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<\/a>Brooke Kelly<\/strong> Model and television personality Toccara Jones was a smash hit at the recent Jackson State University Homecoming Fashion Show.<\/p>\n While letting you know that she likes having a good time when hosting college fashion shows, the former America\u2019s Next Top Model contestant said she hopes to inspire students in the process.\u00a0 As part of day two of Homecoming Week 2011, Monday, Jones hosted the Insatiable Modeling Squad\u2019s Fall Fashion Review featuring local clothing and shoe lines by designers Sonja B., Turdle Club, Ashley Hart, MBG, Bishi Chrissi, Meeya, and Anthony Holland.<\/p>\n On stage, Jones danced for the audience, joked with DJ T. Lewis, and even invited a student to come on stage and dance with her. \u201cI\u2019m truly having a good time,\u201d said Jones while on stage. \u201cI am really excited to be here at Jackson State doing the fashion show. I love fashion. I love hosting fashion shows.\u201d<\/p>\n While at Sinclair Community College, Jones says she was\u00a0 the head of the African-American culture club and they put on fashion shows that she always produced from beginning to end.<\/p>\n \u201cIt really excites me to come back to colleges and see the college students put on fashion shows because I remember being there, and it\u2019s so good to have fun and let people know that the dream is real,\u201d said Jones.<\/p>\n \u201cI represent a dream, and me being here lets students know, lets them feel, that it\u2019s attainable, like \u2018hey I can do it,\u2019\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n Since being on the third season of UPN\u2019s America\u2019s Next Top Model that first aired in 2004, Jones has signed with Wilhelmina Models, been featured in different magazines, hosted shows on BET, and done reality television.<\/p>\n \u201cRight now I am on the cover of Plus Model Magazine, the October issue, and I am so excited about that,\u201d said Jones who is the ambassador of the lingerie line for Australian plus size fashion retailer, City Chic.<\/p>\n \u201cThe lingerie pictures are fabulous.\u00a0 I am working it over in my panties and bras,\u201d said Jones.<\/p>\n Jones is also still promoting her workout DVD she released in 2009 called \u201cTocarra\u2019s Fabulous Workout.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s for real sized women, and I am really passionate about that, to keep women healthy and just being fit and fabulous.\u201d \u201cI really enjoy that I get to be Toccara. What people see is what they get….I am just really blessed that I get to do what I love,\u201d said Jones.<\/p>\n As for advice for students trying to make it in the entertainment and modeling industries, Jones said, \u201cYou\u2019ve got to have tough skin because I heard a lot of no\u2019s before I heard a yes.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to be willing to chase your dream. Don\u2019t walk after them. Don\u2019t do a little trot\u2026.You\u2019ve got to break a sweat.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brooke Kelly Managing Editor Model and television personality Toccara Jones was a smash hit at the recent Jackson State University Homecoming Fashion Show. While letting…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_plus_post_options":"{}","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nManaging Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nCompared to other college fashion shows, Jones described Jackson States\u2019 how as pretty amazing.<\/p>\n
\nBeing able to be herself is the best part of her career right now said Jones.<\/p>\n