Runa Lucienne
Encyclopedia
Runa Alyse Lucienne is a Guyanese & African-American model and actress. Beginning her career in her late-teens, Lucienne has appeared in numerous magazines, music videos, fashion shows, and national ad campaigns.
to work at the Playboy Club
Macao in November 2010 and has made promotional appearances on behalf of Playboy
since, including being a featured guest on Sirius
/ XM's Playboy Radio
Morning Show with hosts, Andrea Lowell
and Kevin Klein. Lucienne is also known for her role on Project Runway (Season 5)
as Keith Bryce's model who left the competition, and returned in the finale to walk at New York Fashion Week 2008 for Suede, another Project Runway Season 5 designer. She is also known as the Runner-Up to Miss New York USA
2010, and a reoccuring face of Outre hair products.
Lucienne has been featured on television shows including How I Met Your Mother
, Fox Sports
NFL Sunday Pre-Game Show, MTV
's Total Request Live
(TRL), MTV
's Suckerfree Sunday, KTLA Morning News, Project Runway (season 5)
, and others. She has also appeared in music videos including “Falling in Love” by Taio Cruz
and “We Got Hood Love”
by Mary J. Blige
ft. Trey Songz
(opposite of Trey Songz). She has also been featured in various magazines such as Elle
, Cosmopolitan
, King
, Slam
, Jewel, and Jamrock magazines. Her national ad campaigns include Mandee clothing store, Outre, Regis Hair Salons, and others.
Runa Lucienne has worked with Will Smith
(in I Am Legend
), David Hasselhoff
(Comic Con "Parade" Viral Video & Live Performance), Heidi Klum
(Project Runway (season 5)
, Mariah Carey
("Oh Santa!
" Music Video), Trey Songz
("We Got Hood Love
" Music Video), Bow Wow
("Ain't Thinkin' 'Bout You
" Music Video), Chris Brown (Ain't Thinkin' 'Bout You
" & "Matrix" Music Video), Snoop Dogg
("& You Do Know That") Music Video, Soulja Boy
("30 Thousand Hundred Million" Music Video), Taio Cruz
("Falling in Love" Music Video), Fantasia Barrino
("When I See U
" Music Video), Craig Robinson (KTLA Morning News), Frank Caliendo
(Fox Sports
NFL Sunday Pre-Game Show), Katt Williams
(King Magazine feature), Lloyd
(King Magazine feature), Nick Cannon
(King Magazine feature), Mychael Knight (King Magazine feature), and many others.
where she graduated from St. Ursula Academy
, an all-girls Catholic school. While in high school, Lucienne participated on the basketball and track and field teams, as well as in the Junior Engineering Technical Society
(JETS). During her senior year, she set her school’s record in high jump (5’4”) and later placed 12th at the Ohio High School Athletic Association
(OHSAA) Division 1 Track and Field Championships. After high school, she moved to New York City
to study mechanical engineering at Hunter College
and later City College
, in addition to pursuing her modeling and acting career. While a freshman at Hunter College she ran track and field, where she won the indoor and outdoor conference championships in high jump, and competed at Madison Square Garden
in the annual Colgate
Women’s Games where she placed 3rd in high jump in the collegiate division.
During the Spring of 2009 she completed a 15-week mechanical engineering internship with NASA
at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX where she assisted with the research and development of upgrades to the low-fidelity Orion
cockpit mockup.
Later that year in November 2009, Lucienne competed for the title of Miss New York USA 2010 in Albany, New York
where she received runner-up in the competition. Although she placed second, she made many appearances on behalf of Miss New York USA 2010 including the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association
(MDA) Muscle Team Gala.
In May 2010, Lucienne moved to Los Angeles, California
, and shortly after in November 2010 she moved to Macau, China for the grand opening of the Playboy Club
Macao as the first African-American Playboy Bunny
to work at the Playboy Club Macao. She currently resigns in Los Angeles, CA.
Waist: 24"
Hip: 36"
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 125 lb.
Career
Runa Lucienne became the first African-American Playboy BunnyPlayboy Bunny
A Playboy Bunny is a waitress at the Playboy Club. The Playboy Clubs were originally open from 1960 to 1988. The Club re-opened in one location in The Palms Hotel in Las Vegas in 2006...
to work at the Playboy Club
Playboy Club
The Playboy Club initially was a chain of nightclubs and resorts owned and operated by Playboy Enterprises. The first club opened at 116 E. Walton Street in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States, on February 29, 1960. Each club generally featured a Living Room, a Playmate Bar, a Dining Room...
Macao in November 2010 and has made promotional appearances on behalf of Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
since, including being a featured guest on Sirius
Sirius
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, it is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star. The name "Sirius" is derived from the Ancient Greek: Seirios . The star has the Bayer designation Alpha Canis Majoris...
/ XM's Playboy Radio
Playboy Radio
Playboy Radio is a radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio. Playboy Radio was originally launched on XM Satellite Radio in September 2002. Included were programs such as Night Calls Radio, originally hosted by adult film star Juli Ashton and Playboy TV star Tiffany Granath...
Morning Show with hosts, Andrea Lowell
Andrea Lowell
Andrea Lowell is an American actress and model most recognizable from her Playboy magazine nude pictorials and on air work for a variety of Playboy TV programs....
and Kevin Klein. Lucienne is also known for her role on Project Runway (Season 5)
Project Runway (season 5)
Project Runway season 5 began filming the first week of June 2008 and premiered July 16, 2008 at 9:00 p.m. It was the final season of Project Runway that aired on Bravo. Subsequent seasons were shown on Lifetime....
as Keith Bryce's model who left the competition, and returned in the finale to walk at New York Fashion Week 2008 for Suede, another Project Runway Season 5 designer. She is also known as the Runner-Up to Miss New York USA
Miss New York USA
The Miss New York USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss USA pageant. Amber Collins is the reigning Miss New York USA 2011...
2010, and a reoccuring face of Outre hair products.
Lucienne has been featured on television shows including How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
, Fox Sports
Fox Sports (USA)
Fox Sports is a division of the Fox Broadcasting Company . It was formed in 1994 with Fox's acquisition of broadcast rights to National Football League games...
NFL Sunday Pre-Game Show, MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's Total Request Live
Total Request Live
Total Request Live is a television series on MTV that featured popular music videos. TRL was MTV's prime outlet for music videos as the network continues to concentrate on reality-based programming. In addition to music videos, TRL featured daily guests...
(TRL), MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's Suckerfree Sunday, KTLA Morning News, Project Runway (season 5)
Project Runway (season 5)
Project Runway season 5 began filming the first week of June 2008 and premiered July 16, 2008 at 9:00 p.m. It was the final season of Project Runway that aired on Bravo. Subsequent seasons were shown on Lifetime....
, and others. She has also appeared in music videos including “Falling in Love” by Taio Cruz
Taio Cruz
Taio Cruz is a British singer-songwriter, record producer, occasional rapper, and entrepreneur. In 2008, he released his debut album Departure, which Cruz wrote, arranged and produced himself. It achieved initial success in the UK and earned him a MOBO Award nomination...
and “We Got Hood Love”
We Got Hood Love
"We Got Hood Love" is a song performed by American R&B recording artist Mary J. Blige and features American singer Trey Songz. It will be released as the third U.S. and last single from her ninth studio Stronger With Each Tear. The song was originally sung with Blige & Johnta Austin.-Music video:A...
by Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She is a recipient of nine Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards, and has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. She is the only artist with Grammy Award wins in Pop, Rap, Gospel, and R&B. Blige has...
ft. Trey Songz
Trey Songz
Tremaine "Trey" Aldon Neverson , better known by his stage name Trey Songz, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor. His debut album, I Gotta Make It, was released in 2005, while his second album, Trey Day, was released in 2007...
(opposite of Trey Songz). She has also been featured in various magazines such as Elle
Elle (magazine)
Elle is a worldwide magazine of French origin that focuses on women's fashion, beauty, health, and entertainment. Elle is also the world's largest fashion magazine. It was founded by Pierre Lazareff and his wife Hélène Gordon in 1945. The title, in French, means "she".-History:Elle was founded in...
, Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan (magazine)
Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
, King
King (magazine)
King is a monthly men's magazine geared toward African American and urban audiences. It features articles about hip-Hop and R&B, as well as articles covering sports and fashion. The magazine is published by Harris Publications, and was a spinoff from XXL. It ceased publication on March 31, 2009,...
, Slam
SLAM Magazine
SLAM Magazine is an American basketball magazine in circulation since 1994, published by Source Interlink. SLAM publishes nine issues a year to its circulation of over 500,000 readers worldwide.-History:...
, Jewel, and Jamrock magazines. Her national ad campaigns include Mandee clothing store, Outre, Regis Hair Salons, and others.
Runa Lucienne has worked with Will Smith
Will Smith
Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. , also known by his stage name The Fresh Prince, is an American actor, producer, and rapper. He has enjoyed success in television, film and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor in Hollywood...
(in I Am Legend
I Am Legend
I Am Legend is a 1954 horror fiction novel by American writer Richard Matheson. It was influential in the development of the zombie genre and in popularizing the concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease...
), David Hasselhoff
David Hasselhoff
David Michael Hasselhoff is an American actor, singer, producer and businessman. He is best known for his lead roles as Michael Knight in the popular 1980s US series Knight Rider and as L.A. County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the series Baywatch...
(Comic Con "Parade" Viral Video & Live Performance), Heidi Klum
Heidi Klum
Heidi Samuel , better known by her birth name Heidi Klum, is a German model, actress, television host, businesswoman, fashion designer, television producer, and occasional singer. In 2008 she became an American citizen while maintaining her native German citizenship...
(Project Runway (season 5)
Project Runway (season 5)
Project Runway season 5 began filming the first week of June 2008 and premiered July 16, 2008 at 9:00 p.m. It was the final season of Project Runway that aired on Bravo. Subsequent seasons were shown on Lifetime....
, Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...
("Oh Santa!
Oh Santa!
"Oh Santa!" is a pop song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It was released by Island Records on October 11, 2010 as the lead single from her second Christmas album, Merry Christmas II You . The song was co-written and co-produced by Carey, Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox...
" Music Video), Trey Songz
Trey Songz
Tremaine "Trey" Aldon Neverson , better known by his stage name Trey Songz, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor. His debut album, I Gotta Make It, was released in 2005, while his second album, Trey Day, was released in 2007...
("We Got Hood Love
We Got Hood Love
"We Got Hood Love" is a song performed by American R&B recording artist Mary J. Blige and features American singer Trey Songz. It will be released as the third U.S. and last single from her ninth studio Stronger With Each Tear. The song was originally sung with Blige & Johnta Austin.-Music video:A...
" Music Video), Bow Wow
Bow Wow
Shad Gregory Moss , better known by his stage name Bow Wow , is an American rapper and actor. As Lil' Bow Wow, he released his first album, Beware of Dog in 2000 at age 13, which was followed by Doggy Bag 2001...
("Ain't Thinkin' 'Bout You
Ain't Thinkin' 'Bout You
"Ain't Thinkin' 'Bout You" is a song by rapper Bow Wow. This song features Chris Brown. An early version originally appeared on Brown's collaborative mixtape with Tyga, Fan of a Fan.-Music video:...
" Music Video), Chris Brown (Ain't Thinkin' 'Bout You
Ain't Thinkin' 'Bout You
"Ain't Thinkin' 'Bout You" is a song by rapper Bow Wow. This song features Chris Brown. An early version originally appeared on Brown's collaborative mixtape with Tyga, Fan of a Fan.-Music video:...
" & "Matrix" Music Video), Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...
("& You Do Know That") Music Video, Soulja Boy
Soulja Boy
DeAndre Cortez Way , better known by his stage name Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, or simply Soulja Boy, is an American rapper, record producer, actor, entrepreneur, and internet personality....
("30 Thousand Hundred Million" Music Video), Taio Cruz
Taio Cruz
Taio Cruz is a British singer-songwriter, record producer, occasional rapper, and entrepreneur. In 2008, he released his debut album Departure, which Cruz wrote, arranged and produced himself. It achieved initial success in the UK and earned him a MOBO Award nomination...
("Falling in Love" Music Video), Fantasia Barrino
Fantasia Barrino
Fantasia Monique Barrino commonly known as Fantasia, is an American R&B singer, Broadway and television actress who rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the reality television series American Idol in 2004. Following her victory, she released her debut single, "I Believe", which...
("When I See U
When I See U
"When I See U" is a Grammy-nominated R&B song recorded by Fantasia, written by Sam Watters, Louis Biancaniello, Kevin Risto, Waynne Nugent, Janet Sewell and Erika Nuri, and produced by Midi Mafia and Mzmeriq. It is the second single from Fantasia's second album, Fantasia . The song reached #1 on...
" Music Video), Craig Robinson (KTLA Morning News), Frank Caliendo
Frank Caliendo
Frank Caliendo is an American comedian and impressionist, best known for his work on the Fox Network television series MADtv, and as the in-house prognosticator for Fox NFL Sunday. In 2007 and 2008, he performed his impersonations on his own show, Frank TV, which aired on TBS...
(Fox Sports
Fox Sports (USA)
Fox Sports is a division of the Fox Broadcasting Company . It was formed in 1994 with Fox's acquisition of broadcast rights to National Football League games...
NFL Sunday Pre-Game Show), Katt Williams
Katt Williams
Micah S. Katt Williams is a U.S. comedian, rapper, and actor. He is best known for his role as Money Mike in Friday After Next...
(King Magazine feature), Lloyd
Lloyd (singer)
Lloyd Polite, Jr. , who performs under the mononym Lloyd, is an American R&B recording artist, who experienced as a member of the group N-Toon before embarking on a solo career in 2004....
(King Magazine feature), Nick Cannon
Nick Cannon
Nicholas Scott "Nick" Cannon is an American actor, comedian, rapper, entrepreneur, record producer, radio, and television personality. On television, Cannon began as a teenage sketch comedian on All That before going on to host The Nick Cannon Show, Wild 'N Out, and America's Got Talent...
(King Magazine feature), Mychael Knight (King Magazine feature), and many others.
Personal Life
Runa Lucienne was raised in Toledo, OhioToledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
where she graduated from St. Ursula Academy
St. Ursula Academy (Toledo, Ohio)
St. Ursula Academy is Toledo’s oldest, all-female, Catholic fully accredited, college preparatory school serving girls in grades 7-12, and has been educating young women of today for tomorrow since 1854.The mission of St...
, an all-girls Catholic school. While in high school, Lucienne participated on the basketball and track and field teams, as well as in the Junior Engineering Technical Society
Junior Engineering Technical Society
Junior Engineering Technical Society is a national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting engineering and technology careers to America's young people. JETS engages students in various engineering education programs that are designed to encourage secondary school students to pursue...
(JETS). During her senior year, she set her school’s record in high jump (5’4”) and later placed 12th at the Ohio High School Athletic Association
Ohio High School Athletic Association
The Ohio High School Athletic Association is the governing body of athletic programs for junior and senior high schools in the state of Ohio...
(OHSAA) Division 1 Track and Field Championships. After high school, she moved to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
to study mechanical engineering at Hunter College
Hunter College
Hunter College, established in 1870, is a public university and one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hunter grants undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in more than one hundred fields of study, and is recognized...
and later City College
City College of New York
The City College of the City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York , in New York City. It is also the oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning...
, in addition to pursuing her modeling and acting career. While a freshman at Hunter College she ran track and field, where she won the indoor and outdoor conference championships in high jump, and competed at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...
in the annual Colgate
Colgate-Palmolive
Colgate-Palmolive Company is an American diversified multinational corporation focused on the production, distribution and provision of household, health care and personal products, such as soaps, detergents, and oral hygiene products . Under its "Hill's" brand, it is also a manufacturer of...
Women’s Games where she placed 3rd in high jump in the collegiate division.
During the Spring of 2009 she completed a 15-week mechanical engineering internship with NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX where she assisted with the research and development of upgrades to the low-fidelity Orion
Orion (spacecraft)
Orion is a spacecraft designed by Lockheed Martin for NASA, the space agency of the United States. Orion development began in 2005 as part of the Constellation program, where Orion would fulfill the function of a Crew Exploration Vehicle....
cockpit mockup.
Later that year in November 2009, Lucienne competed for the title of Miss New York USA 2010 in Albany, New York
Albany, New York
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
where she received runner-up in the competition. Although she placed second, she made many appearances on behalf of Miss New York USA 2010 including the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association
Muscular Dystrophy Association
The Muscular Dystrophy Association is an American organization which combats muscular dystrophy and diseases of the nervous system and muscular system in general by funding research, providing medical and community services, and educating health professionals and the general public...
(MDA) Muscle Team Gala.
In May 2010, Lucienne moved to Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, and shortly after in November 2010 she moved to Macau, China for the grand opening of the Playboy Club
Playboy Club
The Playboy Club initially was a chain of nightclubs and resorts owned and operated by Playboy Enterprises. The first club opened at 116 E. Walton Street in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States, on February 29, 1960. Each club generally featured a Living Room, a Playmate Bar, a Dining Room...
Macao as the first African-American Playboy Bunny
Playboy Bunny
A Playboy Bunny is a waitress at the Playboy Club. The Playboy Clubs were originally open from 1960 to 1988. The Club re-opened in one location in The Palms Hotel in Las Vegas in 2006...
to work at the Playboy Club Macao. She currently resigns in Los Angeles, CA.
Measurements
Bust: 34DWaist: 24"
Hip: 36"
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 125 lb.