Jessica White

thumb|White in 2012 Jessica White Jessica Angel White (born June 21, 1984) is an American fashion model, actress and television personality. She is best known for being a Victoria's Secret runway model, Maybelline spokesperson and working for CoverGirl, as well as her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues. Quotes I don't think there was one thing, actually. I mean, this is something I had planned since I was 13, when i first started modeling. I just needed to grow my career as a model and build my self-confidence as a business woman, most importantly, before I was going to really branch out and take the risk to do what it takes to kind of start a business and basically turn myself into a beauty mogul. It took some time, and I needed to build my credibility. Everything is definitely in timing. [This] definitely went in stages. We're actually in the process of doing it. That's why UNICEF is involved in this particular event because we're still in the process of what's being built upstate. I was actually preparing a speech to speak at a high school in upstate New York in Hamburg. I was going into the school to talk to troubled children and teenagers and they wanted me to talk about how you go from being ordinary to extraordinary. I was writing and, all of a sudden, God just took control over the pen and I just had all these notes. I was like,"This had nothing to do with the topic I have to talk to these kids about." When I looked up, I had about ten pages that I had written by hand. So it just kind of poured out of me like poetry. Exactly. Then I began to talk to publishers and ghost writers. I haven't used a ghost writer, but it's probably at that point now where it's time to because I'm way too busy to even finish it. I haven't picked up the book in about three weeks. I've been writing it by hand because I feel more comfortable and more connected to my work. Interview: Jessica White Talks Entrepreneurship And Being More Than Sean Penn's Ex;By TARA AQUINO,Retrieved on May 27, 2011 I am just the first person in Hollywood to talk about it, and not try to make a pretty picture of it. I don’t want to be perfect. I went through an emotionally abusive relationship, and everybody goes through it. So when I came out, people thought I was this homewrecker. No, there was a real-life going on. I was bullied for months with that whole situation. I still tried to be nice about it. We didn’t break up right away, we tried to work things out. Jessica White Claims Relationship With Nick Cannon Was 'Emotionally Abusive';By Elizabeth Ayoola External links Jessica White Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:African Americans Category:Models from New York (state) Category:Actresses from New York (state)