Alonna James
‘Tis the season of Christmas joy and cheer. You faithful DX readers have surely made the job of finding beauties for you all a daunting one. Some have loved, others have criticized and most have… well, let their fantasies do the typing, but all in all – have remained loyal participants here at HipHopDX.com.
As the site and this section preps for a new year, Beauty & Brains is proud to bring you… Ms. Alonna James. This worldly vixen has been featured in everything from KING Magazine to being a B-Girl for BET.com. With Christmas steadily approaching, Ms. James will keep your hearts full of happiness and your eyes feasting for her to be your Mrs. Claus.
Beauty & Brains thanks Ms. James for sitting down with us as she discusses her tomboy childhood, why a dog is a woman’s best friend and gives you MySpace fans a fair warning.
Beauty & Brains: You have a very shapely figure, but you have these stunning eyes. Have they ever got you into any mischief?
Alonna James: No, I’m not into any mischief. I didn’t get into a lot of trouble as a kid. I don’t put myself out there to get into any. I was a tomboy growing up. I’m from Baltimore City. We would race in the street and run across porches. We’d start at one end of the porches and skip across them until someone one. In the summertime, I’d be in Puerto Rico and I’d get to run around on the beach barefoot. I am a Ms. Fix-It. I like being hands on and getting dirty.
B&B: How has growing up an army brat affected your relationships with people?
AJ: I don’t tend to make friends a lot because growing up we’d move frequently. I tend to be, but not in a bad way, a loner. I don’t work well in group settings. I can adapt to the situation, but when it comes down to people, I do have a wall that I put up. I’m not one of those people. There are people who think that I’m off-putting, but when people meet me they think that I’m either one way or the other. It doesn’t matter to me anyway. Unless you’re signing my paycheck, it doesn’t matter to me. I am not going anywhere.
B&B: You say in your “About Me” section that modeling affords you the opportunity to portray something different outside of your normal self. What’s the difference between Alonna James the model and the regular girly-girl?
AJ: On a day-to-day basis, I’m me. I am in the house all the time, sweatpants and a t-shirt. I’m not really all glammed up, 24/7. I love being at home, playing with my animals. So, when I do my shoots, I get to be that, I get to be Barbie and it's cool. It allows me to step out of myself and I can play into the camera. I put my game face on no matter what: being tired, sick, whatever – I do my job. I guess that I am a little bit different, so it’s not huge.
B&B: Doberman Pinchers, eh? They have a special place in your heart? Is it because if a man were to come up to you, he’d have to be a tough guy not to be shook of them dogs?
AJ: I grew up with them. I’m not quite ready to have one, yet. I need to have a bigger backyard. They’re smart dogs. They’re so coordinated. As my dog got older, she would post up beside me, I would have to tell her that it’s okay for others to be around me, so she’d stand down. If a man were to approach me, he needs to respect my space and my dog will let you know, ASAP!
B&B: You’re always being looked at by men – is there ever a time where you just wish you were invisible?
AJ: Yeah, every time I go to the gym. [Laughs] People will go out of there way to see what I’m doing and it’s hilarious. I was walking through the mall with my mom and we were talking, this lady stopped and approached me to talk about me. It was just the way she dropped her mouth and we looked at each other like, “Oh, my God.” I thought it was embarrassing. Guys will come out and say anything out of their mouth. I try to not pay attention to certain things that happen and some things I’m just oblivious to it. My everyday life is to hectic to be focused on stuff like that.
B&B: So, are you dating anyone, right now?
AJ: I don’t. I just don’t like a loser. [Laughs] At this stage, I kind of have my blinders on. I stay focus with my career and I don’t want anything to distract me. It just depends on me. For right now, I’m just really, really focused…
B&B: When was the first time you knew that you could make a career out of modeling?
AJ: I didn’t. I never thought that. It’s a release of my daily nine-to-five grind. I do it because I love to play dress up. It was my favorite thing to do when I wasn’t a tomboy. [Laughs]
B&B: Were you nervous when you first started?
AJ: No. My very first photo shoot, I wasn’t nervous. I was in pain when I got my first eyebrow waxing. It was four hours long. I got schooled that day. I was told that nobody cared if I didn’t like the outfits that I was wearing. I was uncomfortable about the position that I was put in and I was told that it didn’t matter what position I was in. It was like the school of hard knocks of modeling. I am being asked to smile when I didn’t want to and I’m thinking that he’s an asshole. But I had to learn how to fake the funk from day one. Yet, in still, no matter how miserable I was, I was addicted to the craziness.
B&B: It seems as if people are just hungry for more; especially when it comes to beautiful women. When has someone went overboard with their appreciation of you?
AJ: I had this one person in particular who was so enamored by me and all that, sometimes fans will get me things. At the time, I had a mailing address for my fan club and I never spoke to this person. He gave me a “Hi” once a month on MySpace. His tone became more conversational and he later asked me out on a date. It was consistently, date, date, date… He wanted to know what I was doing. He found my personal page and tried to request me as a friend. I turned him down twice. I was trying to tell him that there is a line that splits between myself – the model and the regular me. After that, he got upset, he started telling me about all the things he got me and was mad. It was what it was and I ended the conversation. He was crazy. From then, he still kept asking to take me out on a date.
B&B: You talk about being a thrill seeker and sky diving might be your next adventure. What is one crazy thing that you’ve done that you regretted?
AJ: I don’t do regrets. If I did regrets then I wouldn’t be the person I am now. I really haven’t done anything that’s crazy. My friend, myself and my brother had taken my mom’s car one night to return a video back to Blockbuster. But after that, my brother thought that he could do it too and he ended up getting caught. I thought he was. My Spanish teacher called my mother and said that I didn’t go to class and it was after I got a tattoo. She already expressed to me how unladylike a tattoo was and how my grandparents would scoff at it and I told her, she said, “What?” [Laughs] She was going to burn it off of me! I turned around and showed her and she said, “Oh, my gosh, it’s huge!” She thought it was so gross at the time. I was upset at how upset she was over it. I was in tears. Later on, she said it was nice, but she couldn’t believe that I did that. Other than that, I was a good girl… I never snuck out to go to a party. I always had my head in the books.
B&B: What is a crazy thing that you do?
AJ: I used to street race. It was so much fun. I had just got my license and I have this thing about speeding. At one o’clock in the morning, I called my dad, he was in Baltimore and I was in North Carolina and I told him I was on the way to see him. I made it there in five hours. My dad didn’t know how I got there. There was one time we were flying down the highway and we were weaving between cars and between traffic. I’d give the car next to me that “look” and one is trying to beat the other as soon as the light changes. I had one of my friends in the car, she was like, “You’re crazy! Stop this car, we’re going to die!” I used to do 115 mph on my way to South Carolina. The car I had used all six cylinders and I was in love with it. I don’t know what I love about it [speeding], but it’s addicting. In normal life, I’m clumsy as all hell, but when it comes to the coordination of driving, I pay attention and I love to go fast.
B&B: After being in countless works and having people know your name and body any and everywhere – do you think that you’ve accomplished all the goals that you’ve set for yourself? What is your limit?
AJ: I set goals little by little. You take baby steps to what you’re doing. So for all my goals that I set, I’ve accomplished, little by little. But there are no limits in this industry. I’ll go as far as it takes me. I’ll strive for different things – television, movies and acting like that.
For more yuletide spirit, check out more of Ms. Alonna James at http://www.myspace.com/alonnajames or her website - AlonnaJames.com.
As the site and this section preps for a new year, Beauty & Brains is proud to bring you… Ms. Alonna James. This worldly vixen has been featured in everything from KING Magazine to being a B-Girl for BET.com. With Christmas steadily approaching, Ms. James will keep your hearts full of happiness and your eyes feasting for her to be your Mrs. Claus.
Beauty & Brains thanks Ms. James for sitting down with us as she discusses her tomboy childhood, why a dog is a woman’s best friend and gives you MySpace fans a fair warning.
Beauty & Brains: You have a very shapely figure, but you have these stunning eyes. Have they ever got you into any mischief?
Alonna James: No, I’m not into any mischief. I didn’t get into a lot of trouble as a kid. I don’t put myself out there to get into any. I was a tomboy growing up. I’m from Baltimore City. We would race in the street and run across porches. We’d start at one end of the porches and skip across them until someone one. In the summertime, I’d be in Puerto Rico and I’d get to run around on the beach barefoot. I am a Ms. Fix-It. I like being hands on and getting dirty.
B&B: How has growing up an army brat affected your relationships with people?
AJ: I don’t tend to make friends a lot because growing up we’d move frequently. I tend to be, but not in a bad way, a loner. I don’t work well in group settings. I can adapt to the situation, but when it comes down to people, I do have a wall that I put up. I’m not one of those people. There are people who think that I’m off-putting, but when people meet me they think that I’m either one way or the other. It doesn’t matter to me anyway. Unless you’re signing my paycheck, it doesn’t matter to me. I am not going anywhere.
B&B: You say in your “About Me” section that modeling affords you the opportunity to portray something different outside of your normal self. What’s the difference between Alonna James the model and the regular girly-girl?
AJ: On a day-to-day basis, I’m me. I am in the house all the time, sweatpants and a t-shirt. I’m not really all glammed up, 24/7. I love being at home, playing with my animals. So, when I do my shoots, I get to be that, I get to be Barbie and it's cool. It allows me to step out of myself and I can play into the camera. I put my game face on no matter what: being tired, sick, whatever – I do my job. I guess that I am a little bit different, so it’s not huge.
B&B: Doberman Pinchers, eh? They have a special place in your heart? Is it because if a man were to come up to you, he’d have to be a tough guy not to be shook of them dogs?
AJ: I grew up with them. I’m not quite ready to have one, yet. I need to have a bigger backyard. They’re smart dogs. They’re so coordinated. As my dog got older, she would post up beside me, I would have to tell her that it’s okay for others to be around me, so she’d stand down. If a man were to approach me, he needs to respect my space and my dog will let you know, ASAP!
B&B: You’re always being looked at by men – is there ever a time where you just wish you were invisible?
AJ: Yeah, every time I go to the gym. [Laughs] People will go out of there way to see what I’m doing and it’s hilarious. I was walking through the mall with my mom and we were talking, this lady stopped and approached me to talk about me. It was just the way she dropped her mouth and we looked at each other like, “Oh, my God.” I thought it was embarrassing. Guys will come out and say anything out of their mouth. I try to not pay attention to certain things that happen and some things I’m just oblivious to it. My everyday life is to hectic to be focused on stuff like that.
B&B: So, are you dating anyone, right now?
AJ: I don’t. I just don’t like a loser. [Laughs] At this stage, I kind of have my blinders on. I stay focus with my career and I don’t want anything to distract me. It just depends on me. For right now, I’m just really, really focused…
B&B: When was the first time you knew that you could make a career out of modeling?
AJ: I didn’t. I never thought that. It’s a release of my daily nine-to-five grind. I do it because I love to play dress up. It was my favorite thing to do when I wasn’t a tomboy. [Laughs]
B&B: Were you nervous when you first started?
AJ: No. My very first photo shoot, I wasn’t nervous. I was in pain when I got my first eyebrow waxing. It was four hours long. I got schooled that day. I was told that nobody cared if I didn’t like the outfits that I was wearing. I was uncomfortable about the position that I was put in and I was told that it didn’t matter what position I was in. It was like the school of hard knocks of modeling. I am being asked to smile when I didn’t want to and I’m thinking that he’s an asshole. But I had to learn how to fake the funk from day one. Yet, in still, no matter how miserable I was, I was addicted to the craziness.
B&B: It seems as if people are just hungry for more; especially when it comes to beautiful women. When has someone went overboard with their appreciation of you?
AJ: I had this one person in particular who was so enamored by me and all that, sometimes fans will get me things. At the time, I had a mailing address for my fan club and I never spoke to this person. He gave me a “Hi” once a month on MySpace. His tone became more conversational and he later asked me out on a date. It was consistently, date, date, date… He wanted to know what I was doing. He found my personal page and tried to request me as a friend. I turned him down twice. I was trying to tell him that there is a line that splits between myself – the model and the regular me. After that, he got upset, he started telling me about all the things he got me and was mad. It was what it was and I ended the conversation. He was crazy. From then, he still kept asking to take me out on a date.
B&B: You talk about being a thrill seeker and sky diving might be your next adventure. What is one crazy thing that you’ve done that you regretted?
AJ: I don’t do regrets. If I did regrets then I wouldn’t be the person I am now. I really haven’t done anything that’s crazy. My friend, myself and my brother had taken my mom’s car one night to return a video back to Blockbuster. But after that, my brother thought that he could do it too and he ended up getting caught. I thought he was. My Spanish teacher called my mother and said that I didn’t go to class and it was after I got a tattoo. She already expressed to me how unladylike a tattoo was and how my grandparents would scoff at it and I told her, she said, “What?” [Laughs] She was going to burn it off of me! I turned around and showed her and she said, “Oh, my gosh, it’s huge!” She thought it was so gross at the time. I was upset at how upset she was over it. I was in tears. Later on, she said it was nice, but she couldn’t believe that I did that. Other than that, I was a good girl… I never snuck out to go to a party. I always had my head in the books.
B&B: What is a crazy thing that you do?
AJ: I used to street race. It was so much fun. I had just got my license and I have this thing about speeding. At one o’clock in the morning, I called my dad, he was in Baltimore and I was in North Carolina and I told him I was on the way to see him. I made it there in five hours. My dad didn’t know how I got there. There was one time we were flying down the highway and we were weaving between cars and between traffic. I’d give the car next to me that “look” and one is trying to beat the other as soon as the light changes. I had one of my friends in the car, she was like, “You’re crazy! Stop this car, we’re going to die!” I used to do 115 mph on my way to South Carolina. The car I had used all six cylinders and I was in love with it. I don’t know what I love about it [speeding], but it’s addicting. In normal life, I’m clumsy as all hell, but when it comes to the coordination of driving, I pay attention and I love to go fast.
B&B: After being in countless works and having people know your name and body any and everywhere – do you think that you’ve accomplished all the goals that you’ve set for yourself? What is your limit?
AJ: I set goals little by little. You take baby steps to what you’re doing. So for all my goals that I set, I’ve accomplished, little by little. But there are no limits in this industry. I’ll go as far as it takes me. I’ll strive for different things – television, movies and acting like that.
For more yuletide spirit, check out more of Ms. Alonna James at http://www.myspace.com/alonnajames or her website - AlonnaJames.com.
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