Toccara Elaine Jones Biography (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Toccara Elaine Jones (born March 13, 1981) from Dayton, Ohio, is an American fashion model and television personality. Jones was a contestant on the third cycle of the UPN series America's Next Top Model (ANTM)

Biography

Jones attended Stivers School for the Arts in Dayton, where she majored in the Dance department.

She was the eighth contestant eliminated on the third cycle of America's Next Top Model, where she won "Covergirl of the Week" five times.

Modeling/Acting career

Since ANTM, Toccara signed with Wilhelmina Models as a plus-size model.. She has been on the covers of Be, The Next Level Magazine (November 2005), Black Men magazine, Black Hair magazine, Braids magazine, and King magazine (February/March 2006 and March/April 2006)..

Jones has modeled for Ashley Stewart, New York and Company, Target, Essence magazine, Vibe magazine,King Magazine, and Smooth magazine. Her runway shows include Hot 97's Third Annual Full Frontal Hip Hop Fashion Show, Luxe & Romance Fall 2005, BET Presents: Rip The Runway 2, Ellegirl presents Dare To Be You: Wal-Mart Meets America's Next Top Models 2005 and Alice & Olivia Fall 2006 . She has co-hosted an episode of 106 and Park. She also occasionally appears on Tyra Bank's talk show, and she served as a judge for a talent episode on the Tyra Show and hosted "America's Next Thick and Sexy Model" on the show.

She also appeared on the second season of the VH1 series Celebrity Fit Club. During the show, she lost 32 lb (15 kg). Toccara wanted to weigh 180 lb (82 kg) because it was "good for her career".

She was a correspondent for The Black Carpet which airs on BET.

Jones is currently a host for BET's game show series Take the Cake. She also appeared on the first season of Celebrity Paranormal Project.

• Take the Cake (2007) .... Host
• Celebrity Paranormal Project (1 episode, 2006)
• E! True Hollywood Story .... Herself (1 episode, 2006)
• The Tyra Banks Show .... Herself (6 episodes, 2005-2006)
• Girlfriends .... Waitress (1 episode, 2005)
• All of Us .... Marsha (1 episode, 2005)
• Celebrity Fit Club (2005) TV Series .... Herself (season 2)
• America's Next Top Model .... Herself (1 episode, 2004)

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