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. The made-for-television film was based upon a teleplay by Suzan-Lori Parks and starred Halle Berry in the lead female role.

In late 2008, Winfrey's company Harpo Films signed an exclusive output pact to develop and produce scripted series, documentaries, and movies for HBO. Oprah voiced Gussie the goose for Charlotte's Web (2006) and the voice of Judge Bumbleden in Bee Movie (2007) co-starring the voices of Jerry Seinfeld and Renée Zellweger. In 2009, Winfrey provided the voice for the character of Eudora, the mother of Princess Tiana, in Disney's The Princess and the Frog and in 2010, narrated the US version of the BBC nature program Life for Discovery.

Publishing and writing

Winfrey has co-authored five books. At the announcement of a weight loss book in 2005, co-authored with her personal trainer Bob Greene, it was said that her undisclosed advance fee had broken the record for the world's highest book advance fee, previously held by the autobiography of former U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Her memoir, The Life You Want, is scheduled for publication in 2017.

Winfrey publishes magazines: O, The Oprah Magazine; from 2004 to 2008, she also published a magazine called O at Home. In 2002, Fortune called O, the Oprah Magazine the most successful start-up ever in the industry. Although its circulation had declined by more than 10 percent (to 2.4 million) from 2005 to 2008, the January 2009 issue was the best selling issue since 2006. The audience for her magazine is considerably more upscale than for her TV show, the average reader earning well above the median for U.S. women.

Online

Winfrey's company created the Oprah.com website to provide resources and interactive content relating to her shows, magazines, book club, and public charity. Oprah.com averages more than 70 million page views and more than six million users per month, and receives approximately 20,000 e-mails each week. Winfrey initiated "Oprah's Child Predator Watch List", through her show and website, to help track down accused child molesters. Within the first 48 hours, two of the featured men were captured.

Radio

On February 9, 2006, it was announced that Winfrey had signed a three-year, $55 million contract with XM Satellite Radio to establish a new radio channel. The channel, Oprah Radio, features popular contributors to The Oprah Winfrey Show and O, The Oprah Magazine including Nate Berkus, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Bob Greene, Dr. Robin Smith, and Marianne Williamson. Oprah & Friends began broadcasting at 11:00 am ET, September 25, 2006, from a new studio at Winfrey's Chicago headquarters. The channel broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week on XM Radio Channel 156. Winfrey's contract requires her to be on the air 30 minutes a week, 39 weeks a year. The 30-minute weekly show features Winfrey with friend Gayle King.

Personal life

Homes

Winfrey currently lives on "The Promised Land", her 42-acre (17 ha) estate with ocean and mountain views in Montecito, California. Winfrey also owns a house in Lavallette, New Jersey; an apartment in Chicago; an estate on Fisher Island, Florida; a ski house in Telluride, Colorado; and property on Maui, Hawaii and Antigua. Her base during filming of Winfrey's show is Chicago, so she spends time in the neighborhood of Streeterville.

Romantic history

A self-described promiscuous teen who was a victim of sexual abuse, Winfrey gave birth at the age of 14 to a boy who died shortly after.

Winfrey's high school sweetheart Anthony Otey recalled an innocent courtship that began in Winfrey's senior year of high school, from which he saved hundreds of love notes; Winfrey conducted herself with dignity and as a model student. The two spoke of getting married, but Otey claimed to have always secretly known that Winfrey was destined for a far greater life than he could ever provide. She broke up with him on Valentine's Day of her senior year.

In 1971, several months after breaking up with Otey, Winfrey met William "Bubba" Taylor at Tennessee State University. According to CBS journalist George Mair, Taylor was Winfrey's "first intense, to die for love affair". Winfrey helped get Taylor a job at WVOL, and according to Mair, "did everything to keep him, including literally begging him on her knees to stay with her." Taylor, however, was unwilling to leave Nashville with Winfrey when she moved to Baltimore to work at WJZ-TV in June 1976. "We really did care for each other", Winfrey would later recall. "We shared a deep love. A love I will never forget."

In the 1970s, Winfrey had a romantic relationship with John Tesh. Biographer Kitty Kelley claims that Tesh split with Winfrey over the pressure of having an interracial relationship.

When WJZ-TV management criticized Winfrey for crying on the air while reporting tragedies and were unhappy with her physical appearance (especially when her hair fell out as the result of a bad perm), Winfrey turned to reporter Lloyd Kramer for comfort. "Lloyd was just the best", Winfrey would later recall. "That man loved me even when I was bald! He was wonderful. He stuck with me through the whole demoralizing experience. That man was the most fun romance I ever had."

According to Mair, when Kramer moved to NBC in New York, Winfrey had a love affair with a married man who had no intention of leaving his wife. Winfrey would later recall: "I'd had a relationship with a man for four years. I wasn't living with him. I'd never lived with anyone—and I thought I was worthless without him. The more he rejected me, the more I wanted him. I felt depleted, powerless. At the end, I was down on the floor on my knees groveling and pleading with him". Winfrey became so depressed that on September 8, 1981, she wrote a suicide note to best friend Gayle King instructing King to water her plants. "That suicide note had been much overplayed" Winfrey told Ms. magazine. "I couldn't kill myself. I would be afraid the minute I did it; something really good would happen and I'd miss it."

According to Winfrey, her emotional turmoil gradually led to a weight problem: "The reason I gained so much weight in the first place and the reason I had such a sorry history of abusive relationships with men was I just needed approval so much. I needed everyone to like me, because I didn't like myself much. So I'd end up with these cruel self-absorbed guys who'd tell me how selfish I was, and I'd say 'Oh thank you, you're so right' and be grateful to them. Because I had no sense that I deserved anything else. Which is also why I gained so much weight later on. It was the perfect way of cushioning myself against the world's disapproval."

Winfrey later confessed to smoking crack cocaine with a man she was romantically involved with during the same era. She explained on her show: "I always felt that the drug itself is not the problem but that I was addicted to the man." She added: "I can't think of anything I wouldn't have done for that man."

Winfrey was allegedly involved in a second drug-related love affair. Self-proclaimed former boyfriend Randoph Cook said they lived together for several months in 1985 and did drugs. In 1997, Cook tried to sue Winfrey for $20 million for allegedly blocking a tell-all book about their alleged relationship.

Also, in the mid-1980s, Winfrey briefly dated movie critic Roger Ebert, whom she credits with advising her to take her show into syndication.

In 1985, before Winfrey's Chicago talk show had gone national, Haitian filmmaker Reginald Chevalier claims he appeared as a guest on a look-alike segment and began a relationship with Winfrey involving romantic evenings at home, candlelit baths, and dinners with Michael Jordan and Danny Glover. Chevalier says Winfrey ended the relationship when she met Stedman Graham.

Winfrey and her boyfriend Stedman Graham have been together since 1986. They were engaged to be married in November 1992, but the ceremony never took place.

Close friends

Winfrey's best friend since their early twenties is Gayle King. King was formerly the host of The Gayle King Show and is currently an editor of O, the Oprah Magazine. Since 1997, when Winfrey played the therapist on an episode of the sitcom Ellen in which Ellen DeGeneres came out of the closet, Winfrey and King have been the target of persistent rumors that they were gay. "I understand why people think we're gay", Winfrey says in the August 2006 issue of O magazine. "There isn't a definition in our culture for this kind of bond between women. So I get why people have to label it—how can you be this close without it being sexual?" "I've told nearly everything there is to tell. All my stuff is out there. People think I'd be so ashamed of being gay that I wouldn't admit it? Oh, please."

Winfrey has also had a long friendship with Maria Shriver, after they met in Baltimore. Winfrey considered Maya Angelou, author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, her mentor and close friend; she called Angelou her "mother-sister-friend." Winfrey hosted a week-long Caribbean cruise for Angelou and 150 guests for Angelou's 70th birthday in 1998, and in 2008, threw her "an extravagant 80th birthday celebration" at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.

Personal wealth

Born in rural poverty, and raised by a mother dependent on government welfare payments in a poor urban neighbourhood, Winfrey became a millionaire at the age of 32 when her talk show received national syndication. Winfrey negotiated ownership rights to the television program and started her own production company. At the age of 41, Winfrey had a net worth of $340 million and replaced Bill Cosby as the only African American on the Forbes 400. With a 2000 net worth of $800 million, Winfrey is believed to be the richest African American of the 20th century. There has been a course taught at the University of Illinois focussing on Winfrey's business acumen, namely: "History 298: Oprah Winfrey, the Tycoon". Winfrey was the highest paid TV entertainer in the United States in 2006, earning an estimated $260 million during the year, five times the sum earned by second-place music executive Simon Cowell. By 2008, her yearly income had increased to $275 million.

Forbes' international rich list has listed Winfrey as the world's only black billionaire from 2004 to 2006 and as the first black woman billionaire in world history. As of 2014, Winfrey has a net worth in excess of 2.9 billion dollars and has overtaken former eBay CEO Meg Whitman as the richest self-made woman in America.

Influence

Rankings

Winfrey was called "arguably the world's most powerful woman" by CNN and Time.com, "arguably the most influential woman in the world" by The American Spectator, "one of the 100 people who most influenced the 20th Century" and "one of the most influential people" from 2004 to 2011 by TIME. Winfrey is the only person in the world to have appeared in the latter list on ten occasions.

At the end of the 20th century, Life listed Winfrey as both the most influential woman and the most influential black person of her generation, and in a cover story profile the magazine called her "America's most powerful woman". In 2007, USA Today ranked Winfrey as the most influential woman and most influential black person of the previous quarter-century. Ladies Home Journal also ranked Winfrey number one in their list of the most powerful women in America and Senator Barack Obama has said she "may be the most influential woman in the country". In 1998, Winfrey became the first woman and first African American to top Entertainment Weekly's list of the 101 most powerful people in the entertainment industry. Forbes named her the world's most powerful celebrity in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2013. As chairman of Harpo Inc., she was named the most powerful woman in entertainment by The Hollywood Reporter in 2008. She has also been listed as one of the most powerful 100 women in the world by Forbes, ranking fourteenth in 2014. In 2010, Life magazine named Winfrey one of the 100 people who changed the world, alongside such luminaries as Jesus Christ, Elvis Presley and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Winfrey was the only living woman to make the list.

Columnist Maureen Dowd seems to agree with such assessments: "She is the top alpha female in this country. She has more credibility than the president. Other successful women, such as Hillary Clinton and Martha Stewart, had to be publicly slapped down before they could move forward. Even Condi has had to play the protegé with Bush. None of this happened to Oprah – she is a straight ahead success story. Vanity Fair wrote: "Oprah Winfrey arguably has more influence on the culture than any university president, politician, or religious leader, except perhaps the Pope. Bill O'Reilly said: "this is a woman that came from nothing to rise up to be the most powerful woman, I think, in the world. I think Oprah Winfrey is the most powerful woman in the world, not just in America. That's – anybody who goes on her program immediately benefits through the roof. I mean, she has a loyal following; she has credibility; she has talent; and she's done it on her own to become fabulously wealthy and fabulously powerful."

In 2005, Winfrey was named the greatest woman in American history as part of a public poll as part of The Greatest American. She was ranked No. 9 overall on the list of greatest Americans. However, polls estimating Winfrey's personal popularity have been inconsistent. A November 2003 Gallup poll estimated that 73% of American adults had a favorable view of Winfrey. Another Gallup poll in January 2007 estimated the figure at 74%, although it dropped to 66% when Gallup conducted the same poll in October 2007. A December 2007 Fox News poll put the figure at 55%. According to Gallup's annual most admired poll, Americans consistently rank Winfrey as one of the most admired women in the world. Her highest rating came in 2007 when she was statistically tied with Hillary Clinton for first place. In a list compiled by the British magazine New Statesman in September 2010, she was voted 38th in the list of "The World's 50 Most Influential Figures 2010".

In 1989, she was accepted into the NAACP Image Award Hall of Fame.

"Oprahfication"

The Wall Street Journal coined the term "Oprahfication", meaning public confession as a form of therapy. By confessing intimate details about her weight problems, tumultuous love life, and sexual abuse, and crying alongside her guests, Time magazine credits Winfrey with creating a new form of media communication known as "rapport talk" as distinguished from the "report talk" of Phil Donahue: "Winfrey saw television's power to blend public and private; while it links strangers and conveys information over public airwaves, TV is most often viewed in the privacy of our homes. Like a family member, it sits down to meals with us and talks to us in the lonely afternoons. Grasping this paradox, ... She makes people care because she cares. That is Winfrey's genius, and will be her legacy, as the changes she has wrought in the talk show continue to permeate our culture and shape our lives."

Observers have also noted the "Oprahfication" of politics such as "Oprah-style debates" and Bill Clinton being described as "the man who brought Oprah-style psychobabble and misty confessions to politics." Newsweek stated: "Every time a politician lets his lip quiver or a cable anchor 'emotes' on TV, they nod to the cult of confession that Oprah helped create. Winfrey's disclosures about her weight (which peaked at 108 kg (238 lb)) also paved the way for other plus-sized women in media such as Roseanne Barr, Rosie O'Donnell and Star Jones. The November 1988 Ms. observed that "in a society where fat is taboo, she made it in a medium that worships thin and celebrates a bland, white-bread prettiness of body and personality [...] But Winfrey made fat sexy, elegant – damned near gorgeous – with her drop-dead wardrobe, easy body language, and cheerful sensuality."

Mainstream acceptance of LGBT people

While Phil Donahue has been credited with pioneering the tabloid talk show genre, Winfrey's warmth, intimacy and personal confession popularized and changed it. Her success at popularizing of the tabloid talk show genre had opened up a thriving industry that has included Ricki Lake, The Jenny Jones Show, and The Jerry Springer Show. Sociologists such as Vicki Abt criticized tabloid talk shows for redefining social norms. In her book Coming After Oprah: Cultural Fallout in the Age of the TV talk show, Abt warned that the media revolution that followed Winfrey's success was blurring the lines between "normal" and "deviant" behavior. In the book Freaks Talk Back, Yale sociology professor Joshua Gamson credits the tabloid talk show genre with providing much needed high impact media visibility for gay, bisexual, transsexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and doing more to make them mainstream and socially acceptable than any other development of the 20th century. In the book's editorial review Michael Bronski wrote, "In the recent past, lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgendered people had almost no presence on television. With the invention and propagation of tabloid talk shows such as Jerry Springer, Jenny Jones, Oprah, and Geraldo, people outside the sexual mainstream now appear in living rooms across America almost every day of the week." Gamson credits the tabloid talk show with making alternative sexual orientations and identities more acceptable in mainstream society. Examples include a Time magazine article describing early 21st-century gays coming out of the closet younger and younger and gay suicide rates plummeting. Gamson also believes that tabloid talk shows caused gays to be embraced on more traditional forms of media. Examples include sitcoms like Will & Grace, primetime shows like Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Oscar-nominated feature films like Boys Don't Cry and Brokeback Mountain.

In April 1997, Winfrey played the therapist in "The Puppy Episode" on the sitcom Ellen to whom the character (and the real-life Ellen DeGeneres) said she was a lesbian. In 1998, Mark Steyn in the National Review wrote of Winfrey, "Today, no truly epochal moment in the history of the Republic occurs unless it is validated by her presence. When Ellen said, 'Yep! I'm gay,' Oprah was by her side, guesting on the sitcom as (what else?) the star's therapist."

"The Oprah Effect"

The power of Winfrey's opinions and endorsement to influence public opinion, especially consumer purchasing choices, has been dubbed "The Oprah Effect". The effect has been documented or alleged in domains as diverse as book sales, beef markets, and election voting. Late in 1996, Winfrey introduced the Oprah's Book Club segment to her television show. The segment focused on new books and classics and often brought obscure novels to popular attention. The book club became such a powerful force that whenever Winfrey introduced a new book as her book-club selection, it instantly became a best-seller; for example, when she selected the classic John Steinbeck novel East of Eden, it soared to the top of the book charts. Being recognized by Winfrey often means a million additional book sales for an author. In Reading with Oprah: The Book Club that Changed America (2005), Kathleen Rooney describes Winfrey as "a serious American intellectual who pioneered the use of electronic media, specifically television and the Internet, to take reading – a decidedly non-technological and highly individual act – and highlight its social elements and uses in such a way to motivate millions of erstwhile non-readers to pick up books."

When author Jonathan Franzen's book was selected for the Book Club, he reportedly "cringed" and said selected books tend to be "schmaltzy". After James Frey's A Million Little Pieces was found to contain fabrications in 2006, Winfrey confronted him on her show over the breach of trust. In 2009, Winfrey apologized to Frey for the public confrontation. During a show about mad cow disease with Howard Lyman (aired on April 16, 1996), Winfrey said she was stopped cold from eating another burger. Texas cattlemen sued her and Lyman in early 1998 for "false defamation of perishable food" and "business disparagement", claiming that Winfrey's remarks sent cattle prices tumbling, costing beef producers $11 million. Winfrey was represented by attorney Chip Babcock and, on February 26, after a two-month trial in an Amarillo, Texas, court, a jury found Winfrey and Lyman were not liable for damages. During the lawsuit, Winfrey hired Phil McGraw's company Courtroom Sciences, Inc. to help her analyze and read the jury. McGraw made such an impression on Winfrey that she invited him to appear on her show. He accepted the invitation and appeared regularly on The Oprah Winfrey Show before launching his own show, Dr. Phil, created in 2002 by Winfrey's production company, Harpo Productions, in partnership with CBS Paramount, which produced the show. Winfrey's ability to launch other successful talk shows such as Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, and Rachael Ray has also been cited as examples of "The Oprah Effect".

Winfrey endorsed presidential candidate Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, the first time she endorsed a political candidate running for office. Winfrey held a fundraiser for Obama on September 8, 2007, at her Santa Barbara estate. In December 2007, Winfrey joined Obama for a series of rallies in the early primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. The Columbia, South Carolina event on December 9, 2007, drew a crowd of nearly 30,000, the largest for any political event of 2007. An analysis by two economists at the University of Maryland, College Park estimated that Winfrey's endorsement was responsible for between 420,000 and 1,600,000 votes for Obama in the Democratic primary alone, based on a sample of states that did not include Texas, Michigan, North Dakota, Kansas, or Alaska. The results suggest that in the sampled states, Winfrey's endorsement was responsible for the difference in the popular vote between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, reported being so impressed by Winfrey's endorsement that he considered offering Winfrey Obama's vacant senate seat describing Winfrey as "the most instrumental person in electing Barack Obama president", with "a voice larger than all 100 senators combined". Winfrey responded by stating that although she was absolutely not interested, she did feel she could be a senator.

In April 2014, Winfrey spoke for more than 20 minutes at a fundraiser in Arlington, Virginia, for Lavern Chatman, a candidate in a primary to nominate a Democratic Party candidate for election to the U.S. House of Representatives. Winfrey participated in the event even after reports had revealed that Chatman had been found liable in 2001 for her role in a scheme to defraud hundreds of District of Columbia nursing home employees of at least $1.4 million in owed wages.

Spiritual leadership

In 2000, she was awarded the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP. In 2002, Christianity Today published an article called "The Church of O" in which they concluded that Winfrey had emerged as an influential spiritual leader. "Since 1994, when she abandoned traditional talk-show fare for more edifying content, and 1998, when she began 'Change Your Life TV', Oprah's most significant role has become that of a spiritual leader. To her audience of more than 22 million mostly female viewers, she has become a postmodern priestess—an icon of church-free spirituality." The sentiment was echoed by Marcia Z. Nelson in her book The Gospel According to Oprah. Since the mid-1990s, Winfrey's show has emphasized uplifting and inspirational topics and themes and some viewers say the show has motivated them to perform acts of altruism such as helping Congolese women and building an orphanage. A scientific study by psychological scientists at the University of Cambridge, University of Plymouth, and University of California used an uplifting clip from The Oprah Winfrey Show in an experiment that discovered that watching the 'uplifting' clip caused subjects to become twice as helpful as subjects assigned to watch a British comedy or nature documentary.

In 1998, Winfrey began an ongoing conversation with Gary Zukav, an American spiritual teacher, who appeared on her television show 35 times. Winfrey has said she keeps a copy of Zukav's The Seat of the Soul at her bedside, a book that she says is one of her all-time favorites

On the season premier of Winfrey's 13th season, Roseanne Barr told Winfrey "you're the African Mother Goddess of us all" inspiring much enthusiasm from the studio audience. The animated series Futurama alluded to her spiritual influence by suggesting that "Oprahism" is a mainstream religion in 3000 AD. Twelve days after the September 11 attacks, New York mayor Rudy Giuliani asked Winfrey to serve as host of a Prayer for America service at New York city's Yankee Stadium which was attended by former president Bill Clinton and New York senator Hillary Clinton. Leading up to the U.S.-led 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, less than a month after the September 11 attacks, Winfrey aired a controversial show called "Islam 101" in which she portrayed Islam as a religion of peace, calling it "the most misunderstood of the three major religions". In 2002, George W. Bush invited Winfrey to join a US delegation that included adviser Karen Hughes and Condoleezza Rice, planning to go to Afghanistan to celebrate the return of Afghan girls to school. The "Oprah strategy" was designed to portray the War on Terror in a positive light, however, when Winfrey refused to participate, the trip was postponed.

Leading up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Winfrey's show received criticism for allegedly having an anti-war bias. Ben Shapiro of Townhall.com wrote: "Oprah Winfrey is the most powerful woman in America. She decides what makes the New York Times best-seller lists. Her touchy-feely style sucks in audiences at the rate of 14 million viewers per day. But Oprah is far more than a cultural force, she's a dangerous political force as well, a woman with unpredictable and mercurial attitudes toward the major issues of the day." In 2006, Winfrey recalled such controversies: "I once did a show titled Is War the Only Answer? In the history of my career, I've never received more hate mail – like 'Go back to Africa' hate mail. I was accused of being un-American for even raising the question." Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore came to Winfrey's defence, praising her for showing antiwar footage no other media would show and begging her to run for president. A February 2003 series, in which Winfrey showed clips from people all over the world asking America not to go to war, was interrupted in several east coast markets by network broadcasts of a press conference in which President George W. Bush and Colin Powell summarized the case for war.

In 2007, Winfrey began to endorse the self-help program The Secret. The Secret claims that people can change their lives through positive thoughts or 'vibrations', which will then cause them to attract more positive vibrations that result in good things happening to them. Peter Birkenhead of Salon magazine argued that this idea is pseudoscience and psychologically damaging, as it trivializes important decisions and promotes a quick-fix material culture, and suggest Winfrey's promotion of it is irresponsible given her influence. In 2007, skeptic and magician James Randi accused Winfrey of being deliberately deceptive and uncritical in how she handles paranormal claims on her show. In 2008, Winfrey endorsed author and spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle and his book, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, which sold several million extra copies after being selected for her book club. During a Webinar class, in which she promoted the book, Winfrey stated "God is a feeling experience and not a believing experience. If your religion is a believing experience [...] then that's not truly God." Frank Pastore, a Christian radio talk show host on KKLA, was among the many Christian leaders who criticized Winfrey's views, saying "if she's a Christian, she's an ignorant one because Christianity is incompatible with New Age thought."

Winfrey was named as the 2008 Person of the Year by animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for using her fame and listening audience to help the less fortunate, including animals. PETA praised Winfrey for using her talk show to uncover horrific cases of cruelty to animals in puppy mills and on factory farms, and Winfrey even used the show to highlight the cruelty-free vegan diet that she tried. Winfrey also refuses to wear fur or feature it in her magazine.

In 2009, Winfrey filmed a series of interviews in Denmark highlighting its citizens as the happiest people in the world. In 2010, Bill O'Reilly of Fox News criticized these shows for promoting a left-wing society.

On using the N-word, Winfrey said, "You cannot be my friend and use that word around me. ... I always think of the...people who heard that as their last word as they were hanging from a tree."

Fan base

The viewership for The Oprah Winfrey Show was highest during the 1991–92 season, when about 13.1 million U.S. viewers were watching each day. By 2003, ratings declined to 7.4 million daily viewers. Ratings briefly rebounded to approximately 9 million in 2005 and then declined again to around 7.3 million viewers in 2008, though it remained the highest rated talk show. In 2008, Winfrey's show was airing in 140 countries internationally and seen by an estimated 46 million people in the US weekly. According to the Harris poll, Winfrey was America's favorite television personality in 1998, 2000, 2002–06, and 2009. Winfrey was especially popular among women, Democrats, political moderates, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Southern Americans, and East Coast Americans.

Outside the U.S., Winfrey has become increasingly popular in the Arab world. The Wall Street Journal reported in 2007 that MBC 4, an Arab satellite channel, centered its entire programming around reruns of her show because it was drawing record numbers of female viewers in Saudi Arabia. In 2008, The New York Times reported that The Oprah Winfrey Show, with Arabic subtitles, was broadcast twice each weekday on MBC 4. Winfrey's modest dress, combined with her attitude of triumph over adversity and abuse has caused some women in Saudi Arabia to idealize her.

Philanthropy

In 2004, Winfrey became the first black person to rank among the 50 most generous Americans and she remained among the top 50 until 2010. By 2012, she had given away about $400 million to educational causes.

As of 2012, Winfrey had also given over 400 scholarships to Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. Winfrey was the recipient of the first Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at 2002 Emmy Awards for services to television and film. To celebrate two decades on national TV, and to thank her employees for their hard work, Winfrey took her staff and their families (1065 people in total) on vacation to Hawaii in the summer of 2006.

In 2013, Winfrey donated $12 million to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom later that same year.

Oprah's Angel Network

In 1998, Winfrey created the Oprah's Angel Network, a charity that supported charitable projects and provided grants to nonprofit organizations around the world. Oprah's Angel Network raised more than $80,000,000 ($1 million of which was donated by Jon Bon Jovi). Winfrey personally covered all administrative costs associated with the charity, so 100% of all funds raised went to charity programs. In May 2010, with Oprah's show ending, the charity stopped accepting donations and was shut down.

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Oprah created the Oprah Angel Network Katrina registry which raised more than $11 million for relief efforts. Winfrey personally gave $10 million to the cause. Homes were built in Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama before the one-year anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

South Africa

In 2004, Winfrey and her team filmed an episode of her show, Oprah's Christmas Kindness, in which Winfrey travelled to South Africa to bring attention to the plight of young children affected by poverty and AIDS. During the 21-day trip, Winfrey and her crew visited schools and orphanages in poverty-stricken areas, and distributed Christmas presents to 50,000 children, with dolls for the girls and soccer balls for the boys, and school supplies. Throughout the show, Winfrey appealed to viewers to donate money to Oprah's Angel Network for poor and AIDS-affected children in Africa. From that show alone, viewers around the world donated over $7,000,000. Winfrey invested $40 million and some of her time establishing the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Henley on Klip south of Johannesburg, South Africa. The school set over 22 acres, opened in January 2007 with an enrollment of 150 pupils (increasing to 450) and features state-of-the-art classrooms, computer and science laboratories, a library, theatre, and beauty salon. Nelson Mandela praised Winfrey for overcoming her own disadvantaged youth to become a benefactor for others. Critics considered the school elitist and unnecessarily luxurious. Winfrey rejected the claims, saying: "If you are surrounded by beautiful things and wonderful teachers who inspire you, that beauty brings out the beauty in you." Winfrey, who has no surviving biological children, described maternal feelings towards the girls at Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls. Winfrey teaches a class at the school via satellite.

Filmography

As actressAs herselfAs producer

1989 – The Oprah Winfrey Show (supervising producer – 8 episodes, 1989–2011)

1989 – The Women of Brewster Place (TV miniseries) (executive producer)

1992 – Nine (TV documentary) (executive producer)

1992 – Overexposed (TV movie) (executive producer)

1993 – ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series) (producer – 1 episode "Shades of a Single Protein") (producer)

1993 – Michael Jackson Talks to... Oprah Live (TV special) (executive producer)

1997 – Before Women Had Wings (TV movie) (producer)

1998 – The Wedding (TV miniseries) (executive producer)

1998 – Beloved (producer)

1998 – David and Lisa (TV movie) (executive producer)

1999 – Tuesdays with Morrie (TV movie) (executive producer)

2001 – Amy & Isabelle (TV movie) (executive producer, producer)

2002 – Oprah After the Show (TV series) (executive producer)

2005 – Their Eyes Were Watching God (TV movie) (executive producer)

2006 – Legends Ball (TV documentary) (executive producer)

2007 – Oprah's Big Give (TV series) (executive producer)

2007 – The Oprah Winfrey Oscar Special (TV movie) (executive producer)

2007 – Building a Dream: The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy (TV documentary) (executive producer)

2007 – Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day (TV movie) (executive producer)

2007 – The Great Debaters (producer)

2009 – The Dr. Oz Show (TV series) (executive producer)

2009 – Precious (executive producer)

2009 – Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special (TV special) (executive producer)

2010 – The Oprah Winfrey Oscar Special (TV movie) (executive producer)

2011 – Your OWN Show (TV series) (executive producer)

2011 – Extraordinary Mom (TV documentary) (executive producer)

2011 – Serving Life (TV documentary) (executive producer)

2014 – The Hundred-Foot Journey (producer)

2014 – Selma (producer)

2016–present – Queen Sugar (co-creator and executive producer)

2016–present – Greenleaf (executive producer)

2017 – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (TV movie) (producer)

Untitled Richard Pryor Biopic (executive producer)

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