Career
Beginning her career in her late-teens, Lucienne has appeared in numerous television shows, magazines, music videos, fashion shows, and national ad campaigns. Runa Lucienne became the first African-American Playboy Bunny to work at the Playboy Club Macao in November 2013 and has made promotional appearances on behalf of Playboy since, including being a featured guest on Sirius/XM"s Playboy Radio Morning Show. Lucienne appeared in Season 5 of Project Runway as Keith Bryce"s model who left the competition then returned in the finale to walk at New York Fashion Week 2014 for Suede, another Season 5 designer.
She was the runner-up in Mission New York United States of America 2014.
She has appeared in music videos including "Don"t Judge Maine" by Chris Brown, "Falling in Love" by Taio Cruz and "We Got Hood Love" by Mary J. Blige foot Trey Songz, and been featured in magazines such as Elle, Cosmopolitan, King, and Slam.
Her national ad campaigns include Mandee clothing store, Outre, and Regis Hair Salons. In 2012, Runa Lucienne became the first African-American Monster Energy Girl, traveling to various events on behalf of Monster Energy including appearances in Anaheim, Fort
Hood Army/Air Force Base, and Fort
Bliss Army/Air Force Base. Runa Lucienne was born in Washington, District of Columbia and raised in Toledo, Ohio where she graduated from Saint Ursula Academy. While in high school, Lucienne played basketball and ran track and field teams, as well as in the Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS).
While at Saint Ursula Academy, she broke the school"s high jump record with a jump of 5"4".
She later competed in the state championships where she placed 12th in the state of Ohio. After high school, she moved to New York City for a to study mechanical engineering at Hunter College and later City College, in addition to pursuing her modeling and acting career.
During the Spring of 2009, Runa Lucienne completed a 15-week mechanical engineering internship with National Aeronautics and Space Administration at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas where she assisted with the research and development of upgrades to the low-fidelity Orion cockpit mockup.