The world truly is a small place. Someone is always connected to someone else and together we’re able to know one another in this big blue ball known as Earth. Imagine my surprise when I went to DX Fashion’s own – Starrene Rhett’s MySpace page and saw Aura Harewood’s page. I inquired about the beauty from Howard University and it was there that I was given another surprise.

The entertainment enthusiast wrote an article [that has yet to run] about the video modeling industry. At the time of the interview, Ms. Harewood was not at liberty to talk about the work she was doing, but what was kept a secret turned out to be "I Get Money" -- 50 Cent’s newest video off Curtis. But working a 9-to-5 is not the Georgia gals M.O. You can check out her entrepreneurial enthusiasm at AllThatsFab.com. Her passion is as addicting as one look into the 24-year-old’s beautiful eyes.

A published writer and a commercial model, Ms. Aura Harewood sits down with Beauty & Brains as she talks about how she linked up with HipHopDX.com, how her education helped fuel her career and why Shyne made her nervous.

B&B: How’d you hear about HipHopDX.com?
AH: Initially, I know Starrene Rhett and I contacted her to write for the fashion portion of the site. I went on and I looked at it and I liked it. I became a fan and then you hit me up and it was all fitting into place. It was all at the right time.

B&B: With a lot of credits to your acclaim – what even interested you in being a writer for an online website?
AH: I’m interested in writing. I didn’t major in Journalism in school, but I feel that this is my natural talent. The web is the thing to do right now, so why not be a part of it. I wanted to build up my clips and push my skills to a lot of people. I’m happy to write for HipHopDX.com.

B&B: Now, you were a founding member of the Howard University Vizion Performance Team. Being that that was something new – how did your fellow students take to the idea?
AH: Well… I feel like it was something that needed to be done. I wasn’t one of the creators of the team, but I was big part of getting it off the ground. Once people saw how hard we were working, they took a liking to us. Our legacy has carried on since I’ve left. People weren’t as responsive as one would’ve hope at first, but we changed people’s perceptions. Continued on page 2 »