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