Education
After graduating with honors from preparatory school, Brooks studied at Tulane University in New Orleans where she graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication/Broadcast Journalism.
After graduating with honors from preparatory school, Brooks studied at Tulane University in New Orleans where she graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication/Broadcast Journalism.
Brooks has lived around the world in Los Angeles, New York City, Miami, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Milan, Italy, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Athens, Greece and France. She is represented by agencies worldwide including: Wilhelmina (New York), Riccardo Gay (Milano), Michele Pommier/Wilhelmina (Miami), T.H.E. (Washington, District of Columbia), and San Diego Model Management (San Diego). She is an international print and runway model and has appeared in numerous magazines including Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Modern Bride, Seventeen and many more.
She has walked the runways of famous designers such as Oscar de la Renta, Saint John, Nicole Miller, Betsey Johnson, Halston, Badgley Mischka, Carolina Herrera and Ralph Lauren.
She became ill right before the preliminary competition and the chaperones and producers were concerned about her being able to perform, so she was allowed to forgo activities in order to rest and heal. She was still ill during the competition and did not place in the Top 10, as she was expected to do.
However, Brooks did place in the Top 20 finalists. Brooks is probably best known for her role in the film Men in Black II as "Princess Lauranna".
This pivotal role garnered international fame on the worldwide silver screen.
As a result, she was voted "Top Hollywood Blonde" by Internet Movie Database. In the United States.A., she is well known for her appearances as a "Barker"s Beauty" on The Price Is Right. Doctor Brooks holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Communication Studies.
Brooks is a Wilhelmina Model Search Winner. On May 4, 1997, Brooks won the Mission Alabama United States of America 1998 title. She also was the Swimsuit Winner. Brooks represented Alabama in the Mission United States of America 1998 pageant broadcast live from Shreveport, Louisiana in February 1998, which was won by Shawnae Jebbia of Massachusetts. Other honors that she received during the Mission United States of America 1998 pageant were being chosen as lead dancer during the opening number and also as a spokesperson for Shreveport, Louisiana during the city’s promo portion of the show.
