Roshumba Williams
Encyclopedia
Roshumba Williams is an American
model
who first became known for her appearance in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in the early 1990s. She also works as an actress and reality TV show judge. As a teenager in 1987, she was discovered in Paris
by fashion designer Yves St. Laurent and quickly became a regular fixture on international runways.
, Robert Altman's Pret-a-Porter (film) and the comedy Beauty Shop
. In 1999, Williams published her first book, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Being a Model, a title in the widely-read series by Penguin Publishing USA, The Complete Idiot's Guide to...
. She also authored the second edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Being a Model in 2007. In 2002 she was hired by Entertainment Tonight
as a substitute anchor for Mary Hart
after a successful season on the red carpet
as a correspondent
. She conducted several celebrity interviews. From 2004 Roshumba began hosting lifestyle and make-over shows, including Beautiful Homes, Amazing Homes and Fabulous Bathrooms for HGTV
; Fox
's make-over show, Live Like a Star; WE
's Swimsuit Secrets Revealed and Travel Channel
's Beach Week. In 2008 she served as a correspondent for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
. She is a judge on the Oxygen Network's bi-weekly hair-styling competition reality series, Tease
, which has been airing since 2007. In 2010, Roshumba became a judge and mentor on the reality tv competition series She's Got the Look
, in which women compete to become the next great supermodel 35 years or older.
Gary Dourdan
in 1992; the couple divorced two years later.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
who first became known for her appearance in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in the early 1990s. She also works as an actress and reality TV show judge. As a teenager in 1987, she was discovered in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
by fashion designer Yves St. Laurent and quickly became a regular fixture on international runways.
Career
Roshumba has appeared in such feature films as Woody Allen's CelebrityCelebrity
A celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media...
, Robert Altman's Pret-a-Porter (film) and the comedy Beauty Shop
Beauty Shop
Beauty Shop is a 2005 American comedy film, directed by Bille Woodruff. The film is a spin-off of the Barbershop film franchise, and stars Queen Latifah as Gina, a character which was first introduced in the 2004 film Barbershop 2: Back in Business...
. In 1999, Williams published her first book, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Being a Model, a title in the widely-read series by Penguin Publishing USA, The Complete Idiot's Guide to...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to...
The Complete Idiot's Guides is an Alpha Books product line of how-to and other reference books that each seek to provide a basic understanding of a complex and popular topic. The term "idiot" is used as hyperbole in claiming ensured comprehension. The approach relies on explaining a topic via very...
. She also authored the second edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Being a Model in 2007. In 2002 she was hired by Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
as a substitute anchor for Mary Hart
Mary Hart
Mary Hart is an American television personality and was the host of the syndicated gossip and entertainment round-up program Entertainment Tonight from 1982 to 2011.-Early life:...
after a successful season on the red carpet
Red carpet
A red carpet is traditionally used to mark the route taken by heads of state on ceremonial and formal occasions, and has in recent decades been extended to use by VIPs and celebrities at formal events.- History :...
as a correspondent
Correspondent
A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is a journalist or commentator, or more general speaking, an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, location. A foreign correspondent is stationed in a foreign...
. She conducted several celebrity interviews. From 2004 Roshumba began hosting lifestyle and make-over shows, including Beautiful Homes, Amazing Homes and Fabulous Bathrooms for HGTV
HGTV
HGTV , is a cable-television network operating in the United States and Canada, broadcasting a variety of home and garden improvement, maintenance, renovation, craft and remodeling shows...
; Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
's make-over show, Live Like a Star; WE
We
We is the first-person, plural personal pronoun in Modern English.- Atypical uses of we : A nosism is the use of 'we' to refer to oneself....
's Swimsuit Secrets Revealed and Travel Channel
Travel Channel
The Travel Channel is a satellite and cable television channel that is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, US. It features documentaries and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the United States and throughout the world. Programming has included shows in African animal safaris,...
's Beach Week. In 2008 she served as a correspondent for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week can refer to:*New York Fashion Week, also known as Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week*Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Miami, the annual swim fashion week in Miami...
. She is a judge on the Oxygen Network's bi-weekly hair-styling competition reality series, Tease
Tease (TV Series)
Actress Lisa Rinna is the host of Oxygen Network's Tease, airing since 2007. Known to television audiences from her starring roles on Dancing with the Stars, Soap Talk, Melrose Place and Days of our Lives, Emmy-nominated Rinna is also recognizable for her signature layered hairstyle...
, which has been airing since 2007. In 2010, Roshumba became a judge and mentor on the reality tv competition series She's Got the Look
She's Got the Look
She's Got the Look is a reality series created for and aired on TV Land. Hosted by model Kim Alexis, twenty women compete to become the next great supermodel 35 years or older. Celebrity judges, Robert Verdi, Sean Patterson and Rosumba Williams whittle down the cast of twenty until they find the...
, in which women compete to become the next great supermodel 35 years or older.
Personal life
Roshumba married actorActor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
Gary Dourdan
Gary Dourdan
Gary Robert Dourdan is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Warrick Brown on the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.-Early years:...
in 1992; the couple divorced two years later.