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...Talisa B. Friedman...
Conditions improved in fits and starts. In the early 1980s, after repeatedly being told by agencies that her Puerto Rican looks were "too ethnic," Talisa Soto managed to break through, but only when photographers Bruce Weber and Steven Meisel insisted on working with her. The late 1980s and early '90s proved promising as a whole class of black models was able to thrive. Naomi Campbell was among the first models of any race to be anointed a "supermodel," and African-American models Beverly Peele, Karen Alexander, Tyra Banks and Veronica Webb all worked consistently. In 1992 Webb became the first...
Proof that BENJAMIN BRATT is suffering few ill effects from his breakup with Julia Roberts last May came when he married actress TALISA SOTO last week. The two met on the set of Pinero in 2000, but he was still dating Roberts, and Soto was newly divorced. Seven months ago they began seeing each other (and Julia, for those keeping score, began seeing cameraman Danny Moder). Apparently, things between Bratt and Soto progressed quickly: friends report she is pregnant...
Later this year Bratt will star in Abandon, written and directed by Traffic screenwriter Stephen Gaghan. Otherwise, his post-Julia life has become less public. He lives in San Francisco near his family and now has a relatively low-key romance with his Pinero co-star, Talisa Soto. "I have no particular career agenda," he says. "Your job as an actor is to stay employed." Thanks to Pinero, that job should be getting a lot easier...