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Tami Williams

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Tami Williams
Born
Shaekagale Shanicece Williams

August 16, 1998 (1998-08-16) (age 26)
Modeling information
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Hair colorBlack
Eye colorBrown
Agency

Shaekagale Shanicece "Tami" Williams[3] is a Jamaican-born high fashion model based in New York.

Career

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Williams was discovered at age 11.[3] She was discovered by Deiwght Peters, CEO of Jamaican-based agency, Saint International Jamaica Limited.[4] She has appeared in advertisements for Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana, Calvin Klein, Topshop, Balmain, and Gucci.[3] She debuted as a semi-exclusive for Alexander Wang.[5] She has walked the runway for Chanel, Marc Jacobs, Alberta Ferretti, Gucci, Valentino, Maison Margiela, Calvin Klein, Balmain, Lanvin, Emilio Pucci, Roberto Cavalli, Hermès, and Dolce & Gabbana.[6]

Williams was once ranked as a "Top 50" model by models.com[7]

Personal life

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Williams was born in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica and was raised by her mother, Carlene McLeod, a single mother who had five children. she originally attended Black River High and lived in Gazeland, St Elizabeth.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "The Society Management on Instagram: "Now representing Tami Williams, welcome to the family @tamiwilliamsofficial"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  2. ^ "Tami Williams - Model".
  3. ^ a b c "A conversation with Tami Williams". Vogue Italia. 8 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Kai Newman e Tami Williams at Style Week Jamaica - Vogue.it". www.vogue.it (in Italian). 16 June 2015. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  5. ^ "WATCH THIS FACE: TAMI WILLIAMS". Harper’s Bazaar. 16 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Tami Williams: the making of a legend". Jamaica-Gleaner. 3 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Top 50 Models". models.com. Archived from the original on July 23, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  8. ^ "Tami Williams: the making of a legend". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2016-07-03. Retrieved 2021-06-24.