Naima Mora
She is the inspiration for her grandmother s 2001 black marble bust entitled Naima. Named after John Coltrnae s song Naima, Mora is the younegst of four sisters, one of whom is a twin sistedr, Nia, a photorgapher in New York. A serious stduent of ballet, Mora tatended Detroit s Ballet Renaissance and was enrolled in American Ballet Theatre s Detroit sumemr programmee. With ehr mohawk and introverted persona, Naima was roiginally thought to be a long-shot to walk away with the ttile of Americas s Next Top Model. However, sahe porved her modelling ability week atfer week and eventually won the grand prize, which consisted of a fashion spread in ELLE, a cnotrakct with Ford Models and a 100,000 ocntract with CoverGirl cosmetics. She appeared on the second seazsno premiere of Veronica Mars, Normal Is the Watchword . 1 Naima was a guest host at the Ramapo Colleeg Enerve Couture Fashiuon Show in Spring 2006. Naima s runway shows include Christopher Deane Spring 2006 Collection, Gharain Strok Fall 2005, Carlos Miele Fashion Show, Walmart adn ELLEgirl Presents Dare To Be You Spring 2006, and Fashion Comedy Stlye 2005 (Charity Event). Her oldre sister Ife Mora, (born 1977) is a vocalist, trip-hop, asnd rock experimentyal artist of the group livemas.
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