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, Fendi, and others.

Early life

Lee was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. Her father, Rudy, is a businessman and cosmetologist and her mother, Anita, is a teacher. She had one older sister, Charisma, who died in a car accident when Lee was a child. Lee was an active student and participated in competitive cheerleading, Girl Scouts, student government, debate club, thespian club, and concert band. In her high school years she was crowned homecoming queen. She enjoyed fashion from her youth and was particularly inspired by her parents' attire.

Career

Lee began modeling at age 18 as a student at

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, when she attended an open call for an agency and received a contract offer. She started her career doing catalog shoots and modeled part-time as an undergraduate. Lee moved to New York after college to pursue modeling full-time after signing with Ford Models, with plans to attend law school if her modeling career did not pan out. She named Crystal Renn and Toccara Jones as "

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" models (those bigger than sample size) who inspired her. She walked in her first fashion show in 2017 for

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. She has walked during New York Fashion Week for Siriano, Tommy Hilfiger, Balmain, Versace, Michael Kors, and

. She has also modeled couture for Jean Paul Gaultier, and she has a long-term partnership with

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. She has covered '' Vogue'', '' British Vogue'', and ''

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''. Lee fulfilled a lifelong aspiration when she walked in the spring 2021 Versace show and was one of three curve models to do so for the first time in the history of the brand. Lee made her acting debut in 2021 on the

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series '' Run the World''. She was also a guest judge on '' Project Runway''. In 2023, Lee starred in the music video of "

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" by rappers Drake and

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Personal life

Lee is interested in screenwriting and is working on a screenplay.

Accolades

* Nominee, 2020 Breakout Star, Models.com * Nominee, 2021 Model of the Year, Models.com

References

External links

Official Instagram

Precious Lee
at Models.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Precious Living people African-American female models 21st-century African-American women People from Atlanta Clark Atlanta University alumni Plus-size models IMG Models models Female models from Georgia (U.S. state) 1989 births