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Rose at the People magazine awards in December 2014
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Model actress talk show host entrepreneur activist
Natural brunette (dyed blonde with buzz cut)
Nick Cannon (N'Credible Entertainment)
Amber Rose (born Amber Levonchuck; October 21, 1983), is an American model, actress, and fashion designer.
Early life
Amber Levonchuck was born on October 21, 1983 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to father Michael Levonchuck, who served in the military for 20 years and her mother, Dorothy Rose. She is biracial. Her father is of Irish and Italian descent and her mother is of Cape Verdean and Scottish descent.On July 20, 2016, on Instagram, she said she is Black, Portuguese, Irish, and Italian. She has one brother named Antonio Hewlett. Rose grew up in South Philadelphia.
At the age of 15, Amber Rose began stripping, under the pseudonym "Paris" to provide for her family after the divorce of her parents.
Modeling career
Rose's appearance in Ludacris’s “What Them Girls Like” video in 2008 caught the attention of Kanye West; Rose then gained more exposure after posing for a Louis Vuitton print advertisement featuring West's sneaker line.
Rose walked the runway at New York Fashion Week for "Celestino," Rose has also made cameos in music videos such as Nicki Minaj's "Massive Attack," Young Jeezy's "Vacation," Wiz Khalifa's "No Sleep," Fabolous' "You Be Killin' Em," and Ludacris' "What Them Girls Like." She was signed with modeling agency Ford Models from 2009 to 2010.
In 2010, she appeared in Russell Simmons' reality show about his two assistants, "Running Russell Simmons". She also starred in a PSA by NOH8 Campaign. In 2011, Amber Rose was a guest judge on Season 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race. She was also a judge on Season 2 of Master of the Mix. In November 2011, she became the spokesperson for Smirnoff and appeared in television ads and billboards for the company's new flavors Whipped Cream and Fluffed Marshmallow.
Musical pursuits
Rose released her debut single "Fame", which features Wiz Khalifa, in January 10, 2012, followed by a second single, titled "Loaded", released on February 6, 2012. She then appeared in the eleventh track of her ex-husband's album O.N.I.F.C., titled "Rise Above", along with rappers Tuki Carter and Pharrell Williams, who produced the song. She was managed by Leticia "Tish" Cyrus, mother of singer Miley Cyrus, who is a close friend to Rose and her ex-husband Wiz Khalifa.
Business endeavors
In September 2009, Rose announced plans to launch her own eyewear line. In 2012, Rose opened a clothing line with her friend Priscilla Ono called Rose & Ono.
Rose guest-starred on an episode of Wild 'N Out on MTV2, and had a role as "MaryWanna" in the film School Dance, which was directed by her manager, Nick Cannon in 2014.
Simon & Schuster published her first book, How to Be a Bad Bitch, in which she offers advice and personal anecdotes on everything from finances and career to love and fashion. The cover features an image shot by famed photographer David LaChapelle.
In 2015, Amber Rose filmed, "Walk Of No Shame with Amber Rose," with Funny or Die. The viral video helped promote Amber Rose's Slut Walk, which took place on October 3, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
In March 2016, Rose launched an emoji app called MuvaMoji, featuring 900 emoji icons that she curated. Upon release, it shot to No. 1 on the App Store charts. She earned $4 million USD from the app.
In May 2016, it was announced that Rose would star in her own talk show entitled The Amber Rose Show on VH1, which debuted on July 8, 2016.
Dancing with the Stars
On August 30, 2016, Rose was announced as one of the celebrities who will compete on the 23rd season of Dancing with the Stars. She is partnered with professional dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
Personal life
Rose was spotted by rapper Kanye West in the music video "What Them Girls Like." They then began a romantic relationship that lasted from 2008 to 2010. Rose began dating rapper Wiz Khalifa in early 2011. The couple got engaged on March 1, 2012, and married on July 8, 2013. Their son Sebastian Taylor Thomaz was born on February 21, 2013. Rose, Khalifa, and their son divided their time between homes in Los Angeles and Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Rose filed for divorce from Khalifa on September 22, 2014, citing irreconcilable differences and planned to take full custody of their son Sebastian. As of 2015, Rose and Khalifa have joint custody of their son.
In 2009, in regard to her sexual orientation, Rose stated, "They label me a bisexual freak stripper that f—s Kanye on a daily basis. To answer that: I’m extremely open with my sexuality. I can be in love with a woman, I can be in love with a man. I’m not into bestiality, but as far as humans go, I definitely find beauty in everybody, whether they’re heavy-set, super-skinny, if they’re white, black, Indian, Asian, Spanish.
I can see beauty in anybody. I’m not into threesomes or orgies and s–t like that. If I see a women and I think she’s beautiful and I like her, and she likes me back we can definitely try to be in a relationship together."
In 2016, Rose stated on the Never Not Funny podcast that she has never done drugs with the exception of marijuana "one or two times".
SlutWalk
On October 3, 2015, Rose led the L.A.-based SlutWalk to honor all women who have been judged and demeaned for promiscuous sexual behavior. As part of the event, Rose spoke publicly about the instances of shaming she has experienced, specifically mentioning an incident at the age of 14, when a friend allegedly pulled his genitals out while in a closet with her playing the kissing game "7 Minutes in the Closet". Rose claimed he tricked her into kneeling down in front of him, then threw open the closet door for all of their friends to see, suggesting oral sex had taken place. Rose grew visibly emotional while speaking about the bullying that followed, demonstrating the depth of the trauma the experience caused.
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes 2007 A Haunting Jessie 1 episode 2008 Better Off Alone Jennifer Short Film 2010 The Hills || Herself ||
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| 2011|| RuPaul's Drag Race || rowspan=2 | Herself || Guest Judge
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| 2011–2012 || Master of the Mix || Judge
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| 2012 || Gang of Roses 2: Next Generation || Tara X || Film
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| 2014 || School Dance || MaryWanna || Film
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| 2014 || Selfie || Fit Brit || TV series
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| 2015 || Sister Code || Lexi || Film
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| 2015 || Black-ish || Dominique || 1 episode
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| 2016 || Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry || Herself || TV series
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| 2016 || The Amber Rose Show || Herself ||
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| 2016 || Dancing with the Stars'' Herself/Contestant Season 23
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Amber Rose addresses all of the rumors
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Amber Rose addresses all of the rumors
jamie murnane August 13, 2009 2 minutes read Facebook Twitter Tumblr Pinterest Reddit When Kanye West
was first spotted with his new, bad-ass girlfriend with a shaved head,
Amber Rose
, the gossip started immediately. Everyone talked about Rose the stripper, Rose the gold-digger, and, of course, Rose the lesbian.
But there’s more to her than that. Kanye’s on-again/off-again girlfriend is
featured in the new issue
of Complex
magazine, called “Women are Complex, Too.” The magazine also decided to do an extensive, web-exclusive interview and photoshoot with the new Ford model, where she’s quite candid about all the gossip, Kanye, and girls.
First, here’s the video:
In the interview, Rose addressed her perceived sexuality:
They label me a bisexual freak stripper that f—s Kanye on a daily basis. To answer that: I’m extremely open with my sexuality. I can be in love with a woman, I can be in love with a man. I’m not into bestiality, but as far as humans go, I definitely find beauty in everybody, whether they’re heavy-set, super-skinny, if they’re white, black, Indian, Asian, Spanish.
I can see beauty in anybody. I’m not into threesomes or orgies and s–t like that. If I see a women and I think she’s beautiful and I like her, and she likes me back we can definitely try to be in a relationship together.
After photos of her partying with another woman popped up all over the internet, rumors quickly spread that she was cheating on Kanye. But Rose has an explanation for that, too:
That is my bestest friend Dez. She’s been my friend for about 10 years now. We were dancers — you know, strippers — together, and that night when we took all those pictures, I was back in Philly and hadn’t seen her in a while, and I was like,”‘Yo Dez, let’s just take some shots of Hennessy and take some f—-n’ pictures, just for us.” She didn’t realize I do have some type of celebrity-status, and she posted them on her MySpace. Kanye knows that that’s just my friend, we’re not lesbian lovers. Everybody made a big deal out of that and it’s like, how many girls do that everyday and take silly pictures?
Despite all the rumors that go around about her, Rose, who met Kanye on the set of his video, “Robocop,” seems pretty down to earth and, you know, normal (not a crazy, bisexual, stripper freak!). Her new modeling contract with Ford is clearly well-deserved, and despite what the bloggers say, she is also a pretty promising role model, too.
I want young girls growing up to know that they can actually eat something, and be beautiful and be a model, that they can actually have a real women’s body and do modeling.
Her Complex
photos are decent proof of that. What do you think of Amber Rose? Are you a fan?
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