Runa Alyse Lucienne (born August 6, 1994) is a Guyanese and American model, actress, and social media influencer with over 3.35 million followers across social media. Beginning her career in her late-teens, Lucienne has appeared in numerous television shows, commercials, music videos, magazines, and national ad campaigns.

Career

Runa Lucienne has been seen in numerous television shows including '' Scandal'', ''

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's ''Suckerfree Sunday'', and '' KTLA Morning News''. Runa appeared on '' Project Runway'' as Keith Bryce's model who left the competition then returned in the finale to walk at New York Fashion Week for Suede, another designer. She has been featured in commercials for

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, Footlocker, Petco,

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, and other brands; appeared in music videos including " Baby" by Lil Baby and DaBaby, "

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, and more. Runa has been featured in magazines such as '' Elle'', ''

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. Runa was the first African-American Monster Energy Girl. She traveled to various events on behalf of Monster Energy including New York City’s Puerto Rican Day Parade, appearances at Ft. Hood Army/Air Force Base and Ft. Bliss Army/Air Force Base; and multiple DUB Auto Shows.

Personal life

Runa Lucienne was born in Washington D.C., and raised in

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where she graduated from St. Ursula Academy. Moving to

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at the age of 18, she began her modeling and acting career while attending

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and later

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. With an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), she majored in mechanical engineering and in her third year of college was selected for a mechanical engineering internship with

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at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX in the Systems Architecture and Engineering division where she assisted with research and development of upgrades to the low-fidelity Orion cockpit mockup. While in high school she participated in the Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS), was the president of the Technology club, and completed her first internship with NASA at the

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. In addition to her love of science, Runa participated in her schools’ track and field teams in high school and during the freshman year of college. Runa holds her high school’s high jump record and placed 12th in the state of Ohio division 1 state championships during her senior year. In college, she placed 1st in both, the indoor and outdoor, high jump conference championships, and placed 3rd in high jump in the college division of the Colgate Women’s Games held at

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. Before discovering track and field, she studied ballet for 6 years and played basketball until her track and field career began. Runa Lucienne’s other passions include painting and mixed media art. She debuted her artwork during Art Basel Miami in December 2019 and plans to continue a career in painting and photography -in addition to modeling and acting. Currently living in Miami, Runa Lucienne enjoys volunteering with her church, Vous Church, the

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, Paws4You (dog rescue organization), and the Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation as a volunteer publicist and member of the marketing team. Runa Lucienne also enjoys traveling and has visited nearly 40 countries.

References

External links

Runa Lucienne's Official Website

Runa Lucienne on Instagram

Runa Lucienne on Facebook

Runa Lucienne on Twitter
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lucienne, Runa American female models American television actresses Living people Actresses from Washington, D.C. Actresses from Toledo, Ohio 1994 births Guyanese emigrants to the United States 21st-century American women