The Millen Sisters (Sonya Nicole and Sabrina Antoinette Millen) are models/singers/actresses of African American descent, best known as models for

Deborah Gregory Deborah Gregory is the author of the book series ''The Cheetah Girls (novel series), The Cheetah Girls''. She was co-producer of the Disney Channel Original Movies ''The Cheetah Girls (film), The Cheetah Girls'' and ''The Cheetah Girls 2'' and a ...

, and singers for the ''Music City'' soundtrack. They are identical twins born to Steve and Mary Millen.

Early life

The twins started their singing career by participating in the Church choir. They performed at weddings, talent shows, minor league

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games, and at various Black history events.

Entertainment career

In 2008, the

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, producers of the

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campaign, launched its "White Gold" campaign starring Sonya and Sabrina Millen as the Calcium Twins. The multi-faceted marketing effort was aimed at teenagers and featured "White Gold and The Calcium Twins", a fictional rock trio in a series of

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, print ads, beauty products, websites and on over 750,000 schoolbook covers. The high point of the effort was the 2009 release of a 22-minute

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, "The Battle for Milkquarious", promoted as, "The most amazing rock opera ever made about milk". Ad agency

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created six TV commercials to promote the effort with print ads appearing in Teen Vogue, Seventeen and

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magazine.''San Diego Reader'
"White Gold's Comedic Rock Opera Really Does Rock!"
''Jam Session'' by Jay Allen Sanford, May 27, 2011.''

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"Today's Lesson: Selling Teenagers on Benefits of Milk"
''Advertising'' by Stuart Elliott, September 25, 2008.''San Diego Reader'
"Who's Bigger With Tweens Than Miley & Jonas Bros? White Gold!!"
''Rock Around the Town'' by Jay Allen Sanford, December 30, 2008. The Millen Sisters modeled as Aquanetta Walker and

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on the covers of The Cheetah Girls book series, although it is unclear which twin modeled as Aqua, and which one Angie. They also shot a candy commercial to be broadcast in Japan and performed at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. In 2002, while still in New Jersey, they contributed tracks to the independent film, Music City, and on October 23, 2002, they performed the National Anthem at the

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game. The Millen Sisters have also appeared in an

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commercial, a

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music video, and an episode of

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References

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