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Vanessa Simmons is the oldest daughter of Joseph Simmons and Valerie Vaughn.
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Her family featured in the Music Television reality show Run"s House. She was recently the host and judge of Project Runway: Threads. She is the older sister to Angela Simmons, Joseph "Jojo" Simmons Junior, Daniel "Diggy" Simmons III, Russell "Russy" Simmons II, Victoria Anne Simmons and Miley Justine Simmons.
Simmons found popularity between 2005-2009 with her family"s Music Television reality show Run"s House.
Simmons appeared briefly on the soap opera television show Guiding Light and held a role in the film Speed Dating. In 2008 she secretly entered the Mission California United States of America pageant.
She is in Boogie Town and the ensemble film Dysfunctional Friends. She also starred in the 2014 web series, Mixed.
Simmons became the host and judge of Project Runway: Threads in 2014.
She attended Street John"s University where she briefly dated rapper J. Cole. On February 13, 2014 Simmons and boyfriend, of several years, Michael Wayans, son of actor Damon Wayans, welcomed a baby girl, Ava Marie Jean.
