Tomii's Nu Face

Nu Woman Magazine
Lyndah Wells Photography

Can we hit the "Like" button?  Tomacina is one of the most buzzed about new faces in town.  She is taking over the fashion runways, gracing the pages of magazines, and catching the eyes of photographers, while inspiring designers to have her wear their gowns.  Tomii is certainly one to be considered a high fashion model.  Her ultra modern and edgy look is a youthful bliss.  Pouty lips and star spangled eyes are a charming potency for seduction.  The 5'10" model has legs that appear endless, and a body that moves with a refined sophistication in any variety of designer apparel.  The once novice has now become a seasoned professional, as with camera ready charm she proves that practice makes perfect.  Tomacina Culmer is becoming the essential embellishment to any major fashion show.

Nu Face Model Search
Lyndah Wells Photography

Tomii, has always wanted to be a professional fashion model.  The Grand Bahamian native had been modelling locally in fashion shows such as All Black Everything and Elegance with an Attitude, until she answered the open call for the Nu Woman Magazine Nu Face Model Search, conducted by Editor, Erica Meus-Saunders.  Of the two year old magazine's nation wide search for the Nu Face, Tomacina was chosen as a Finalist.  But this was only the start of great things to come.

After being photographed by one of the Bahamas' internationally recognized top photographers, Lyndah Wells, during the Nu Woman Nu Face Model Search, Tommii's image was ready to be propelled to the next level.  She immediately signed up to the online networking site known as Model Mayhem (MM), where she was chosen as the Model Mayhem Newbie of the Week.  Of this she remarks, "I was totally shocked because I didn't know that the photographer (Simon Mott of Arclight Studios) had entered me; and out of the many models on Model Mayhem, I was chosen!"  Tomii had previously worked as a model on Simon Mott's "Wet" campaign, and after the shoot that they did together, Arclight Studios won MM "Pic of the Day".

"Wet"
by Simon Mott of Arclight Studios

Yet again, Tomacina was featured in the magazine, Profiles 98, as a fresh face model, after which, she had the opportunity to model in the Mustard Seed Fashion Show, in New York City.  For Tomii, modeling in the Mustard Seed Fashion Show, for Caribbean designers such as Sonia Noel, Lois Samuel, and Donna Dove, relayed into yet another opportunity for her to get her feet wet.  Sonia Noel, the CEO of Guyana Fashion Weekend (GFW), then scouted Tomii to participate as a model in GFW, where she was chosen to open the first and the third show.  All of this international runway experience was nothing compared to what would happen next, in the life and times of Tomacina Culmer's early career as a fashion model.  

She took the international scene and made it her own during her first appearance at Islands of the World Fashion Week (IWFW).  Islands of the World featured the works of designers from all around the Caribbean, namely, the Philippines, Haiti, Jamaica, The Domincan Republic, The Turks and Caicos, and The Bahamas.  These designers are known as Theodore Elyett, Adrian Richards, Oliver Tolentino, David Andre, K. Bobby, Georgina Esther, Raynelis Howell, Pelicia Dell, Michael Chataigne, and Idashio (Winner of VH1's Glam God).  

Italian Vogue Black Online
Featuring Theodore Elyett

Tomacina notes that her most memorable and significant experience at The Islands of the World Fashion Week, was being casted as a model for the Theodore Elyett runway exhibit.  During IWFW, the dynamic designer, Theodore Elyett, won the "Runway to Fashion Week Award" after presenting  a ramp showcase collection of masterful art work.  In that audience, a correspondent for Italian Vogue Black Online, named Geneva S. Thomas, was inspired to feature an article showcasing Theodore Elyett's collection, as it was displayed at Islands of the World.  You can find Tomii as a model for Theodore featured on the Vogue article, with her photo as the main image of the composite piece.  Certainly, this has been a significant and memorable milestone for Tomii, and we look forward to seeing more of Tomacina as she continues to climb to the top.