Tanaya Henry is an American jewelry designer and model from Minnesota.

Career

She graduated from Prior Lake Senior High in 2006. ^[1]

Shortly after moving to New York, Henry signed with Wilhelmina Models. ^[2]

Henry gained attention when she became a human billboard for her year-long She Wears Your Tee campaign in 2010. ^[3] Henry, Kareem Rahma, and Michael Schwengel came up with the idea to sell the days on her calendar to companies in exchange for promotion. ^{[4] [1]} This marketing technique attracted media coverage. ^{[1] [5]} The site featured a calendar where reservations could be made by the day for Henry's marketing services, with the price increasing by $1 per day. ^[1] Companies participating included Adidas, Vimeo, Groupon, and hip-hop group Atmosphere. ^{[6] [7]} She later moved into a warehouse in Hoboken, New Jersey called the Pudding Factory, owned by photographer River Clark, with whom she collaborated. ^{[8] [9]}

Henry worked as a go-go dancer at multiple New York City nightclubs to fund her budding jewelry business. One evening, her earlace caught the attention of Alicia Keys' stylist. ^[10] Weeks later, the earrings were on the cover of the last issue of Giant Magazine worn by Keys. ^[2] She then created different variations of the earlace, catching the eye of stylists like Mariel Haenn ( Rihanna) and Niki Schwan ( Nicki Minaj) through one of Henry's best friends, stylist Maeve Reilly. One of the variations of Henry's earlace appeared in Nicki Minaj's "Your Love" music video. ^[11]

Lace by Tanaya has been featured in The Huffington Post. ^[12]

In 2015, Henry appeared as the love interest in Trey Songz music video for "Slow Motion". ^[13]

Filmography (including music videos)

References

External links

• Official Website
• Lace by Tanaya Website