Background
Fraser was born and raised in Bronx, New New York
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Tomiko Fraser
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Fraser attended Cardinal Spellman High School.
Career
She has done runway, print, and commercial modelling. Fraser is best known for being the first African American face of Maybelline, which she was from 2001-2007. She starred in the 2001 movie Head over Heels.
She is an advocate for Lupus erythematosus awareness.
Fraser aspired to be a school teacher because of her love of learning. Her parents divorced when she was a child.
She is 1 of seven children: she has 3 maternal siblings and 4 paternal siblings. Her brother Terrell Fraser is a DJ. Her sister Shneequa died of brain Lupus.
Her Auntie died of scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease.
After years of fertility struggles, the couple used donor eggs and in vitro to conceive. Their twin sons Kaden James Hines and Bryce Harrison Hines were born 7 January 2013. I’ve been modeling for about 15 years.
I’m a pro (laughs).
I’ve been 5’ 9” since I was 12 years old, so I’ve had friends and family suggest that I get into modeling. But I’m pretty practical and I didn’t think, at the time, that modeling was a practical enough career. Modeling
Fraser started modeling late for when thinking of terms of models.
She was discovered by a modeling scout at 25 while working as waitress as Flat Iron District New York restaurant Lola.
She stayed with the small agency for six months and her first modeling job was for Seventeen Magazine. She later signed to Ford Models and she walked the Chanel runway in Paris Since then, she has appeared in numerous commercial and print campaigns including Essence (magazine),Target, Gain, Honey Nut Cheerios, Gemey.
Her fashion campaigns include Alfani shoes, Gap, Tommy Hilfiger, J.Crew, Talbots, Liz Claiborne, Old Navy maternity. Fraser is most known for being the face of Maybeline cosmetics.
She was the first African-American model to represent the brand.
Additionally, she is the longest serving spokesperson for any cosmetics company from 2001-2007. Fraser has worked Chloe, Chanel, Vera Wang, John Galliano, Nicole Miller, Vivienne Westwood and Emmanuel Ungaro runway shows. Famous photographer Mario Testino has photographed Fraser for United States Vogue.
Also, she has graced the cover of Flare in 1999.
In 2012 while pregnant she modelled for Old Navy. and stork magazine She spent a majority of her career with Ford Models. But is currently represented by Cathy Quinn Models in New New York
Acting
After years of modeling, Fraser turned her focus to acting. Tomiko"s first role was in Head over Heels with Freddie Prinze Junior. in which she portrayed a fashion model.
Since then, she has appeared on Computer Society of India: Crime Scene Investigation, Soul Food (television series), The Game (United States television series), and the feature film Monster-in-Law.
In 2011, Tomiko became a judge on Model Latina: Las Vegas, Cycle 4. Fraser is also known as a Lupus Activist.
Membership
Fraser is a member of the Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) National Board of Directors.
