Quiana Grant is an American

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who appeared in the 2008 ''

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''. She was featured in a

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layout as a canvas for bodypaint artist

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who is in her tenth year of producing bodypaint art for the ''Swimsuit Issue''. She was part of a record-setting class of seven rookie ''Swimsuit Issue'' models along with

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, Melissa Baker, Jeisa Chiminazzo and

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Biography

Grant attended

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and graduated in 1999. She now lives

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, but she considers

Newport News, Virginia Newport News () is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the 5th most populous city in Virginia and 140th most populous city in the Uni ...

, to be her hometown. Although Grant was highly sought after for modeling at age 14, she stayed in school until age 16. At age 16, while her mother underwent a series of eye surgeries, she served as her mother's eyes. Her mother had

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and could not even recognize Grant until she was 13. Her parents are Tony and Regina Grant, and she has a younger brother.

Experience

Grant was twenty-six years old with over ten years of modeling experience at the time of the release of her debut in the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue''. She has modelled for GAP (photos by

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) and

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ad campaigns as well as done runway work for numerous leading fashion houses and designers such as

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, Anne Klein and

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. She is represented by

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in New York, Modelwerk in Germany, City Models in

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, France, as well as Vision Model Management.

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at the 2008 ''

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