biography
born on
14th august 1968 at 1:00 pm in cleveland, ohio
(named
after the department store "halle brothers")
height:
5' 6" (168 cm)
hair
color: black eye color: black skin color: cappuccino
father:
jerome berry (afro-american), a violent alcoholic,
he left
the family when halle was 4 years old
mother:
judith ann hawkins (white-caucasian), a registered nurse
sister:
heidi (2 years older)
- she
grew up in oakland village, near bedford
- she
lost 80 percent of the hearing in her left ear from an injury
sustained
from a physically abusive relationship
schools:
bedford high school, cleveland (until 1984),
cuyahoga
community college, cleveland (broadcast journalism)
hobbies:
rollerblade, collect art, work out with the trainer, see movies
favorite
music: maxwell, rahassan patterson, new edition, monica
pets:
two dogs ("bumper", "petie")
- class
representative
- editor
of the school magazine
- cheerleader
- 1984:
she was elected prom queen
her senior
year in high school
- 1985:
miss teen all american
- 1985:
miss ohio
- 1986:
miss usa pageant, miss universe pageant
- miss
america
- participation
in the "miss world"-election
- catwalk
model until 1989
- 1992:
nomination for the naacp image award
- 1992:
nomination for the best newcomer award
(hollywood
women press association)
- 1993:
people weekly named her on the list of
"the 50
most beautiful people" on 3rd may 1993
- she
married david justice (baseball player for atlanta braves)
on 1st
january 1993
- 1995:
the american magazine "ebony" has elected her
as the
most beautiful, afro-american woman
- since
1996: spokeswoman for revlon
- she
got divorced on 19th march 1996
- 1996:
she hosted the essence awards with sinbad