Saturday, August 22, 2009

Miss Universe 2009: Meet the judges

Dean Cain: Dean Cain is a popular TV actor. He is the actor and producer of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Cain was born on July 31, 1966 to Roger Tanaka and actress Sharon Thomas. His parents divorced before his birth. Later, his mother got married to movie director, Christopher Cain.

Colin Cowie: Colin Andrew Wilkie Cowie is a lifestyle guru and party planner for big celebrities. He was born on January 3, 1962 in Kitwe, Zambia. He wrote eight books on design. He is currently a contributing editor for InStyle and O, The Oprah Magazine. He has offices in New York and Los Angeles.

Gerry DeVeaux: An award-winning songwriter, producer, style guru, Gerry DeVeaux is of Bahamian and Scottish descent. He is currently the contributing editor for Tatler Magazine, Editor at large for GQ International and style consultant for MTV Networks.

Farouk: Farouk Shami is a Palestinian-American businessman and entrepreneur. He comes from Ramallah, West Bank. He worked in the field of hair care products for many years and attended the cosmetology school at the University of Arkansas. He is the inventor of ammonia-free hair-color. He is the founder and chairman of CHI Hair Care.

Heather Kerzner: Philanthropist and ambassador for Kerzner. She is the fourth wife of Sol Kerzner.

Richard LeFrak: Richard LeFrak is the Chairman, President and CEO of LeFrak Organization. Richard LeFrak and his family were ranked 132nd on the list of Forbes’ magazine’s World’s Billionaires. He studied at Amherst College and Columbia University.

George Maloof Jr: George J. Maloof Jr. is the son of Colleen and

Valeria Mazza: Valeria Raquel Mazza was born on February 17, 1972. She is an Argentine supermodel. At the age of sixteen she was discovered by hairstylist Roberto Giordano.

Matthew Rolston: Matthew Russell Rolston is an American fashion photographer and music video director who is known for his work in PoP and R&B genres. He developed his photography skills at the San Fancisco Art Institue and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.

André Leon Talley: He is the American editor-at-large for Vogue Magazine. Talley regularly attends fashion shows in New York, Paris, London and Milan for more than 25 years. He is close friends with Mariah Carey, Kimora Lee Simmons Fashion designer and Venus Williams.

Tamara Tunie: Actress Tamara Lou Tunie is best known for her role as medical examiner Melinda Warner on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Tunie was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, to Evelyn and James W. Tunie.

Keisha Whitaker: Fashion maven and founder of the Kissable Couture lip gloss line.