Vanessa Simmons (1983- ), an American model and actress, is the oldest daughter of Reverend Run of Run DMC. She has appeared on MTV’s “Run’s House” since 2005. She is a Girl Scout role model and yet one of the hottest women in the world according to Maxim magazine!
Angela Simmons is her younger sister; hip hop mogul Russell Simmons is her uncle.
She lives in Los Angeles with her sister. In 2007 they started a line of shoes, Pastry Footwear. Pastry shoes are sneakers that are decorated like cakes – sneakers designed by girls for girls. Her father and uncle helped them to get started in the business: Pastry is a part of her father’s Run Athletics.
But her dream is to be an actress. She has been acting since she was 12.
In 2007 she was Lola on the television soap opera “Guiding Light”. She says, “The opportunity just sort of came along.”
In 2008 she was Little T, a female rapper, in the off-Broadway play “The Actor’s Rap” by J. Kyle Manzay. It is a comedy about rappers taking over the acting world, where name counts for more than talent. Hmm. She said her character is the opposite of how she is.
She loves acting:
Acting makes me feel free. I can’t explain the feeling I get, like the adrenaline rush when I’m actually doing it and then when it’s all over I feel just like yelling! It’s so much fun! It’s always been like that for me. When I get scripts and go to auditions and being on the Guiding Light set is just this dream come true and so amazing. I can’t explain it.
She yet to land a good part in a film. She is very serious and hard-working, but some say she cannot act!
She was also a fashion model for the Ford modelling agency. She is 1.71 cm tall (5 foot 7), which is a bit short for a model.
In 2006 Maxim magazine said she was the 82nd hottest woman in the world, putting her ahead of Carmen Electra and Amerie. Maxim called her “absurdly hot … with tremendous moral fiber”.
She understands how fortunate she is, that not everyone has the chances she does.
She says she is just like she is on “Run’s House”.
Boyfriends: She does not talk about her love life, but others do. Some say she has been with Carl Cupid and even Bow Wow, her sister’s one-time boyfriend.
What kind of men does she like? Those who make her laugh, who support her in her dreams, who do not mind being a homebody with her – and help her learn her lines!
She comes from Jamaica, Queens in New York, but by the time we saw her in “Run’s House” she was living in the suburbs in New Jersey in one of the biggest houses on the east coast.
She says: “Expect a ‘no’ but never accept a ‘no'”. And: “Remember put god first anything is possible for you.”
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To me, neither of the Simmons girls is naturally attractive. Rather, they have the sort of ersatz good looks that come from high levels of maintenance and preparation, coupled with youth, the kind you see in abundance at the Whole Foods on Rodeo Drive in LA. As they age and begin their predictable slide down the slippery slope of botox and cosmetic surgery, they’ll gradually become indistinguishable from Little Richard, Mickey Rourke, Star Jones and/or Boy George.
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LOL Blanc2, kinda harsh, but I agree
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I agree Blanc2, but you have to remember she’s in the entertainment industry. There’s nothing naturally beautiful about few of these women. They’re “Hollywood pretty”, which means that they’re beauty is a result of makeup specalists, weave/hair techincians, (sometimes) tasteful plastic surgery, top stylists, careful posing and good lightning. Take it away and what do you have? Not much.
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‘There’s nothing naturally beautiful about most, if not any, of these women’, is what I meant to type.
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Blanc2: that was mean, but I admit I laughed too. I know what you are saying.
Both of the Simmons girls strike me as being pretty ordinary, meaning that they are a study in how far you can get on just hard work and knowing the right people. They remind me of Tori Spelling. Not to step on the toes of any of their fans….
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Some Hollywood beauty is for real, but, yes, most of it is just lighting and make-up and knowing how to look good on camera.
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Agreed. Contrast, say, Jackie Joyner who, in my opinion, is a striking beauty, and her beauty is a natural beauty that comes as much from within as from without.
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yoo i would like to say i loveee Vanessa i really do i want to be wid her but we all kno that will never ever happen lol peace
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Blanc2, U kinda make sense here.
I don’t know a lot about her but she seems like a positive female figure who take good care of herself. That in itself make her beautiful to me.
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She is naturally beautiful she was in one of my mass comm elective classes at St.Johns University!!!!
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lol you stole my pastry sneaker banner and didnt give me credit for it i am so MAD 😦
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She is above average looking.
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