The goddess herself. I saw you in shopping with a very tall man in Macys Herald Square back in the early 90s. I was literally stopped in my tracks at how gorgeous you are.
My absolute favorite supermodel of all time!! I used to rush to watch Style with Elsa Klensch on CNN every Saturday morning. They used Karen in the opening montage as she closed the Ralph Lauren show. I have never forgiven Eileen Ford for screaming at Karen to get out of her office saying she was ugly. Eileen🐄 Ford!! I used to know everything about the supermodels growing up and I remember Karen spoke about the incident in a fashion magazine.
I love her modeling career. I had googled her a few years ago and it shows her married to a white European gentleman that was a photographer. I use to have a photo album with all of my favorite black models ladies/mens in the 70's/80's my eras and she was definitely in my book. Thank you for showcasing this beautiful woman.❤😊🙋🏾♀️
Thank you for bringing out these models from the 80s/90s that we've seen but they had little acclamation. It was always the Linda, Naomi, christ, Kate group. Karen was on so many covers n campaigns and had stunning vogue looks too. Thank you🙏🌹
They paid to be seen and heard, the publicists and agents are interchangeable when they are investing money into their own tabloid fame, it's not wonder they become popular.
Thank you!!! I absolutely love Karen Alexander! Fun fact one of Karen Alexander’s photos maybe from Essence or Ebony was featured on the wall in the room that Whitley (Jasmine Guy) and Kim (Charlene Brown) shared on “A Different World” that’s just how unspokenly fabulous Karen Alexander was. Also did you know that Cynthia Bailey stated it was always a toss up between her and Karen Alexander for a job… “I would always get the job if she (Karen Alexander) didn’t want it”
Omg!!! Karen Alexander yes. I loved her. She had some iconic Elle covers in the late 80's. Love her. Thank you for representing her. Karine, can you please do one on model Stephanie Seymour. She had a wild, interesting life.
I was so hoping you would do a video on Karen Alexander!! She was one of my favorites along with Gail O’Neil (RIP). I’d love to see videos about Alva Chinn, Pat Cleveland and Louise Vyent. I would especially love a video about The Battle of Versailles-the 1973 spectacular that pitted French designers against American designers. The black models are credited with saving the show and bringing respectability to American fashion 😁😁
THE GORGEOUS Karen Alexander. I have ALWAYS loved her sculpted features. Thank you for acknowledging our requests and happy belated birthday, Karine. Love your Mental Gems channel as well! ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you for your work!!! As a former agency-signed model, I though I knew ALL my black models who led the way...I don't! You always come thru with the exquisite beauties I never knew of.
I remember this beautiful model. She didn't let the modeling world's unfair criteria make her give up. She knew her worth and beauty. Another great video!!!
my all time favorite model. first time i saw her, i was in college. i was like who is the gorgeous black sister. she is awesome. thanks for highlighting her.
She is absolutely stunning ❤ that's awesome on how private she stayed. Wow! Much Love Karine ❤ you are a one of kind ✨️ have a great rest of your evening/ week.
I always wonered about her after seeing her in Bad Boys. I thought shed do more movies. So pretty and well spoken. I was also a kid so i didnt see a lot of press period even on models i did know. Thank you for this. You do videos on people who MATTER ❤
I knew you'd get to Karen Alexander!!! I think I even suggested her a while ago. Thank you for this! Might you be able to do one on Selita Banks. She was everywhere in the early 2000s, she was engaged to Nick Cannon (and called it off. Dodged a bullet!) and then *poof* she was gone like Keyzer Soze.
You are not going to believe this..but I was going to ask you to do Karen Alexander but she was so private and how you get info....you did it!!!! Thanks also for doing Veronica Wenb!!!
What a gorgeous model. My favorite midels were all from the 80's and 90's. Thank you for this video. I love your channel. ❤❤🙌 I still believe we need much more of these beautiful women of color to bless and grace our fashion magazines. 🙏
What a beautiful soul she was, and what a beautiful soul you are. I love the last hopeful message you give to the world at the end of the video. Bless Gia and bless you. ❤🖤
Yasss Queen! Thank you for posting this about her. I always wondered about her for years. And she is still just as beautiful just as she was then. Thank you again. I may have mentioned before but can you consider a video about Missy Elliott. I know she just got inducted to the rock and roll all of fame. However she’s a trendsetter for what she’s accomplished in the industry even through her health issues. Gosh bless you Karine! I get so excited when I see a new vid from you!
Omygoodness Karine its like you grew up in the 80's and 90's. I absolutely LOVED KA. She graced so many covers and is just gorgeous. So glad to see her and she is still so beautiful on the inside too.
She was who I looked up to growing up. Karen was one of the first models in a major publication who looked like me. I remember every time I would see her in Essence. Thank you for this. It means so much to me
What a beauty 😍😍😍😍 thank you for sharing this beautiful icon Love! You should do a video on the Korean actress Song Hye Kyo, I'd like to hear your breakdown of her. Hope that you're having a amazing evening Love 😘😘🥰
Thank you once again for posting such an intriguing video about a black supermodel I didn't know about at all🤠😎🙂😃! I really appreciate the quality of your work ! Keep it real 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽👍🏽😉!
Her and Gail O’Neill counterparts in my book. “ She got a lightskin friend that looks Michael Jackson darkskin friend that looks like Michael Jackson.”
Excellent as always ❤! How about videos on these stellar❤️🖤💚 people: Pat Cleveland, Peggy Dillard, Willie & Toukie Smith, Patrick Kelly, and Bethann Hardison. I have loved fashion and models for as long as I can remember 😂. I enjoy your work!!
Also if you could do a video on some of the following that would be awesome; Stephanie Roberts I believe’s of Jamaican descent, Ilkona Toppenberg, Lana Ogilvie, or the beautiful Roshumba Williams?
Crazy. I never knew who she was. I saw her in the movie, and wondered WHY she wasn’t on the mags, and, she was and I didn’t know it was her. Wow. Well, if her age isn’t known, I’ll guess she’s in her her 40’s…..no more than 51. The same age group as most of the group…..this woman is stunning. I’m so glad to know that she was a superstar model. Beautiful!!
I don’t know about anyone else, but as a medium skinned Black woman, I am sick to my guts of people referring to some Black women being too dark. Too dark for what?!? Dark skin is BEAUTIFUL! And Karen Alexander, as with any other “dark skinned” Black women, is STUNNING. I agree with this video. Karen was one of my favorite models. Her features are just amazing.
She’s absolutely gorgeous. I can’t help but to think she picked up where Tracey Africa left off much like Cindy Crawford did after the passing of Gia Carangi. The industry is always trying to find someone to fit that box when said person is no longer available. However Tracey’s story was met with a tragic circumstance when it was found out she was transgender. After that she was left with no other choice but to leave a industry she loved and people were actually rooting for Tracey 😢
T H A N K Y O U!! This means so much to me. My heart is full ♥️♥️♥️
You are so loved and admired!❤️
Omg 😭😭😭 this just made me so excited! You are so gorgeous and beautiful inside and out ❤❤
The goddess herself. I saw you in shopping with a very tall man in Macys Herald Square back in the early 90s. I was literally stopped in my tracks at how gorgeous you are.
Wow, you're a great model for black women 👍🏽
You have always been one of my favorite models. ☺️
My absolute favorite supermodel of all time!! I used to rush to watch Style with Elsa Klensch on CNN every Saturday morning. They used Karen in the opening montage as she closed the Ralph Lauren show. I have never forgiven Eileen Ford for screaming at Karen to get out of her office saying she was ugly. Eileen🐄 Ford!! I used to know everything about the supermodels growing up and I remember Karen spoke about the incident in a fashion magazine.
Karen handled that so gracefully and she is still so positive and grateful for all the opportunities. Just a class act ❤❤
@@KarineAlourde Yes she did. I remember her as being a classy, refined and dignified woman. I just wish Ford had tried it with Naomi Campbell ;)
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Naomi Campbell OR Grace Jones!! Both would’ve smacked the taste out of Eileen Ford’s mouth 😂😂
Ugly behavior comes back to haunt you. I hope Eileen Ford at least regrets hers.
I love her...she's a chocolate beauty..she was always on my wall❤
I love her modeling career. I had googled her a few years ago and it shows her married to a white European gentleman that was a photographer. I use to have a photo album with all of my favorite black models ladies/mens in the 70's/80's my eras and she was definitely in my book. Thank you for showcasing this beautiful woman.❤😊🙋🏾♀️
I remember Karen. She was another model who was in all of the magazines back in the 80s and 90s. She is beautiful. So very elegant and classy.
Thank you for bringing out these models from the 80s/90s that we've seen but they had little acclamation. It was always the Linda, Naomi, christ, Kate group. Karen was on so many covers n campaigns and had stunning vogue looks too. Thank you🙏🌹
Yes 🙌🏽 Karen was everywhere but so mysterious. Her name deserves to be amongst the top girls ❤️
You're definitely right❤!
They paid to be seen and heard, the publicists and agents are interchangeable when they are investing money into their own tabloid fame, it's not wonder they become popular.
Thank you!!! I absolutely love Karen Alexander! Fun fact one of Karen Alexander’s photos maybe from Essence or Ebony was featured on the wall in the room that Whitley (Jasmine Guy) and Kim (Charlene Brown) shared on “A Different World” that’s just how unspokenly fabulous Karen Alexander was. Also did you know that Cynthia Bailey stated it was always a toss up between her and Karen Alexander for a job… “I would always get the job if she (Karen Alexander) didn’t want it”
I'm not surprised. Karen looks like she could be Cynthia's big sister. ❤️
She's gorgeous! I have not heard of her, been born oceans apart but 90s was my childhood and on satellite one could watch about 90s models.
Omg!!! Karen Alexander yes. I loved her. She had some iconic Elle covers in the late 80's. Love her. Thank you for representing her. Karine, can you please do one on model Stephanie Seymour. She had a wild, interesting life.
I was so hoping you would do a video on Karen Alexander!! She was one of my favorites along with Gail O’Neil (RIP).
I’d love to see videos about Alva Chinn, Pat Cleveland and Louise Vyent. I would especially love a video about The Battle of Versailles-the 1973 spectacular that pitted French designers against American designers. The black models are credited with saving the show and bringing respectability to American fashion 😁😁
THE GORGEOUS Karen Alexander. I have ALWAYS loved her sculpted features. Thank you for acknowledging our requests and happy belated birthday, Karine. Love your Mental Gems channel as well! ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much Dana ❤️❤️❤️
Love, love, love Karen Alexander, she was my absolute fave from the 90s. So glad to see her get the recognition that she truly deserves 👏🏾 🎉
She's stunning! Too tall and too muscular? Wtf? Thank goodness she had an encouraging father. Thank you for your video ;)
Thank you for your work!!! As a former agency-signed model, I though I knew ALL my black models who led the way...I don't! You always come thru with the exquisite beauties I never knew of.
An absolutely incredible model. Cheers from New Zealand. BTW I have her American Vogue Cover.
wow New Zealand 🇳🇿❤ thank you for watching 🙏🏼
@@KarineAlourde Ukraine also watching! Thanx for your work dat shows her story a lil bit
I love the way you research and present information in your vids. Keep make content Karine. 😇🥰💖🎊
Thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️🙈
I remember Karen Alexander. I thought she was so beautiful with such a distinctive look
I remember this beautiful model. She didn't let the modeling world's unfair criteria make her give up. She knew her worth and beauty.
Another great video!!!
my all time favorite model. first time i saw her, i was in college. i was like who is the gorgeous black sister. she is awesome. thanks for highlighting her.
Absolutely beautiful I saw this on the black model show and loved it! Gorgeous person
Still in present day she is a beautiful woman
Karen is still a stunner!
She is absolutely stunning ❤ that's awesome on how private she stayed. Wow!
Much Love Karine ❤ you are a one of kind ✨️ have a great rest of your evening/ week.
I love Karen Alexander! She always reminded me to be beautiful growing up as her face and was everywhere!!!💋
I always wonered about her after seeing her in Bad Boys. I thought shed do more movies. So pretty and well spoken. I was also a kid so i didnt see a lot of press period even on models i did know. Thank you for this. You do videos on people who MATTER ❤
I knew you'd get to Karen Alexander!!! I think I even suggested her a while ago. Thank you for this!
Might you be able to do one on Selita Banks. She was everywhere in the early 2000s, she was engaged to Nick Cannon (and called it off. Dodged a bullet!) and then *poof* she was gone like Keyzer Soze.
You are not going to believe this..but I was going to ask you to do Karen Alexander but she was so private and how you get info....you did it!!!! Thanks also for doing Veronica Wenb!!!
Thank You for this video! She is truly elegant , loved seeing her editorials!
That runway picture with the fur hat was too fabulous!!
What a gorgeous model. My favorite midels were all from the 80's and 90's. Thank you for this video. I love your channel. ❤❤🙌
I still believe we need much more of these beautiful women of color to bless and grace our fashion magazines. 🙏
What a beautiful soul she was, and what a beautiful soul you are. I love the last hopeful message you give to the world at the end of the video. Bless Gia and bless you. ❤🖤
She is so beautiful!
Her face looks mathematically perfect (more so than any other Model).🥰
She's so beautiful her and Lauryn Hill kind of favor each other when Lauryn was in sister act. ❤️
She’s beautiful even at her grown age she’s aging gracefully ❤
I remember her too! The icons of my childhood! I looked up to them for their style and grace!😊❤
Yasss Queen! Thank you for posting this about her. I always wondered about her for years. And she is still just as beautiful just as she was then. Thank you again. I may have mentioned before but can you consider a video about Missy Elliott. I know she just got inducted to the rock and roll all of fame. However she’s a trendsetter for what she’s accomplished in the industry even through her health issues. Gosh bless you Karine! I get so excited when I see a new vid from you!
I remember her well. Thanks for the video.
I love how humble she is that makes her beauty even more radiant great video more please !!!
She is stunning inside and out.❤
She's just so beautiful. 🤎🤎
This brings me back to my teens , she inspired me so much. My top 3 were Karen, Veronica Webb and Beverley Peele ❤
Omygoodness Karine its like you grew up in the 80's and 90's. I absolutely LOVED KA. She graced so many covers and is just gorgeous. So glad to see her and she is still so beautiful on the inside too.
She was who I looked up to growing up. Karen was one of the first models in a major publication who looked like me. I remember every time I would see her in Essence. Thank you for this. It means so much to me
When i worked at Vaughn Modeling Agency in early 1980's out on a interview for work ran into Karen Karen was the nicest individual i ever met in NY
Karen is one of my favorites! So classic and beautiful. One of a kind!
I never knew this beautiful ladies name but I definitely remember her she was fun and beautiful. She has the authentic girl next door look🎉
This was one of your best ones to me.
One of the most beautiful women on the planet. Classic sophisticated beauty. Equal to if not above Christy Turlington. Class all the way
I remember Karen..this business has changed & its more diverse. She paved the way for other models.
Oh yeah! Love my namesake and made it a point to buy every magazine with her beautiful face on it.❤
Beautiful queen
What about seeing her in Ralph Lauren?! It made me want to buy his clothes tbh lol! She epitomized that brand! She and Tyson!
She is beautiful; had never heard of her! Thanks for the video...
Beautiful! When looking at her photos, her and actress Javicia Leslie kind of favor each other!
Thanks for this video. I had forgotten all about her. Supermodel for sure!
Always smiling. All the models loved her
What a beauty 😍😍😍😍 thank you for sharing this beautiful icon Love! You should do a video on the Korean actress Song Hye Kyo, I'd like to hear your breakdown of her. Hope that you're having a amazing evening Love 😘😘🥰
Great suggestion. I got you. And thank you love ❤❤
They had the nerve to say that THIS woman wasn't photogenic?!?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 WTH were THEY smokin'??? She is gorgeous!!!!
I remember seeing her in bad boyz 1, she's really beautiful ❤️
Thank you once again for posting such an intriguing video about a black supermodel I didn't know about at all🤠😎🙂😃!
I really appreciate the quality of your work !
Keep it real 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽👍🏽😉!
AND STILL ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!❤❤❤❤❤
Her and Gail O’Neill counterparts in my book. “ She got a lightskin friend that looks Michael Jackson darkskin friend that looks like Michael Jackson.”
I never knew she was a model I always thought she was an actress because she appeared in the first bad boys movie
She was one of my 90s faves... She was exquisite... She still is! 💯💖
She is truly an iconic beauty and a lovely human being. I think you could easily pass as her daughter, Karine. ❤
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ simply gorgeous and statues her skin is like porcelain❤❤❤❤❤
One of my favourite models of the 90s
I remember my mom having her photo in our living room in the 90's with the rest of our photos of black beauty❤❤❤❤
My God, she's beyond stunning. 💜💜💜
Queen Karine and Queen Karen
Beautiful Model, Great at keeping her Privacy❤❤❤❤❤❤
My favorite channel
Stop the presses!! This is my girl!!!! ❤❤❤❤
Excellent as always ❤!
How about videos on these stellar❤️🖤💚 people: Pat Cleveland, Peggy Dillard, Willie & Toukie Smith, Patrick Kelly, and Bethann Hardison. I have loved fashion and models for as long as I can remember 😂. I enjoy your work!!
What a stunner
So Beautiful thank You! ❤
Great breakdown as always Karine...ty for the introduction ❤
She is always gorgeous, first saw her in Bad Boys film, great actress
I remembered her stunning ❤ she's blessed not lucky smh..
Beauty & Excellance 👏🏾🙌🏾🫶🏾
Love love love it please do Apollonia kotero next
Alot of these scouters are jealous of ethnic models I always hear bizarre reasons why they don’t get picked.
Also if you could do a video on some of the following that would be awesome; Stephanie Roberts I believe’s of Jamaican descent, Ilkona Toppenberg, Lana Ogilvie, or the beautiful Roshumba Williams?
Crazy. I never knew who she was. I saw her in the movie, and wondered WHY she wasn’t on the mags, and, she was and I didn’t know it was her. Wow. Well, if her age isn’t known, I’ll guess she’s in her her 40’s…..no more than 51. The same age group as most of the group…..this woman is stunning. I’m so glad to know that she was a superstar model. Beautiful!!
What a beauty ❤
I remember her from the movie Bad Boys. I thought she was so gorgeous. Had no idea she was a model.
I didn't know either but her look kind of lead me to believe it. But I never was able to get info on her when I was a kid
I don’t know about anyone else, but as a medium skinned Black woman, I am sick to my guts of people referring to some Black women being too dark. Too dark for what?!? Dark skin is BEAUTIFUL! And Karen Alexander, as with any other “dark skinned” Black women, is STUNNING. I agree with this video. Karen was one of my favorite models. Her features are just amazing.
Perfection!!✨❤️✨
Karen is still gorgeous
Her birthday is December 30th per her instagram page. She is a Capricorn.
Birthdate: February 3, 1966
This is not correct
@@caseyalx1651 what’s correct
She’s absolutely gorgeous. I can’t help but to think she picked up where Tracey Africa left off much like Cindy Crawford did after the passing of Gia Carangi. The industry is always trying to find someone to fit that box when said person is no longer available. However Tracey’s story was met with a tragic circumstance when it was found out she was transgender. After that she was left with no other choice but to leave a industry she loved and people were actually rooting for Tracey 😢
I loved and admired Karen Alexander. I thought she was perfect. Her body was just right.
Nice video. Keep it up.
She appeared in the film..Bad Boys 1995 ….born in 1972.
She was not born in 1972
Awesome content. Please cover Julie Andrews
Never heard her but she’s gorgeous
~ You should do Lauren Hutton next.
She is literally a barbie the ❤
I remember her on bad boys. She is very beautiful.