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Every woman must be knowing this Brazilian model! Adriana Lima is popular for her trending commercials. She is the spokesmodel of Maybelline since 2003, which is a cosmetic brand and prominently known as Victoria’s Secret Angel. Her other popular commercials include Super Bowl and Kia Motors. Supermodel Adriana was born in Brazil and she is from the ancestry of Japanese, West Indian, African, Swiss, Portuguese, and Native Brazilian. This may be the reason, Lima also speaks four different languages; Spanish, Italian, English, and Portuguese. Currently, Lima is the ambassador for the brand Desigual, Sportmax, and Calzedonia. She is among the top ones possessing highest net worth.
Lynda Carter
She was the Miss World USA in the year 1972. Lynda Carter has become a worldwide sensation after her appearance on ‘Wonder Woman’, television series. She is powered by lots of talent as she is an actress, model, songwriter, singer.The director of ‘Wonder Woman’, Patty Jenkins during the production of the 2017 version of the series approached the beauty Lynda to play a cameo role in it but she was busy with her concerts in England. Lynda Carter is of mixed ancestry; her mother is of French, Spanish, and American descent and father have Scots Irish and English background. She is proud to be Mexican as she spoke in an interview, she said, “I think that with acting and singing and all the rest—the color blindness of it is the right thing.”
Keanu Reeves
You might have heard about Keanu Reeves for his fabulous performances in ‘The Matrix’ or ‘Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure’. He is a Canadian director, musician, producer and an actor. He began acting in his childhood. He played his first role in a theatre production at just the age of nine. Keanu Reeves is known for his versatility, also noted by New York Times.
The father of Keanu, Charles Reeves hails from Hawaii and is of Irish, Native Hawaiian, Portuguese, and Chinese descent. During an interview, Keanu argued, “My grandmother is Chinese and Hawaiian, so I was around Chinese art, furniture, and cuisine when I was growing up… I was exposed to Asian culture since I was a kid.” He also spoke about learning English manners instilled by his mother during childhood.
Norah Jones
Norah Jones has tasted great success in her singing career by selling more than 50 million music records. Norah launched her debut album titled ‘Come Away With Me’ which became highly popular among the audience. This album was a fusion of pop and jazz. She marked herself among top singers by winning nine Grammy Awards. She comes from American and Indian ancestry and is the daughter of Pandit Ravi Shankar who was a renowned sitarist. In 1986, her parents split after which she moved to Texas and stayed with her mother. Also, she traveled to New Delhi, India to spend time with her father and family.
Amber Rose
Amber Rose has made a sizzling presence in Hollywood. She is an American actress who got popular by her risky modeling steps and dating Kanye West(now husband of Kim Kardashian). She hit hard at just the age of 15 by stripping and making bold moves in modeling. Currently, she has been seen advocating women rights and nurturing her adorable son from ex-husband Wiz Khalifa.
The mother of Amber Rose has Scottish and Cape Verdean ancestry and she carries Italian and Irish traits from her father. Though she was heard being unhappy with the heritage of her family as they didn’t even attend her marriage with Wiz Khalifa. She said, ”With my family, they feel like they’re more superior or better than African-American because ‘we’re Creole’ and ‘we have culture,’ …I’m angry that my family is like that and they want to pass so bad that they raise my mom and my uncles and my aunts to not fully know their culture.”
Vin Diesel
Vin Diesel, born in California, is a director, screenwriter, producer and an actor. Performing the character of Dominic Toretto in film series ‘The Fast and The Furious’ made him outstandingly famous. Vin Diesel made his debut in the children’s play titled ‘Dinosaur Door’ at the age of seven. Currently, he is also the founder of three production companies Tigon Studios, Racetrack Records and One Race Films.
His racial background has confused the audience many times as he himself said ”All I know from my mother is that I have connections to many different cultures.” He admits himself to the fact that he carries ‘ambiguous ethnicity’. The mother of Vin Diesel is of German, Scottish and English descent.