THAT'S RIGHT HERE TOMORROW
ON "LIVE IN THE D."
Chuck: SPEAKING OF GLAM
THIS DETROITER HAS GRACED
THE COLOR OF THE WORLD'S TOP
FASHION MAGAZINES.
Tati: SHE WAS FIRST WOMAN
OF COLOR EVER TO LAND AN
EXCLUSIVE COSMETIC
CONTRACTS.
SUPERMODEL VERONICA WEBB IS
BACK HOME IN DETROIT AND
JOINS US NOW IN STUDIO.
Chuck: IT IS GREAT TO SEE
YOU GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, GOOD
MORNING, GOOD MORNING CHUCK
AND TATI THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME.
Tati: THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.
I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HOME
I'M SO EXCITED FOR THE
REASON OF THAT I'M HERE,
TOO.
Chuck: YOU WANT TO JUMP
INTO THAT RIGHT AWAY AND
TALK ABOUT IT.
LET ME NOT DO LIKE A
"LIVE IN THE D" THING I'M
HERE FOR THE JACKETS FOR
JOBS.
JACKET FOR JOBS WAS FOUNDED
BY ALISON VAUGHAN WHO IS
HERE IN THE STUDIO TODAY.
AND JACKETS FOR JOBS HELPS
PEOPLE ENTER THE JOB MARKET
WHO REALLY ARE COMING FROM
DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
WHETHER IT'S POVERTY, OR
ABUSE OR HAVING TO BE ON
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE
LAST 16 YEARS SHE'S HELPED
18,000 WOMEN GET ON THEIR
FEET.
Chuck: WOW.
THAT'S GREAT.
Tati: HOW DID YOU GET
INVOLVED WITH THE
ORGANIZATION?
ALISON CALLED ME UP.
I WAS ACTUALLY ON THE
"TODAY" SHOW AND ALISON SAW
ME ON THE "TODAY" SHOW AND
TAMARA HALL INTERVIEWED ME
AND ALISON CALLED ME UP
BECAUSE SHE'S A DETROIT
SORRY SHE RESOURCEFUL AND
RESILIENT.
SHE GOT DIRECTLY TO ME.
SHE GOT MY E-MAIL.
WE ARE SO PROUD YOU'RE SO
PROUD TO BE A DETROITER AND
YOU'RE AN EAST SIDER.
I GREW UP ON BURNS
BETWEEN CANTON AND
SYLVESTER.
BEING FROM DETROIT MAKES ME
WHO I AM.
Chuck: VERY COOL.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE
PICTURES OF YOU GROWING UP.
THAT'S MY COUSIN BRUCE
WHO IS A RETIRED NAVAL
OFFICER.
THAT'S ME IN THE MIDDLE AND
MY COUSIN JEFFREY WHO'S A
RETIRED AIR FORCE OFFICER.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT YOUR FAMILY HERE.
WELL, MY OTHER SISTER
TERESA SHE'S HERE TODAY.
SHE'S RETIRED EDUCATOR AND
SHE WORKS FOR THE BOARD OF
EDUCATE -- EDUCATION.
AND MY SISTER JENNIFER WHO
MAYBE WATCHING SHE'S AT
HENRY FORD HOSPITAL SHE'S AN
ONCOLOGIST OBVIOUSLY SHE
DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME OFF TO
COME DOWN TODAY.
AND MY PARENTS MY MOTHER WAS
AN EMERGENCY ROOM NURSE AT
DETROIT GENERAL HOSPITAL AND
MY FATHER WORKED IN TANK
DIVISION AT CHRYSLER.
WHEN YOU GO TO NEW YORK
HAVE YOU BOON ON THE RUNWAY
WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT
PEOPLE THESE ARE YOUR FOLKS.
THAT'S MY MOM ON THE LEFT
AND MY DAD ON THE RIGHT.
Chuck: YOU GO AND YOU
SPREAD THE LOVE ABOUT
DETROIT BECAUSE YOU SAID WE
WERE TALKING OFF CAMERA
THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON BUT
YOU SAID THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN
SO MUCH GOING ON.
SO YOU'RE AN AMBASSADOR FOR
DETROIT, TOO?
I HOPE SO.
BECAUSE I'M PROUD OF MY CITY
AND I HOPE TO MAKE MY CITY
PROUD OF ME.
Tati: OH I'M SURE DETROIT
IS DEFINITELY PROUD OF YOU.
HAVE YOU DONE RUNWAY
MODELSING, PRINT MODELING
AND WHAT MADE YOU START
BECAUSE YOU'RE ALSO A VERY
INTELLIGENT WOMAN HAVE YOU
BEEN A JOURNALIST HAVE YOU
DONE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
THINGS.
WELL, I ALWAYS WANTED TO
BE A MODEL BECAUSE MY MOTHER
MADE ALL MY CLOTHES WHEN I
WAS LITTLE.
SO I LOVED CLOTHES AND I
LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM.
THAT'S ALL OF US TOGETHER.
AND THEN MY MOTHER ALSO USED
TO DO THINGS LIKE MAKE SOAP
ALL KINDS OF SOAP.
SO I'M FASCINATED BY BEAUTY
PRODUCTS AND COSMETIC
CHEMISTRY THAT REALLY
STARTED MY LOVE OF FASHION.
EVERY TIME I ASKED MY MOTHER
IF I COULD NOLD SHE SAID NO.
Chuck: MY MOM, TOO.
SHE DID THE RIGHT THING,
CHUCK.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
THAT ANY KID CAN HAVE IS
THEIR EDUCATION.
SO ONCE I GOT A SCHOLARSHIP
TO COLLEGE THEN I WAS IN NEW
YORK, THEN I STARTED MODELING
AND I REALLY THOUGHT I HAD
GOTTEN AWAY WITH SOMETHING.
THEN MY MOTHER SAID WELL,
YOU'RE AN ADULT NOW AND SHE
REALLY PREPARED ME TO ENTER
THE WORKFORCE.
SHE SAID WELL, WE INVESTED
IN COLLEGE BUT NOT IN THIS
PAY US BACK FOR YOUR STUDENT
LOANS.
YOU HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A
401(k) HAVE YOU NO PENSION,
HAVE YOU NO NOTHING BECAUSE
YOU'RE WORKING FOR YOURSELF
AND GOOD LUCK.
Tati: WOW.
MOM WAS NOT MESSING AROUND.
NO.
SO TODAY YOU LOOK AT YOUR
CURRENT LIFE EVEN LOOKING
BACK ON YOUR MODELING LIFE
YOU SAY SOMETHING THAT'S
VERY PROFOUND AND IMPORTANT
THAT YOUR BIGGEST AND MOST
IMPORTANT ROLE NOW.
IS BEING A MOM AND A WIFE,
OF COURSE.
NO, WE ALL WORK AND WE ALL
WORK REALLY HARD WE'RE PROUD
OF OUR CAREERS.
BUT WHO DO WE REALLY WORK
FOR?
OUR FAMILY AND THE PEOPLE
WHO WE LOVE.
SO EVERY TIME THINGS MAY GET
DIFFICULT WHETHER THEY'RE
UNPLEASANT OR WHETHER
THERE'S LEAD TIMES I ALWAYS
THINK NO MATTER WHAT I'M
DOING I'M DOING THIS FOR MY
FAMILY.
THAT'S THE SAME THAT OUR
PARENTS DID FOR US.
ABSOLUTELY.
THAT GETS YOU THROUGH
ANYTHING.
ANY TIME, NO MATTER WHAT
IT'S YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR
FRIENDS WHO ARE ALWAYS THERE
FOR YOU.
BUT YOU HAVE PASSED A
MILESTONE RECENTLY.
YES, I TURNED ACTUALLY 51
THIS YEAR.
Chuck: COME.
RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT I SAY,
TOO.
IT SOUNDS IMPOSSIBLE.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I WAS
JUST 18.
SO YOU'RE A BABY BOOMER,
TOO.
SO YOU OWE ME A BUCK.
Tati: HE'S TRYING TO
COLLECT A DOLLAR FROM EVERY
BABY BOOMER.
IT'S A TIP THING.
OH I THOUGHT IT WAS TO
MAKE UP FOR THE SOCIAL
SECURITY THAT WE WON'T GET.
Chuck: DO YOU FEEL
DIFFERENT?
YES, I DO.
YOU DON'T LOOK DIFFERENT.
WELL, THE REASON WHY I DON'T
LOOK DIFFERENT IS BECAUSE I
DO REALLY SIMPLE THINGS TO
TAKE CARE OF MYSELF.
I STARTED SKIN CARE BUSINESS
WITH ROW DAN AND FIELDS.
I MAKE SURE THAT I BREAK A
SWEAT EVERY DAY AND YOU CAN
DO THAT IN AS LITTLE AS 15
MINUTES IN THE SPACE BETWEEN
YOU KNOW YOU CAN GET OUT OF
BED IN THE MORNING AND TAKE
10 MINUTES AND DO PUSHUPS OR
SITUPS OR WHATEVER.
THAT'S GOING TO LOWER YOUR
BLOOD SUGAR IT'S GOING TO
LOWER YOUR CHOLESTEROL IT'S
GOING TO INCREASE YOUR
CIRCULATION WHICH THEN
CAUSES CELLULAR TURNOVER.
MAKES YOU LOOK BETTER AND
FEEL BETTER.
THEN JUST A GLASS OF WATER
AS SOON AS YOU GET UP AND
ONE BEFORE YOU GO TO BED
THAT REGULATES A LOT OF
STUFF.
YOU MIGHT SKIP THE OTHER SIX
IN BETWEEN BUT THE TWO ON
BOTH ENDS OF THE DAY WILL DO
YOU A WORLD OF GOOD.
Chuck: WE KNOW THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO BE WITH US
BECAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER SG
FOR YOU TO SHARE SOME MORE
BEAUTY SECRETS.
COMING UP, VERONICA WILL
SHARE HER SKIN CARE SECRETS
WITH US.
LOCAL 4 STYLE EDITOR JOHN