Posted on Mon, Jul. 27, 2009
Age: 29
Neighborhood: Overbrook
On her way: Owns the Marki Starr Hair Studio. "I do a lot of bridal parties. I have a joke. I say, 'I'm always the hairdresser, never the bride.'"
Dream job: Stylist for a major fashion campaign
Nominated by: phila-sophy PR
If her love life were a reality TV show, it would be called: "But I thought..."
Likes to read: "I'm big on self-help books and financial literature, and books about Christianity, relationships and finance."
Skipped college: "I wanted to get started with my career. It was about the money ... Nobody was thrilled. They didn't think that doing hair was going to work out for me. They didn't think there was enough money to make in hair, as most parents think."
More about her: "People are usually surprised that I'm a PK [preacher's kid], but I take major pride in youth mentorship, specifically for high school girls."
Dating philosophy: "It's all about timing. You just have to be in the right place at the right time to meet the right person for you."
E-mail: fiftytwoosix@gmail.com