Who is Toccara Jones?
Toccara Jones is a Television personality, Actress, Fashion model, Producer as well as Singer. She is well known for her roles in ‘Are We There Yet? (2010)’ and ‘Just a Friend (2019)’.
She was also a contestant of the UPN series ‘America’s Next Top Model’ on the third season, where she was placed seventh.
In which school did Toccara Jones attend?
Toccara Jones, actual name Toccara Elaine Jones, was born on 13 March 1981. She was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, USA so, she holds American nationality and belongs to (African American) ethnicity.
As of 2023, she is 41 years old and falls under the sun sign of Pisces.
The information and name of her parents are not given as of yet. She was brought up by her grandma till she was fifteen and got back with her parents only recently.
The name of her grandma is also not given. She doesn’t seem to have any siblings and details on her other relatives, cousins are not made available at the moment.
As for her educational journey, she attended Stivers School for the Arts in Dayton, where she graduated in theatre and dance. She was honored by the Middletown, Ohio NAACP at the Freedom Fund Gala and received the key to the city.
Toccara Jones: Professional life/ Career
Modeling Career
Toccara Jones is a self-confident plus-size model and Television personality. She had participated in America’s Next Top Models on the Third season and scored seventh place. After that, she signed with Wilhelmina Models as a plus-size model.
She has also been on the cover page of Be, The Next Level Magazine (November 2005), Black Men magazine, Black Hair magazine, Braids magazine, and King magazine (February/March 2006, March/April 2006, and April 2008), Plus Model Magazine (October 2011). In addition, she has been presented in the December 2008 issue of Ebony magazine.
Toccara Jones has worked for Ashley Stewart, Avon, Torrid, New York and Company, Target, Essence magazine, Vibe magazine, and Smooth magazine.
Her fashion show includes Hot 97’s Third Annual Full Frontal Hip hop Fashion Show, Luxe & Romance Fall 2005, BET Presents: Rip The Runway 2, Elle Girl presents Dare To Be You: Wal-Mart Meets America’s Next Top Models 2005, and Alice & Olivia Fall 2006.
Toccara was chosen to represent Rocawear plus-size line in 2007 Rocawear “I Will Not Lose”.
She still models by participating in BET’s Rip the Runway, held in Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. In it, Jones presented several items by designers including Project Runway‘s Korto Momolu and Portege.
Further, her photos for the July “Black Issue” of Vogue Italia, the highest-selling issue ever, were taken by Steven Meisel. Moreover, she was highlighted in cycle 11 as CoverGirl’s Top Model in Action.
She landed her first big UK modeling job with High Street store Evens, modeling their Summer collection, in May 2010.
TV career
Toccara Jones has co-hosted an episode of 106 & Park. Also, she was the reporter for the BET network’s, The Black Carpet, and a co-host on the game show Take the Cake.
Sometimes, she appears on The Tyra Banks Show. She served as a judge in one talent episode. Jones also anchored America’s Next Thick and Sexy Model on the show. She appeared in post-show interviews in America’s Next Top Model: Exposed as former Top Model girls.
Toccara showed up in another reality show for VH1, Celebrity Paranormal Project in 2006. In 2008, Jones competed on the second season of the VH1 series Celebrity Fit Club where she lost 32lbs (15 kg) to get down to 173 lbs (78 kg), her last weight was 166 pounds. In 2011, she featured in the second season of the reality series The Ultimate Merger.
Tocarra also released her own workout DVD called Toccara’s Fabulous Work-Out for Real Size Women.
Acting
Jones has played a role in movies like ‘Are We There Yet?’, ‘Just a Friend’, ‘Think Like A Man’, ‘Cherry pop’, etc. She has shown up in Trina’s music video for the song “I Got a Thang for You”. Further, she joined in a 2009 national tour of The Vagina Monologues with an all-black cast.
Awards/Nomination
Toccara has won “Covergirl of the Week” four consecutive times though was never placed above fourth and was the eighth contestant eliminated. She was also nominated as the most memorable contestants by AOL Entertainment.
How much is the net worth of Toccara Jones?
Toccara Jones earns a net worth estimation of around $1.5 million as of 2023. Her main source of income is her modeling career as well as acting career.
Toccara Jones: Rumors, Controversies
Toccara Jones once stood up for Lizzo’s defense against body-shaming haters and says critics are just insecure and calls Jillian Michaels a “heifer” as she triggers a huge controversy saying Lizzo might have a serious health issue. Jones thinks its crazy body-shaming is still a thing in this generation as body-shaming is an artifact of the past now.Height, Weight, Body measurement
Toccara Jones stands tall at the height of 69 inches (5’9″, 175 cm) and weighs 75 kg. As for her body measurement, chest-waist-hips sizes are 46-29-46 inches and have a 50G bra size. She has a pair of brown eyes and black hair. It seems like she smokes as well.
Is Toccara Jones active on social media?
On Instagram, Toccaro is active under the name ‘@iamtoccarajones‘ and has gained 258k followers. She’s present on Twitter as ‘@iamTOCCARA‘ with over 97k followers. Also, she has a Tiktok account by the name ‘@iamthefabuloustoccara‘ and has more than 7k fans.
Trivia
Also, read Andrea Meza and Malia Ann ObamasToccara Jones's Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
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| 2023 | March | Monday |
| 2024 | March | Wednesday |
| 2025 | March | Thursday |
| 2026 | March | Friday |
| 2027 | March | Saturday |
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