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{{short description|American model (born 1982)}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox model
{{Infobox model
| name = Quiana Grant
| name = Quiana Grant
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| birth_date = 1982
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|3|21}}
| birth_place = [[Newport News]], [[Virginia]], [[USA]]
| birth_place = [[Newport News, Virginia]], U.S.
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| measurements = 33-24-33 (US); 84-61-84 (EU)
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'''Quiana Grant''' is an [[United States|American]] [[model (person)|model]] who appeared in the 2008 [[Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2008_swimsuit/models/quiana-grant/|title=Quiana Grant|accessdate=2008-02-15|publisher=Sports Illustrated}}</ref> She was featured in a [[bodypainting]] layout as a canvas for bodypaint artist [[Joanne Gair]] who is in her tenth year of producing bodypaint art for the Swimsuit Issue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2008_swimsuit/painting/quiana-grant/index2.html|title=Bodypainting|accessdate=2008-02-15|publisher=Sports Illustrated}}</ref> She was part of a record-setting class of seven rookie Swimsuit Issue models along with [[Jessica Gomes]], [[Melissa Haro]], [[Yasmin Brunet]], [[Melissa Baker]], [[Jeisa Chiminazzo]] and [[Jarah Mariano]].
'''Quiana Grant''' is an American [[model (person)|model]] who appeared in the 2008 ''[[Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2008_swimsuit/models/quiana-grant/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218073139/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2008_swimsuit/models/quiana-grant/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 18, 2008|title=Quiana Grant|access-date=2008-02-15|magazine=Sports Illustrated}}</ref> She was featured in a [[bodypainting]] layout as a canvas for bodypaint artist [[Joanne Gair]] who is in her tenth year of producing bodypaint art for the ''Swimsuit Issue''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2008_swimsuit/painting/quiana-grant/index2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218074657/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2008_swimsuit/painting/quiana-grant/index2.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 18, 2008|title=Bodypainting|access-date=2008-02-15|magazine=Sports Illustrated}}</ref> She was part of a record-setting class of seven rookie ''Swimsuit Issue'' models along with [[Jessica Gomes]], [[Melissa Haro]], [[Yasmin Brunet]], Melissa Baker, Jeisa Chiminazzo and [[Jarah Mariano]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Grant attended [[Menchville High School]] and graduated in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-now-simodel.f15,0,3843429.story|title=Newport News model makes SI swimsuit debut|accessdate=2008-02-18|date=2008-02-15|publisher=Daily Press|author=Holtzclaw, Mike}}</ref> She now lives [[Harlem]] in [[New York, New York]], but she considers [[Newport News, Virginia]] to be her hometown.<ref name=SIQA>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2008_swimsuit/models/quiana-grant/qa.html|title=Quiana Grant's Q&A|accessdate=2008-02-15|publisher=Sports Illustrated}}</ref> Although Quiana was highly sought after for modeling at age 14,{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} she stayed in school until age 16. At age 16, while her mother underwent a series of eye surgeries, she served as her mother's eyes.<ref name=M>{{cite web|url=http://www.maybelline.co.uk/about_us/l282l291l346.htm |title=Quiana Grant|accessdate=2008-02-15|publisher=Maybelline |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080316120135/http://www.maybelline.co.uk/about_us/l282l291l346.htm |archivedate = 2008-03-16}}</ref> Her mother had [[Chorioretinitis]] and could not even recognize Quiana until she was 13.<ref name=SIQA/> Her parents are Tony and Regina Grant,<ref name=Hcgs/> and she has a younger brother.<ref name=SIQA/>
Grant attended [[Menchville High School]] and graduated in 1999.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-now-simodel.f15,0,3843429.story|title=Newport News model makes SI swimsuit debut|access-date=2008-02-18|date=2008-02-15|newspaper=Daily Press|author=Holtzclaw, Mike}}</ref> She now lives [[Harlem]] in [[New York, New York]], but she considers [[Newport News, Virginia]], to be her hometown.<ref name=SIQA>{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2008_swimsuit/models/quiana-grant/qa.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218035249/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2008_swimsuit/models/quiana-grant/qa.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 18, 2008|title=Quiana Grant's Q&A|access-date=2008-02-15|magazine=Sports Illustrated}}</ref> Although Grant was highly sought after for modeling at age 14, she stayed in school until age 16.<ref name=M/> At age 16, while her mother underwent a series of eye surgeries, she served as her mother's eyes.<ref name=M>{{cite web|url=http://www.maybelline.co.uk/about_us/l282l291l346.htm |title=Quiana Grant|access-date=2008-02-15|publisher=Maybelline |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080316120135/http://www.maybelline.co.uk/about_us/l282l291l346.htm |archive-date = 2008-03-16}}</ref> Her mother had [[chorioretinitis]] and could not even recognize Grant until she was 13.<ref name=SIQA/> Her parents are Tony and Regina Grant,<ref name=Hcgs/> and she has a younger brother.<ref name=SIQA/>


==Experience ==
==Experience ==
Quiana was twenty-six years old with over ten years of modeling experience at the time of the release of her debut in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.<ref name=Hcgs>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/newport_news/dp-local_simodel_0216feb16,0,1169626.story|title=Her career's going swimmingly|accessdate=2008-02-18|publisher=Daily Press|author=Holtzclaw, Mike|date=2008-02-16}}</ref> She has modelled for [[Gap (clothing retailer)|GAP]] (photos by [[Steven Meisel]])<ref name=M/> and [[Maybelline]] ad campaigns as well as done runway work for numerous leading fashion houses and designers such as [[Karl Lagerfeld]], [[Michael Kors]], [[Anne Klein]] and [[Bill Blass]].<ref name=M/><ref name=QGFMD/> She is represented by [[IMG (business)|IMG]] in New York, Modelwerk in [[Germany]], City Models in [[Paris, France]] as well as Vision Model Management.<ref name=QGFMD>{{cite web|url=http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/quiana_grant|title=Quiana Grant|accessdate=2008-02-15|publisher=Fashion Model Directory}}</ref>
Grant was twenty-six years old with over ten years of modeling experience at the time of the release of her debut in the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue''.<ref name=Hcgs>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/newport_news/dp-local_simodel_0216feb16,0,1169626.story|title=Her career's going swimmingly|access-date=2008-02-18|newspaper=Daily Press|author=Holtzclaw, Mike|date=2008-02-16}}</ref> She has modelled for [[Gap (clothing retailer)|GAP]] (photos by [[Steven Meisel]])<ref name=M/> and [[Maybelline]] ad campaigns as well as done runway work for numerous leading fashion houses and designers such as [[Karl Lagerfeld]], [[Michael Kors]], [[Anne Klein (fashion designer)|Anne Klein]] and [[Bill Blass]].<ref name=M/><ref name=QGFMD/> She is represented by [[IMG (business)|IMG]] in New York, Modelwerk in Germany, City Models in [[Paris]], France, as well as Vision Model Management.<ref name=QGFMD>{{cite web|url=http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/quiana_grant|title=Quiana Grant|access-date=2008-02-15|publisher=Fashion Model Directory}}</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==
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{{Reflist|2}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
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*{{fashionmodel|id=Quiana_Grant|name=Quiana Grant}}
*[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2008_swimsuit/models/quiana-grant/ Quiana Grant] at the 2008 [[Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080218073139/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2008_swimsuit/models/quiana-grant/ Quiana Grant] at the 2008 ''[[Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue]]''


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Latest revision as of 00:47, 8 September 2024

Quiana Grant
Born (1982-03-21) March 21, 1982 (age 42)
Newport News, Virginia, U.S.
Modeling information
Height5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m)
Hair colorBlack
Eye colorBlack
Agency

Quiana Grant is an American model who appeared in the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.[5] She was featured in a bodypainting layout as a canvas for bodypaint artist Joanne Gair who is in her tenth year of producing bodypaint art for the Swimsuit Issue.[6] She was part of a record-setting class of seven rookie Swimsuit Issue models along with Jessica Gomes, Melissa Haro, Yasmin Brunet, Melissa Baker, Jeisa Chiminazzo and Jarah Mariano.

Biography

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Grant attended Menchville High School and graduated in 1999.[7] She now lives Harlem in New York, New York, but she considers Newport News, Virginia, to be her hometown.[8] Although Grant was highly sought after for modeling at age 14, she stayed in school until age 16.[9] At age 16, while her mother underwent a series of eye surgeries, she served as her mother's eyes.[9] Her mother had chorioretinitis and could not even recognize Grant until she was 13.[8] Her parents are Tony and Regina Grant,[10] and she has a younger brother.[8]

Experience

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Grant was twenty-six years old with over ten years of modeling experience at the time of the release of her debut in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.[10] She has modelled for GAP (photos by Steven Meisel)[9] and Maybelline ad campaigns as well as done runway work for numerous leading fashion houses and designers such as Karl Lagerfeld, Michael Kors, Anne Klein and Bill Blass.[9][11] She is represented by IMG in New York, Modelwerk in Germany, City Models in Paris, France, as well as Vision Model Management.[11]

Notes

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  1. ^ http://www.imgmodels.com/quiana/new-york/women [dead link‍]
  2. ^ http://www.imgmodels.com/quiana/paris/women [dead link‍]
  3. ^ http://www.imgmodels.com/quiana/london/women [dead link‍]
  4. ^ http://www.imgmodels.com/quiana/sydney/women [dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Quiana Grant". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on February 18, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
  6. ^ "Bodypainting". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on February 18, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
  7. ^ Holtzclaw, Mike (2008-02-15). "Newport News model makes SI swimsuit debut". Daily Press. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
  8. ^ a b c "Quiana Grant's Q&A". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on February 18, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
  9. ^ a b c d "Quiana Grant". Maybelline. Archived from the original on 2008-03-16. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
  10. ^ a b Holtzclaw, Mike (2008-02-16). "Her career's going swimmingly". Daily Press. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
  11. ^ a b "Quiana Grant". Fashion Model Directory. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
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