Nikki Alexander (1983- ), better known as Hoopz, is an American hip hip model. In 2006 she won the first season of the television show “Flavor of Love” on VH1. Hoopz is the name Flavor Flav gave her because she likes to play baseketball.
In August 2008 she was in “I Love Money”, another reality show on VH1, and in September she will appear on the cover of King magazine.
Most of the women on “Flavor of Love” are more body than beauty and seem more interested in becoming rich and famous than being with Flavor Flav – who, admittedly, is old enough to be their father. But Hoopz seemed different. From what I saw of the show, she had beauty and seemed to have a sense of dignity, a rare thing in reality television. She seemed to like Flavor Flav for himself.
The point of the show was to find Flavor Flav a girlfriend, but they were already casting for season two before season one was done. Hoopz said she was never in love with Flav – none of the women on the show were, not even New York. It is all just made-up for television.
She hated New York, who came in second.
Even before “Flavor of Love” she was not a complete unknown. She was an Internet model and in 2005 she won King magazine’s Web Girl of the Month. She was also in a Will Smith video and later appeared in Big Tigger’s 2006 swimsuit calendar as Miss April.
She has modelled for Titanium Girlz and Eye Candy Modeling.
Like most hip hop models who have reached this stage she is working on becoming an actress – a hard jump to make.
She has a good figure, but most of all, she has beautiful eyes. Her reported measurements are 34C-24-36 inches (86-61-91 cm). That gives her a waist-to-hip ratio of 0.67. She is 5 foot 2 tall (1.57 m).
She grew up just outside of Detroit, the oldest of six daughters. Her father is black, her mother is Italian-American. She looks kind of like the Hollywood actress Stacey Dash (whose mother is Mexican).
She has appeared in at least two music videos:
- Will Smith: Party Starter (2005)
- Lil Keke: Chunk Up the Deuce (2006)
Some say she had an affair with T.I. His girlfriend, Tiny of Xscape, was certainly afraid it might be true: she pulled him away from Hoopz at a party and then later bad-mouthed her on the radio. When Hoopz was later asked if she had an affair with T.I. she would only say, “That’s my homeboy; we just cool.”
In 2006 she was arrested for fighting with a policeman. The police came to her house when her neighbours complained of loud music. She was speaking her mind when one of the policemen “grabbed me by me neck and I just remember flying down these steps. While I’m falling, I gripped on to him and we fall. Now we wrestling and two more cop guys come and jump on me”.
See also:
- HOOPZ Online – her website.
- Flavor of Love
- hip hop models
- King magazine
Stacey Dash’s mother is Mexican?! First time I ever heard that. What site did you get that from?
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I cannot find the reference, but I know I read it somewhere. I Googled for it just now and the first direct reference is this page!
The Wikipedia page on Stacey Dash says she is West Indian and Aztec. A strange way of putting it. Aztecs come from Mexico and “Dash” sounds West Indian, meaning that it is most likely her mother that is Mexican. But I know that is not how I came to that conclusion. I just read it as a simple fact.
Of course, not everything you read on the Internet is true. Just looking at her she seems to be mostly white and part black.
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Hmmm…she always said that she was black. I can’t ever recall her ever saying that she was anything else. I have heavy doubts about any Azteca ancestry. She’s the sister of Darien Dash. And he’s very black American.
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Just coming in here…
I’d always heard that she had some Native ancestry, but that can be said for over.. 70%(?) of black people in the US
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Okay, Hoopz is cute and all, but fellas, the Olympics are on and have you had a look at the women’s volleyball? Not the beach kind, I’m talking about the team volleyball, played indoors in amazingly tight, booty-hugging outfits. I mean, Cuba vs. Brazil, or US vs. Cuba, or any other similar combination? C’mon. Is there a man among you who can watch that unmoved?
Never mind women’s track & field. Sheena Tosta. Sanya Richards. Allyson Felix. Dayum! Need I say more?
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Cuba and Brazil: that sounds good.
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tv.com says of Stacey Dash: “Stacey is of African and Native American (Aztec) descent.” Not that that proves anything…
The Wikipedia gets the Aztec thing from hollywood.com:
http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Stacey_Dash/187536
The Internet is such a vast cut-and-paste job!
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Hoopz! WOW!
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stacey dash is aztec and black but she claioms black.i dont know why folks puill that she dont look or she look bs.until you take a genetics you really dont know what the fuck you are.like hoopz is half american black and half american white which means she probably aint half of either.skin color and appearance dont mean shit
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i know volleyball players i think personally are sexier than cheerleaders cuz cheerleades wear too much clothing voleyball players dont wear shit for real some dont even wear underwear lol.brazil and cuba all i can say is gt damn.
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Regrettably I missed that match!
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What the hell does it matter how much of black, white or Indian Stacey Dash are? They are still very beautiful women. Give them credit instead of hatin’ on them.
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I’m sorry. I meant to say what the hell does it matter how much of black, white or Indian Stacey Dash and Hoopz are? They are both very beautiful women. Give them credit and stop hatin’. All that trash talkin’ means nothin’.
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she’s cute still I can’t phantom the grossness
of Flava Flav. That’s the only disgustant
part I don’t like about Hoopz. To be part
of that unsanitaryness.
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“Flavor of Love” was a reality television show, but I doubt it had much reality.
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Hello. I just started reading this and I really enjoy the posts so far. I know I’m late but I just found out about this a couple of weeks ago and I have not had time to read ALL the posts. Well it is nice to see many variations of beauty being appreciated without bordering on exploitation
Now, I do not want to sound like a hater but I think Hoopz’s face looks like a horse. She is also overrated. I would consider her a 2nd rate video model (compared to the other video models) I cannot even believe you gave her the time of day and had a post dedicated to her compared to all of the other women you have featured.
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She recently revealed she WAS Mexican.
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EXCUSE ME! HOOPZ,got it going on,stop hating! DON”T DISLIKE HER,GET LIKE HER! I don’t care if she’s BLACK,GREEN OR PURPLE,she is still LOVED by me,she’s a SISTER! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK,HOOPZ! LIVE YOUR LIFE THE WAY YOU SEE FIT! PLENTY OF LOVE!
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ok why is there a post on her alone, if its her beauty she should be on beautifull black women page. a whole page just about hoopz. boring
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You may find Hoopz boring, but others do not. Currently only six posts on this blog get more hits than this one.
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To whom it may concern: Thank you for your interest. It is Aaron Johnson. Aaron is fine. Keep doin’ it. Thank you. Very truly yours, Aaron Q. Johnson
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