She won the Miss Jamaica Fashion Model pageant in 1985 which launched her on a modeling career extraordinary. She was a phenomenon in New York as her “lips” captured the eyes of many a passer-by and photographers and she skyrocketed to the pages and front cover of Essence magazine at age”30”. We had a chat with Althea Laing a supermodel and a woman who stomped on any box that anyone tried to place her in. Click to see more.